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Malaysia vs Oman

On research quality in 2022-now, Malaysia ranks #54 in the world and Oman #90, of 189 countries. Malaysia stands higher in 25 of the 25 fields both publish in, Oman in 0.

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Malaysia

World rank, 2022-now
#54
#57 all time
Works, 2022-now
176k
fractional
Top-10% rate
8.9%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
56%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Accounting, Information Systems and Management, Marketing.

Oman

World rank, 2022-now
#90
#101 all time
Works, 2022-now
12k
fractional
Top-10% rate
11.1%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
51%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Research and Theory, Health Informatics, Energy Engineering and Power Technology.

Who leads, measure by measure?

Malaysia leads on 4 of 9 measures: research quality, output, citations per work and open access. Oman leads on 4 of 9 measures: excellence for its fields, top-10% rate, international co-authorship and growth. The two are level on institutions in the world top 100.

Malaysia 41 level4 Oman
  1. #54Research qualityworld rank of 189 countries, 2022-now#90
  2. 0.81×Excellence for its fieldsits top-10% rate against what its topics predict; 1.00× is as expected0.85×
  3. 176kOutputfractional works, 2022-now12k
  4. 8.9%Top-10% rateshare of its works among the world's most cited11.1%
  5. 13.5Citations per workall time, per fractional work12.8
  6. 0World top 100institutions it holds among the world's best 1000
  7. 56%Open accessof its works free to read, all time51%
  8. 23%Internationalof its works written with co-authors abroad, all time37%
  9. +18%Growthworks in 2022-25 against 2018-21; half a bar is no change+49%

A rank is drawn as its standing: the longer the bar, the nearer the top. Anything else is drawn against the larger of the two, and two values a hair apart are called level. Quality, excellence and the top-10% rate are explained in the methodology.

Who leads in each field?

Malaysia stands higher in 25 of 25 fields, Oman in 0. Malaysia leads most in Medicine (#63 against #121). Each bar is that side's standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Malaysia 250 Oman
  1. #62Agricultural and Biological Sciences#91
  2. #59Arts and Humanities#83
  3. #62Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#74
  4. #36Business, Management and Accounting#61
  5. #34Chemical Engineering-
  6. #48Chemistry-
  7. #47Computer Science#70
  8. #40Decision Sciences#65
  9. #44Dentistry-
  10. #51Earth and Planetary Sciences-
  11. #56Economics, Econometrics and Finance#73
  12. #32Energy-
  13. #42Engineering#70
  14. #39Environmental Science#73
  15. #55Health Professions#83
  16. #56Immunology and Microbiology-
  17. #51Materials Science#69
  18. #63Mathematics-
  19. #63Medicine#121
  20. #51Neuroscience-
  21. #53Nursing-
  22. #31Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics-
  23. #62Physics and Astronomy-
  24. #46Psychology#75
  25. #51Social Sciences#99

Standing is the percentile of world rank within each field, 2022-now; the printed number is the rank itself. A dash means the field is too small there to rank. How sides are compared.

The numbers behind each field

Click a heading to sort. The side that does better in a pair of columns is shaded: a lower rank, a higher rate, more works.

Field Malaysia rankOman rank Malaysia top 10%Oman top 10% Malaysia worksOman works
Agricultural and Biological Sciences #62 #91 9.8% 16.0% 7.3k 471
Arts and Humanities #59 #83 10.3% 12.8% 4k 262
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology #62 #74 7.7% 8.2% 5k 361
Business, Management and Accounting #36 #61 10.1% 16.6% 14k 826
Chemical Engineering #34 - 8.4% - 676 -
Chemistry #48 - 8.3% - 2k -
Computer Science #47 #70 10.1% 12.0% 18k 1.2k
Decision Sciences #40 #65 9.1% 13.9% 3.4k 203
Dentistry #44 - 7.1% - 949 -
Earth and Planetary Sciences #51 - 6.9% - 1.6k -
Economics, Econometrics and Finance #56 #73 9.6% 15.2% 4.8k 360
Energy #32 - 9.5% - 2.3k -
Engineering #42 #70 7.6% 9.9% 29k 1.8k
Environmental Science #39 #73 8.3% 12.6% 9.9k 580
Health Professions #55 #83 10.3% 12.8% 4.2k 294
Immunology and Microbiology #56 - 8.4% - 901 -
Materials Science #51 #69 7.9% 10.1% 6.4k 255
Mathematics #63 - 10.6% - 1.2k -
Medicine #63 #121 7.1% 6.5% 19k 2.1k
Neuroscience #51 - 7.6% - 1.5k -
Nursing #53 - 8.5% - 801 -
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics #31 - 10.3% - 690 -
Physics and Astronomy #62 - 6.6% - 1.1k -
Psychology #46 #75 7.4% 10.8% 7.1k 389
Social Sciences #51 #99 10.6% 12.2% 31k 1.3k

What is each known for?

