Mahidol University
In research, Mahidol University stands highest in Health Sciences (#830 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#757 of 8,541 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#2,107 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Immunology and Allergy, Parasitology and Dermatology (Immunology and Allergy is 5.5× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #1,359 of 22,385 · #1,842 all time
- Rank in Thailand
- #2 of 144
- Research works
- 42k ▲ 23% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 701k 16.8 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 9.9% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 0.84× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 48% world 40%
- International
- 22% world 18%
What is Mahidol University known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health SciencesDomain | #830 of 9,902 | 9.8% | 5,377 | #1030 | |
| MedicineField | #757 of 8,541 | 9.5% | 4,756 | #939 | |
| Physical SciencesDomain | #2,107 of 10,670 | 8.9% | 1,528 | #3160 | |
| Social SciencesDomain | #1,907 of 9,585 | 12.6% | 1,388 | #3376 | |
| Life SciencesDomain | #1,314 of 6,403 | 8.9% | 1,707 | #1630 | |
| Agricultural and Biological SciencesField | #974 of 3,157 | 14.3% | 374 | #1415 | |
| SurgerySubfield | #551 of 1,532 | 9.1% | 591 | #959 | |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField | #1,114 of 2,964 | 7.4% | 812 | #1476 | |
| Social SciencesField | #2,280 of 5,988 | 12.1% | 592 | #3590 | |
| Health ProfessionsField | #731 of 1,895 | 11.5% | 301 | #1427 |
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 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.
- Health Sciences#1,030 #830
- Medicine#939 #757
- Physical Sciences#3,160 #2,107
- Social Sciences#3,376 #1,907
- Life Sciences#1,630 #1,314
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,415 #974
- Surgery#959 #551
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,476 #1,114
- Social Sciences#3,590 #2,280
- Health Professions#1,427 #731
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 Mahidol University work in?
In 2022-now, 54% of research at Mahidol University is in Health Sciences, 17% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (48%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (8%), Social Sciences (6%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.
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 26 fields, with their numbers
- Health Sciences6,19153.8%
- Medicine5,48247.6%
- Health Professions3493.0%
- Dentistry2021.8%
- Nursing1211.0%
- Veterinary370.3%
- Life Sciences1,96317.1%
- Physical Sciences1,73415.1%
- Engineering5154.5%
- Environmental Science3643.2%
- Computer Science3222.8%
- Materials Science1741.5%
- Chemistry1201.0%
- Physics and Astronomy920.8%
- Mathematics540.5%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences390.3%
- Energy360.3%
- Chemical Engineering190.2%
- Social Sciences1,62014.1%
- Social Sciences6946.0%
- Psychology3563.1%
- Business, Management and Accounting2322.0%
- Arts and Humanities1531.3%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1161.0%
- Decision Sciences680.6%
What does Mahidol University specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Immunology and Allergy takes 5.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- Immunology and AllergySubfield · 50.0 works5.5×
- ParasitologySubfield · 66.2 works5.4×
- DermatologySubfield · 155.4 works5.2×
- Critical Care and Intensive Care MedicineSubfield · 85.8 works5.0×
- OrthodonticsSubfield · 61.9 works4.8×
- Applied Microbiology and BiotechnologySubfield · 26.1 works4.6×
- TransplantationSubfield · 22.5 works4.4×
- Molecular MedicineSubfield · 53.5 works4.3×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Dentistry3.62×202 works
- Immunology and Microbiology2.80×325 works
- Medicine2.48×5,482 works
- Veterinary2.39×37 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.25×91 works
- Nursing2.14×121 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.51×928 works
- Health Professions1.15×349 works
- Neuroscience1.02×191 works
- Psychology1.02×356 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.78×428 works
- Chemistry0.66×120 works
- Environmental Science0.64×364 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.63×232 works
- Decision Sciences0.61×68 works
- Social Sciences0.48×694 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.47×116 works
- Chemical Engineering0.46×19 works
- Arts and Humanities0.46×153 works
- Materials Science0.43×174 works
- Mathematics0.40×54 works
- Computer Science0.36×322 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.36×92 works
- Energy0.34×36 works
- Engineering0.30×515 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.21×39 works
- Dentistry 3.6×
- Immunology and Microbiology 2.8×
- Medicine 2.5×
- Veterinary 2.4×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 2.2×
- Nursing 2.1×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1.5×
- Health Professions 1.1×
- Neuroscience 1.0×
- Psychology 1.0×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.8×
- Chemistry 0.7×
- Environmental Science 0.6×
- Business, Management and Accounting 0.6×
- Decision Sciences 0.6×
- Social Sciences 0.5×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.5×
- Chemical Engineering 0.5×
- Arts and Humanities 0.5×
- Materials Science 0.4×
- Mathematics 0.4×
- Computer Science 0.4×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.4×
- Energy 0.3×
- Engineering 0.3×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.2×
Who are the top researchers at Mahidol University?
