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National University of Malaysia

In research, National University of Malaysia stands highest in Social Sciences (#99 of 10,521 worldwide), Information Systems (#14 of 1,291 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#79 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Education, Accounting and Developmental and Educational Psychology — Education is 4.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#310
of 28,054 · #816 all time
Rank in Malaysia
#2
of 137
Research works
47k
▲ 25% vs 2013–17
Citations
626k
13.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
58%
world 28%

What is National University of Malaysia 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 #99 of 10,521 20.0%5,343 #475
Information SystemsSubfield #14 of 1,291 17.8%599 #104
Social SciencesField #79 of 6,365 17.6%3,122 #410
EducationSubfield #29 of 1,892 17.2%1,596 #121
Business, Management and AccountingField #47 of 2,578 23.7%832 #411
Health SciencesDomain #298 of 11,982 18.1%1,664 #913
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #49 of 1,775 30.7%308 #371
Physical SciencesDomain #356 of 12,888 19.6%4,552 #715
Economics and EconometricsSubfield #39 of 1,272 32.9%245 #322
Environmental ScienceField #137 of 3,551 22.0%686 #368

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where National University of Malaysia 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#475 #99
  2. Information Systems#104 #14
  3. Social Sciences#410 #79
  4. Education#121 #29
  5. Business, Management and Accounting#411 #47
  6. Health Sciences#913 #298
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#371 #49
  8. Physical Sciences#715 #356
  9. Economics and Econometrics#322 #39
  10. Environmental Science#368 #137
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 National University of Malaysia specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Education takes 4.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EducationSubfield · 1,596.3 works4.2×
  2. AccountingSubfield · 294.6 works3.9×
  3. Developmental and Educational PsychologySubfield · 180.6 works3.1×
  4. Information SystemsSubfield · 599.1 works2.7×
  5. Business and International ManagementSubfield · 32.8 works2.5×
  6. Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and RehabilitationSubfield · 52.2 works2.3×
  7. Computer Science ApplicationsSubfield · 68.6 works2.2×
← 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: 0.70× its world share, 418 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.52× its world share, 351 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.49× its world share, 61 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.59× its world share, 120 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.00× its world share, 44 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.94× its world share, 41 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.62× its world share, 123 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.27× its world share, 1,241 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.50× its world share, 99 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.62× its world share, 187 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.80× its world share, 1,500 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.10× its world share, 686 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.05× its world share, 462 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.89× its world share, 131 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.29× its world share, 82 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.07× its world share, 65 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.94× its world share, 312 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.51× its world share, 1,219 worksMedicineNursing: 0.98× its world share, 60 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.38× its world share, 6 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.84× its world share, 306 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.06× its world share, 832 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.39× its world share, 169 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.15× its world share, 308 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.58× its world share, 606 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.97× its world share, 3,122 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 2.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at National University of Malaysia?

Ranked on the composite score, Syed Mohamed Aljunid, M. A. Hannan and Siti Kartom Kamarudin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National University of Malaysia.

  1. 1 Syed Mohamed Aljunid Malaysia · #8,810 worldwide 3.8k citations · 49 works
  2. 2 M. A. Hannan Malaysia · #19,915 worldwide 1.1k citations · 90 works
  3. 3 Siti Kartom Kamarudin Malaysia · #40,180 worldwide 1.1k citations · 71 works
  4. 4 Mohd Helmi Ali Malaysia · #44,126 worldwide 278 citations · 38 works
  5. 5 Wan Ramli Wan Daud Malaysia · #67,210 worldwide 1.2k citations · 119 works
  6. 6 Mohd Alauddin Mohd Ali Malaysia · #68,882 worldwide 303 citations · 56 works
  7. 7 Abdul Amir H. Kadhum Malaysia · #74,759 worldwide 561 citations · 64 works
  8. 8 M.F.M. Zain Malaysia · #80,917 worldwide 326 citations · 55 works
  9. 9 Wei Lun Ang Malaysia · #86,050 worldwide 531 citations · 26 works
  10. 10 Abu Bakar Mohamad Malaysia · #88,005 worldwide 439 citations · 47 works
All ranked researchers at National University of Malaysia

Which keywords describe research at National University of Malaysia?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Teacher Training, Curriculum Development, Islamic Education, Pedagogy, Religious Education, Ethical Values, Madrasa and Muslim Students.