The keywords that describe each side's research, by fractional works in 2022-now and weighted toward what it does more of than the world.

Malaysia

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's
All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Machine Learning9,301▲ 1.43×97 topics
  2. Deep Learning7,912▲ 1.17×85 topics
  3. Sustainability6,955▲ 1.46×131 topics
  4. Globalization6,549▲ 1.70×161 topics
  5. Environmental Impact5,458▲ 1.64×73 topics
  6. Educational Technology5,158▲ 2.2×47 topics
  7. Curriculum Development4,948▲ 3.7×19 topics
  8. Supply Chain Management4,899▲ 2.8×27 topics
  9. Risk Management4,842▲ 5.2×19 topics
  10. Social Media4,822▲ 1.78×40 topics
  11. Corporate Governance4,726▲ 3.3×31 topics
  12. Teacher Training4,552▲ 3.8×26 topics
  13. E-Learning4,527▲ 2.4×26 topics
  14. Islamic Education4,397▲ 6.8×4 topics
  15. Education4,374▲ 1.30×135 topics
  16. Renewable Energy4,324▲ 1.53×61 topics
  17. Pedagogy4,225▲ 4.3×27 topics
  18. Islamic Banking3,891▲ 5.3×3 topics
  19. Online Learning3,862▲ 2.4×27 topics
  20. Consumer Behavior3,721▲ 3.1×20 topics
  21. Artificial Intelligence3,704▲ 1.33×65 topics
  22. Religious Education3,668▲ 12×5 topics
  23. Ethical Values3,514▲ 19×2 topics
  24. Madrasa3,513▲ 26×1 topic
  25. Muslim Students3,513▲ 26×1 topic
  26. Healthcare3,343▲ 1.50×38 topics
  27. Performance Analysis3,223▲ 8.0×5 topics
  28. Finance3,169▲ 8.8×4 topics
  29. Financial Stability3,143▲ 8.4×8 topics
  30. Internet of Things3,017▲ 1.80×33 topics
  31. Global Financial Crisis2,999▲ 12×3 topics
  32. Ethical Identity2,979▲ 13×1 topic
  33. Shariah Supervision2,979▲ 13×1 topic
  34. Social Capital2,937▲ 2.9×20 topics
  35. Technology Integration2,628▲ 4.3×11 topics
  36. Mobile Learning2,540▲ 3.8×6 topics
  37. IoT2,519▲ 3.4×19 topics
  38. Student Engagement2,391▲ 3.1×17 topics
  39. Customer Satisfaction2,232▲ 3.6×10 topics
  40. Student Satisfaction1,789▲ 5.0×4 topics

Oman

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's
All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Machine Learning975▲ 2.1×94 topics
  2. Deep Learning626▲ 1.33×83 topics
  3. Epidemiology490◆ 0.90×133 topics
  4. Sustainability473▲ 1.42×94 topics
  5. Healthcare439▲ 2.8×33 topics
  6. Renewable Energy439▲ 2.2×50 topics
  7. Supply Chain Management400▲ 3.3×25 topics
  8. Artificial Intelligence348▲ 1.79×53 topics
  9. Education336▲ 1.43×84 topics
  10. Environmental Impact312▲ 1.34×61 topics
  11. Internet of Things284▲ 2.4×30 topics
  12. Online Learning271▲ 2.4×23 topics
  13. Big Data266▲ 2.0×32 topics
  14. Educational Technology263▲ 1.63×39 topics
  15. Digital Transformation237▲ 3.2×24 topics
  16. IoT225▲ 4.4×19 topics
  17. Smart Cities224▲ 6.2×8 topics
  18. E-Learning222▲ 1.68×23 topics
  19. Corporate Governance212▲ 2.1×27 topics
  20. Security212▲ 2.3×28 topics
  21. Social Capital200▲ 2.8×17 topics
  22. Risk Management199▲ 3.1×17 topics
  23. Energy Efficiency198▲ 1.57×42 topics
  24. Customer Satisfaction193▲ 4.4×10 topics
  25. Knowledge Management185▲ 2.4×27 topics
  26. Organizational Performance179▲ 5.0×12 topics
  27. Technology Integration174▲ 4.0×12 topics
  28. Consumer Behavior174▲ 2.0×18 topics
  29. Student Engagement172▲ 3.2×17 topics
  30. Higher Education158▲ 2.2×27 topics
  31. Human Resource Management155▲ 7.3×6 topics
  32. Social Networks150▲ 4.1×12 topics
  33. Student Satisfaction142▲ 5.7×3 topics
  34. Localization124▲ 7.6×4 topics
  35. Social Media Marketing123▲ 18×1 topic
  36. Guanxi116▲ 40×1 topic
  37. Wasta116▲ 40×1 topic
  38. Learning Analytics96▲ 5.8×3 topics
  39. Educational Data Mining87▲ 7.5×1 topic
  40. Massive Open Online Courses87▲ 7.5×1 topic

Size is fractional works in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of the side's work against its share of the world's. Each word links to the topic it comes from most.

