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Research in Petaling Jaya

Science Explorer records 12 research institutions in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Sunway University, Lincoln University College and SEGi University.

Research institutions
12
6 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
11k
▲ 111% vs 2018-21
Citations
120k
10.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
20.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1968-2026
59 years on the record
Petaling Jaya

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 Petaling Jaya?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Sunway UniversityUniversity 4,367 #1,908
2Lincoln University CollegeUniversity 2,494 #2,991
3Malaysia University of Science and TechnologyUniversity 1,698 #5,477
4SEGi UniversityUniversity 1,552 #3,900
5Universiti Tun Abdul RazakUniversity 878 #5,817
6Selangor Business SchoolUniversity 170 #13,519
7Women's Aid OrganisationNonprofit 164 #31,297 all time
8National Stroke Association of MalaysiaNonprofit 118 not ranked
9Assunta HospitalHospital / health system 28 not ranked
10The Institution of Engineers MalaysiaNonprofit 6 not ranked
11Paichai Chinese Primary SchoolUniversity 2 not ranked
12Biolitec (Malaysia)Company 1 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.

Sunway University: 38.0%Lincoln University College: 21.7%Malaysia University of Science and Technology: 14.8%SEGi University: 13.5%8 others listed: 11.9%38%largest
Sunway University4,367 · 38.0%Lincoln University College2,494 · 21.7%Malaysia University of Science and Technology1,698 · 14.8%SEGi University1,552 · 13.5%8 others listed1,367 · 11.9%

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

Which fields of science does Petaling Jaya work in?

In 2022-now, 42% of research in Petaling Jaya is in Social Sciences, 35% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (16%), Computer Science (13%), Engineering (12%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 2,643 fractional works · 41.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,009 fractional works · 15.9% of its workEducation: 374 fractional works · 5.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 324 fractional works · 5.1% of its workDemography: 56 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 45 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCultural Studies: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 40 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 741 fractional works · 11.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 169 fractional works · 2.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 133 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMarketing: 125 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAccounting: 116 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 91 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 66 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBusiness and International Management: 35 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 362 fractional works · 5.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 126 fractional works · 2.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 106 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 58 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 43 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 240 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 179 fractional works · 2.8% of its workFinance: 35 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 164 fractional works · 2.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 77 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 75 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 126 fractional works · 2.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 34 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 31 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArcheology: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 46 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2,238 fractional works · 35.3% of its workComputer Science: 797 fractional works · 12.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 252 fractional works · 4.0% of its workInformation Systems: 243 fractional works · 3.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 89 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 77 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Science Applications: 49 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 760 fractional works · 12.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 153 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 105 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 95 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 76 fractional works · 1.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 62 fractional works · 1.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 54 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 51 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMedia Technology: 37 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 36 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 34 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 272 fractional works · 4.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 41 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 39 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 35 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 34 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 32 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 154 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 87 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 91 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 78 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 57 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 33 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiation: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 1,048 fractional works · 16.5% of its workMedicine: 727 fractional works · 11.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 85 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 61 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 50 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 42 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 42 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 41 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 36 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 136 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth Professions: 241 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 118 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 36 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 32 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 45 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 33 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 418 fractional works · 6.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 156 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 94 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 45 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 156 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPlant Science: 67 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFood Science: 46 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 55 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKPetaling Jaya6,347fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences35%Health Sciences17%Social Sciences42%

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 Sciences2,64341.6%
    1. Social Sciences1,00915.9%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting74111.7%
    3. Psychology3625.7%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2403.8%
    5. Decision Sciences1642.6%
    6. Arts and Humanities1262.0%
    1. Computer Science79712.6%
    2. Engineering76012.0%
    3. Environmental Science2724.3%
    4. Materials Science1542.4%
    5. Energy911.4%
    6. Chemistry570.9%
    7. Physics and Astronomy330.5%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences290.5%
    9. Mathematics280.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering160.3%
  3. Health Sciences1,04816.5%
    1. Medicine72711.5%
    2. Health Professions2413.8%
    3. Nursing450.7%
    4. Dentistry330.5%
    5. Veterinary20.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1562.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1562.5%
    3. Neuroscience550.9%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics270.4%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology240.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Petaling Jaya strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Petaling Jaya is most concentrated in Business and International Management, Marketing and Information Systems and Management (5.7× the world share in Business and International Management).

