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Open University Malaysia

In research, Open University Malaysia stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,736 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#3,111 of 5,988 worldwide) and Education (#1,402 of 1,930 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Education (Education is 6.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#8,225
of 22,385 · #13,607 all time
Rank in Malaysia
#59
of 124
Research works
907
▲ 140% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.3k
5.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.77×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
73%
world 40%
International
19%
world 18%
Open University Malaysia

What is Open University Malaysia 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
Social SciencesDomain #3,736 of 9,585 5.7%289 #5439
Social SciencesField #3,111 of 5,988 6.2%154 #4293
EducationSubfield #1,402 of 1,930 5.0%83 #1607
Physical SciencesDomain #9,089 of 10,670 7.7%91 #13728

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Open University 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 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.

  1. Social Sciences#5,439 #3,736
  2. Social Sciences#4,293 #3,111
  3. Education#1,607 #1,402
  4. Physical Sciences#13,728 #9,089
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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 Open University Malaysia work in?

In 2022-now, 69% of research at Open University Malaysia is in Social Sciences, 22% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (36%), Business, Management and Accounting (15%), Computer Science (13%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 324 fractional works · 68.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 168 fractional works · 35.8% of its workEducation: 91 fractional works · 19.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 39 fractional works · 8.2% of its workDemography: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety Research: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCommunication: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workUrban Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 69 fractional works · 14.6% of its workAccounting: 16 fractional works · 3.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 13 fractional works · 2.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 13 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMarketing: 11 fractional works · 2.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBusiness and International Management: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 42 fractional works · 9.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 14 fractional works · 2.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 12 fractional works · 2.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 8 fractional works · 1.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 20 fractional works · 4.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 12 fractional works · 2.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 14 fractional works · 3.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMusic: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 10 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 10 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 103 fractional works · 21.8% of its workComputer Science: 61 fractional works · 12.9% of its workInformation Systems: 23 fractional works · 4.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 17 fractional works · 3.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 13 fractional works · 2.7% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 19 fractional works · 4.0% of its workMedia Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 15 fractional works · 3.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 37 fractional works · 7.9% of its workMedicine: 20 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 16 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKOpen UniversityMalaysia471fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences22%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences69%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences16835.8%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting6914.6%
    3. Psychology429.0%
    4. Decision Sciences204.3%
    5. Arts and Humanities143.0%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance102.2%
    1. Computer Science6112.9%
    2. Engineering194.0%
    3. Environmental Science153.2%
    4. Physics and Astronomy20.5%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.4%
    6. Mathematics20.3%
    7. Materials Science10.2%
    8. Chemical Engineering10.1%
    9. Energy10.1%
    10. Chemistry10.1%
    1. Medicine204.3%
    2. Health Professions163.4%
    3. Nursing10.1%
    4. Dentistry10.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences30.6%
    2. Neuroscience20.5%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Open University Malaysia specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Education takes 6.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EducationSubfield · 91.4 works6.3×
← 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: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.65× its world share, 61 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.26× its world share, 19 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.64× its world share, 15 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.27× its world share, 16 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.22× its world share, 20 worksMedicineNursing: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.06× its world share, 14 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4.52× its world share, 69 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 4.44× its world share, 20 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.03× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.94× its world share, 42 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.83× its world share, 168 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting4.52×69 works
  2. Decision Sciences4.44×20 works
  3. Psychology2.94×42 works
  4. Social Sciences2.83×168 works
  5. Computer Science1.65×61 works
  6. Health Professions1.27×16 works
  7. Arts and Humanities1.06×14 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.03×10 works
  9. Environmental Science0.64×15 works
  10. Chemical Engineering0.41×1 works
  11. Neuroscience0.30×2 works
  12. Mathematics0.29×2 works
  13. Dentistry0.29×1 works
  14. Nursing0.29×1 works
  15. Engineering0.26×19 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.24×2 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.22×2 works
  18. Medicine0.22×20 works
  19. Energy0.15×1 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.14×3 works
  21. Chemistry0.08×1 works
  22. Materials Science0.06×1 works
  23. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.05×1 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Open University Malaysia?

Ranked on the quality score, Widad Othman, Arba’at Hassan and Md Rosli Ismail lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Open University Malaysia.

  1. 1 Widad Othman Malaysia · #1,490,414 worldwide 896 citations · 74 works
  2. 2 Arba’at Hassan Malaysia · #2,146,291 worldwide 399 citations · 38 works
  3. 3 Md Rosli Ismail Malaysia · #2,197,079 worldwide 228 citations · 31 works
  4. 4 Tina Swee Kim Lim Malaysia · #2,211,326 worldwide 188 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Mei Teh Goi Malaysia · #2,359,749 worldwide 274 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Shishi Kumar Piaralal Malaysia · #2,429,560 worldwide 354 citations · 67 works
  7. 7 Rosmarıa Omar Malaysia · #2,643,674 worldwide 1.1k citations · 44 works
  8. 8 Liana Mohamad Malaysia · #2,915,812 worldwide 82 citations · 32 works
  9. 9 Ansary Ahmed Malaysia · #3,092,570 worldwide 40 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Mohd Ghazali Mohayidin Malaysia · #3,156,837 worldwide 478 citations · 47 works
All ranked researchers at Open University Malaysia

What are the most cited papers from Open University Malaysia?

