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Raffles University Iskandar

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,128
of 22,385 · #27,229 all time
Rank in Malaysia
#106
of 124
Research works
172
▲ 279% vs 2018-21
Citations
821
4.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
66%
world 40%
International
23%
world 18%
Raffles University Iskandar

Which fields of science does Raffles University Iskandar work in?

In 2022-now, 39% of research at Raffles University Iskandar is in Social Sciences, 31% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (16%), Computer Science (11%), Medicine (10%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 48 fractional works · 39.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 19 fractional works · 15.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 11 fractional works · 9.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMarketing: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 9 fractional works · 7.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 38 fractional works · 31.0% of its workComputer Science: 14 fractional works · 11.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 3.8% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 9 fractional works · 7.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 6 fractional works · 5.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 20 fractional works · 16.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 6.7% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 5.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 3.2% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workDrug Discovery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 16 fractional works · 13.1% of its workMedicine: 13 fractional works · 10.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKRafflesUniversity…123fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences17%Physical Sciences31%Health Sciences13%Social Sciences39%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences1915.8%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting119.3%
    3. Psychology97.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance32.8%
    5. Decision Sciences32.6%
    6. Arts and Humanities21.5%
    1. Computer Science1411.4%
    2. Engineering97.4%
    3. Chemistry65.1%
    4. Environmental Science43.3%
    5. Materials Science32.3%
    6. Physics and Astronomy10.9%
    7. Mathematics10.5%
    8. Energy00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences86.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology75.5%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics42.9%
    4. Neuroscience10.8%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology10.7%
    1. Medicine1310.4%
    2. Health Professions21.6%
    3. Dentistry10.7%
    4. Nursing00.4%
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: 1.40× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.04× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 8.17× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 3.25× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.47× its world share, 14 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.50× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.66× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.66× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.48× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.62× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.54× its world share, 13 worksMedicineNursing: 0.74× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.89× its world share, 11 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.70× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.29× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.39× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.25× its world share, 19 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 8.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics8.17×4 works
  2. Chemistry3.25×6 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting2.89×11 works
  4. Decision Sciences2.70×3 works
  5. Psychology2.39×9 works
  6. Dentistry1.48×1 works
  7. Computer Science1.47×14 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.40×8 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.29×3 works
  10. Social Sciences1.25×19 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.04×7 works
  12. Nursing0.74×0 works
  13. Immunology and Microbiology0.71×1 works
  14. Environmental Science0.66×4 works
  15. Materials Science0.66×3 works
  16. Health Professions0.62×2 works
  17. Medicine0.54×13 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.52×2 works
  19. Neuroscience0.51×1 works
  20. Engineering0.50×9 works
  21. Mathematics0.44×1 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.39×1 works
  23. Energy0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Raffles University Iskandar?

Ranked on the quality score, Amos En Zhe Lian, Shubashini Mathialagan and Rajiv Kukkar lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Raffles University Iskandar.

  1. 1 Amos En Zhe Lian Malaysia · #2,668,295 worldwide 62 citations · 33 works
  2. 2 Shubashini Mathialagan Malaysia · #4,847,501 worldwide 22 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Rajiv Kukkar Malaysia · #5,256,666 worldwide 34 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Raffles University Iskandar

What are the most cited papers from Raffles University Iskandar?

The most cited paper from Raffles University Iskandar is "Transformational leadership, empowerment, and job satisfaction: the mediating role of employee empowerment" (Sang Long Choi, Chin Fei Goh, Muhammad Badrull Hisyam Adam et al., 2016), with 362 citations. Next come "Competency Definitions, Development and Assessment: A Brief Review" (191) and "Invasive plants as biosorbents for environmental remediation: a review" (87).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Transformational leadership, empowerment, and job satisfaction: the mediating role of employee empowerment Sang Long Choi, Chin Fei Goh, Muhammad Badrull Hisyam Adam et al. · Human Resources for Health Open access 30 Nov 2016 362
2 Competency Definitions, Development and Assessment: A Brief Review Shaw-Chiang Wong · International Journal of Academic Research in Progressive Education and Development Open access 24 Sep 2020 191
3 Invasive plants as biosorbents for environmental remediation: a review Duyen Thi Cam Nguyen, Thuan Van Tran, P. Senthil Kumar et al. · Environmental Chemistry Letters Open access 6 Jan 2022 87
4 Research trend in Sustainable Development Goals reporting: a systematic literature review See Mei Low, Dewi Fariha Abdullah, Saleh F. A. Khatib · Environmental Science and Pollution Research Review 11 Oct 2023 35
5 The impact of corporate social responsibility on financial performance: Evidence from Insurance firms Khartic Rao Manokaran, Suresh Ramakrishnan, Sanil S. Hishan et al. · Management Science Letters Open access 2018 34
All 65 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Raffles University Iskandar?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Organizational Culture, Drug Delivery, Cancer Therapy, Job Satisfaction, Machine Learning, Leadership, Employee Engagement and Organizational Performance.

