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Quest International University Perak

In research, Quest International University Perak stands highest in Social Sciences (#13,399 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#12,171
of 22,385 · #17,535 all time
Rank in Malaysia
#84
of 124
Research works
359
▲ 16% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.6k
10.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.88×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
75%
world 40%
International
30%
world 18%
Quest International University Perak

What is Quest International University Perak known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #13,399 of 14,833 8.0%120

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

In 2022-now, 44% of research at Quest International University Perak is in Social Sciences, 21% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (23%), Medicine (18%), Business, Management and Accounting (9%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 78 fractional works · 44.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 40 fractional works · 22.9% of its workEducation: 23 fractional works · 12.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 9 fractional works · 4.9% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLife-span and Life-course Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 15 fractional works · 8.7% of its workAccounting: 7 fractional works · 4.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 12 fractional works · 6.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 38 fractional works · 21.4% of its workMedicine: 32 fractional works · 18.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth Informatics: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 37 fractional works · 21.0% of its workComputer Science: 15 fractional works · 8.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 3.5% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 9 fractional works · 5.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 3.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 24 fractional works · 13.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPlant Science: 6 fractional works · 3.5% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKQuestInternational…176fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences21%Health Sciences21%Social Sciences44%

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 Sciences4022.9%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting158.7%
    3. Psychology126.6%
    4. Arts and Humanities42.4%
    5. Decision Sciences42.1%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance31.5%
    1. Medicine3218.0%
    2. Health Professions53.1%
    3. Nursing00.2%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Computer Science158.3%
    2. Engineering95.2%
    3. Environmental Science63.6%
    4. Chemistry31.5%
    5. Energy10.8%
    6. Materials Science10.7%
    7. Mathematics10.4%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.3%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    10. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences84.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology63.3%
    3. Neuroscience52.8%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics31.6%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology10.8%
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: 1.01× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.62× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.84× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.73× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.44× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.98× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.06× its world share, 15 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.84× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.35× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.72× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.18× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.93× its world share, 32 worksMedicineNursing: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.84× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.70× its world share, 15 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.21× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.72× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.16× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.81× its world share, 40 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics4.44×3 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting2.70×15 works
  3. Decision Sciences2.21×4 works
  4. Psychology2.16×12 works
  5. Social Sciences1.81×40 works
  6. Neuroscience1.73×5 works
  7. Health Professions1.18×6 works
  8. Computer Science1.06×15 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.01×8 works
  10. Chemistry0.98×3 works
  11. Medicine0.93×32 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.84×2 works
  13. Energy0.84×1 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.84×4 works
  15. Environmental Science0.72×6 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.72×3 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.62×6 works
  18. Chemical Engineering0.53×0 works
  19. Nursing0.50×0 works
  20. Veterinary0.48×0 works
  21. Engineering0.35×9 works
  22. Mathematics0.33×1 works
  23. Materials Science0.20×1 works
  24. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.18×0 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Quest International University Perak?

Ranked on the quality score, Bedanta Roy, Kwok Wen Ng and Nirumala Rothinam lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Quest International University Perak.

  1. 1 Bedanta Roy Malaysia · #749,015 worldwide 18k citations · 133 works
  2. 2 Kwok Wen Ng Malaysia · #2,017,410 worldwide 347 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Nirumala Rothinam Malaysia · #2,807,852 worldwide 25 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Allan Mathews Malaysia · #3,079,599 worldwide 372 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Shakila Srikumar Malaysia · #3,122,089 worldwide 275 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Syed Atif Abbas Malaysia · #3,476,495 worldwide 867 citations · 71 works
  7. 7 Wen Han Chooi Malaysia · #3,690,762 worldwide 72 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Karthikeyan Murugesan Malaysia · #4,320,884 worldwide 397 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 Nasrin Habib Malaysia · #4,414,327 worldwide 223 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Tilagavati Subramaniam Malaysia · #4,488,795 worldwide 34 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Quest International University Perak

What are the most cited papers from Quest International University Perak?

