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Mahamakut Buddhist University

In research, Mahamakut Buddhist University stands highest in Social Sciences (#10,649 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Education and Social Sciences (Education is 14.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#19,616
of 22,385 · #31,709 all time
Rank in Thailand
#129
of 144
Research works
173
▲ 47% vs 2018-21
Citations
398
2.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
77%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Mahamakut Buddhist University

What is Mahamakut Buddhist University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #10,649 of 14,833 8.4%136

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Mahamakut Buddhist University 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 fields of science does Mahamakut Buddhist University work in?

In 2022-now, 75% of research at Mahamakut Buddhist University is in Social Sciences, 14% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (56%), Arts and Humanities (11%), Computer Science (8%). It does 2.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 68 fractional works · 74.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 50 fractional works · 55.6% of its workEducation: 39 fractional works · 42.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 10 fractional works · 10.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 6 fractional works · 6.3% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 6.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 12 fractional works · 13.7% of its workComputer Science: 7 fractional works · 7.8% of its workInformation Systems: 7 fractional works · 7.2% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 8 fractional works · 8.4% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKMahamakutBuddhist…90fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences14%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences75%

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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences5055.6%
    2. Arts and Humanities1010.9%
    3. Psychology66.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.9%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.9%
    6. Decision Sciences00.4%
    1. Computer Science77.8%
    2. Environmental Science33.0%
    3. Engineering21.8%
    4. Chemistry10.7%
    5. Materials Science00.4%
    1. Medicine55.3%
    2. Health Professions33.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.4%
    4. Neuroscience00.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Mahamakut Buddhist University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Education takes 14.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EducationSubfield · 38.6 works14×
  2. Social SciencesField · 50.2 works4.4×
← 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: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.00× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.60× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 1.17× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.28× its world share, 5 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 3.78× its world share, 10 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.03× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 4.39× its world share, 50 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences4.39×50 works
  2. Arts and Humanities3.78×10 works
  3. Psychology2.03×6 works
  4. Health Professions1.17×3 works
  5. Computer Science1.00×7 works
  6. Environmental Science0.60×3 works
  7. Chemistry0.47×1 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology0.43×0 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.43×1 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.38×0 works
  11. Medicine0.28×5 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.28×1 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.24×1 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.23×1 works
  15. Neuroscience0.17×0 works
  16. Engineering0.12×2 works
  17. Materials Science0.11×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Mahamakut Buddhist University?

Ranked on the quality score, Wirot Sanrattana lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Mahamakut Buddhist University.

  1. 1 Wirot Sanrattana Thailand · #2,001,440 worldwide 82 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Mahamakut Buddhist University

What are the most cited papers from Mahamakut Buddhist University?

The most cited paper from Mahamakut Buddhist University is "β-Amyloid1–42Induces Neuronal Death through the p75 Neurotrophin Receptor" (Areechun Sotthibundhu, Alex M. Sykes, Briony Fox et al., 2008), with 242 citations. Next come "Effects of heat treatments on antioxidant capacity and total phenolic content of four cultivars of purple skin eggplants" (77) and "Application of eco-friendly tools and eco-bio-social strategies to control dengue vectors in urban and peri-urban settings in Thailand" (60).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 β-Amyloid1–42Induces Neuronal Death through the p75 Neurotrophin Receptor Areechun Sotthibundhu, Alex M. Sykes, Briony Fox et al. · Journal of Neuroscience Open access 9 Apr 2008 242
2 Effects of heat treatments on antioxidant capacity and total phenolic content of four cultivars of purple skin eggplants Athiwat Chumyam, Kanda Whangchai, Jarunee Jungklang et al. · ScienceAsia Open access 2013 77
3 Application of eco-friendly tools and eco-bio-social strategies to control dengue vectors in urban and peri-urban settings in Thailand Pattamaporn Kittayapong, Suporn Thongyuan, Phanthip Olanratmanee et al. · Pathogens and Global Health Open access Dec 2012 60
4 Chromosomal microarray analysis in a cohort of underrepresented population identifies SERINC2 as a novel candidate gene for autism spectrum disorder Areerat Hnoonual, Weerin Thammachote, Thipwimol Tim‐Aroon et al. · Scientific Reports Open access 15 Sep 2017 49
5 Cold storage in salicylic acid increases enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidants of Nam Dok Mai No. 4 mango fruit Chanikan Junmatong, Bualuang Faiyue, Siriphorn Rotarayanont et al. · ScienceAsia Open access 2015 40
All 63 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Mahamakut Buddhist University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Educational Technology, E-Learning, Mobile Learning, Online Learning, Technology Integration, Student Satisfaction, Google Classroom and Teacher Perception.

