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Research in Kota Bharu

Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in Kota Bharu, Malaysia. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Universiti Malaysia Kelantan and Hospital Raja Perempuan Zainab II.

Research institutions
2
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
13k
▲ 30% vs 2018-21
Citations
115k
8.9 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
12.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1966-2026
61 years on the record
Kota Bharu

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Kota Bharu?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Universiti Malaysia KelantanUniversity 4,275 #2,628
2Hospital Raja Perempuan Zainab IIHospital / health system 276 #20,113

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

Which fields of science does Kota Bharu work in?

In 2022-now, 39% of research in Kota Bharu is in Social Sciences, 27% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (21%), Social Sciences (17%), Business, Management and Accounting (11%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 1,865 fractional works · 39.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 785 fractional works · 16.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 280 fractional works · 5.9% of its workEducation: 276 fractional works · 5.8% of its workDemography: 50 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 30 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCultural Studies: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 510 fractional works · 10.8% of its workAccounting: 130 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMarketing: 114 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 71 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 70 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 61 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 37 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness and International Management: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 176 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 58 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 55 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 33 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 169 fractional works · 3.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 51 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArcheology: 38 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 30 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMuseology: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workConservation: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 126 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 105 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFinance: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 99 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 60 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 1,258 fractional works · 26.5% of its workMedicine: 995 fractional works · 21.0% of its workSurgery: 145 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEpidemiology: 75 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 63 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 62 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysiology: 44 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 42 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOncology: 39 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 38 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 36 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOphthalmology: 33 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 33 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 29 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRheumatology: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 66 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 132 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 55 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 34 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDentistry: 92 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOral Surgery: 36 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrthodontics: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPeriodontics: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 30 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1,072 fractional works · 22.6% of its workEngineering: 304 fractional works · 6.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 68 fractional works · 1.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 46 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 43 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 36 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedia Technology: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 299 fractional works · 6.3% of its workInformation Systems: 117 fractional works · 2.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 91 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 230 fractional works · 4.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 37 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 34 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 29 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 26 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 101 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBiomaterials: 34 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 30 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 26 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 45 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeology: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeophysics: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 33 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 544 fractional works · 11.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 223 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPlant Science: 75 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFood Science: 47 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAquatic Science: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 175 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 83 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGenetics: 33 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCancer Research: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 42 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeuroscience: 66 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 30 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 59 fractional works · 1.2% of its workImmunology: 29 fractional works · 0.6% of its workParasitology: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKKota Bharu4,739fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences23%Health Sciences27%Social Sciences39%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences1,86539.4%
    1. Social Sciences78516.6%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting51010.8%
    3. Psychology1763.7%
    4. Arts and Humanities1693.6%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1262.7%
    6. Decision Sciences992.1%
  2. Health Sciences1,25826.5%
    1. Medicine99521.0%
    2. Health Professions1322.8%
    3. Dentistry921.9%
    4. Nursing300.6%
    5. Veterinary80.2%
    1. Engineering3046.4%
    2. Computer Science2996.3%
    3. Environmental Science2304.9%
    4. Materials Science1012.1%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences451.0%
    6. Chemistry330.7%
    7. Mathematics230.5%
    8. Energy200.4%
    9. Physics and Astronomy110.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering60.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2234.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1753.7%
    3. Neuroscience661.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology591.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics200.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Kota Bharu strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Kota Bharu is most concentrated in Marketing, Business and International Management and Accounting (5.6× the world share in Marketing).

  1. MarketingSubfield · 97.8 works5.6×
  2. Business and International ManagementSubfield · 21.8 works5.0×
  3. AccountingSubfield · 120.7 works4.8×
  4. Management of Technology and InnovationSubfield · 56.1 works4.5×
  5. Information Systems and ManagementSubfield · 52.5 works4.4×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1.01× its world share, 199 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.69× its world share, 153 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.16× its world share, 48 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.86× its world share, 58 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.24× its world share, 18 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.34× its world share, 5 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.47× its world share, 31 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.81× its world share, 260 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 42 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.49× its world share, 19 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.44× its world share, 273 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.00× its world share, 205 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.64× its world share, 93 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.40× its world share, 20 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 9 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.98× its world share, 80 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.08× its world share, 118 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.08× its world share, 858 worksMedicineNursing: 1.28× its world share, 26 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.19× its world share, 7 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.18× its world share, 141 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.37× its world share, 450 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.17× its world share, 87 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.32× its world share, 117 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.15× its world share, 145 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.30× its world share, 679 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry3.98×80 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting3.37×450 works
  3. Decision Sciences2.17×87 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.32×117 works
  5. Social Sciences1.30×679 works
  6. Nursing1.28×26 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.24×18 works
  8. Veterinary1.19×7 works
  9. Arts and Humanities1.18×141 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology1.16×48 works
  11. Psychology1.15×145 works
  12. Health Professions1.08×118 works
  13. Medicine1.08×858 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.01×199 works
  15. Environmental Science1.00×205 works
  16. Neuroscience0.86×58 works
  17. Computer Science0.81×260 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.69×153 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.64×42 works
  20. Materials Science0.64×93 works
  21. Energy0.49×19 works
  22. Chemistry0.47×31 works
  23. Engineering0.44×273 works
  24. Mathematics0.40×20 works
  25. Chemical Engineering0.34×5 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.09×9 works

