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Research in Kuala Lumpur

Science Explorer records 54 research institutions in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Sultan Idris Education University, UCSI University and National University of Malaysia.

Research institutions
54
15 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
181k
▲ 17% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.5M
14.0 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
16.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record

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 Kuala Lumpur?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of MalayaUniversity 54,102 #2,211
2National University of MalaysiaUniversity 51,656 #2,054
3International Islamic University MalaysiaUniversity 20,189 #4,421
4Sultan Idris Education UniversityUniversity 9,052 #1,774
5University of Kuala LumpurUniversity 5,663 #3,788
6Petronas (Malaysia)Company 4,958 #6,739
7UCSI UniversityUniversity 4,152 #1,994
8IMU UniversityUniversity 2,982 #7,667
9National Defence University of MalaysiaUniversity 2,896 #3,343
10Hospital Kuala LumpurHospital / health system 2,602 #10,576
11Institute for Medical ResearchResearch facility 2,573 #12,048
12Asia Pacific University of Technology & InnovationUniversity 2,151 #2,317
13Malaysian Palm Oil BoardFunder 1,358 #10,804
14Tunku Abdul Rahman University of Management and TechnologyUniversity 1,344 #4,910
15Malaysian Nuclear AgencyResearch facility 1,284 #15,745
16National Heart InstituteResearch facility 1,039 #10,518
17Tenaga Nasional Berhad (Malaysia)Company 1,018 #4,423
18Forest Research Institute MalaysiaGovernment institution 1,002 #13,318
19Mahsa UniversityUniversity 963 #6,708
20Open University MalaysiaUniversity 907 #8,225
21MIMOS (Malaysia)Government institution 901 #13,985
22International Centre for Education in Islamic FinanceUniversity 783 #10,863
23Kolej Poly-Tech MARAUniversity 625 #7,676
24HELP UniversityUniversity 593 #14,683
25Telekom Malaysia Berhad (Malaysia)Company 472 #17,100
26Malaysian Rubber BoardGovernment institution 464 #18,532
27Asia e UniversityUniversity 408 #10,497
28International Islamic CollegeUniversity 402 #12,316
29KPJ Ampang Puteri Specialist HospitalHospital / health system 400 #15,733
30International Institute of Advanced Islamic StudiesNonprofit 329 #32,938 all time
31Academy of Sciences MalaysiaGovernment institution 326 #11,469
32Global Green Synergy (Malaysia)Company 240 #13,220
33Asia School of BusinessUniversity 232 #15,587
34National Cancer Council MalaysiaNonprofit 181 #27,069 all time
35International Shariʽah Research Academy for Islamic FinanceResearch facility 158 #32,172 all time
36National Academy of Arts, Culture and HeritageUniversity 151 #20,781
37Kuala Lumpur Sports Medicine CentreHospital / health system 147 #28,483 all time
38Malaysian Society of NephrologyInstitution 107 not ranked
39Berjaya University College of HospitalityUniversity 64 not ranked
40International University College Of TechnologyUniversity 64 not ranked
41Kuala Lumpur Metropolitan University CollegeUniversity 49 not ranked
42Construction Research Institute of MalaysiaResearch facility 22 not ranked
43Majlis Amanah RakyatGovernment institution 21 not ranked
44National Library of MalaysiaGovernment institution 19 not ranked
45HELP International Corporation (Malaysia)Company 9 not ranked
46Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for WomenNonprofit 7 not ranked
47Khazanah Research InstituteResearch facility 6 not ranked
48Malaysian Society of AnaesthesiologistsInstitution 5 not ranked
49Malaysian Endocrine and Metabolic SocietyInstitution 3 not ranked
50Asian Women’s Leadership UniversityUniversity 3 not ranked
51World Islamic Economic Forum FoundationInstitution 3 not ranked
52PureCircle (Malaysia)Company 2 not ranked
53Institute of Diplomacy and Foreign RelationsGovernment institution 2 not ranked
54INFOFISHNonprofit 2 not ranked

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.

How concentrated the city is

The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.

University of Malaya: 30.2%National University of Malaysia: 28.8%International Islamic University Malaysia: 11.3%Sultan Idris Education University: 5.1%50 others listed: 24.6%30%largest
University of Malaya54k · 30.2%National University of Malaysia52k · 28.8%International Islamic University Malaysia20k · 11.3%Sultan Idris Education University9,052 · 5.1%50 others listed44k · 24.6%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which fields of science does Kuala Lumpur work in?