  1. Business and International ManagementSubfield · 32.6 works5.7×
  2. MarketingSubfield · 107.4 works4.6×
  3. Information Systems and ManagementSubfield · 67.9 works4.3×
  4. Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementSubfield · 109.6 works4.2×
  5. Business, Management and AccountingField · 630.8 works3.6×
  6. Management of Technology and InnovationSubfield · 58.8 works3.5×
← 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: 0.54× its world share, 142 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.45× its world share, 131 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.38× its world share, 21 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.51× its world share, 46 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.20× its world share, 23 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.73× its world share, 14 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.62× its world share, 54 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.59× its world share, 681 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 26 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.61× its world share, 82 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.81× its world share, 671 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.86× its world share, 236 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.73× its world share, 141 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.38× its world share, 25 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.24× its world share, 30 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.93× its world share, 25 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.47× its world share, 212 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.58× its world share, 614 worksMedicineNursing: 1.36× its world share, 36 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.71× its world share, 112 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.56× its world share, 631 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.64× its world share, 140 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.90× its world share, 224 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.80× its world share, 302 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.26× its world share, 875 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting3.56×631 works
  2. Decision Sciences2.64×140 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.90×224 works
  4. Psychology1.80×302 works
  5. Energy1.61×82 works
  6. Computer Science1.59×681 works
  7. Health Professions1.47×212 works
  8. Nursing1.36×36 works
  9. Social Sciences1.26×875 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.20×23 works
  11. Dentistry0.93×25 works
  12. Environmental Science0.86×236 works
  13. Engineering0.81×671 works
  14. Chemical Engineering0.73×14 works
  15. Materials Science0.73×141 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.71×112 works
  17. Chemistry0.62×54 works
  18. Medicine0.58×614 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.54×142 works
  20. Neuroscience0.51×46 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.45×131 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.38×21 works
  23. Mathematics0.38×25 works
  24. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.30×26 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.24×30 works
  26. Veterinary0.22×2 works

Which keywords describe research in Petaling Jaya?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Supply Chain Management, Deep Learning, Healthcare, Sustainability, Leadership, Educational Technology and Internet of Things.

▲ 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. Machine Learning430▲ 2.0×90 topics
  2. Deep Learning322▲ 1.47×83 topics
  3. Sustainability262▲ 1.69×83 topics
  4. Supply Chain Management231▲ 4.1×24 topics
  5. Healthcare198▲ 2.7×24 topics
  6. Artificial Intelligence197▲ 2.2×50 topics
  7. Educational Technology189▲ 2.5×39 topics
  8. Social Media176▲ 2.0×33 topics
  9. Internet of Things165▲ 3.0×28 topics
  10. Renewable Energy160▲ 1.75×46 topics
  11. Mental Health151▲ 1.67×38 topics
  12. Big Data149▲ 2.5×29 topics
  13. Leadership147▲ 4.7×28 topics
  14. E-Learning145▲ 2.4×22 topics
  15. Consumer Behavior141▲ 3.6×18 topics
  16. Online Learning135▲ 2.6×24 topics
  17. Risk Management133▲ 4.4×14 topics
  18. Social Capital122▲ 3.7×19 topics
  19. Corporate Governance122▲ 2.6×22 topics
  20. Economic Growth118▲ 2.3×30 topics
  21. Job Satisfaction114▲ 4.1×13 topics
  22. Customer Satisfaction114▲ 5.7×9 topics
  23. Digital Transformation109▲ 3.2×21 topics
  24. Environmental Management108▲ 4.2×15 topics
  25. Organizational Performance101▲ 6.1×11 topics
  26. Smart Cities93▲ 5.5×8 topics
  27. IoT92▲ 3.9×17 topics
  28. Student Engagement91▲ 3.6×16 topics
  29. Technology Integration88▲ 4.4×10 topics
  30. User Satisfaction82▲ 6.8×4 topics
  31. Self-Efficacy78▲ 4.7×11 topics
  32. Lifelong Learning77▲ 5.9×9 topics
  33. Information Systems72▲ 6.5×6 topics
  34. Technology Acceptance Model71▲ 7.3×2 topics
  35. Structural Equation Modeling71▲ 5.7×6 topics
  36. User-Generated Content66▲ 7.8×2 topics
  37. Consumer Engagement65▲ 8.4×1 topic
  38. Electronic Word-of-Mouth65▲ 8.4×1 topic
  39. Consumer Trust64▲ 11×1 topic
  40. Partial Least Squares64▲ 11×1 topic

What research is done in Petaling Jaya?

Digital Marketing and So…58Digital Marketing and Social Media: 58 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and …55Technology Adoption and User Behaviour: 55 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 46 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability in Business: 40 fractional worksPublic Health and Nutrition: 39 fractional worksTechnology-Enhanced Education Studies: 36 fractional worksJob Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior: 35 fractional worksOrganizational and Emplo…35Organizational and Employee Performance: 35 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 34 fractional worksOnline Learning and Analytics: 34 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceInformation Systems and ManagementAccountingMarketing6 others

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

  1. 1 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 58 works
  2. 2 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 55 works
  3. 3 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 46 works
  4. 4 Environmental Sustainability in Business Marketing 40 works
  5. 5 Public Health and Nutrition Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 39 works
  6. 6 Technology-Enhanced Education Studies Education 36 works
  7. 7 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 35 works
  8. 8 Organizational and Employee Performance Artificial Intelligence 35 works
  9. 9 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 34 works
  10. 10 Online Learning and Analytics Computer Science Applications 34 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%Petaling Jaya17.9% 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 24.5% in 2018.

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