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Penang Development Corporation

pdc.gov.myROR OpenAlex
Research works
89
▲ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
619
6.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
61%
world 40%
International
28%
world 18%
Penang Development Corporation

Not ranked overall: Penang Development Corporation is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Penang Development Corporation work in?

In 2022-now, 50% of research at Penang Development Corporation is in Physical Sciences, 29% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (26%), Social Sciences (15%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (12%).

Physical Sciences: 15 fractional works · 50.1% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 25.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 11.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 9.8% of its workHardware and Architecture: 2 fractional works · 4.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 8.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 29.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 15.5% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 5.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 9.2% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 12.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 11.6% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 4.5% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 8.0% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKPenangDevelopment…30fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences50%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences29%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering825.9%
    2. Computer Science39.8%
    3. Environmental Science28.1%
    4. Materials Science13.3%
    5. Mathematics11.8%
    6. Energy00.7%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.4%
    1. Social Sciences515.5%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting39.2%
    3. Psychology11.8%
    4. Decision Sciences01.4%
    5. Arts and Humanities01.1%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences411.6%
    2. Neuroscience00.6%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.4%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.4%
    1. Medicine14.6%
    2. Health Professions13.2%
    3. Dentistry00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 2.43× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.04× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 1.26× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.80× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.73× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.63× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.94× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.56× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.22× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.84× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.42× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.22× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting2.84×3 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.43×4 works
  3. Engineering1.73×8 works
  4. Environmental Science1.63×2 works
  5. Mathematics1.56×1 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.42×0 works
  7. Computer Science1.26×3 works
  8. Health Professions1.22×1 works
  9. Social Sciences1.22×5 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.04×0 works
  11. Materials Science0.94×1 works
  12. Energy0.80×0 works
  13. Psychology0.59×0 works
  14. Dentistry0.50×0 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.38×0 works
  16. Neuroscience0.34×0 works
  17. Medicine0.24×1 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.23×0 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.09×0 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Penang Development Corporation?

Ranked on the quality score, Irwan Limbong lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Penang Development Corporation.

  1. 1 Irwan Limbong Malaysia · #4,945,696 worldwide 34 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Penang Development Corporation

What are the most cited papers from Penang Development Corporation?

The most cited paper from Penang Development Corporation is "Interactive plasticizing–antiplasticizing effects of water and glycerol on the tensile properties of tapioca starch films" (Ying Ping Chang, A. Abd. Karim, Chee Choon Seow, 2005), with 187 citations. Next come "Characterisation of composite films made of konjac glucomannan (KGM), carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) and lipid" (106) and "43.4: High Brightness Direct LED Backlight for LCD‐TV" (81).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Interactive plasticizing–antiplasticizing effects of water and glycerol on the tensile properties of tapioca starch films Ying Ping Chang, A. Abd. Karim, Chee Choon Seow · Food Hydrocolloids 13 Jul 2005 187
2 Characterisation of composite films made of konjac glucomannan (KGM), carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) and lipid Lai‐Hoong Cheng, A. Abd. Karim, Chee Choon Seow · Food Chemistry 4 Sep 2007 106
3 43.4: High Brightness Direct LED Backlight for LCD‐TV Robert Scott West, Huub Konijn, Willem Sillevis‐Smitt et al. · SID Symposium Digest of Technical Papers Conference paper May 2003 81
4 Evaluation and reutilization of water sludge from fresh water processing plant as a green clay substituent Yew Pei Ling, Ren-Haw Tham, Siew-Ming Lim et al. · Applied Clay Science 13 Apr 2017 57
5 Influence of nanoparticle type on the performance of nanocomposite membranes for wastewater treatment Tunmise Ayode Otitoju, Mohsen Ahmadipour, Sanxi Li et al. · Journal of Water Process Engineering Open access 10 Jun 2020 56
All 64 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Penang Development Corporation?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Character Education, Conservation, Community Resilience, Marine Resource Management, Seahorses, Syngnathidae, Corporate Governance and Islamic Banking.

▲ 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 22 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Sustainability2▲ 2.5×8 topics
  2. Character Education2▲ 11×3 topics
  3. Conservation1▲ 10×2 topics
  4. Corporate Governance1▲ 6.1×3 topics
  5. Community Resilience1▲ 25×1 topic
  6. Marine Resource Management1▲ 71×1 topic
  7. Supply Chain Management1▲ 4.9×3 topics
  8. Embedded Cores1▲ 256×1 topic
  9. Environmental Impact1▲ 2.3×5 topics
  10. Islamic Banking1▲ 10×3 topics
  11. Seahorses1▲ 135×1 topic
  12. Syngnathidae1▲ 135×1 topic
  13. Test Data Compression1▲ 256×1 topic
  14. Community Empowerment1▲ 5.0×7 topics
  15. Deep Learning1◆ 1.00×3 topics
  16. Machine Vision1▲ 17×2 topics
  17. Educational Technology1▲ 2.9×7 topics
  18. Ethical Identity1▲ 29×1 topic
  19. Finance1▲ 18×1 topic
  20. Green Building1▲ 110×1 topic
  21. Sustainable Construction1▲ 42×1 topic
  22. Texture Analysis1▲ 15×2 topics

Which research topics does Penang Development Corporation publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Aquatic life and conservation, Coastal Management and Development, VLSI and Analog Circuit Testing and Sustainable Building Design and Assessment.

Aquatic life and conserv…1Aquatic life and conservation: 1 fractional worksCoastal Management and D…1Coastal Management and Development: 1 fractional worksVLSI and Analog Circuit …1VLSI and Analog Circuit Testing: 1 fractional worksSustainable Building Des…1Sustainable Building Design and Assessment: 1 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 1 fractional worksIndustrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection: 1 fractional worksFood and Agricultural Sc…1Food and Agricultural Sciences: 1 fractional worksManagement and Optimization Techniques: 1 fractional worksEducation and Islamic Studies: 1 fractional worksIntegrated Circuits and …1Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis: 1 fractional works
Aquatic ScienceManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawHardware and ArchitectureBuilding and Construction6 others

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

  1. 1 Aquatic life and conservation Aquatic Science 1 works
  2. 2 Coastal Management and Development Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 1 works
  3. 3 VLSI and Analog Circuit Testing Hardware and Architecture 1 works
  4. 4 Sustainable Building Design and Assessment Building and Construction 1 works
  5. 5 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 1 works
  6. 6 Industrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Food and Agricultural Sciences Food Science 1 works
  8. 8 Management and Optimization Techniques Strategy and Management 1 works
  9. 9 Education and Islamic Studies Education 1 works
  10. 10 Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 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 available61.4%not open38.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.5%domestic only72.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Penang Development Corporation's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting20052010201520202025
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Penang Development Corporation as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00012% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%Penang Development Corporation0.00010% in 202520102020

Fractional works of Penang Development Corporation over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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