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Multimedia University

In research, Multimedia University stands highest in Social Sciences (#667 of 10,521 worldwide), Business, Management and Accounting (#326 of 2,578 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#807 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Information Systems and Management, Marketing and Human-Computer Interaction — Information Systems and Management is 7.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,271
of 28,054 · #3,737 all time
Rank in Malaysia
#18
of 137
Research works
9.7k
▲ 34% vs 2013–17
Citations
124k
12.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

What is Multimedia 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
Social SciencesDomain #667 of 10,521 28.4%930 #1249
Business, Management and AccountingField #326 of 2,578 26.8%276 #638
Social SciencesField #807 of 6,365 27.2%327 #1556
Artificial IntelligenceSubfield #242 of 1,884 24.2%217 #613
Computer ScienceField #617 of 4,667 18.0%767 #1082
EngineeringField #904 of 6,636 15.1%550 #1309
Physical SciencesDomain #2,526 of 12,888 16.4%1,528 #3193
Information SystemsSubfield #293 of 1,291 19.6%163 #668
Health SciencesDomain #2,870 of 11,982 22.7%183 #6632
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #648 of 2,578 32.6%117 #969

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Multimedia 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. Social Sciences#1,249 #667
  2. Business, Management and Accounting#638 #326
  3. Social Sciences#1,556 #807
  4. Artificial Intelligence#613 #242
  5. Computer Science#1,082 #617
  6. Engineering#1,309 #904
  7. Physical Sciences#3,193 #2,526
  8. Information Systems#668 #293
  9. Health Sciences#6,632 #2,870
  10. Sociology and Political Science#969 #648
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 Multimedia University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Information Systems and Management takes 7.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Information Systems and ManagementSubfield · 58.2 works7.4×
  2. MarketingSubfield · 73.3 works6.3×
  3. Human-Computer InteractionSubfield · 34.5 works6.1×
  4. Signal ProcessingSubfield · 42.6 works5.1×
  5. Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSubfield · 171.6 works5.0×
  6. Computer Science ApplicationsSubfield · 32.0 works4.7×
  7. Health Information ManagementSubfield · 28.9 works4.1×
  8. Media TechnologySubfield · 33.2 works3.9×
← 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: 0.47× its world share, 62 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.14× its world share, 21 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.57× its world share, 26 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.22× its world share, 10 worksChemistryComputer Science: 3.59× its world share, 767 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 16 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.97× its world share, 24 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.33× its world share, 550 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.68× its world share, 92 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.40× its world share, 38 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.31× its world share, 10 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.31× its world share, 19 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.75× its world share, 54 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.23× its world share, 123 worksMedicineNursing: 0.24× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.34× its world share, 27 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.11× its world share, 276 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.38× its world share, 90 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.51× its world share, 89 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.45× its world share, 122 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.94× its world share, 327 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Multimedia University?

Ranked on the composite score, C.P. Tso, Usama Al‐mulali and Raphaël C.‐W. Phan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Multimedia University.

  1. 1 C.P. Tso Malaysia · #102,314 worldwide 332 citations · 47 works
  2. 2 Usama Al‐mulali Malaysia · #123,446 worldwide 518 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Raphaël C.‐W. Phan Malaysia · #151,982 worldwide 525 citations · 91 works
  4. 4 K. S. Sim Malaysia · #210,135 worldwide 131 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Robert Jeyakumar Nathan Malaysia · #274,476 worldwide 105 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 John See Malaysia · #292,689 worldwide 239 citations · 53 works
  7. 7 David Chek Ling Ngo Malaysia · #335,092 worldwide 166 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Z. Yusoff Malaysia · #365,275 worldwide 148 citations · 42 works
  9. 9 A. Seetharaman Malaysia · #368,233 worldwide 74 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Faisal Mohd-Yasin Malaysia · #377,888 worldwide 125 citations · 41 works
All ranked researchers at Multimedia University

Which keywords describe research at Multimedia University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Convolutional Neural Networks, Neural Networks, Healthcare, IoT, Data Mining and Social Media.

▲ 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. Deep Learning441▲ 4.7×80 topics
  2. Machine Learning342▲ 3.8×87 topics
  3. Neural Networks125▲ 3.0×39 topics
  4. Convolutional Neural Networks113▲ 5.6×14 topics
  5. Social Media110▲ 2.8×28 topics
  6. Healthcare106▲ 3.4×17 topics
  7. Artificial Intelligence101▲ 2.7×42 topics
  8. Internet of Things92▲ 3.9×23 topics
  9. Sustainability91▲ 1.35×53 topics
  10. Data Mining89▲ 4.3×16 topics
  11. Security83▲ 4.7×21 topics
  12. Supply Chain Management80▲ 3.1×19 topics
  13. Big Data78▲ 3.1×28 topics
  14. IoT74▲ 7.2×17 topics
  15. E-commerce73▲ 4.5×10 topics
  16. Consumer Behavior70▲ 4.0×18 topics
  17. Energy Efficiency68▲ 2.6×26 topics
  18. Feature Extraction67▲ 5.3×10 topics
  19. Wireless Sensor Networks66▲ 5.3×19 topics
  20. User Satisfaction62▲ 12×4 topics
  21. Online Shopping62▲ 12×2 topics
  22. Information Systems59▲ 12×7 topics
  23. Technology Acceptance Model59▲ 14×2 topics
  24. Social Capital58▲ 4.0×14 topics
  25. Structural Equation Modeling56▲ 10×3 topics
  26. Consumer Trust55▲ 21×1 topic
  27. Partial Least Squares55▲ 21×1 topic
  28. Image Processing55▲ 4.5×13 topics
  29. IoT Security54▲ 6.1×3 topics
  30. Smart Cities49▲ 6.9×8 topics
  31. Environmental Monitoring47▲ 4.5×11 topics
  32. Anomaly Detection45▲ 5.6×5 topics
  33. Privacy45▲ 5.6×7 topics
  34. Customer Satisfaction44▲ 5.0×8 topics
  35. Feature Selection42▲ 6.8×5 topics
  36. Human-Computer Interaction40▲ 8.4×6 topics
  37. User-Generated Content38▲ 9.9×2 topics
  38. Customer Experience37▲ 9.0×3 topics
  39. Consumer Engagement37▲ 11×1 topic
  40. Electronic Word-of-Mouth37▲ 11×1 topic

Which research topics does Multimedia University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Technology Adoption and User Behaviour, Digital Marketing and Social Media, Smart Agriculture and AI and Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare.

Technology Adoption and User Behaviour: 55 fractional worksDigital Marketing and Social Media: 37 fractional worksSmart Agriculture and AI: 26 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare: 25 fractional worksOnline Learning and Analytics: 24 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 24 fractional worksNetwork Security and Int…23Network Security and Intrusion Detection: 23 fractional worksConsumer Retail Behavior…22Consumer Retail Behavior Studies: 22 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Ap…20Blockchain Technology Applications and Security: 20 fractional worksOrganizational and Emplo…18Organizational and Employee Performance: 18 fractional works
Information Systems and ManagementSociology and Political SciencePlant ScienceHealth Information Management6 others

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

  1. 1 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 55 works
  2. 2 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 37 works
  3. 3 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 26 works
  4. 4 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Health Information Management 25 works
  5. 5 Online Learning and Analytics Computer Science Applications 24 works
  6. 6 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 24 works
  7. 7 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 23 works
  8. 8 Consumer Retail Behavior Studies Marketing 22 works
  9. 9 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 20 works
  10. 10 Organizational and Employee Performance Artificial Intelligence 18 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 available42.5%not open57.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.0%domestic only80.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Multimedia University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 34% 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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