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Research in Kuala Terengganu

Science Explorer records 3 research institutions in Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Sultan Zainal Abidin University and Hospital Sultanah Nur Zahirah.

Research institutions
3
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
14k
▲ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
137k
9.8 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
14.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1970-2026
57 years on the record
Kuala Terengganu

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 Terengganu?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Universiti Malaysia TerengganuUniversity 7,754 #1,912
2Sultan Zainal Abidin UniversityUniversity 5,831 #4,252
3Hospital Sultanah Nur ZahirahHospital / health system 293 #16,564

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 Kuala Terengganu work in?

In 2022-now, 39% of research in Kuala Terengganu is in Social Sciences, 35% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (20%), Business, Management and Accounting (9%), Environmental Science (9%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 2,323 fractional works · 39.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,170 fractional works · 19.8% of its workEducation: 423 fractional works · 7.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 400 fractional works · 6.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 77 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDemography: 62 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLaw: 37 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransportation: 31 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 39 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 559 fractional works · 9.5% of its workAccounting: 225 fractional works · 3.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 111 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMarketing: 67 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 60 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 54 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 32 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 203 fractional works · 3.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 69 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 59 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 42 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 187 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 148 fractional works · 2.5% of its workFinance: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 108 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 54 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 47 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 96 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 32 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArcheology: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2,073 fractional works · 35.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 559 fractional works · 9.5% of its workEcology: 120 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 78 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPollution: 66 fractional works · 1.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 60 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 58 fractional works · 1.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 48 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 40 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 36 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 35 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 537 fractional works · 9.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 104 fractional works · 1.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 78 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 66 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOcean Engineering: 57 fractional works · 1.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 32 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 31 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 31 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 465 fractional works · 7.9% of its workInformation Systems: 172 fractional works · 2.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 145 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 45 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 34 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 155 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 74 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomaterials: 46 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 104 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOceanography: 47 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeology: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 71 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 59 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 64 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 63 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeometry and Topology: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workModeling and Simulation: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNumerical Analysis: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 31 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCatalysis: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 828 fractional works · 14.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 492 fractional works · 8.3% of its workPlant Science: 127 fractional works · 2.1% of its workFood Science: 109 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAquatic Science: 100 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInsect Science: 43 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 219 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 124 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGenetics: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 46 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 50 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 35 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 41 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 682 fractional works · 11.5% of its workMedicine: 498 fractional works · 8.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 50 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 39 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 39 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 33 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 28 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 121 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Professions: 123 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 53 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 45 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNursing: 45 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 40 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKKuala Terengganu5,906fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences35%Health Sciences12%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 Sciences2,32339.3%
    1. Social Sciences1,17019.8%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting5599.5%
    3. Psychology2033.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1873.2%
    5. Decision Sciences1081.8%
    6. Arts and Humanities961.6%
    1. Environmental Science5599.5%
    2. Engineering5379.1%
    3. Computer Science4657.9%
    4. Materials Science1552.6%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences1041.8%
    6. Energy711.2%
    7. Chemistry641.1%
    8. Mathematics631.1%
    9. Physics and Astronomy310.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering230.4%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4928.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2193.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology500.9%
    4. Neuroscience410.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics260.4%
    1. Medicine4988.4%
    2. Health Professions1232.1%
    3. Nursing450.8%
    4. Dentistry120.2%
    5. Veterinary40.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Kuala Terengganu strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Kuala Terengganu is most concentrated in Aquatic Science, Accounting and Business, Management and Accounting (9.6× the world share in Aquatic Science).

  1. Aquatic ScienceSubfield · 92.9 works9.6×
  2. AccountingSubfield · 210.6 works6.5×
  3. Business, Management and AccountingField · 510.8 works3.0×
  4. Information Systems and ManagementSubfield · 42.7 works2.8×
  5. PollutionSubfield · 58.2 works2.8×
  6. Insect ScienceSubfield · 40.9 works2.7×
  7. MarketingSubfield · 60.3 works2.7×
  8. OceanographySubfield · 39.8 works2.7×
← 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: 1.77× its world share, 449 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.69× its world share, 198 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.82× its world share, 44 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.39× its world share, 34 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.25× its world share, 23 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.17× its world share, 22 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.68× its world share, 57 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.02× its world share, 421 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.04× its world share, 87 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.29× its world share, 63 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.61× its world share, 486 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.87× its world share, 495 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.76× its world share, 141 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.91× its world share, 57 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.23× its world share, 27 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.39× its world share, 10 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.82× its world share, 115 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.43× its world share, 442 worksMedicineNursing: 1.61× its world share, 42 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.52× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.55× its world share, 85 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.97× its world share, 511 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.89× its world share, 97 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.54× its world share, 175 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.14× its world share, 185 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.57× its world share, 1,062 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting2.97×511 works
  2. Decision Sciences1.89×97 works
  3. Environmental Science1.87×495 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.77×449 works
  5. Nursing1.61×42 works
  6. Social Sciences1.57×1,062 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.54×175 works
  8. Energy1.29×63 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.25×23 works
  10. Chemical Engineering1.17×22 works
  11. Psychology1.14×185 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.04×87 works
  13. Computer Science1.02×421 works
  14. Mathematics0.91×57 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.82×44 works
  16. Health Professions0.82×115 works
  17. Materials Science0.76×141 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.69×198 works
  19. Chemistry0.68×57 works
  20. Engineering0.61×486 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.55×85 works
  22. Veterinary0.52×4 works
  23. Medicine0.43×442 works
  24. Neuroscience0.39×34 works
  25. Dentistry0.39×10 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.23×27 works

