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Malaysia vs United Arab Emirates

On research quality in 2022-now, Malaysia ranks #34 in the world and the United Arab Emirates #35, of 189 countries. Malaysia stands higher in 12 of the 25 fields both publish in, the United Arab Emirates in 13.

Malaysia

World rank, 2022-now
#34
#34 all time
Works, 2022-now
176k
fractional
Top-10% rate
15.8%
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.

United Arab Emirates

World rank, 2022-now
#35
#45 all time
Works, 2022-now
46k
fractional
Top-10% rate
23.4%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
47%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Health Informatics, Ocean Engineering, General Dentistry.

Who leads in each field?

Malaysia stands higher in 12 of 25 fields, United Arab Emirates in 13. Each bar is that side's standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Malaysia 1213 United Arab Emirates
  1. #50Agricultural and Biological Sciences#45
  2. #30Arts and Humanities#79
  3. #41Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#37
  4. #18Business, Management and Accounting#23
  5. #23Chemical Engineering-
  6. #30Chemistry#23
  7. #21Computer Science#13
  8. #18Decision Sciences#27
  9. #42Dentistry#24
  10. #38Earth and Planetary Sciences#40
  11. #27Economics, Econometrics and Finance#22
  12. #22Energy#17
  13. #24Engineering#21
  14. #34Environmental Science#40
  15. #33Health Professions#47
  16. #38Immunology and Microbiology#43
  17. #32Materials Science#25
  18. #49Mathematics#25
  19. #44Medicine#40
  20. #38Neuroscience#32
  21. #48Nursing-
  22. #15Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics-
  23. #50Physics and Astronomy#38
  24. #31Psychology#40
  25. #25Social Sciences#41

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.

How has their output grown?

20k40k60kMalaysia45k in 2025United Arab Emirates14k in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works per year. The latest, partial year is left off.

Which publishes more research, Malaysia or United Arab Emirates?

Malaysia publishes 3.8× as much research as the United Arab Emirates in 2022-now (176k against 46k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Malaysia or United Arab Emirates?

23.4% of the United Arab Emirates's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 15.8% for Malaysia.

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. 1National University of Malaysia19.7% top 10% · 13k works
  2. 2Universiti Sains Malaysia20.9% top 10% · 11k works
  3. 3University of Malaya20.2% top 10% · 11k works
  4. 4Universiti Putra Malaysia19.1% top 10% · 10k works
  5. 5University of Technology Malaysia16.4% top 10% · 9.8k works
  6. 6Monash University Malaysia27.3% top 10% · 2.1k works

United Arab Emirates

  1. 1Khalifa University of Science and Technology28.5% top 10% · 5k works
  2. 2United Arab Emirates University30.7% top 10% · 4.9k works
  3. 3University of Sharjah25.6% top 10% · 5.4k works
  4. 4Ajman University27.3% top 10% · 1.6k works
  5. 5Zayed University33.5% top 10% · 1.6k works
  6. 6American University of Sharjah25.6% top 10% · 2k 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, 16.5% (why not 10%): 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.

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