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Research in Pekan

Science Explorer records 1 research institutions in Pekan, Malaysia. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah.

Research institutions
1
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
13k
▼ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
174k
13.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
13.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1970-2026
57 years on the record
Pekan

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 Pekan?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan AbdullahUniversity 13,000 #2,638

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 Pekan work in?

In 2022-now, 70% of research in Pekan is in Physical Sciences, 16% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (39%), Computer Science (10%), Materials Science (8%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 3,284 fractional works · 70.3% of its workEngineering: 1,806 fractional works · 38.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 298 fractional works · 6.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 292 fractional works · 6.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 276 fractional works · 5.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 223 fractional works · 4.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 137 fractional works · 2.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 119 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 84 fractional works · 1.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 82 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 70 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 66 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 51 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOcean Engineering: 42 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 36 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMedia Technology: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 468 fractional works · 10.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 148 fractional works · 3.2% of its workInformation Systems: 100 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 93 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 50 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSignal Processing: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSoftware: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 356 fractional works · 7.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 132 fractional works · 2.8% of its workBiomaterials: 97 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 81 fractional works · 1.7% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 30 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 330 fractional works · 7.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 90 fractional works · 1.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 51 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 50 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 39 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 37 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 122 fractional works · 2.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 105 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 81 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 29 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 39 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCatalysis: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 38 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 750 fractional works · 16.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 278 fractional works · 6.0% of its workEducation: 121 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 84 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDemography: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 46 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 207 fractional works · 4.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 69 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 40 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAccounting: 36 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMarketing: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 107 fractional works · 2.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 72 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 91 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 40 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 33 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 33 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 339 fractional works · 7.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 178 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPlant Science: 66 fractional works · 1.4% of its workFood Science: 61 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAquatic Science: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 114 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 77 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiotechnology: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 301 fractional works · 6.4% of its workMedicine: 207 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 73 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 71 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKPekan4,673fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences70%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences16%

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. Engineering1,80638.6%
    2. Computer Science46810.0%
    3. Materials Science3567.6%
    4. Environmental Science3307.1%
    5. Energy1222.6%
    6. Chemistry811.7%
    7. Chemical Engineering390.8%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences380.8%
    9. Mathematics230.5%
    10. Physics and Astronomy190.4%
    1. Social Sciences2786.0%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting2074.4%
    3. Decision Sciences1072.3%
    4. Psychology911.9%
    5. Arts and Humanities330.7%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance330.7%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1783.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1142.4%
    3. Neuroscience260.6%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics160.3%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology50.1%
    1. Medicine2074.4%
    2. Health Professions711.5%
    3. Nursing120.3%
    4. Dentistry100.2%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Pekan strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Pekan is most concentrated in Building and Construction, Biomaterials and Polymers and Plastics (4.7× the world share in Building and Construction).

  1. Building and ConstructionSubfield · 126.5 works4.7×
  2. BiomaterialsSubfield · 85.7 works4.6×
  3. Polymers and PlasticsSubfield · 72.2 works4.1×
  4. Radiological and Ultrasound TechnologySubfield · 21.2 works4.1×
  5. Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield · 207.6 works4.0×
← 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: 0.81× its world share, 167 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.46× its world share, 106 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.34× its world share, 24 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.01× its world share, 15 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.45× its world share, 37 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.12× its world share, 76 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.30× its world share, 439 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 35 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.78× its world share, 111 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.60× its world share, 1,700 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.40× its world share, 304 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.10× its world share, 319 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.45× its world share, 23 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 18 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.43× its world share, 9 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.59× its world share, 68 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.23× its world share, 190 worksMedicineNursing: 0.53× its world share, 11 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.24× its world share, 30 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.38× its world share, 194 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.44× its world share, 103 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.34× its world share, 32 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.62× its world share, 83 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.46× its world share, 254 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Energy, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Energy2.78×111 works
  2. Engineering2.60×1,700 works
  3. Chemical Engineering2.45×37 works
  4. Decision Sciences2.44×103 works
  5. Materials Science2.10×319 works
  6. Environmental Science1.40×304 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting1.38×194 works
  8. Computer Science1.30×439 works
  9. Chemistry1.12×76 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.01×15 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.81×167 works
  12. Psychology0.62×83 works
  13. Health Professions0.59×68 works
  14. Nursing0.53×11 works
  15. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.51×35 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.46×106 works
  17. Social Sciences0.46×254 works
  18. Mathematics0.45×23 works
  19. Dentistry0.43×9 works
  20. Neuroscience0.34×24 works
  21. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.34×32 works
  22. Arts and Humanities0.24×30 works
  23. Medicine0.23×190 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.19×18 works
  25. Immunology and Microbiology0.10×4 works
  26. Veterinary0.08×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Pekan?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Renewable Energy, Mechanical Properties, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Environmental Impact, Risk Management, Biomedical Applications and Nanocomposites.