Ranked on the quality score, W. Mitthumsiri, Philip Hallinger and Nicholas John White lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Mahidol University.
- 1
W. Mitthumsiri
Thailand · #10,824 worldwide 39k citations · 252 works
- 2
Philip Hallinger
Thailand · #12,771 worldwide 31k citations · 388 works
- 3
Nicholas John White
Thailand · #15,852 worldwide 138k citations · 2,002 works
- 4
Mallika Imwong
Thailand · #24,361 worldwide 22k citations · 261 works
- 5
Sasithon Pukrittayakamee
Thailand · #35,263 worldwide 18k citations · 229 works
- 6
Thuy-Nhien Nguyen
Thailand · #43,768 worldwide 6.8k citations · 56 works
- 7
Bablu Kumar Dhar
Thailand · #45,808 worldwide 2.5k citations · 113 works
- 8
Rupam Tripura
Thailand · #68,545 worldwide 8.2k citations · 163 works
- 9
Kesinee Chotivanich
Thailand · #91,149 worldwide 18k citations · 228 works
- 10
Cindy S. Chu
Thailand · #115,141 worldwide 4.6k citations · 155 works
Which keywords describe research at Mahidol University?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Treatment, Cardiovascular Disease, Quality of Life, Diagnosis, Vaccine Development and Global Burden.
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Prognosis
- SARS-CoV-2
- Prevention
- Vaccine
- Antioxidant
- Diabetes
- Antibiotic Resistance
- Complications
- Pandemic
- Immune Response
- Pathogenesis
- Mortality
- Depression
- Global Burden
- Management
- Risk Factors
- Oxidative Stress
- Quality of Life
- Inflammation
- Epidemiology
- Treatment
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Diagnosis
- Public Health
- Cancer
- Metabolic Syndrome
- COVID-19
- Vaccine Development
- Clinical Trials
- Obesity
- Biomarkers
- Chemotherapy
- Genetics
- Clinical Practice Guidelines
- Rehabilitation
- Guidelines
- Insulin Resistance
- Infection
- Critical Care
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
- Epidemiology1,378▲ 3.0×131 topics
- Inflammation598▲ 2.4×83 topics
- Treatment398▲ 2.8×52 topics
- Quality of Life374▲ 2.2×53 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease355▲ 2.7×38 topics
- Oxidative Stress321▲ 1.69×63 topics
- Diagnosis318▲ 3.0×41 topics
- Risk Factors274▲ 2.2×36 topics
- Public Health253▲ 1.51×53 topics
- Management250▲ 2.7×34 topics
- Cancer238▲ 1.54×59 topics
- Global Burden222▲ 3.5×12 topics
- Metabolic Syndrome207▲ 2.2×23 topics
- Depression194▲ 1.91×24 topics
- COVID-19189▲ 1.26×25 topics
- Mortality188▲ 2.9×13 topics
- Vaccine Development185▲ 6.3×11 topics
- Pathogenesis184▲ 3.1×24 topics
- Clinical Trials180▲ 2.4×19 topics
- Immune Response179▲ 2.7×23 topics
- Obesity175▲ 1.97×27 topics
- Pandemic174▲ 1.52×12 topics
- Biomarkers171▲ 2.1×18 topics
- Complications170▲ 3.0×17 topics
- Chemotherapy168▲ 2.1×25 topics
- Antibiotic Resistance164▲ 3.6×14 topics
- Genetics155▲ 1.90×26 topics
- Diabetes155▲ 2.7×22 topics
- Clinical Practice Guidelines151▲ 2.4×14 topics
- Antioxidant150▲ 1.89×50 topics
- Rehabilitation144▲ 3.1×12 topics
- Vaccine140▲ 3.0×11 topics
- Guidelines132▲ 2.4×13 topics
- Prevention129▲ 2.7×16 topics
- Insulin Resistance127▲ 2.4×10 topics
- SARS-CoV-2116▲ 3.3×6 topics
- Infection115▲ 4.0×10 topics
- Prognosis114▲ 3.0×9 topics
- Critical Care107▲ 3.8×8 topics
- Chronic Kidney Disease105▲ 3.6×9 topics
Which research topics does Mahidol University publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Mosquito-borne diseases and control, Malaria Research and Control, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research and Nutrition and Health in Aging.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 59 works
- 2 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 46 works
- 3 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 43 works
- 4 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 42 works
- 5 Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 39 works
- 6 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 39 works
- 7 Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria Molecular Medicine 37 works
- 8 Respiratory Support and Mechanisms Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 34 works
- 9 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 33 works
- 10 Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 32 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has Mahidol University's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 23% higher than in 2018-2021.
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 Mahidol University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.045% in 2024.
Fractional works of Mahidol University 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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.2% in 2025.
Other research institutions in Bangkok
- Chulalongkorn University
- Kasetsart University
- Thammasat University
- King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang
- King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi
- King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok
- Srinakharinwirot University
- Silpakorn University
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.
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