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Perdana University

In research, Perdana University stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,576 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Psychology (Psychology is 3.5× its share of world research).

perdanauniversity.edu.myROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022-now
#7,972
of 22,385 · #9,978 all time
Rank in Malaysia
#58
of 124
Research works
528
▲ 8% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.5k
12.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.06×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
73%
world 40%
International
45%
world 18%
Perdana University

What is Perdana University 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 #5,576 of 9,585 10.9%86 #6450

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Perdana University 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 Perdana University work in?

In 2022-now, 46% of research at Perdana University is in Social Sciences, 23% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (18%), Medicine (16%), Psychology (11%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 96 fractional works · 46.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 39 fractional works · 18.4% of its workEducation: 13 fractional works · 6.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 9 fractional works · 4.3% of its workDemography: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 22 fractional works · 10.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 11 fractional works · 5.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 7 fractional works · 3.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 21 fractional works · 9.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAccounting: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMarketing: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 3.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Sciences: 49 fractional works · 23.4% of its workMedicine: 34 fractional works · 16.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 14 fractional works · 6.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 44 fractional works · 21.2% of its workComputer Science: 18 fractional works · 8.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 7 fractional works · 3.5% of its workInformation Systems: 7 fractional works · 3.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 14 fractional works · 6.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 8 fractional works · 3.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 20 fractional works · 9.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 10 fractional works · 4.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKPerdanaUniversity210fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences21%Health Sciences23%Social Sciences46%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences3918.4%
    2. Psychology2210.5%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting219.8%
    4. Arts and Humanities73.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance62.9%
    6. Decision Sciences31.2%
    1. Medicine3416.1%
    2. Health Professions146.5%
    3. Nursing10.5%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Computer Science188.6%
    2. Engineering146.8%
    3. Environmental Science83.7%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.8%
    5. Chemistry10.6%
    6. Materials Science10.3%
    7. Mathematics10.3%
    8. Energy00.1%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences104.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology62.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology21.0%
    4. Neuroscience10.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Perdana University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Psychology takes 3.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. PsychologyField · 22.1 works3.5×
← 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: 1.04× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.51× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.02× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.11× its world share, 18 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.45× its world share, 14 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.75× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.46× its world share, 14 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.84× its world share, 34 worksMedicineNursing: 1.07× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.09× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.05× its world share, 21 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.25× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.35× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.45× its world share, 22 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.45× its world share, 39 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology3.45×22 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting3.05×21 works
  3. Health Professions2.46×14 works
  4. Social Sciences1.45×39 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.35×6 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.25×2 works
  7. Computer Science1.11×18 works
  8. Arts and Humanities1.09×7 works
  9. Nursing1.07×1 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.04×10 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology1.02×2 works
  12. Medicine0.84×34 works
  13. Environmental Science0.75×8 works
  14. Veterinary0.58×0 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.51×6 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.48×2 works
  17. Engineering0.45×14 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.41×0 works
  19. Neuroscience0.40×1 works
  20. Dentistry0.40×0 works
  21. Chemistry0.36×1 works
  22. Mathematics0.27×1 works
  23. Energy0.09×0 works
  24. Materials Science0.09×1 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Perdana University?

Ranked on the quality score, Mohammad Abdul Awal Miah, Asnidar Hanim Yusuf and Mohammad Nazmul Hasan Maziz lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Perdana University.

  1. 1 Mohammad Abdul Awal Miah Malaysia · #1,864,405 worldwide 278 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Asnidar Hanim Yusuf Malaysia · #2,542,695 worldwide 140 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Mohammad Nazmul Hasan Maziz Malaysia · #2,855,224 worldwide 217 citations · 34 works
  4. 4 Shadiya Mohamed Saleh Baqutayan Malaysia · #3,108,492 worldwide 606 citations · 58 works
  5. 5 Nazmul Mhm Malaysia · #4,393,469 worldwide 118 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Norihan Abu Hassan Malaysia · #4,621,325 worldwide 50 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Asif M. Khan Malaysia · #4,792,328 worldwide 3.5k citations · 202 works
  8. 8 Muhammad Farhan Sjaugi Malaysia · #5,031,851 worldwide 68 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Perdana University

What are the most cited papers from Perdana University?

