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Curtin University Sarawak

In research, Curtin University Sarawak stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,586 of 10,670 worldwide), Engineering (#1,753 of 5,901 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,936 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pollution (Pollution is 7.3× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#2,956
of 22,385 · #3,190 all time
Rank in Malaysia
#22
of 124
Research works
2k
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
42k
21.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.11×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
47%
world 40%
International
39%
world 18%

What is Curtin University Sarawak known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #1,586 of 10,670 11.5%412 #1670
EngineeringField #1,753 of 5,901 9.3%187 #1819
Social SciencesDomain #2,936 of 9,585 19.6%139 #3558
Environmental ScienceField #1,134 of 3,334 13.6%84 #1626
Computer ScienceField #3,170 of 4,417 10.1%60 #2986

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Curtin University Sarawak sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#1,670 #1,586
  2. Engineering#1,819 #1,753
  3. Social Sciences#3,558 #2,936
  4. Environmental Science#1,626 #1,134
  5. Computer Science#2,986 #3,170
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Curtin University Sarawak work in?

In 2022-now, 66% of research at Curtin University Sarawak is in Physical Sciences, 22% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (29%), Environmental Science (14%), Computer Science (10%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 463 fractional works · 66.0% of its workEngineering: 205 fractional works · 29.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 46 fractional works · 6.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 28 fractional works · 4.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 28 fractional works · 4.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 15 fractional works · 2.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 14 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 14 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 13 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 12 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMedia Technology: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 97 fractional works · 13.8% of its workPollution: 20 fractional works · 2.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 18 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 16 fractional works · 2.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 16 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEcology: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 68 fractional works · 9.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 21 fractional works · 3.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 17 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInformation Systems: 12 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Science Applications: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 29 fractional works · 4.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 14 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiomaterials: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 23 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeology: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeophysics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 21 fractional works · 3.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 20 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 12 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCatalysis: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 152 fractional works · 21.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 61 fractional works · 8.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 23 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEducation: 14 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCommunication: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 44 fractional works · 6.2% of its workMarketing: 11 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAccounting: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 20 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 15 fractional works · 2.1% of its workFinance: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 15 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 12 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 44 fractional works · 6.3% of its workMedicine: 33 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 42 fractional works · 6.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 25 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPlant Science: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFood Science: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAquatic Science: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKCurtin UniversitySarawak701fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences66%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences22%

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 institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering20529.3%
    2. Environmental Science9713.8%
    3. Computer Science689.6%
    4. Materials Science294.1%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences233.3%
    6. Energy213.0%
    7. Chemistry121.7%
    8. Chemical Engineering40.6%
    9. Physics and Astronomy20.3%
    10. Mathematics10.2%
    1. Social Sciences618.6%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting446.2%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance202.8%
    4. Psychology152.2%
    5. Decision Sciences121.7%
    6. Arts and Humanities20.2%
    1. Medicine334.7%
    2. Health Professions81.2%
    3. Nursing20.2%
    4. Dentistry10.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences253.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology101.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology30.4%
    4. Neuroscience30.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Curtin University Sarawak specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pollution takes 7.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. PollutionSubfield · 20.1 works7.3×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.75× its world share, 25 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.27× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.40× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.76× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.79× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.11× its world share, 12 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.24× its world share, 68 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.08× its world share, 23 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.31× its world share, 21 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.95× its world share, 205 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.78× its world share, 97 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.17× its world share, 29 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.44× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.25× its world share, 33 worksMedicineNursing: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.93× its world share, 44 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.72× its world share, 12 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.31× its world share, 20 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.71× its world share, 15 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.68× its world share, 61 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Energy, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Energy3.31×21 works
  2. Environmental Science2.78×97 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.08×23 works
  4. Engineering1.95×205 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting1.93×44 works
  6. Chemical Engineering1.79×4 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.72×12 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.31×20 works
  9. Computer Science1.24×68 works
  10. Materials Science1.17×29 works
  11. Chemistry1.11×12 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.76×2 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.75×25 works
  14. Psychology0.71×15 works
  15. Social Sciences0.68×61 works
  16. Nursing0.45×2 works
  17. Health Professions0.44×8 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.40×3 works
  19. Dentistry0.28×1 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.27×10 works
  21. Medicine0.25×33 works
  22. Neuroscience0.23×3 works
  23. Mathematics0.17×1 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.14×2 works
  25. Arts and Humanities0.08×2 works

Who are the top researchers at Curtin University Sarawak?

Ranked on the quality score, Yie Hua Tan, Bridgid Lai Fui Chin and Ramez Abubakr Badeeb lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Curtin University Sarawak.

  1. 1 Yie Hua Tan Malaysia · #38,010 worldwide 5.3k citations · 108 works
  2. 2 Bridgid Lai Fui Chin Malaysia · #71,438 worldwide 5.1k citations · 140 works
  3. 3 Ramez Abubakr Badeeb Malaysia · #111,432 worldwide 2.5k citations · 39 works
  4. 4 Jibrail Kansedo Malaysia · #165,004 worldwide 5.6k citations · 71 works
  5. 5 Fahad Saleem Ahmed Khan Malaysia · #317,460 worldwide 6.6k citations · 82 works
  6. 6 Michael K. Danquah Malaysia · #326,385 worldwide 16k citations · 346 works
  7. 7 Chua Han Bing Malaysia · #352,263 worldwide 1.9k citations · 32 works
  8. 8 Adamu Abbas Adamu Malaysia · #377,913 worldwide 602 citations · 34 works
  9. 9 Sie Yon Lau Malaysia · #403,047 worldwide 5.7k citations · 100 works
  10. 10 Raoof Gholami Malaysia · #403,272 worldwide 7.5k citations · 175 works
All ranked researchers at Curtin University Sarawak

What are the most cited papers from Curtin University Sarawak?