▲ 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. Globalization764▲ 3.1×74 topics
  2. Curriculum Development654▲ 7.4×16 topics
  3. Teacher Training648▲ 8.3×16 topics
  4. Islamic Education627▲ 14×4 topics
  5. Pedagogy604▲ 9.8×15 topics
  6. E-Learning594▲ 4.7×21 topics
  7. Religious Education552▲ 26×5 topics
  8. Educational Technology551▲ 3.7×33 topics
  9. Ethical Values544▲ 44×2 topics
  10. Madrasa543▲ 60×1 topic
  11. Muslim Students543▲ 60×1 topic
  12. Machine Learning454◆ 1.11×91 topics
  13. Online Learning433▲ 4.1×21 topics
  14. Mobile Learning390▲ 8.9×5 topics
  15. Education358▲ 1.66×69 topics
  16. Technology Integration324▲ 8.4×11 topics
  17. Corporate Governance302▲ 3.3×25 topics
  18. Islamic Banking296▲ 5.8×3 topics
  19. Risk Management288▲ 4.7×16 topics
  20. Digital Learning245▲ 3.6×10 topics
  21. Performance Analysis226▲ 8.3×5 topics
  22. Financial Stability226▲ 8.9×5 topics
  23. Finance225▲ 9.2×4 topics
  24. Global Financial Crisis218▲ 13×3 topics
  25. Ethical Identity216▲ 14×1 topic
  26. Shariah Supervision216▲ 14×1 topic
  27. Ethnicity215▲ 4.5×15 topics
  28. Student Satisfaction205▲ 8.6×2 topics
  29. Student Engagement197▲ 3.9×17 topics
  30. Social Influence189▲ 7.0×3 topics
  31. Islam184▲ 7.0×3 topics
  32. Science183▲ 5.9×3 topics
  33. Malay Language182▲ 10×1 topic
  34. Sharia Law182▲ 10×1 topic
  35. Google Classroom176▲ 13×1 topic
  36. Teacher Perception176▲ 12×1 topic
  37. Language Teaching175▲ 5.5×6 topics
  38. Decision Support System156▲ 6.8×5 topics
  39. Teacher Professional Development155▲ 7.6×5 topics
  40. Education Technology142▲ 64×2 topics

Which research topics does National University of Malaysia publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Education and Islamic Studies, Islamic Finance and Banking Studies, Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies and Technology-Enhanced Education Studies.

Education and Islamic St…543Education and Islamic Studies: 543 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Bank…216Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 216 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, an…182Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 182 fractional worksTechnology-Enhanced Education Studies: 176 fractional worksEducational Methods and Technology: 142 fractional worksEnglish Language Learnin…86English Language Learning and Teaching: 86 fractional worksAsian Studies and History: 79 fractional worksEducational Methods and Media Use: 61 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and User Behaviour: 57 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 57 fractional works
EducationAccountingSociology and Political ScienceInformation Systems2 others

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

  1. 1 Education and Islamic Studies Education 543 works
  2. 2 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 216 works
  3. 3 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 182 works
  4. 4 Technology-Enhanced Education Studies Education 176 works
  5. 5 Educational Methods and Technology Information Systems 142 works
  6. 6 English Language Learning and Teaching Information Systems 86 works
  7. 7 Asian Studies and History Sociology and Political Science 79 works
  8. 8 Educational Methods and Media Use Information Systems 61 works
  9. 9 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 57 works
  10. 10 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 57 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 available57.7%not open42.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.3%domestic only81.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National University of Malaysia's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 25% 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.

Other research institutions in Bangi

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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.