The most cited paper from Open University Malaysia is "The influence of organizational culture on attitudes toward organizational change" (Zabid Abdul Rashid, Murali Sambasivan, Azmawani Abdul Rahman, 2004), with 306 citations. Next come ""APPLICATION OF BIG DATA IN EDUCATION DATA MINING AND LEARNING ANALYTICS – A LITERATURE REVIEW "" (237) and "Effects of action observation on corticospinal excitability: Muscle specificity, direction, and timing of the mirror response" (212).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The influence of organizational culture on attitudes toward organizational change Zabid Abdul Rashid, Murali Sambasivan, Azmawani Abdul Rahman · Leadership & Organization Development Journal Mar 2004 306
2 "APPLICATION OF BIG DATA IN EDUCATION DATA MINING AND LEARNING ANALYTICS – A LITERATURE REVIEW " Katrina Sin, Loganathan Muthu · ICTACT Journal on Soft Computing Open access Jul 2015 237
3 Effects of action observation on corticospinal excitability: Muscle specificity, direction, and timing of the mirror response Katherine R. Naish, Carmel Houston‐Price, Andrew J. Bremner et al. · Neuropsychologia Open access 3 Oct 2014 212
4 Empowerment, job satisfaction and organizational commitment: a comparative analysis of nurses working in Malaysia and England Nora Ahmad, Nelson Ositadimma Oranye · Journal of Nursing Management 12 Jul 2010 211
5 Mobile advertising: The changing landscape of the advertising industry Choy-Har Wong, Garry Wei‐Han Tan, Boon‐In Tan et al. · Telematics and Informatics 4 Apr 2015 178
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Open University Malaysia?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: E-Learning, Online Learning, Educational Technology, Student Satisfaction, Technology Integration, Pedagogy, Leadership and Student Engagement.

▲ 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. E-Learning43▲ 9.5×16 topics
  2. Educational Technology40▲ 7.2×24 topics
  3. Online Learning39▲ 9.9×12 topics
  4. Machine Learning27▲ 1.74×28 topics
  5. Student Satisfaction23▲ 27×2 topics
  6. Technology Integration23▲ 15×8 topics
  7. Globalization22▲ 2.4×22 topics
  8. Education22▲ 2.7×32 topics
  9. Supply Chain Management22▲ 5.2×11 topics
  10. Pedagogy21▲ 8.8×6 topics
  11. Curriculum Development19▲ 6.1×11 topics
  12. Leadership19▲ 8.3×13 topics
  13. Digital Transformation19▲ 7.4×9 topics
  14. Student Engagement19▲ 10×14 topics
  15. Customer Satisfaction18▲ 12×7 topics
  16. Teacher Training18▲ 6.3×11 topics
  17. Social Capital17▲ 7.1×12 topics
  18. Job Satisfaction17▲ 8.4×8 topics
  19. Distance Education16▲ 17×3 topics
  20. Islamic Education16▲ 10×4 topics
  21. Blended Learning15▲ 24×4 topics
  22. Higher Education15▲ 6.1×14 topics
  23. Motivation15▲ 7.8×8 topics
  24. E-commerce14▲ 5.4×6 topics
  25. Mobile Learning14▲ 8.9×5 topics
  26. Instructional Design14▲ 39×2 topics
  27. Organizational Performance14▲ 11×9 topics
  28. Organizational Culture13▲ 7.3×7 topics
  29. Religious Education13▲ 17×2 topics
  30. Online Education13▲ 14×5 topics
  31. Madrasa13▲ 40×1 topic
  32. Muslim Students13▲ 40×1 topic
  33. User Satisfaction13▲ 14×3 topics
  34. Technology Acceptance Model13▲ 18×2 topics
  35. Community of Inquiry13▲ 49×1 topic
  36. Social Presence13▲ 49×1 topic
  37. Online Shopping12▲ 15×2 topics
  38. Employee Engagement12▲ 14×4 topics
  39. Information Systems12▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Structural Equation Modeling12▲ 13×3 topics

Which research topics does Open University Malaysia publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Education and Islamic Studies, Online and Blended Learning, Technology Adoption and User Behaviour and Technology-Enhanced Education Studies.

Education and Islamic St…13Education and Islamic Studies: 13 fractional worksOnline and Blended Learn…13Online and Blended Learning: 13 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and …12Technology Adoption and User Behaviour: 12 fractional worksTechnology-Enhanced Educ…11Technology-Enhanced Education Studies: 11 fractional worksOnline Learning and Analytics: 10 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 9 fractional worksOrganizational and Emplo…8Organizational and Employee Performance: 8 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability in Business: 6 fractional worksOrganizational Leadership and Management Strategies: 5 fractional worksDiverse Aspects of Tourism Research: 5 fractional works
EducationInformation Systems and ManagementComputer Science ApplicationsAccounting4 others

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

  1. 1 Education and Islamic Studies Education 13 works
  2. 2 Online and Blended Learning Education 13 works
  3. 3 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 12 works
  4. 4 Technology-Enhanced Education Studies Education 11 works
  5. 5 Online Learning and Analytics Computer Science Applications 10 works
  6. 6 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 9 works
  7. 7 Organizational and Employee Performance Artificial Intelligence 8 works
  8. 8 Environmental Sustainability in Business Marketing 6 works
  9. 9 Organizational Leadership and Management Strategies Strategy and Management 5 works
  10. 10 Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research Sociology and Political Science 5 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 available72.7%not open27.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Open University Malaysia's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 140% 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 Open University Malaysia as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0023% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Open University Malaysia0.0028% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Open University Malaysia 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 2025Open University Malaysia5.8% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 9.4% in 2017.

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