Which keywords describe research in Kuala Terengganu?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Islamic Education, Islamic Banking, Corporate Governance, Curriculum Development, Risk Management, Teacher Training, Religious Education and Madrasa.

▲ 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. Environmental Impact264▲ 2.6×61 topics
  2. Machine Learning263▲ 1.34×92 topics
  3. Corporate Governance224▲ 5.2×20 topics
  4. Globalization224▲ 1.93×60 topics
  5. Climate Change216▲ 1.34×91 topics
  6. Islamic Education214▲ 11×4 topics
  7. Curriculum Development212▲ 5.3×14 topics
  8. Sustainability212▲ 1.47×80 topics
  9. Teacher Training197▲ 5.4×13 topics
  10. Islamic Banking195▲ 8.9×3 topics
  11. Risk Management184▲ 6.6×15 topics
  12. Pedagogy173▲ 5.8×9 topics
  13. Social Media170▲ 2.1×28 topics
  14. Supply Chain Management169▲ 3.2×22 topics
  15. Religious Education164▲ 17×3 topics
  16. Madrasa158▲ 39×1 topic
  17. Muslim Students158▲ 39×1 topic
  18. Performance Analysis158▲ 13×4 topics
  19. Financial Stability154▲ 14×6 topics
  20. Finance153▲ 14×4 topics
  21. Global Financial Crisis150▲ 20×3 topics
  22. Ethical Identity149▲ 22×1 topic
  23. Shariah Supervision149▲ 22×1 topic
  24. Education140▲ 1.37×57 topics
  25. Consumer Behavior139▲ 3.8×17 topics
  26. Educational Technology129▲ 1.85×32 topics
  27. Biodiversity116▲ 2.6×30 topics
  28. Online Learning115▲ 2.3×19 topics
  29. Aquaculture113▲ 7.5×8 topics
  30. E-Learning112▲ 1.97×18 topics
  31. Conservation109▲ 4.3×18 topics
  32. Antioxidant97▲ 2.4×47 topics
  33. Customer Satisfaction95▲ 5.1×9 topics
  34. Indonesia89▲ 3.4×5 topics
  35. IoT88▲ 4.0×17 topics
  36. Organizational Performance72▲ 4.7×10 topics
  37. Islam65▲ 5.3×4 topics
  38. Tourist Satisfaction64▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Malay Language62▲ 7.5×1 topic
  40. Sharia Law62▲ 7.3×1 topic

What research is done in Kuala Terengganu?

Education and Islamic St…146Education and Islamic Studies: 146 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Bank…142Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 142 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 54 fractional worksOrganizational and Employee Performance: 44 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and User Behaviour: 37 fractional worksAquaculture Nutrition and Growth: 35 fractional worksHalal products and consumer behavior: 35 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Communication: 31 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability in Business: 29 fractional worksSMEs Development and Digital Marketing: 29 fractional works
EducationAccountingSociology and Political ScienceArtificial Intelligence4 others

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

  1. 1 Education and Islamic Studies Education 146 works
  2. 2 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 142 works
  3. 3 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 54 works
  4. 4 Organizational and Employee Performance Artificial Intelligence 44 works
  5. 5 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 37 works
  6. 6 Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth Aquatic Science 35 works
  7. 7 Halal products and consumer behavior Sociology and Political Science 35 works
  8. 8 Islamic Finance and Communication Sociology and Political Science 31 works
  9. 9 Environmental Sustainability in Business Marketing 29 works
  10. 10 SMEs Development and Digital Marketing Demography 29 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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 Terengganu13.5% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 27.9% in 2010.

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