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Ministry of Health

In research, Ministry of Health stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,476 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#2,175 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Professions (#470 of 1,928 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Dentistry and Infectious Diseases — Dentistry is 6.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,977
of 28,054 · #10,093 all time
Rank in Malaysia
#38
of 137
Research works
2.4k
▲ 337% vs 2013–17
Citations
25k
10.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
71%
world 28%

What is Ministry of Health 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 #1,476 of 11,982 12.0%703 #3077
MedicineField #2,175 of 10,443 10.8%554 #3811
Health ProfessionsField #470 of 1,928 20.4%95 #1249
Social SciencesDomain #3,655 of 10,521 22.1%186 #7113
Life SciencesDomain #4,363 of 7,800 13.0%122 #7873
Social SciencesField #4,285 of 6,365 24.9%68 #6807
Physical SciencesDomain #9,090 of 12,888 15.7%87 #15258
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield #592 of 828 16.1%73 #1294

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ministry of Health 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#3,077 #1,476
  2. Medicine#3,811 #2,175
  3. Health Professions#1,249 #470
  4. Social Sciences#7,113 #3,655
  5. Life Sciences#7,873 #4,363
  6. Social Sciences#6,807 #4,285
  7. Physical Sciences#15,258 #9,090
  8. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health#1,294 #592
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 Ministry of Health specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Dentistry takes 6.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. DentistryField · 36.1 works6.8×
  2. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 47.5 works6.4×
← 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: 0.55× its world share, 29 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.88× its world share, 52 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.12× its world share, 24 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.45× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.68× its world share, 10 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.41× its world share, 7 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.18× its world share, 16 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 21 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.45× its world share, 24 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.85× its world share, 11 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 6.77× its world share, 36 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.28× its world share, 95 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.62× its world share, 554 worksMedicineNursing: 3.08× its world share, 17 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.26× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.50× its world share, 18 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.65× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.41× its world share, 33 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.69× its world share, 56 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 68 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 6.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ministry of Health?

Ranked on the composite score, Tahir Aris, Mohd Azahadi Omar and Noor Ani Ahmad lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ministry of Health.

  1. 1 Tahir Aris Malaysia · #933,525 worldwide 43 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Mohd Azahadi Omar Malaysia · #1,136,256 worldwide 17 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Noor Ani Ahmad Malaysia · #1,170,406 worldwide 43 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Nor Asiah Muhamad Malaysia · #1,387,212 worldwide 17 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Ministry of Health

Which keywords describe research at Ministry of Health?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, COVID-19, Pandemic, Depression, Quality of Life, Cardiovascular Disease and Risk Factors.

▲ 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. Epidemiology176▲ 4.0×117 topics
  2. Public Health63▲ 4.0×46 topics
  3. COVID-1960▲ 4.0×23 topics
  4. Quality of Life54▲ 3.4×46 topics
  5. Pandemic51▲ 4.4×11 topics
  6. Depression48▲ 5.0×20 topics
  7. Inflammation48▲ 2.1×63 topics
  8. Treatment44▲ 3.3×43 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease44▲ 3.6×32 topics
  10. Mental Health44▲ 2.7×31 topics
  11. Risk Factors43▲ 3.6×31 topics
  12. Obesity35▲ 4.2×23 topics
  13. Metabolic Syndrome34▲ 3.8×20 topics
  14. Global Burden33▲ 5.6×12 topics
  15. Diagnosis32▲ 3.2×35 topics
  16. Immune Response30▲ 4.7×18 topics
  17. Vaccine29▲ 6.5×11 topics
  18. Vaccine Development28▲ 10×9 topics
  19. SARS-CoV-227▲ 7.7×6 topics
  20. Anxiety26▲ 5.0×11 topics
  21. Infectious Diseases25▲ 6.9×7 topics
  22. Diabetes24▲ 4.4×19 topics
  23. Social Support22▲ 3.5×15 topics
  24. Pathogenesis21▲ 3.7×23 topics
  25. ACE2 Receptor20▲ 7.5×3 topics
  26. Primary Care20▲ 4.8×14 topics
  27. Healthcare Workers19▲ 7.2×5 topics
  28. Psychological Distress18▲ 6.6×4 topics
  29. Vector Control18▲ 14×4 topics
  30. Prevalence18▲ 4.0×11 topics
  31. Risk Perception18▲ 5.9×7 topics
  32. Psychological Impact17▲ 4.8×8 topics
  33. Adolescents16▲ 4.0×7 topics
  34. Elderly16▲ 6.0×6 topics
  35. Chronic Disease Management16▲ 7.4×6 topics
  36. Coronavirus14▲ 5.9×3 topics
  37. Social Isolation14▲ 6.0×3 topics
  38. Quality Improvement13▲ 6.3×7 topics
  39. Arboviral Diseases12▲ 17×1 topic
  40. Zika Virus12▲ 17×1 topic

Which research topics does Ministry of Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: COVID-19 and Mental Health, Mosquito-borne diseases and control, Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research.

COVID-19 and Mental Health12COVID-19 and Mental Health: 12 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases …12Mosquito-borne diseases and control: 12 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 10 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 10 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 9 fractional worksObesity, Physical Activity, Diet: 9 fractional worksPharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes: 9 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological…9COVID-19 epidemiological studies: 9 fractional worksDiabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins: 8 fractional worksMalaria Research and Control: 7 fractional works
Clinical PsychologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthHealthInfectious Diseases3 others

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

  1. 1 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 12 works
  2. 2 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 12 works
  3. 3 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 10 works
  4. 4 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 10 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 9 works
  6. 6 Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 9 works
  7. 7 Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Geriatrics and Gerontology 9 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 9 works
  9. 9 Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 8 works
  10. 10 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 7 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 available70.9%not open29.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.3%domestic only82.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ministry of Health's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 337% 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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