Social Sciences research in Malaysia

#	Institution	World rank	Score	Top-10% rate	Works
1	Northern University of MalaysiaJitra	#495	32.3	10.9%	2,600
2	Sultan Idris Education UniversityKuala Lumpur	#922	25.5	9.2%	2,702
3	Taylor's UniversitySubang Jaya	#1,409	20.9	15.5%	702
4	Universiti Sains Islam MalaysiaKampung Baharu Nilai	#1,422	20.8	8.9%	1,548
5	UCSI UniversityKuala Lumpur	#1,599	19.5	16.8%	735
6	Universiti Sains MalaysiaGeorge Town	#1,630	19.3	12.7%	4,190
7	University of Technology MalaysiaJohor Bahru	#1,643	19.2	10.2%	2,545
8	Multimedia UniversityMalacca	#1,699	18.9	13.7%	930
9	University of MalayaKuala Lumpur	#1,783	18.4	12.7%	4,366
10	SEGi UniversityPetaling Jaya	#1,862	17.9	11.6%	358
11	Sunway UniversityPetaling Jaya	#2,022	17.0	21.9%	666
12	Universiti Putra MalaysiaSeri Kembangan	#2,055	16.8	10.9%	3,576
13	Universiti Malaysia KelantanKota Bharu	#2,242	15.9	7.3%	967
14	Sultan Zainal Abidin UniversityKuala Terengganu	#2,243	15.8	9.7%	1,193
15	Selangor Islamic UniversityPutrajaya	#2,276	15.7	7.1%	598
16	Universiti Malaysia TerengganuKuala Terengganu	#2,294	15.6	11.0%	903
17	National University of MalaysiaBangi	#2,330	15.4	11.8%	5,492
18	Universiti of Malaysia SabahKota Kinabalu	#2,374	15.2	7.8%	1,684
19	Management and Science UniversityShah Alam	#2,505	14.6	8.5%	584
20	Asia Pacific University of Technology & InnovationKuala Lumpur	#2,563	14.4	7.1%	384
21	Universiti Malaysia SarawakKuching	#2,626	14.1	8.9%	1,114
22	INTI International UniversityKampung Baharu Nilai	#2,703	13.8	15.0%	552
23	Tun Hussein Onn University of MalaysiaBatu Pahat	#2,764	13.6	8.2%	894
24	Curtin University SarawakMiri	#2,936	12.9	19.6%	139
25	International Islamic University MalaysiaKuala Lumpur	#3,010	12.6	9.0%	2,645
26	City University MalaysiaKuala Selangor	#3,011	12.6	4.4%	516
27	Universiti Tunku Abdul RahmanKampar	#3,105	12.3	10.0%	744
28	Jabatan Perkhidmatan Awam MalaysiaPutrajaya	#3,110	12.3	7.1%	496
29	International Centre for Education in Islamic FinanceKuala Lumpur	#3,160	12.1	14.1%	212
30	Monash University MalaysiaSubang Jaya	#3,193	12.0	15.2%	456
31	Nilai UniversityKampung Baharu Nilai	#3,237	11.8	7.4%	142
32	Malaysia University of Science and TechnologyPetaling Jaya	#3,307	11.6	8.4%	268
33	Universiti Tenaga NasionalKuala Selangor	#3,438	11.2	10.5%	390
34	Technical University of Malaysia MalaccaMalacca	#3,708	10.4	7.0%	512
35	Open University MalaysiaKuala Lumpur	#3,736	10.3	5.7%	289
36	Universiti Teknologi MARA SystemShah Alam	#3,744	10.2	4.4%	473
37	Lincoln University CollegePetaling Jaya	#4,020	9.5	5.7%	746
38	Tunku Abdul Rahman University of Management and TechnologyKuala Lumpur	#4,114	9.2	8.4%	240
39	Sultan Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah International Islamic UniversityAlor Star	#4,164	9.1	7.5%	245
40	Universiti Teknologi PetronasIpoh	#4,247	8.9	14.7%	427
41	Kolej Poly-Tech MARAKuala Lumpur	#4,266	8.8	5.6%	142
42	University of Kuala LumpurKuala Lumpur	#4,303	8.7	7.6%	533
43	Kuala Lumpur University of Science & TechnologyKuala Selangor	#4,317	8.7	7.6%	97
44	University of SelangorShah Alam	#4,366	8.6	6.8%	278
45	Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan AbdullahPekan	#4,533	8.2	9.3%	694
46	Al Madinah International UniversityShah Alam	#4,727	7.7	10.6%	132
47	Asia e UniversityKuala Lumpur	#4,737	7.7	8.2%	137
48	Universiti Teknologi MARAShah Alam	#4,852	7.4	5.7%	7,328
49	Malaysia Theological SeminarySeremban	#5,026	7.0	6.4%	211
50	Ministry of Higher EducationPutrajaya	#5,112	6.9	7.5%	103
51	Tenaga Nasional Berhad (Malaysia)Kuala Lumpur	#5,122	6.8	11.5%	117
52	National Defence University of MalaysiaKuala Lumpur	#5,281	6.5	6.8%	387
53	Perdana UniversityKota Kinabalu	#5,576	5.9	10.9%	86
54	University College of Islam MelakaMalacca	#5,597	5.9	4.4%	154
55	Universiti Tun Abdul RazakPetaling Jaya	#5,682	5.7	5.3%	192
56	Government of MalaysiaPutrajaya	#5,788	5.5	9.6%	88
57	Hospital Pulau PinangGeorge Town	#5,892	5.3	4.7%	154
58	International Islamic CollegeKuala Lumpur	#6,040	5.0	7.6%	121
59	Heriot-Watt University MalaysiaPutrajaya	#6,129	4.9	14.7%	125
60	HELP UniversityKuala Lumpur	#6,524	4.2	9.7%	86

