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Mahidol University

In research, Mahidol University stands highest in Health Sciences (#297 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#353 of 10,443 worldwide) and Dentistry (#15 of 367 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Orthodontics, Parasitology and Dentistry — Orthodontics is 7.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#751
of 28,054 · #1,364 all time
Rank in Thailand
#2
of 156
Research works
29k
▲ 36% vs 2013–17
Citations
516k
17.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is Mahidol University 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
Health SciencesDomain #297 of 11,982 17.1%2,948 #609
MedicineField #353 of 10,443 16.7%2,484 #642
DentistryField #15 of 367 18.5%166 #127
Social SciencesDomain #468 of 10,521 30.1%1,183 #990
Business, Management and AccountingField #139 of 2,578 33.2%197 #650
Social SciencesField #513 of 6,365 30.5%513 #1031
Life SciencesDomain #659 of 7,800 18.3%1,245 #915
Physical SciencesDomain #1,464 of 12,888 17.6%1,364 #2723
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield #102 of 828 25.1%222 #102
Health ProfessionsField #282 of 1,928 21.1%199 #502

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Mahidol 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 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. Health Sciences#609 #297
  2. Medicine#642 #353
  3. Dentistry#127 #15
  4. Social Sciences#990 #468
  5. Business, Management and Accounting#650 #139
  6. Social Sciences#1,031 #513
  7. Life Sciences#915 #659
  8. Physical Sciences#2,723 #1,464
  9. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health#102 #102
  10. Health Professions#502 #282
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 Mahidol University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Orthodontics takes 7.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OrthodonticsSubfield · 54.6 works7.2×
  2. ParasitologySubfield · 42.8 works6.0×
  3. DentistryField · 165.7 works5.1×
  4. PeriodonticsSubfield · 43.9 works4.8×
  5. Molecular MedicineSubfield · 32.4 works4.4×
  6. Oral SurgerySubfield · 54.3 works4.2×
← 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: 1.07× its world share, 344 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.53× its world share, 551 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.71× its world share, 184 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.98× its world share, 107 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.49× its world share, 59 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.69× its world share, 16 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.96× its world share, 101 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.51× its world share, 267 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 30 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.47× its world share, 29 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.38× its world share, 382 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.86× its world share, 289 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.61× its world share, 144 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.49× its world share, 39 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.44× its world share, 66 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 5.07× its world share, 166 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.12× its world share, 199 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.92× its world share, 2,484 worksMedicineNursing: 2.27× its world share, 75 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.72× its world share, 25 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.57× its world share, 112 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.91× its world share, 197 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.86× its world share, 56 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.60× its world share, 86 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.07× its world share, 219 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 513 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 5.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Mahidol University?

Ranked on the composite score, Philip Hallinger, Nicholas J. White and Timothy W. Flegel lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Mahidol University.

  1. 1 Philip Hallinger · #8,381 worldwide 914 citations · 91 works
  2. 2 Nicholas J. White · #62,449 worldwide 1k citations · 219 works
  3. 3 Timothy W. Flegel · #72,968 worldwide 305 citations · 33 works
  4. 4 Sornchai Looareesuwan · #122,408 worldwide 146 citations · 26 works
  5. 5 D Bunnag · #131,345 worldwide 191 citations · 28 works
  6. 6 Ammarin Thakkinstian · #138,075 worldwide 214 citations · 49 works
  7. 7 Natth Bhamarapravati · #171,248 worldwide 109 citations · 27 works
  8. 8 Pantep Angchaisuksiri · #171,458 worldwide 128 citations · 28 works
  9. 9 Visanu Thamlikitkul · #196,380 worldwide 143 citations · 40 works
  10. 10 Kallaya Sritunyalucksana · #201,627 worldwide 192 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Mahidol University

Which keywords describe research at Mahidol University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Vaccine Development, Quality of Life, Treatment, Cardiovascular Disease, Global Burden and Oxidative Stress.

▲ 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. Epidemiology718▲ 2.7×130 topics
  2. Inflammation283▲ 2.0×83 topics
  3. Quality of Life191▲ 1.96×52 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress181▲ 1.64×62 topics
  5. Treatment177▲ 2.2×51 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease164▲ 2.2×38 topics
  7. Public Health158▲ 1.62×52 topics
  8. Diagnosis139▲ 2.2×41 topics
  9. Risk Factors134▲ 1.81×36 topics
  10. Cancer129▲ 1.42×58 topics
  11. Global Burden124▲ 3.4×12 topics
  12. Vaccine Development122▲ 7.2×11 topics
  13. COVID-19122▲ 1.32×25 topics
  14. Mental Health110◆ 1.11×40 topics
  15. Pathogenesis107▲ 3.1×24 topics
  16. Depression107▲ 1.81×24 topics
  17. Antioxidant106▲ 2.3×49 topics
  18. Pandemic105▲ 1.46×12 topics
  19. Management103▲ 1.95×33 topics
  20. Clinical Trials102▲ 2.3×19 topics
  21. Immune Response100▲ 2.6×23 topics
  22. Metabolic Syndrome96▲ 1.76×23 topics
  23. Antibiotic Resistance95▲ 3.7×14 topics
  24. Antioxidant Activity88▲ 2.0×31 topics
  25. Mortality86▲ 2.2×13 topics
  26. Obesity85▲ 1.67×27 topics
  27. Biomarkers82▲ 1.77×18 topics
  28. Vaccine81▲ 3.0×11 topics
  29. Diabetes79▲ 2.4×22 topics
  30. Prevention71▲ 2.5×16 topics
  31. SARS-CoV-265▲ 3.0×6 topics
  32. Infection60▲ 3.6×10 topics
  33. Vector Control54▲ 6.9×4 topics
  34. Insecticide Resistance43▲ 8.2×4 topics
  35. Neurological Manifestations42▲ 8.3×2 topics
  36. Arboviral Diseases42▲ 9.6×1 topic
  37. Zika Virus42▲ 9.6×1 topic
  38. Genome Sequence41▲ 7.3×4 topics
  39. Artemisinin Resistance35▲ 17×1 topic
  40. Plasmodium falciparum35▲ 17×1 topic

Which research topics does Mahidol University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Mosquito-borne diseases and control, Malaria Research and Control, Dental materials and restorations and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research.

Mosquito-borne diseases …42Mosquito-borne diseases and control: 42 fractional worksMalaria Research and Con…35Malaria Research and Control: 35 fractional worksDental materials and restorations: 26 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 25 fractional worksAntibiotic Resistance in Bacteria: 23 fractional worksSoutheast Asian Sociopolitical Studies: 22 fractional worksDental Health and Care U…20Dental Health and Care Utilization: 20 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 20 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 20 fractional worksParasites and Host Inter…17Parasites and Host Interactions: 17 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthOrthodonticsInfectious DiseasesMolecular Medicine4 others

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

  1. 1 Mosquito-borne diseases and controlPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 42 works
  2. 2 Malaria Research and ControlPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 35 works
  3. 3 Dental materials and restorationsOrthodontics 26 works
  4. 4 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchInfectious Diseases 25 works
  5. 5 Antibiotic Resistance in BacteriaMolecular Medicine 23 works
  6. 6 Southeast Asian Sociopolitical StudiesPolitical Science and International Relations 22 works
  7. 7 Dental Health and Care UtilizationPeriodontics 20 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesInfectious Diseases 20 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 and Mental HealthClinical Psychology 20 works
  10. 10 Parasites and Host InteractionsParasitology 17 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 available47.7%not open52.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.4%domestic only75.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Mahidol University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 36% 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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