How has their output grown?

Malaysia has out-published Oman every year since 1980.

still counting20k40k60kMalaysia45k in 2025Oman3,679 in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works per year.

Their share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share, because all of science grows. Each line is a side as a percentage of every work published that year.

still counting0.50%1.0%Malaysia0.77% in 2025Oman0.063% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

The share of each side's works, year by year, that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. The average of all institutions is 10.0% (why not 10%).

still counting5%10%15%Oman11.6% in 2025Malaysia8.7% in 2025200020102020

A year with under 1% of the side's peak output is left out: a rate over a handful of papers says nothing. The latest years are still being cited.

Who holds more of the world's best institutions?

A country's average quality and the number of institutions it holds at the very top can disagree, and both are worth knowing. The counts are nested: an institution in the top 50 is also in the top 100.

Malaysia 05 level0 Oman
  1. 0In the world top 500
  2. 0In the top 1000
  3. 0In the top 5000
  4. 0In the top 1,0000
  5. #51Elite capacityrank among 204 countries#51

Institutions ranked on research quality, 2022-now. Elite capacity counts a country's institutions by their worldwide rank, weighted so a place at #1 counts for more than one at #480.

Which publishes more research, Malaysia or Oman?

Malaysia publishes 15.2× as much research as Oman in 2022-now (176k against 12k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Malaysia or Oman?

11.1% of Oman's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 8.9% for Malaysia.

Is Malaysia or Oman growing faster?

Output in 2022-25 was +49% against 2018-21 for Oman, and +18% for Malaysia.

Which has more open access research, Malaysia or Oman?

56% of Malaysia's research is free to read, against 51% of Oman's.

Which has more world-class institutions, Malaysia or Oman?

Malaysia holds 0 of the world's top 100 research institutions and Oman 0; in the top 1,000 it is 0 against 0.

Which institutions lead in each country?

The highest-ranked institutions on each side on research quality, 2022-now. The percentage is each institution's own top-10% rate: the share of its works that are among the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. Every figure stands alone, so they do not add up to 100%.

Malaysia

  1. 1Northern University of Malaysia9.8% top 10% · 3.7k works
  2. 2University of Technology Malaysia8.7% top 10% · 9.8k works
  3. 3Multimedia University11.9% top 10% · 2.8k works
  4. 4Universiti Tenaga Nasional13.7% top 10% · 1.7k works
  5. 5Sultan Idris Education University9.0% top 10% · 4.2k works
  6. 6Taylor's University12.9% top 10% · 1.8k works

Oman

  1. 1Sohar University15.8% top 10% · 836 works
  2. 2Sultan Qaboos University11.4% top 10% · 3.9k works
  3. 3Dhofar University18.0% top 10% · 659 works
  4. 4College of Applied Sciences, Nizwa13.1% top 10% · 634 works
  5. 5Muscat College7.5% top 10% · 948 works
  6. 6University of Nizwa14.7% top 10% · 832 works

The number is the rank inside the country. The track on each row is the top-10% rate; the tick is the average of all institutions, 10.0% (how it is set): teal above it, red below. The ranking is the quality score, which compares the rate with what each institution's own topics predict and adds a small reward for size, so the rates do not fall in order.

Who are the top researchers on each side?

The most cited researchers on each side, among those ranked.

Malaysia

  1. 1 Arshian Sharif #112 worldwide 23k citations · 262 works
  2. 2 Keng‐Boon Ooi #311 worldwide 27k citations · 262 works
  3. 3 Mohammad Iranmanesh #458 worldwide 17k citations · 224 works
  4. 4 Hesam Kamyab #791 worldwide 20k citations · 370 works
  5. 5 Bassim H. Hameed #1,891 worldwide 63k citations · 395 works

Oman

  1. 1 Ali Tarhini #6,779 worldwide 11k citations · 160 works
  2. 2 S. K. Maurya #12,340 worldwide 9k citations · 388 works
  3. 3 Walid Mensi #15,702 worldwide 12k citations · 242 works
  4. 4 Sathish Kumar Jayapal #16,435 worldwide 54k citations · 90 works
  5. 5 Ala'a Hamed Al-Muhtaseb #17,011 worldwide 22k citations · 276 works