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Kolej Poly-Tech MARA

In research, Kolej Poly-Tech MARA stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,293 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#4,758 of 6,365 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#12,273 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Education — Education is 5.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#21,670
of 28,054 · #34,882 all time
Rank in Malaysia
#102
of 137
Research works
625
▲ 169% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.5k
3.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
72%
world 28%

What is Kolej Poly-Tech MARA 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
Social SciencesDomain #7,293 of 10,521 10.1%142 #9873
Social SciencesField #4,758 of 6,365 11.0%72 #6177
Physical SciencesDomain #12,273 of 12,888 7.7%82 #20915

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kolej Poly-Tech MARA 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. Social Sciences#9,873 #7,293
  2. Social Sciences#6,177 #4,758
  3. Physical Sciences#20,915 #12,273
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 Kolej Poly-Tech MARA specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Education takes 5.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EducationSubfield · 38.4 works5.1×
← 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: 0.60× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.86× its world share, 36 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.83× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.93× its world share, 34 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.37× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.32× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.75× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.77× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.15× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.98× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.80× its world share, 30 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.69× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.02× its world share, 16 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.78× its world share, 13 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.30× its world share, 72 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kolej Poly-Tech MARA?

Ranked on the composite score, A. I. Lazarev lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kolej Poly-Tech MARA.

  1. 1 A. I. Lazarev · #1,463,553 worldwide 1 citations · 46 works
All ranked researchers at Kolej Poly-Tech MARA

Which keywords describe research at Kolej Poly-Tech MARA?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: E-Learning, Educational Technology, Curriculum Development, Islamic Education, Teacher Training, Online Learning, Pedagogy and IoT.

▲ 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. E-Learning20▲ 8.0×14 topics
  2. Educational Technology18▲ 6.1×19 topics
  3. Curriculum Development15▲ 8.5×7 topics
  4. Online Learning14▲ 6.9×10 topics
  5. Globalization14▲ 2.8×9 topics
  6. Islamic Education13▲ 15×3 topics
  7. Teacher Training13▲ 8.7×8 topics
  8. Machine Learning13▲ 1.62×23 topics
  9. COVID-1913▲ 3.8×8 topics
  10. Pedagogy12▲ 9.8×3 topics
  11. IoT12▲ 13×9 topics
  12. Consumer Behavior12▲ 7.4×11 topics
  13. Pandemic12▲ 4.3×5 topics
  14. Corporate Governance11▲ 6.2×9 topics
  15. Madrasa11▲ 62×1 topic
  16. Muslim Students11▲ 62×1 topic
  17. Education11▲ 2.5×16 topics
  18. Digital Transformation10▲ 7.9×6 topics
  19. Social Media10▲ 3.0×9 topics
  20. Islamic Banking10▲ 10×3 topics
  21. Risk Management10▲ 8.6×7 topics
  22. Supply Chain Management9▲ 4.0×12 topics
  23. Job Satisfaction8▲ 7.9×6 topics
  24. Technology Integration8▲ 11×7 topics
  25. Financial Stability8▲ 16×2 topics
  26. Mobile Learning8▲ 9.3×5 topics
  27. Internet of Things8▲ 3.7×13 topics
  28. Ethical Identity8▲ 24×1 topic
  29. Finance8▲ 16×1 topic
  30. Performance Analysis8▲ 14×2 topics
  31. Student Satisfaction7▲ 15×2 topics
  32. Technology7▲ 5.4×8 topics
  33. Customer Satisfaction6▲ 8.1×7 topics
  34. Student Engagement6▲ 6.3×10 topics
  35. Stock Market6▲ 10×3 topics
  36. Blended Learning6▲ 17×4 topics
  37. Food Supply Chain6▲ 20×2 topics
  38. Financial Markets6▲ 17×1 topic
  39. business impact6▲ 23×1 topic
  40. Organizational Performance5▲ 8.6×5 topics

Which research topics does Kolej Poly-Tech MARA publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Education and Islamic Studies, Islamic Finance and Banking Studies, COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts and Technology-Enhanced Education Studies.

Education and Islamic St…11Education and Islamic Studies: 11 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 8 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts6COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 6 fractional worksTechnology-Enhanced Educ…5Technology-Enhanced Education Studies: 5 fractional worksEmployee Performance and Management: 4 fractional worksDigital Marketing and Social Media: 4 fractional worksIoT-based Smart Home Sys…4IoT-based Smart Home Systems: 4 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 3 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 3 fractional worksOrganizational and Employee Performance: 3 fractional works
EducationAccountingEconomics and EconometricsHuman Factors and Ergonomics4 others

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

  1. 1 Education and Islamic StudiesEducation 11 works
  2. 2 Islamic Finance and Banking StudiesAccounting 8 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 Pandemic ImpactsEconomics and Econometrics 6 works
  4. 4 Technology-Enhanced Education StudiesEducation 5 works
  5. 5 Employee Performance and ManagementHuman Factors and Ergonomics 4 works
  6. 6 Digital Marketing and Social MediaSociology and Political Science 4 works
  7. 7 IoT-based Smart Home SystemsElectrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 and Mental HealthClinical Psychology 3 works
  9. 9 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary StudiesSociology and Political Science 3 works
  10. 10 Organizational and Employee PerformanceArtificial Intelligence 3 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 available71.5%not open28.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.9%domestic only89.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kolej Poly-Tech MARA's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 169% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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