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Open University Malaysia

In research, Open University Malaysia stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,635 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#3,263 of 6,365 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#9,999 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Education — Education is 6.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,885
of 28,054 · #22,316 all time
Rank in Malaysia
#72
of 137
Research works
907
▲ 97% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.3k
5.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
73%
world 28%

What is Open University 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 #4,635 of 10,521 10.7%289 #6012
Social SciencesField #3,263 of 6,365 11.5%154 #3959
Physical SciencesDomain #9,999 of 12,888 12.9%91 #18249
EducationSubfield #1,490 of 1,892 11.9%83 #1980

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 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#6,012 #4,635
  2. Social Sciences#3,959 #3,263
  3. Physical Sciences#18,249 #9,999
  4. Education#1,980 #1,490
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 Open University Malaysia specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Education takes 6.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EducationSubfield · 83.5 works6.5×
← 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: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.66× its world share, 54 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.28× its world share, 17 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.58× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.32× its world share, 15 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.21× its world share, 17 worksMedicineNursing: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.99× its world share, 12 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4.34× its world share, 59 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 4.45× its world share, 18 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.00× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.95× its world share, 38 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.90× its world share, 154 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Open University Malaysia?

Ranked on the composite score, Rahil Mahyuddin, Anuwar Ali and Mansor Fadzil lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Open University Malaysia.

  1. 1 Rahil Mahyuddin Malaysia · #801,589 worldwide 42 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Anuwar Ali Malaysia · #823,300 worldwide 2 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Mansor Fadzil Malaysia · #849,586 worldwide 8 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Abtar Kaur Malaysia · #994,434 worldwide 13 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Zahir Osman Malaysia · #1,286,719 worldwide 29 citations · 44 works
  6. 6 Zoraini Wati Abas Malaysia · #1,452,190 worldwide 3 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Latifah Abdol Latif Malaysia · #1,468,704 worldwide 15 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Kanesan Muthusamy Malaysia · #1,592,372 worldwide 12 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Shishi Kumar Piaralal Malaysia · #1,609,959 worldwide 1 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Santhi Raghavan Malaysia · #1,628,299 worldwide 1 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Open University Malaysia

Which keywords describe research at Open University Malaysia?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: E-Learning, Online Learning, Educational Technology, Student Satisfaction, Technology Integration, Pedagogy, Student Engagement and Leadership.

▲ 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. E-Learning41▲ 9.7×16 topics
  2. Online Learning36▲ 10×10 topics
  3. Educational Technology36▲ 7.2×22 topics
  4. Machine Learning24▲ 1.76×23 topics
  5. Student Satisfaction23▲ 29×2 topics
  6. Globalization20▲ 2.5×20 topics
  7. Supply Chain Management20▲ 5.1×11 topics
  8. Technology Integration20▲ 16×8 topics
  9. Education19▲ 2.7×28 topics
  10. Pedagogy19▲ 9.2×6 topics
  11. Curriculum Development18▲ 6.1×11 topics
  12. Student Engagement18▲ 11×14 topics
  13. Leadership17▲ 8.5×13 topics
  14. Teacher Training17▲ 6.5×11 topics
  15. Customer Satisfaction17▲ 13×7 topics
  16. Digital Transformation17▲ 7.6×8 topics
  17. Social Capital16▲ 7.2×12 topics
  18. Distance Education15▲ 18×3 topics
  19. Job Satisfaction15▲ 8.4×8 topics
  20. Higher Education14▲ 6.4×14 topics
  21. Islamic Education14▲ 9.7×3 topics
  22. Blended Learning14▲ 23×4 topics
  23. Motivation14▲ 7.9×7 topics
  24. E-commerce13▲ 5.4×6 topics
  25. Mobile Learning13▲ 9.1×5 topics
  26. Instructional Design13▲ 39×2 topics
  27. Risk Management13▲ 6.4×9 topics
  28. Religious Education12▲ 17×2 topics
  29. Community of Inquiry12▲ 48×1 topic
  30. Madrasa12▲ 40×1 topic
  31. Muslim Students12▲ 40×1 topic
  32. Social Presence12▲ 48×1 topic
  33. Organizational Culture12▲ 7.3×7 topics
  34. Technology Acceptance Model12▲ 18×2 topics
  35. Organizational Performance12▲ 11×8 topics
  36. User Satisfaction11▲ 14×3 topics
  37. Online Shopping11▲ 15×2 topics
  38. Online Education11▲ 14×4 topics
  39. Information Systems11▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Employee Engagement11▲ 15×4 topics

Which research topics does Open University Malaysia publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Education and Islamic Studies, Online and Blended Learning, Technology Adoption and User Behaviour and Technology-Enhanced Education Studies.

Education and Islamic St…12Education and Islamic Studies: 12 fractional worksOnline and Blended Learn…12Online and Blended Learning: 12 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and …11Technology Adoption and User Behaviour: 11 fractional worksTechnology-Enhanced Educ…11Technology-Enhanced Education Studies: 11 fractional worksOnline Learning and Analytics: 9 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 8 fractional worksOrganizational and Emplo…8Organizational and Employee Performance: 8 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 5 fractional worksOrganizational Leadership and Management Strategies: 5 fractional worksDiverse Aspects of Tourism Research: 4 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 12 works
  2. 2 Online and Blended Learning Education 12 works
  3. 3 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 11 works
  4. 4 Technology-Enhanced Education Studies Education 11 works
  5. 5 Online Learning and Analytics Computer Science Applications 9 works
  6. 6 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 8 works
  7. 7 Organizational and Employee Performance Artificial Intelligence 8 works
  8. 8 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 5 works
  9. 9 Organizational Leadership and Management Strategies Strategy and Management 5 works
  10. 10 Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research Sociology and Political Science 4 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Open University Malaysia's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 97% 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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