In 2022-now, 39% of research in Kuala Lumpur is in Social Sciences, 35% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (21%), Engineering (14%), Medicine (13%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 22k fractional works · 39.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 12k fractional works · 21.2% of its workEducation: 5,244 fractional works · 9.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3,483 fractional works · 6.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 725 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDemography: 361 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCultural Studies: 267 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 232 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 210 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 189 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 184 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 169 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 168 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 134 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 424 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3,714 fractional works · 6.7% of its workAccounting: 1,337 fractional works · 2.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 649 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMarketing: 447 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 436 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 419 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 305 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 121 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 2,552 fractional works · 4.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 758 fractional works · 1.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 707 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 630 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 304 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 138 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 1,531 fractional works · 2.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 366 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 335 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 227 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 140 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMusic: 124 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 340 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1,374 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1,062 fractional works · 1.9% of its workFinance: 183 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 128 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 820 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 362 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 357 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 100 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 20k fractional works · 35.4% of its workEngineering: 7,658 fractional works · 13.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1,681 fractional works · 3.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1,160 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1,017 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 709 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 511 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 464 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 402 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 368 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 305 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 283 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 268 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 217 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 142 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 122 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 5,225 fractional works · 9.4% of its workInformation Systems: 2,019 fractional works · 3.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1,345 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 595 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 427 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science Applications: 273 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 184 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 151 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 230 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2,454 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 347 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 343 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 340 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 312 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 280 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 243 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 223 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 221 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 146 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1,721 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 732 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomaterials: 374 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 340 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 189 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 85 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 617 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 543 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 74 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 589 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 267 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 131 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 192 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 493 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeology: 145 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeophysics: 112 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 236 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 389 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 146 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 243 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 386 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Mathematics: 142 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 244 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 174 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 9,525 fractional works · 17.1% of its workMedicine: 7,349 fractional works · 13.2% of its workSurgery: 815 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 725 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEpidemiology: 484 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 441 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 379 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 373 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 359 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 303 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 292 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 262 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 233 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 212 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 169 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 169 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 164 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 161 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 160 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 156 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 155 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 138 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 116 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1,082 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 1,450 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 577 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 203 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 160 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 145 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 366 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDentistry: 441 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOral Surgery: 168 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPeriodontics: 130 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 143 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 253 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 208 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 45 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 32 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 4,582 fractional works · 8.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1,801 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPlant Science: 701 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFood Science: 405 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 154 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 132 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 408 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1,664 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 974 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGenetics: 212 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 478 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeuroscience: 564 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 316 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 249 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 310 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 156 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 154 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 242 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 128 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 114 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKKuala Lumpur56kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences35%Health Sciences17%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 Sciences12k21.2%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting3,7146.7%
    3. Psychology2,5524.6%
    4. Arts and Humanities1,5312.8%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1,3742.5%
    6. Decision Sciences8201.5%
    1. Engineering7,65813.8%
    2. Computer Science5,2259.4%
    3. Environmental Science2,4544.4%
    4. Materials Science1,7213.1%
    5. Energy6171.1%
    6. Chemistry5891.1%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences4930.9%
    8. Physics and Astronomy3890.7%
    9. Mathematics3860.7%
    10. Chemical Engineering1740.3%
  1. Health Sciences9,52517.1%
    1. Medicine7,34913.2%
    2. Health Professions1,4502.6%
    3. Dentistry4410.8%
    4. Nursing2530.5%
    5. Veterinary320.1%
  2. Life Sciences4,5828.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1,8013.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1,6643.0%
    3. Neuroscience5641.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology3100.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2420.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Kuala Lumpur strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Kuala Lumpur is most concentrated in Accounting, Education and Ocean Engineering (4.1× the world share in Accounting).