▲ 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. Deep Learning270▲ 1.68×77 topics
  2. Machine Learning263▲ 1.69×85 topics
  3. Renewable Energy220▲ 3.2×40 topics
  4. Environmental Impact196▲ 2.5×53 topics
  5. Sustainability194▲ 1.70×67 topics
  6. Mechanical Properties172▲ 3.8×38 topics
  7. Biomedical Applications156▲ 2.8×35 topics
  8. Nanocomposites136▲ 3.7×22 topics
  9. Supply Chain Management135▲ 3.2×21 topics
  10. Nanomaterials124▲ 2.5×19 topics
  11. Nanoparticles117▲ 1.99×41 topics
  12. Risk Management116▲ 5.2×15 topics
  13. Neural Networks103▲ 1.42×36 topics
  14. Heat Transfer99▲ 4.3×20 topics
  15. Artificial Neural Networks93▲ 4.4×9 topics
  16. Energy Efficiency91▲ 2.1×38 topics
  17. Graphene86▲ 2.8×12 topics
  18. Tissue Engineering82▲ 2.9×10 topics
  19. Optimization81▲ 3.9×24 topics
  20. Energy Storage78▲ 2.6×12 topics
  21. Ionic Liquids74▲ 5.6×10 topics
  22. IoT73▲ 4.2×17 topics
  23. Solar Energy69▲ 4.7×5 topics
  24. Recycling66▲ 3.7×10 topics
  25. Applications56▲ 4.4×8 topics
  26. Recycled Materials54▲ 10×2 topics
  27. Polymer Composites52▲ 4.2×7 topics
  28. Emissions50▲ 5.5×6 topics
  29. Biodegradable Polymers50▲ 6.1×4 topics
  30. Renewable Resources48▲ 5.8×5 topics
  31. RFID Technology47▲ 5.8×5 topics
  32. Biodegradable47▲ 13×2 topics
  33. Geopolymer47▲ 7.0×2 topics
  34. Construction46▲ 7.4×3 topics
  35. Biodiesel43▲ 10×2 topics
  36. Construction Projects42▲ 20×2 topics
  37. Experimental Investigation40▲ 8.3×5 topics
  38. Lignocellulosic Biomass40▲ 8.6×2 topics
  39. Stakeholder Analysis38▲ 13×3 topics
  40. Cost Overruns38▲ 20×1 topic

What research is done in Pekan?

Construction Project Man…36Construction Project Management and Performance: 36 fractional worksInnovative concrete rein…34Innovative concrete reinforcement materials: 34 fractional worksEducation and Islamic Studies: 34 fractional worksBiodiesel Production and…33Biodiesel Production and Applications: 33 fractional worksConcrete and Cement Mate…28Concrete and Cement Materials Research: 28 fractional worksBIM and Construction Integration: 27 fractional worksNatural Fiber Reinforced Composites: 26 fractional worksMembrane Separation Tech…26Membrane Separation Technologies: 26 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 25 fractional worksAdvanced Cellulose Research Studies: 24 fractional works
Management Science and Operations ResearchCivil and Structural EngineeringEducationBiomedical Engineering5 others

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

  1. 1 Construction Project Management and Performance Management Science and Operations Research 36 works
  2. 2 Innovative concrete reinforcement materials Civil and Structural Engineering 34 works
  3. 3 Education and Islamic Studies Education 34 works
  4. 4 Biodiesel Production and Applications Biomedical Engineering 33 works
  5. 5 Concrete and Cement Materials Research Civil and Structural Engineering 28 works
  6. 6 BIM and Construction Integration Building and Construction 27 works
  7. 7 Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites Polymers and Plastics 26 works
  8. 8 Membrane Separation Technologies Water Science and Technology 26 works
  9. 9 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 25 works
  10. 10 Advanced Cellulose Research Studies Biomaterials 24 works

Research output over time

still counting200020102020
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%Pekan12.4% 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 25.1% in 2016.

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