▲ 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. Educational Technology20▲ 18×12 topics
  2. E-Learning18▲ 21×7 topics
  3. Mobile Learning17▲ 54×2 topics
  4. Online Learning16▲ 22×7 topics
  5. Technology Integration15▲ 54×4 topics
  6. Student Satisfaction14▲ 83×2 topics
  7. Google Classroom13▲ 142×1 topic
  8. Teacher Perception13▲ 134×1 topic
  9. Education10▲ 6.2×7 topics
  10. 21st Century Skills8▲ 31×3 topics
  11. Teaching Strategies8▲ 30×3 topics
  12. Globalization7▲ 4.0×13 topics
  13. Meta-Analysis6▲ 12×3 topics
  14. Critical Thinking Skills6▲ 38×1 topic
  15. Instructional Interventions6▲ 86×1 topic
  16. Character Education5▲ 11×3 topics
  17. Identity4▲ 6.8×6 topics
  18. Curriculum Development4▲ 6.5×6 topics
  19. Media Literacy4▲ 8.2×4 topics
  20. Character Development4▲ 26×2 topics
  21. Motivation4▲ 9.8×2 topics
  22. STEM Education4▲ 9.0×2 topics
  23. Digital Learning4▲ 7.8×4 topics
  24. Digital Literacy4▲ 6.8×3 topics
  25. Qualitative Research3▲ 4.5×5 topics
  26. Cosmopolitanism3▲ 34×3 topics
  27. Higher Education3▲ 6.8×4 topics
  28. Literature3▲ 6.7×4 topics
  29. Physics Education3▲ 39×1 topic
  30. Student Attitudes3▲ 37×1 topic
  31. Student Perceptions3▲ 20×4 topics
  32. Information Literacy3▲ 14×2 topics
  33. Teacher Education3▲ 27×3 topics
  34. Learning Outcomes3▲ 7.8×4 topics
  35. Assessment3▲ 28×3 topics
  36. Educational Policy3▲ 12×2 topics
  37. Feminism3▲ 10×2 topics
  38. Student Engagement2▲ 7.0×5 topics
  39. Professional Development2▲ 13×4 topics
  40. Reading Interest2▲ 13×1 topic

Which research topics does Mahamakut Buddhist University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Technology-Enhanced Education Studies, Education and Critical Thinking Development, Educational Methods and Outcomes and Educational Methods and Media Use.

Technology-Enhanced Educ…13Technology-Enhanced Education Studies: 13 fractional worksEducation and Critical Thinking Development: 6 fractional worksEducational Methods and Outcomes: 3 fractional worksEducational Methods and Media Use: 2 fractional worksEducation and Character Development: 2 fractional worksPostcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies: 2 fractional worksEducational Curriculum and Learning Methods: 2 fractional worksSoutheast Asian Sociopolitical Studies: 2 fractional worksEducation and Communication Studies: 1 fractional worksEducational Challenges and Innovations: 1 fractional works
EducationInformation SystemsLiterature and Literary TheoryPolitical Science and International Relations

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

  1. 1 Technology-Enhanced Education Studies Education 13 works
  2. 2 Education and Critical Thinking Development Education 6 works
  3. 3 Educational Methods and Outcomes Education 3 works
  4. 4 Educational Methods and Media Use Information Systems 2 works
  5. 5 Education and Character Development Education 2 works
  6. 6 Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies Literature and Literary Theory 2 works
  7. 7 Educational Curriculum and Learning Methods Education 2 works
  8. 8 Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  9. 9 Education and Communication Studies Education 1 works
  10. 10 Educational Challenges and Innovations Information Systems 1 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 available77.4%not open22.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.4%domestic only91.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Mahamakut Buddhist University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 47% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Mahamakut Buddhist University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00038% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Mahamakut Buddhist University0.00027% in 20251990200020102020

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

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