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Hospital Pulau Pinang

In research, Hospital Pulau Pinang stands highest in Physical Sciences (#8,821 of 12,888 worldwide), Social Sciences (#7,286 of 10,521 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#9,091 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Civil and Structural Engineering — Civil and Structural Engineering is 4.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,302
of 28,054 · #19,767 all time
Rank in Malaysia
#70
of 137
Research works
1.4k
▲ 189% vs 2013–17
Citations
9k
6.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
61%
world 28%

What is Hospital Pulau Pinang known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #8,821 of 12,888 4.9%297 #14589
Social SciencesDomain #7,286 of 10,521 8.7%153 #12883
Health SciencesDomain #9,091 of 11,982 5.4%149 #11110
EngineeringField #5,673 of 6,636 3.6%162 #7757
MedicineField #9,175 of 10,443 4.8%125 #11077
Social SciencesField #5,597 of 6,365 9.0%81 #8812

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hospital Pulau Pinang 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#14,589 #8,821
  2. Social Sciences#12,883 #7,286
  3. Health Sciences#11,110 #9,091
  4. Engineering#7,757 #5,673
  5. Medicine#11,077 #9,175
  6. Social Sciences#8,812 #5,597
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

What does Hospital Pulau Pinang specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Civil and Structural Engineering takes 4.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield · 31.0 works4.1×
← 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: 0.66× its world share, 20 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.29× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.46× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.47× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.72× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.28× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.75× its world share, 8 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.88× its world share, 44 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.19× its world share, 7 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.69× its world share, 162 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.34× its world share, 42 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.06× its world share, 24 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.39× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.70× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.12× its world share, 19 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.02× its world share, 125 worksMedicineNursing: 0.77× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.50× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.31× its world share, 27 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.28× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.80× its world share, 11 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.91× its world share, 18 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.00× its world share, 81 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 1.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Hospital Pulau Pinang?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Curriculum Development, Islamic Education, Educational Technology, E-Learning, Lifelong Learning, Religious Education, Engineering Education and Madrasa.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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 Learning26▲ 1.21×45 topics
  2. Machine Learning25▲ 1.18×37 topics
  3. Epidemiology22◆ 0.89×77 topics
  4. Curriculum Development22▲ 4.9×11 topics
  5. Sustainability20▲ 1.28×36 topics
  6. Globalization20▲ 1.58×18 topics
  7. Environmental Impact20▲ 1.81×32 topics
  8. Educational Technology19▲ 2.5×26 topics
  9. E-Learning17▲ 2.7×14 topics
  10. Renewable Energy16▲ 1.77×25 topics
  11. COVID-1916▲ 1.77×22 topics
  12. Online Learning14▲ 2.7×13 topics
  13. Mechanical Properties13▲ 2.1×22 topics
  14. Islamic Education13▲ 5.7×4 topics
  15. Pandemic12▲ 1.83×12 topics
  16. Pedagogy12▲ 3.8×6 topics
  17. Risk Management12▲ 3.9×8 topics
  18. Teacher Training12▲ 3.0×6 topics
  19. Consumer Behavior12▲ 2.9×12 topics
  20. Artificial Neural Networks11▲ 3.8×8 topics
  21. Mobile Learning11▲ 5.1×5 topics
  22. Recycling11▲ 4.7×9 topics
  23. Lifelong Learning10▲ 7.9×6 topics
  24. Religious Education10▲ 9.4×2 topics
  25. Student Engagement10▲ 4.0×9 topics
  26. Engineering Education10▲ 18×4 topics
  27. Madrasa10▲ 21×1 topic
  28. Muslim Students10▲ 21×1 topic
  29. Technology Integration10▲ 4.9×8 topics
  30. IoT10▲ 4.0×10 topics
  31. Learning Outcomes9▲ 3.4×8 topics
  32. Environmental Monitoring9▲ 3.7×7 topics
  33. Assessment Methods8▲ 11×3 topics
  34. Student Satisfaction8▲ 6.2×2 topics
  35. Elderly7▲ 4.5×6 topics
  36. Durability Performance7▲ 11×2 topics
  37. Construction6▲ 7.2×2 topics
  38. Recycled Materials6▲ 8.4×2 topics
  39. Outcome-Based Education6▲ 34×1 topic
  40. Professional Skills6▲ 27×1 topic

Which research topics does Hospital Pulau Pinang publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Education and Islamic Studies, Engineering Education and Curriculum Development, Islamic Finance and Banking Studies and Innovative concrete reinforcement materials.

Education and Islamic Studies: 10 fractional worksEngineering Education and Curriculum Development: 6 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Bank…5Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 5 fractional worksInnovative concrete rein…5Innovative concrete reinforcement materials: 5 fractional worksTechnology-Enhanced Education Studies: 5 fractional worksHalal products and consumer behavior: 4 fractional worksMicroplastics and Plasti…4Microplastics and Plastic Pollution: 4 fractional worksWater Quality Monitoring Technologies: 4 fractional worksStructural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete: 4 fractional worksRecycled Aggregate Concr…4Recycled Aggregate Concrete Performance: 4 fractional works
EducationMedia TechnologyAccountingCivil and Structural Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Education and Islamic Studies Education 10 works
  2. 2 Engineering Education and Curriculum Development Media Technology 6 works
  3. 3 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 5 works
  4. 4 Innovative concrete reinforcement materials Civil and Structural Engineering 5 works
  5. 5 Technology-Enhanced Education Studies Education 5 works
  6. 6 Halal products and consumer behavior Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  7. 7 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 4 works
  8. 8 Water Quality Monitoring Technologies Water Science and Technology 4 works
  9. 9 Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Building and Construction 4 works
  10. 10 Recycled Aggregate Concrete Performance Building and Construction 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 available60.7%not open39.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.9%domestic only85.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hospital Pulau Pinang's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 189% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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.

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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.