Which keywords describe research in Kota Bharu?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Consumer Behavior, Social Capital, Epidemiology, Islamic Banking, Corporate Governance, Performance Analysis, Finance and Financial Stability.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology250▲ 1.32×125 topics
  2. Sustainability178▲ 1.53×72 topics
  3. Machine Learning164◆ 1.04×81 topics
  4. Consumer Behavior159▲ 5.4×16 topics
  5. Globalization158▲ 1.70×59 topics
  6. Corporate Governance132▲ 3.8×20 topics
  7. Social Media128▲ 1.96×28 topics
  8. Supply Chain Management125▲ 3.0×23 topics
  9. Social Capital120▲ 4.9×17 topics
  10. COVID-19117▲ 1.90×28 topics
  11. Educational Technology114▲ 2.0×35 topics
  12. Environmental Impact114▲ 1.41×46 topics
  13. Curriculum Development109▲ 3.4×13 topics
  14. Risk Management109▲ 4.8×14 topics
  15. Islamic Banking107▲ 6.1×3 topics
  16. Teacher Training106▲ 3.6×13 topics
  17. E-commerce99▲ 3.7×11 topics
  18. Customer Satisfaction95▲ 6.3×9 topics
  19. Pedagogy94▲ 4.0×10 topics
  20. Pandemic94▲ 1.99×13 topics
  21. E-Learning94▲ 2.0×17 topics
  22. Islamic Education93▲ 5.9×4 topics
  23. Performance Analysis89▲ 9.1×3 topics
  24. Finance88▲ 10×4 topics
  25. Financial Stability88▲ 9.6×5 topics
  26. Global Financial Crisis85▲ 14×3 topics
  27. Ethical Identity85▲ 15×1 topic
  28. Shariah Supervision85▲ 15×1 topic
  29. Religious Education81▲ 10×2 topics
  30. Madrasa80▲ 25×1 topic
  31. Muslim Students80▲ 25×1 topic
  32. Online Shopping75▲ 8.9×2 topics
  33. Digital Transformation74▲ 2.9×21 topics
  34. Technology Acceptance Model64▲ 8.8×2 topics
  35. User Satisfaction64▲ 7.1×4 topics
  36. Structural Equation Modeling61▲ 6.5×6 topics
  37. Information Systems60▲ 7.4×6 topics
  38. Tourist Satisfaction58▲ 12×2 topics
  39. Consumer Trust57▲ 13×1 topic
  40. Partial Least Squares57▲ 13×1 topic

What research is done in Kota Bharu?

Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 81 fractional worksEducation and Islamic Studies: 71 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and …50Technology Adoption and User Behaviour: 50 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies…40Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 40 fractional worksDigital Marketing and Social Media: 33 fractional worksHalal products and consumer behavior: 31 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, an…29Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 29 fractional worksSMEs Development and Digital Marketing: 27 fractional worksOrganizational and Employee Performance: 26 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability in Business: 24 fractional works
AccountingEducationInformation Systems and ManagementManagement of Technology and Innovation4 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 81 works
  2. 2 Education and Islamic Studies Education 71 works
  3. 3 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 50 works
  4. 4 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 40 works
  5. 5 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 33 works
  6. 6 Halal products and consumer behavior Sociology and Political Science 31 works
  7. 7 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 29 works
  8. 8 SMEs Development and Digital Marketing Demography 27 works
  9. 9 Organizational and Employee Performance Artificial Intelligence 26 works
  10. 10 Environmental Sustainability in Business Marketing 24 works

Research output over time

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Kota Bharu10.8% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 20.6% in 2010.

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