The most cited paper from Quest International University Perak is "Burden of 375 diseases and injuries, risk-attributable burden of 88 risk factors, and healthy life expectancy in 204 countries and territories, including 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023" (Simon I Hay et al., 2025), with 762 citations. Next come "Mobile Health Apps on COVID-19 Launched in the Early Days of the Pandemic: Content Analysis and Review" (590) and "Global burden of 292 causes of death in 204 countries and territories and 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023" (500).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Burden of 375 diseases and injuries, risk-attributable burden of 88 risk factors, and healthy life expectancy in 204 countries and territories, including 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023 Simon I Hay et al. · The Lancet Open access2,780 authors Oct 2025 762
2 Mobile Health Apps on COVID-19 Launched in the Early Days of the Pandemic: Content Analysis and Review Long Chiau Ming, Noorazrina Untong, Nur Amalina Aliudin et al. · JMIR mhealth and uhealth Open access 30 Jun 2020 590
3 Global burden of 292 causes of death in 204 countries and territories and 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023 Mohsen Naghavi et al. · The Lancet Open access2,463 authors Oct 2025 500
4 Green Supply Chain Management, Environmental Collaboration and Sustainability Performance Thoo Ai Chin, Huam Hon Tat, Zuraidah Sulaiman · Procedia CIRP Open access 2015 464
5 CoronaTracker: World-wide COVID-19 Outbreak Data Analysis and Prediction Fairoza Amira Binti Hamzah, Cher Han Lau, Hafeez Nazri et al. Preprint 19 Mar 2020 393
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Quest International University Perak?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Technology Integration, Child Development, Artificial Intelligence, Vaccine, Well-being, Healthcare and Social Media.

▲ 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 Learning12▲ 1.99×29 topics
  2. Deep Learning8▲ 1.25×26 topics
  3. Artificial Intelligence7▲ 2.9×11 topics
  4. Social Media6▲ 2.6×9 topics
  5. Healthcare6▲ 3.0×10 topics
  6. Technology Integration5▲ 9.2×6 topics
  7. Big Data5▲ 3.0×8 topics
  8. Child Development5▲ 6.9×4 topics
  9. Pandemic5▲ 2.9×7 topics
  10. Educational Technology5▲ 2.4×13 topics
  11. Vaccine5▲ 6.5×6 topics
  12. E-Learning4▲ 2.7×5 topics
  13. Corporate Governance4▲ 3.3×6 topics
  14. Online Learning4▲ 2.9×9 topics
  15. Social Capital4▲ 4.7×5 topics
  16. Well-being4▲ 6.2×7 topics
  17. Precision Medicine4▲ 4.6×6 topics
  18. Medical Imaging4▲ 4.2×4 topics
  19. Health Equity4▲ 6.9×2 topics
  20. Investment Decisions4▲ 16×2 topics
  21. Ethical Challenges3▲ 8.9×2 topics
  22. Risk Management3▲ 4.1×6 topics
  23. Clinical Decision Support3▲ 12×1 topic
  24. Coronavirus3▲ 9.3×3 topics
  25. Financial Literacy3▲ 20×2 topics
  26. Radiology3▲ 13×1 topic
  27. Islamic Banking3▲ 4.8×2 topics
  28. Online Communication3▲ 12×3 topics
  29. Self-Regulation3▲ 9.8×4 topics
  30. Student Satisfaction3▲ 9.2×2 topics
  31. Digital Natives3▲ 20×2 topics
  32. Income Inequality3▲ 11×2 topics
  33. Academic Achievement3▲ 8.9×3 topics
  34. Viral Transmission3▲ 11×2 topics
  35. Household Finance3▲ 44×1 topic
  36. Retirement Planning3▲ 44×1 topic
  37. Early Childhood Education2▲ 17×2 topics
  38. Ethical Identity2▲ 12×1 topic
  39. Global Financial Crisis2▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Technology Acceptance Model2▲ 9.2×2 topics

Which research topics does Quest International University Perak publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education, Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis, Islamic Finance and Banking Studies and Early Childhood Education and Development.

Artificial Intelligence …3Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 3 fractional worksFinancial Literacy, Pens…3Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis: 3 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 2 fractional worksEarly Childhood Education and Development: 2 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 2 fractional worksChild Development and Digital Technology: 2 fractional worksDigital Marketing and Social Media: 2 fractional worksEducation and Critical T…2Education and Critical Thinking Development: 2 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 2 fractional worksImpact of Technology on Adolescents: 2 fractional works
Health InformaticsAccountingEducationInfectious Diseases2 others

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

  1. 1 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 3 works
  2. 2 Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis Accounting 3 works
  3. 3 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 2 works
  4. 4 Early Childhood Education and Development Education 2 works
  5. 5 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 2 works
  6. 6 Child Development and Digital Technology Education 2 works
  7. 7 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  8. 8 Education and Critical Thinking Development Education 2 works
  9. 9 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 2 works
  10. 10 Impact of Technology on Adolescents Sociology and Political Science 2 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 available74.9%not open25.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.8%domestic only70.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Quest International University Perak's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 16% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020102020
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 Quest International University Perak as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00053% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Quest International University Perak0.00064% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Quest International University Perak 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 2025Quest International University Perak6.1% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.8% in 2023.

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