The most cited paper from Curtin University Sarawak is "Review on nanoparticles and nanostructured materials: history, sources, toxicity and regulations" (Jaison Jeevanandam, Ahmed Barhoum, Yen San Chan et al., 2018), with 3,297 citations. Next come "Efficiency of various recent wastewater dye removal methods: A review" (2,766) and "Fly Ash-Based Geopolymer Concrete" (880).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Review on nanoparticles and nanostructured materials: history, sources, toxicity and regulations Jaison Jeevanandam, Ahmed Barhoum, Yen San Chan et al. · Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology Open access 3 Apr 2018 3,297
2 Efficiency of various recent wastewater dye removal methods: A review Vanitha Katheresan, Jibrail Kansedo, Sie Yon Lau · Journal of environmental chemical engineering 26 Jun 2018 2,766
3 Fly Ash-Based Geopolymer Concrete Djwantoro Hardjito, Steenie Edward Wallah, Dody M.J. Sumajouw et al. · Australian Journal of Structural Engineering Open access 2005 880
4 Environmental friendly cutting fluids and cooling techniques in machining: a review Sujan Debnath, Moola Mohan Reddy, Qua Sok Yi · Journal of Cleaner Production 12 Aug 2014 816
5 Burden of 375 diseases and injuries, risk-attributable burden of 88 risk factors, and healthy life expectancy in 204 countries and territories, including 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023 Simon I Hay et al. · The Lancet Open access2,780 authors Oct 2025 762
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Curtin University Sarawak?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Environmental Impact, Renewable Energy, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Recycling, Waste Management, Pollution and Heavy Metals.

▲ 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 institution'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 Learning47▲ 1.94×57 topics
  2. Environmental Impact43▲ 3.6×39 topics
  3. Machine Learning37▲ 1.58×49 topics
  4. Renewable Energy34▲ 3.4×29 topics
  5. Sustainability27▲ 1.55×44 topics
  6. Neural Networks18▲ 1.64×28 topics
  7. Recycling17▲ 6.5×8 topics
  8. Waste Management17▲ 6.2×6 topics
  9. Social Media17▲ 1.74×19 topics
  10. Nanomaterials16▲ 2.1×13 topics
  11. Remote Sensing15▲ 1.70×19 topics
  12. Energy Efficiency14▲ 2.2×24 topics
  13. Water Quality14▲ 5.0×12 topics
  14. Toxicity13▲ 4.2×11 topics
  15. Heavy Metals12▲ 7.3×8 topics
  16. Nanocomposites12▲ 2.2×15 topics
  17. Pollution12▲ 8.8×4 topics
  18. Biodiesel12▲ 19×2 topics
  19. Wastewater Treatment12▲ 6.8×10 topics
  20. Biochar11▲ 9.2×4 topics
  21. Heat Transfer10▲ 3.0×15 topics
  22. Optimization10▲ 3.1×11 topics
  23. CO2 Sequestration9▲ 6.8×4 topics
  24. Environmental Impacts9▲ 4.8×5 topics
  25. Biomechanics8▲ 4.0×6 topics
  26. Nutrient Removal8▲ 17×2 topics
  27. Adsorption8▲ 5.6×5 topics
  28. Emissions8▲ 5.7×5 topics
  29. Metal Recovery8▲ 5.7×3 topics
  30. Marine Environment8▲ 7.4×3 topics
  31. Microplastics7▲ 11×1 topic
  32. Terrestrial Ecosystems7▲ 11×1 topic
  33. Convolutional Networks7▲ 7.1×3 topics
  34. CFD Simulation7▲ 8.2×4 topics
  35. Lignocellulosic Biomass7▲ 9.4×2 topics
  36. Kinematics6▲ 19×2 topics
  37. Renewable Fuels6▲ 7.5×3 topics
  38. Mechanism Design6▲ 23×2 topics
  39. Archery6▲ 82×1 topic
  40. Biofuels6▲ 9.6×2 topics

Which research topics does Curtin University Sarawak publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Mechanics and Biomechanics Studies, Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal and Biodiesel Production and Applications.

  1. 1 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 7 works
  2. 2 Mechanics and Biomechanics Studies Biomedical Engineering 6 works
  3. 3 Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal Water Science and Technology 6 works
  4. 4 Biodiesel Production and Applications Biomedical Engineering 6 works
  5. 5 Recycling and Waste Management Techniques Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 6 works
  6. 6 Algal biology and biofuel production Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 6 works
  7. 7 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 6 works
  8. 8 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  9. 9 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 5 works
  10. 10 Water Quality Monitoring and Analysis Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 4 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available46.6%not open53.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors39.2%domestic only60.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Curtin University Sarawak's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020102020
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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Curtin University Sarawak as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0026% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Curtin University Sarawak0.0024% in 2025200020102020

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

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%Curtin University Sarawak13.5% 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 18.0% in 2018.

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