▲ 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 Learning7▲ 1.72×23 topics
  2. Deep Learning5▲ 1.21×17 topics
  3. Sustainability4▲ 1.45×14 topics
  4. Sustainable Development4▲ 2.2×12 topics
  5. Drug Delivery4▲ 5.9×4 topics
  6. Cancer Therapy4▲ 5.6×6 topics
  7. Job Satisfaction4▲ 6.7×4 topics
  8. Leadership4▲ 6.0×5 topics
  9. Organizational Culture4▲ 7.6×3 topics
  10. Supply Chain Management3▲ 3.0×6 topics
  11. Biomedical Applications3▲ 2.2×6 topics
  12. Employee Engagement3▲ 15×3 topics
  13. Nanoparticles3▲ 2.1×7 topics
  14. Organizational Performance3▲ 9.6×6 topics
  15. Consumer Behavior3▲ 3.7×6 topics
  16. Anticancer Agents3▲ 16×3 topics
  17. Customer Satisfaction3▲ 7.1×4 topics
  18. Medicinal Chemistry3▲ 8.4×4 topics
  19. Antioxidant Activity3▲ 3.5×5 topics
  20. Method Validation3▲ 38×2 topics
  21. Heterocyclic Compounds2▲ 24×2 topics
  22. Medicinal Plants2▲ 5.1×7 topics
  23. Coumarins2▲ 35×2 topics
  24. Liquid Chromatography2▲ 29×2 topics
  25. Human Resource Management2▲ 11×3 topics
  26. Motivation2▲ 4.2×3 topics
  27. Pharmacology2▲ 6.3×6 topics
  28. Psychological Capital2▲ 11×2 topics
  29. Transformational Leadership2▲ 9.1×2 topics
  30. User Satisfaction2▲ 8.0×3 topics
  31. Bioactive Compounds2▲ 5.6×3 topics
  32. Work-Life Balance2▲ 7.2×2 topics
  33. Green Analytical Chemistry2▲ 22×1 topic
  34. Magnetic Nanoparticles2▲ 11×2 topics
  35. Organizational Behavior2▲ 8.0×2 topics
  36. Pharmaceutical Analysis2▲ 68×1 topic
  37. Technology Acceptance Model2▲ 8.0×2 topics
  38. Tubulin Inhibitors2▲ 27×1 topic
  39. Vascular Targeting Agents2▲ 27×1 topic
  40. Materialism1▲ 21×2 topics

Which research topics does Raffles University Iskandar publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Synthesis and biological activity, Analytical Methods in Pharmaceuticals, Employee Performance and Management and Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery.

Synthesis and biological…2Synthesis and biological activity: 2 fractional worksAnalytical Methods in Ph…2Analytical Methods in Pharmaceuticals: 2 fractional worksEmployee Performance and Management: 1 fractional worksNanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Drug Delivery Systems: 1 fractional worksConsumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification: 1 fractional worksOrganizational Leadership and Management Strategies: 1 fractional worksJob Satisfaction and Org…1Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior: 1 fractional worksDrug Solubulity and Delivery Systems: 1 fractional worksAnalytical Chemistry and Chromatography: 1 fractional works
Organic ChemistryAnalytical ChemistryHuman Factors and ErgonomicsBiomaterials5 others

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

  1. 1 Synthesis and biological activity Organic Chemistry 2 works
  2. 2 Analytical Methods in Pharmaceuticals Analytical Chemistry 2 works
  3. 3 Employee Performance and Management Human Factors and Ergonomics 1 works
  4. 4 Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery Biomaterials 1 works
  5. 5 Advanced Drug Delivery Systems Pharmaceutical Science 1 works
  6. 6 Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification Marketing 1 works
  7. 7 Organizational Leadership and Management Strategies Strategy and Management 1 works
  8. 8 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 1 works
  9. 9 Drug Solubulity and Delivery Systems Pharmaceutical Science 1 works
  10. 10 Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography Spectroscopy 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 available65.9%not open34.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.9%domestic only77.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Raffles University Iskandar's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 279% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Raffles University Iskandar as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00045% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Raffles University Iskandar0.00071% in 20251990200020102020

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