  1. AccountingSubfield · 1,248.1 works4.1×
  2. EducationSubfield · 4,793.9 works3.1×
  3. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 662.4 works2.5×
  4. MusicSubfield · 98.7 works2.4×
  5. Developmental and Educational PsychologySubfield · 534.6 works2.3×
  6. Information Systems and ManagementSubfield · 318.0 works2.2×
  7. General DentistrySubfield · 47.9 works2.2×
← 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: 0.69× its world share, 1,634 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.56× its world share, 1,487 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.54× its world share, 270 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.60× its world share, 488 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.19× its world share, 210 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.88× its world share, 154 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.69× its world share, 543 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.22× its world share, 4,751 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 449 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.21× its world share, 557 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.94× its world share, 7,018 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.89× its world share, 2,208 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.89× its world share, 1,546 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.61× its world share, 359 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.32× its world share, 350 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.59× its world share, 386 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.98× its world share, 1,296 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.67× its world share, 6,483 worksMedicineNursing: 0.93× its world share, 228 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.41× its world share, 28 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.90× its world share, 1,305 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.09× its world share, 3,359 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.50× its world share, 725 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.18× its world share, 1,258 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.45× its world share, 2,212 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.68× its world share, 11k worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 2.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting2.09×3,359 works
  2. Social Sciences1.68×11k works
  3. Dentistry1.59×386 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.50×725 works
  5. Psychology1.45×2,212 works
  6. Computer Science1.22×4,751 works
  7. Energy1.21×557 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.19×210 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.18×1,258 works
  10. Health Professions0.98×1,296 works
  11. Engineering0.94×7,018 works
  12. Nursing0.93×228 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.90×1,305 works
  14. Environmental Science0.89×2,208 works
  15. Materials Science0.89×1,546 works
  16. Chemical Engineering0.88×154 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.69×1,634 works
  18. Chemistry0.69×543 works
  19. Medicine0.67×6,483 works
  20. Mathematics0.61×359 works
  21. Neuroscience0.60×488 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.57×449 works
  23. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.56×1,487 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.54×270 works
  25. Veterinary0.41×28 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.32×350 works

Which keywords describe research in Kuala Lumpur?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Islamic Education, Curriculum Development, Teacher Training, Religious Education, Pedagogy, Ethical Values, Madrasa and Muslim Students.

▲ 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. Globalization2,467▲ 2.3×133 topics
  2. Machine Learning2,336▲ 1.26×96 topics
  3. Curriculum Development1,983▲ 5.3×18 topics
  4. Teacher Training1,900▲ 5.6×26 topics
  5. Deep Learning1,887◆ 0.98×85 topics
  6. Islamic Education1,860▲ 10×4 topics
  7. Educational Technology1,822▲ 2.8×44 topics
  8. Pedagogy1,711▲ 6.1×24 topics
  9. E-Learning1,640▲ 3.1×25 topics
  10. Sustainability1,568◆ 1.15×115 topics
  11. Religious Education1,547▲ 17×5 topics
  12. Ethical Values1,482▲ 29×2 topics
  13. Madrasa1,481▲ 39×1 topic
  14. Muslim Students1,481▲ 39×1 topic
  15. Education1,461▲ 1.53×112 topics
  16. Risk Management1,358▲ 5.1×17 topics
  17. Social Media1,348▲ 1.76×39 topics
  18. Corporate Governance1,336▲ 3.3×30 topics
  19. Online Learning1,322▲ 2.9×26 topics
  20. Islamic Banking1,305▲ 6.3×3 topics
  21. Environmental Impact1,221▲ 1.29×68 topics
  22. Supply Chain Management1,150▲ 2.3×26 topics
  23. Performance Analysis1,038▲ 9.0×5 topics
  24. Mobile Learning1,031▲ 5.4×6 topics
  25. Finance1,021▲ 10.0×4 topics
  26. Financial Stability1,014▲ 9.5×7 topics
  27. Global Financial Crisis974▲ 14×3 topics
  28. Ethical Identity968▲ 15×1 topic
  29. Shariah Supervision968▲ 15×1 topic
  30. Technology Integration963▲ 5.5×11 topics
  31. Consumer Behavior833▲ 2.4×18 topics
  32. Social Capital798▲ 2.8×20 topics
  33. Student Engagement749▲ 3.4×17 topics
  34. Student Satisfaction590▲ 5.8×4 topics
  35. Islam571▲ 5.0×5 topics
  36. Social Influence559▲ 4.8×3 topics
  37. Sharia Law538▲ 6.8×2 topics
  38. Malay Language538▲ 6.9×1 topic
  39. Google Classroom452▲ 7.8×1 topic
  40. Virtual Classroom452▲ 7.8×1 topic

What research is done in Kuala Lumpur?

  1. 1 Education and Islamic Studies Education 1.4k works
  2. 2 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 922 works
  3. 3 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 489 works
  4. 4 Technology-Enhanced Education Studies Education 423 works
  5. 5 Educational Methods and Technology Information Systems 289 works
  6. 6 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 261 works
  7. 7 Asian Studies and History Sociology and Political Science 253 works
  8. 8 Islamic Finance and Communication Sociology and Political Science 234 works
  9. 9 Halal products and consumer behavior Sociology and Political Science 216 works
  10. 10 Education and Character Development Education 200 works

Research output over time

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grewheldshrank

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%Kuala Lumpur15.5% 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 22.6% in 2016.

Questions people ask

What are the best universities in Kuala Lumpur for research?

Science Explorer records 54 research institutions in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Sultan Idris Education University, UCSI University and National University of Malaysia.

Which research institutions are in Kuala Lumpur?
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