Institutions in Malaysia above the floor of 40 fractional works in Social Sciences, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022-now.

Keng‐Boon Ooi, Thurasamy Ramayah and Arshian Sharif rank highest among researchers based in Malaysia, on their papers in Social Sciences that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

1. 1Keng‐Boon Ooi#311 worldwide overall135.9 of 211 papers here in the top 10%
2. 2Thurasamy Ramayah#39,486 worldwide overall157.6 of 534 papers here in the top 10%
3. 3Arshian Sharif#112 worldwide overall104.4 of 139 papers here in the top 10%
4. 4Mohammad Iranmanesh#458 worldwide overall99.3 of 147 papers here in the top 10%
5. 5Abbas Mardani#3,784 worldwide overall85.5 of 167 papers here in the top 10%
6. 6Garry Wei‐Han Tan#5,825 worldwide overall86.0 of 136 papers here in the top 10%
7. 7Jun‐Hwa Cheah#9,872 worldwide overall92.8 of 142 papers here in the top 10%
8. 8Suhaiza Hanim Mohamad Zailani#23,096 worldwide overall74.8 of 195 papers here in the top 10%
9. 9Mehrbakhsh Nilashi#7,088 worldwide overall67.8 of 131 papers here in the top 10%
10. 10Seyyed Mostafa Rasoolimanesh#16,380 worldwide overall75.7 of 122 papers here in the top 10%
11. 11Eugene Cheng‐Xi Aw#10,796 worldwide overall63.7 of 99 papers here in the top 10%
12. 12Waleed Mugahed Al-Rahmi#17,464 worldwide overall71.3 of 102 papers here in the top 10%
13. 13Abdullah Al Mamun#298,657 worldwide overall108.4 of 301 papers here in the top 10%
14. 14Voon‐Hsien Lee#11,755 worldwide overall47.3 of 80 papers here in the top 10%
15. 15Azlan Amran#114,585 worldwide overall54.9 of 196 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Malaysia on their work in Social Sciences alone: how many more of their papers here reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected.