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National Space Agency

In research, National Space Agency stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,501 of 10,670 worldwide) and Engineering (#4,542 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering and Physics and Astronomy (Astronomy and Astrophysics is 23.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,958
of 22,385 · #14,364 all time
Rank in Malaysia
#73
of 124
Research works
793
▲ 17% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.1k
7.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.90×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
42%
world 40%
International
34%
world 18%
National Space Agency

What is National Space Agency known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #5,501 of 10,670 9.2%142 #6809
EngineeringField #4,542 of 5,901 12.2%65 #3847

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Space Agency 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 National Space Agency work in?

In 2022-now, 74% of research at National Space Agency is in Physical Sciences, 18% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (33%), Physics and Astronomy (14%), Social Sciences (10%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 155 fractional works · 73.8% of its workEngineering: 70 fractional works · 33.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 44 fractional works · 20.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 13 fractional works · 6.1% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 29 fractional works · 13.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 26 fractional works · 12.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 18 fractional works · 8.8% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 11 fractional works · 5.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 13 fractional works · 6.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 12 fractional works · 5.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 9 fractional works · 4.3% of its workOceanography: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeophysics: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 38 fractional works · 18.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 21 fractional works · 9.9% of its workEducation: 9 fractional works · 4.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 10 fractional works · 4.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAccounting: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 9 fractional works · 4.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 8 fractional works · 3.9% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKNational SpaceAgency210fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences74%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences18%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering7033.2%
    2. Physics and Astronomy2913.9%
    3. Materials Science188.8%
    4. Computer Science136.4%
    5. Environmental Science125.7%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences94.3%
    7. Chemistry10.7%
    8. Energy10.5%
    9. Mathematics10.3%
    1. Social Sciences219.9%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting104.8%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance41.7%
    4. Psychology10.6%
    5. Arts and Humanities10.6%
    6. Decision Sciences10.4%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences52.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology31.2%
    3. Neuroscience10.5%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.4%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    1. Medicine73.3%
    2. Health Professions10.6%
    3. Veterinary00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does National Space Agency specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Astronomy and Astrophysics takes 23.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 26.0 works24×
  2. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 43.7 works18×
  3. Physics and AstronomyField · 29.3 works6.2×
← 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: 0.46× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.01× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.82× its world share, 13 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.72× its world share, 9 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.21× its world share, 70 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.15× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.51× its world share, 18 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 6.25× its world share, 29 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.17× its world share, 7 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.48× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.79× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.78× its world share, 21 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 6.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy6.25×29 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.72×9 works
  3. Materials Science2.51×18 works
  4. Engineering2.21×70 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting1.48×10 works
  6. Environmental Science1.15×12 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.01×1 works
  8. Computer Science0.82×13 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.79×4 works
  10. Social Sciences0.78×21 works
  11. Energy0.58×1 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.46×5 works
  13. Chemistry0.45×2 works
  14. Veterinary0.39×0 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.37×1 works
  16. Neuroscience0.31×1 works
  17. Mathematics0.30×1 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.23×3 works
  19. Health Professions0.21×1 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.21×1 works
  21. Psychology0.21×1 works
  22. Medicine0.17×7 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at National Space Agency?

Ranked on the quality score, Gilles Picart, Vincent Dubourg and Jean-Marc Soula lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Space Agency.

  1. 1 Gilles Picart Malaysia · #4,099,568 worldwide 68 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Vincent Dubourg Malaysia · #4,880,386 worldwide 64k citations · 30 works
  3. 3 Jean-Marc Soula Malaysia · #5,000,357 worldwide 27 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Hamid Salim Malaysia · #5,127,307 worldwide 14 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Maszlan Ismail Malaysia · #5,184,661 worldwide 31 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Mhd Fairos Asillam Malaysia · #5,530,691 worldwide 115 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Mohd Helmy Hashim Malaysia · #5,641,254 worldwide 58 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Zahira Mohd Radzi Malaysia · #5,770,127 worldwide 78 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 N Salleh Malaysia · #5,931,005 worldwide 89 citations · 28 works
  10. 10 Yaqoob Alqassab Malaysia · #6,259,437 worldwide 16 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at National Space Agency

What are the most cited papers from National Space Agency?

The most cited paper from National Space Agency is "A knowledge-driven GIS modeling technique for groundwater potential mapping at the Upper Langat Basin, Malaysia" (Mohamad Abd Manap, Wan Nor Azmin Sulaiman, Mohammad Firuz Ramli et al., 2011), with 308 citations. Next come "Compact Tapered-Shape Slot Antenna for UWB Applications" (262) and "Children and Young People's Politics in Everyday Life" (169).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A knowledge-driven GIS modeling technique for groundwater potential mapping at the Upper Langat Basin, Malaysia Mohamad Abd Manap, Wan Nor Azmin Sulaiman, Mohammad Firuz Ramli et al. · Arabian Journal of Geosciences 16 Nov 2011 308
2 Compact Tapered-Shape Slot Antenna for UWB Applications Rezaul Azim, Mohammad Tariqul Islam, Norbahiah Binti Misran · IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters 2011 262
3 Children and Young People's Politics in Everyday Life Kirsi Pauliina Kallio, Jouni Häkli · Space and Polity Apr 2013 169
4 The Future of Origin of Life Research: Bridging Decades-Old Divisions Martina Preiner et al. · Life Open access 26 Feb 2020 158
5 Coalescence of magnetic flux ropes in the ion diffusion region of magnetic reconnection Rongsheng Wang, Quanming Lu, Rumi Nakamura et al. · Nature Physics 7 Dec 2015 154
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at National Space Agency?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Metamaterials, Metamaterial, Nanophotonics, Wireless Communications, Space Policy, Space Tourism, Photonic Crystals and Negative Refraction.

▲ 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. Metamaterials11▲ 38×4 topics
  2. Metamaterial11▲ 57×2 topics
  3. Nanophotonics10▲ 51×2 topics
  4. Photonic Crystals10▲ 39×2 topics
  5. Space Policy10▲ 334×1 topic
  6. Space Tourism10▲ 334×1 topic
  7. Wireless Communications10▲ 27×3 topics
  8. Negative Refraction10▲ 90×1 topic
  9. Plasmonic Metasurfaces10▲ 90×1 topic
  10. Antenna10▲ 59×1 topic
  11. Microstrip10▲ 59×1 topic
  12. Frequency Selective Surfaces10▲ 71×1 topic
  13. Metasurfaces10▲ 71×1 topic
  14. Remote Sensing9▲ 3.4×20 topics
  15. CubeSat7▲ 185×1 topic
  16. small satellite7▲ 185×1 topic
  17. Climate Change7▲ 1.19×28 topics
  18. Solar Wind6▲ 29×2 topics
  19. Energy Efficiency5▲ 2.5×6 topics
  20. Risk Assessment5▲ 3.5×4 topics
  21. Orbit Determination4▲ 46×2 topics
  22. IoT Applications4▲ 50×2 topics
  23. Islamic Banking4▲ 4.9×3 topics
  24. LEO Satellite Constellation4▲ 59×1 topic
  25. Satellite Communications4▲ 59×1 topic
  26. Astrobiology3▲ 49×2 topics
  27. Coronal Mass Ejections3▲ 38×1 topic
  28. Solar Dynamics Observatory3▲ 38×1 topic
  29. Extraterrestrial Life3▲ 60×1 topic
  30. Pose Estimation3▲ 11×2 topics
  31. SETI3▲ 60×1 topic
  32. Channel Modeling3▲ 11×4 topics
  33. Ionosphere3▲ 23×1 topic
  34. Magnetosphere3▲ 23×1 topic
  35. Mars3▲ 38×1 topic
  36. Martian Surface3▲ 38×1 topic
  37. Composites2▲ 15×1 topic
  38. Natural Fibers2▲ 17×1 topic
  39. On-Orbit Servicing2▲ 50×1 topic
  40. Space Debris2▲ 50×1 topic

Which research topics does National Space Agency publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Space exploration and regulation, Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications, Antenna Design and Analysis and Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies.

Space exploration and regulation: 10 fractional worksMetamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications: 10 fractional worksAntenna Design and Analysis: 10 fractional worksAdvanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies: 10 fractional worksSpacecraft Design and Te…7Spacecraft Design and Technology: 7 fractional worksSatellite Communication Systems: 4 fractional worksSolar and Space Plasma Dynamics: 3 fractional worksSpace Science and Extraterrestrial Life: 3 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 3 fractional worksPlanetary Science and Exploration: 3 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsElectronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsAerospace Engineering

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

  1. 1 Space exploration and regulation Astronomy and Astrophysics 10 works
  2. 2 Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 10 works
  3. 3 Antenna Design and Analysis Aerospace Engineering 10 works
  4. 4 Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies Aerospace Engineering 10 works
  5. 5 Spacecraft Design and Technology Aerospace Engineering 7 works
  6. 6 Satellite Communication Systems Aerospace Engineering 4 works
  7. 7 Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 3 works
  8. 8 Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life Astronomy and Astrophysics 3 works
  9. 9 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 3 works
  10. 10 Planetary Science and Exploration Astronomy and Astrophysics 3 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 available41.9%not open58.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.7%domestic only66.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has National Space Agency's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 17% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 National Space Agency as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0012% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%National Space Agency0.00092% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of National Space Agency 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.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025National Space Agency8.8% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.8% in 2023.

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