The most cited paper from Perdana University is "Defining the disease liability of variants in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator gene" (Patrick R. Sosnay et al., 2013), with 640 citations. Next come "Translation and validation of body image instruments: Challenges, good practice guidelines, and reporting recommendations for test adaptation" (467) and "A review on Lactococcus lactis: from food to factory" (420).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Defining the disease liability of variants in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator gene Patrick R. Sosnay et al. · Nature Genetics Open access 25 Aug 2013 640
2 Translation and validation of body image instruments: Challenges, good practice guidelines, and reporting recommendations for test adaptation Viren Swami, David S. Barron · Body Image Open access 13 Sep 2018 467
3 A review on Lactococcus lactis: from food to factory Adelene Ai‐Lian Song, Lionel Lian Aun In, Swee‐Hua Erin Lim et al. · Microbial Cell Factories Open access 4 Apr 2017 420
4 The known unknowns of HPV natural history Patti E. Gravitt · Journal of Clinical Investigation Open access Dec 2011 379
5 Conspiracy mentality and political orientation across 26 countries Roland Imhoff et al. · Nature Human Behaviour Open access 17 Jan 2022 367
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Perdana University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Prevalence, Adolescents, Psychological Factors, Mental Health, Treatment, Healthcare, Genetics and Neurobiological Correlates.

▲ 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. Machine Learning11▲ 1.55×29 topics
  2. Epidemiology10▲ 1.25×43 topics
  3. Mental Health9▲ 2.9×23 topics
  4. Prevalence8▲ 9.6×9 topics
  5. Treatment8▲ 3.2×12 topics
  6. Deep Learning8◆ 1.11×29 topics
  7. Healthcare8▲ 3.2×14 topics
  8. COVID-197▲ 2.7×14 topics
  9. Public Health7▲ 2.4×26 topics
  10. Quality of Life7▲ 2.2×20 topics
  11. Genetics6▲ 4.3×7 topics
  12. Artificial Intelligence6▲ 2.1×19 topics
  13. Education6▲ 1.74×19 topics
  14. Adolescents6▲ 8.1×6 topics
  15. Psychological Factors6▲ 14×4 topics
  16. Risk Factors6▲ 2.6×10 topics
  17. Innovation6▲ 2.7×13 topics
  18. Pandemic6▲ 2.7×9 topics
  19. Community Empowerment5▲ 3.6×11 topics
  20. Obesity5▲ 3.3×8 topics
  21. Corporate Governance5▲ 3.5×10 topics
  22. Leadership5▲ 5.1×11 topics
  23. Consumer Behavior5▲ 3.8×12 topics
  24. Supply Chain Management5▲ 2.7×15 topics
  25. E-Learning5▲ 2.4×10 topics
  26. Curriculum Development5▲ 3.4×9 topics
  27. Neurobiological Correlates5▲ 22×2 topics
  28. Body Image5▲ 30×3 topics
  29. Eating Disorders4▲ 46×1 topic
  30. Child Development4▲ 4.6×5 topics
  31. Customer Satisfaction4▲ 5.5×6 topics
  32. Islamic Education4▲ 5.1×3 topics
  33. Organizational Performance3▲ 6.3×6 topics
  34. Maternal Health3▲ 6.2×3 topics
  35. Public Health Policy3▲ 6.0×2 topics
  36. Breastfeeding3▲ 6.3×2 topics
  37. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy3▲ 26×2 topics
  38. Madrasa3▲ 19×1 topic
  39. Muslim Students3▲ 19×1 topic
  40. Self-Esteem3▲ 21×3 topics

Which research topics does Perdana University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Eating Disorders and Behaviors, Education and Islamic Studies, Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies and Islamic Finance and Banking Studies.

Eating Disorders and Behaviors: 4 fractional worksEducation and Islamic Studies: 3 fractional worksBody Image and Dysmorphi…2Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies: 2 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Bank…2Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 2 fractional worksQuality and Safety in Healthcare: 2 fractional worksPublic Health and Nutrition: 2 fractional worksSMEs Development and Dig…2SMEs Development and Digital Marketing: 2 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, an…2Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 2 fractional worksBiomedical and Engineeri…2Biomedical and Engineering Education: 2 fractional worksGrief, Bereavement, and …1Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health: 1 fractional works
Clinical PsychologyEducationAccountingMedical Laboratory Technology4 others

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

  1. 1 Eating Disorders and Behaviors Clinical Psychology 4 works
  2. 2 Education and Islamic Studies Education 3 works
  3. 3 Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies Clinical Psychology 2 works
  4. 4 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 2 works
  5. 5 Quality and Safety in Healthcare Medical Laboratory Technology 2 works
  6. 6 Public Health and Nutrition Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  7. 7 SMEs Development and Digital Marketing Demography 2 works
  8. 8 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  9. 9 Biomedical and Engineering Education Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  10. 10 Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 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 available73.3%not open26.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors45.4%domestic only54.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Perdana University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 8% 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 Perdana University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00096% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Perdana University0.00063% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Perdana University 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%Perdana University11.0% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.3% in 2019.

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