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Sarawak Biodiversity Centre

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World rank, all time
#31,301
of 34,923
Rank in Malaysia
#133
of 141
Research works
138
▲ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.2k
8.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
50%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
Sarawak Biodiversity Centre

Which fields of science does Sarawak Biodiversity Centre work in?

In 2022-now, 67% of research at Sarawak Biodiversity Centre is in Health Sciences, 12% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (65%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (5%), Engineering (5%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 40 fractional works · 66.9% of its workMedicine: 38 fractional works · 65.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 15 fractional works · 26.1% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 7.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 5.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 4.3% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 7 fractional works · 12.3% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 4.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 10.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 10.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKSarawakBiodiversity…59fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences12%Health Sciences67%Social Sciences10%

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. Medicine3865.0%
    2. Health Professions11.0%
    3. Dentistry00.4%
    4. Nursing00.3%
    5. Veterinary00.2%
    1. Engineering34.6%
    2. Environmental Science24.1%
    3. Computer Science11.6%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.1%
    5. Chemical Engineering00.3%
    6. Materials Science00.3%
    7. Mathematics00.2%
    8. Chemistry00.1%
    9. Energy00.1%
    1. Arts and Humanities24.0%
    2. Social Sciences23.2%
    3. Psychology11.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting11.1%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.7%
    6. Decision Sciences00.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences34.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology23.0%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics11.2%
    4. Neuroscience00.7%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.6%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Sarawak Biodiversity Centre specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Medicine takes 3.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MedicineField · 38.5 works3.4×
  2. Health SciencesDomain · 39.7 works2.9×
← 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: 1.00× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.33× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.80× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.31× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.83× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.87× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.38× its world share, 38 worksMedicineNursing: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.38× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.38× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.38×38 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics3.33×1 works
  3. Veterinary1.38×0 works
  4. Arts and Humanities1.38×2 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.00×3 works
  6. Dentistry0.87×0 works
  7. Environmental Science0.83×2 works
  8. Chemical Engineering0.80×0 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.70×1 works
  10. Nursing0.70×0 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology0.63×0 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.56×2 works
  13. Neuroscience0.46×0 works
  14. Health Professions0.39×1 works
  15. Psychology0.39×1 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.34×1 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.34×0 works
  18. Engineering0.31×3 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.31×0 works
  20. Social Sciences0.25×2 works
  21. Computer Science0.20×1 works
  22. Mathematics0.18×0 works
  23. Chemistry0.09×0 works
  24. Materials Science0.08×0 works
  25. Energy0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Sarawak Biodiversity Centre?

Ranked on the quality score, Tiong Chia Yeo, Nurzalikha Sa’adi and Chi Yen Voon lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sarawak Biodiversity Centre.

  1. 1 Tiong Chia Yeo Malaysia · #2,744,011 worldwide 555 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Nurzalikha Sa’adi Malaysia · #3,771,994 worldwide 43 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Chi Yen Voon Malaysia · #4,178,063 worldwide 70 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Sing Yang Soon Malaysia · #4,522,266 worldwide 381 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at Sarawak Biodiversity Centre

What are the most cited papers from Sarawak Biodiversity Centre?

The most cited paper from Sarawak Biodiversity Centre is "Plasmodium knowlesi Malaria in Humans Is Widely Distributed and Potentially Life Threatening" (Janet Cox‐Singh, Timothy M. E. Davis, K.-S. Lee et al., 2007), with 913 citations. Next come "Treatment of Coronary Drug-Eluting Stent Restenosis by a Sirolimus- or Paclitaxel-Coated Balloon" (172) and "Dividing and conquering the fastest–growing genus: Towards a natural sectional classification of the mega–diverse genus Begonia (Begoniaceae)" (141).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Plasmodium knowlesi Malaria in Humans Is Widely Distributed and Potentially Life Threatening Janet Cox‐Singh, Timothy M. E. Davis, K.-S. Lee et al. · Clinical Infectious Diseases Open access 4 Dec 2007 913
2 Treatment of Coronary Drug-Eluting Stent Restenosis by a Sirolimus- or Paclitaxel-Coated Balloon Rosli Mohd Ali, M.A.S.K. Abdul Kader, Wan Azman Wan Ahmad et al. · JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions Open access Mar 2019 172
3 Dividing and conquering the fastest–growing genus: Towards a natural sectional classification of the mega–diverse genus Begonia (Begoniaceae) Peter Watson Moonlight et al. · Taxon Open access 25 Jan 2018 141
4 The nutritional value of indigenous fruits and vegetables in Sarawak V B Hoe, Kueh Hong Siong · Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition Mar 1999 134
5 Identification of Traditional Medicinal Plant Extracts with Novel Anti-Influenza Activity Dhivya Rajasekaran, Enzo A. Palombo, Tiong Chia Yeo et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 27 Nov 2013 117
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Sarawak Biodiversity Centre?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cardiovascular Disease, Heart Failure, Guidelines, Treatment, Diagnosis, Epidemiology, Myocardial Infarction and Renal Function.

▲ 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. Cardiovascular Disease9▲ 13×19 topics
  2. Heart Failure8▲ 30×11 topics
  3. Guidelines8▲ 27×5 topics
  4. Epidemiology7▲ 3.1×26 topics
  5. Treatment5▲ 7.1×9 topics
  6. Diagnosis5▲ 8.8×8 topics
  7. Myocardial Infarction4▲ 31×5 topics
  8. Renal Function4▲ 73×2 topics
  9. B-Type Natriuretic Peptide4▲ 136×1 topic
  10. Hospital Readmission4▲ 136×1 topic
  11. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention4▲ 46×3 topics
  12. Echocardiography3▲ 19×6 topics
  13. Atherosclerosis3▲ 18×5 topics
  14. Obesity3▲ 6.1×5 topics
  15. Cultural Heritage2▲ 7.3×4 topics
  16. Cardiovascular Risk2▲ 12×3 topics
  17. Coronary Stents2▲ 87×1 topic
  18. Magnetic Resonance Imaging2▲ 15×3 topics
  19. Myocardial Revascularization2▲ 87×1 topic
  20. Catheter Ablation2▲ 28×2 topics
  21. Acute Coronary Syndromes2▲ 85×1 topic
  22. Cardiovascular Events2▲ 27×3 topics
  23. ST-Segment Elevation2▲ 85×1 topic
  24. Cardiac Imaging2▲ 25×3 topics
  25. Chamber Quantification2▲ 38×1 topic
  26. Diastolic Function2▲ 38×1 topic
  27. Stroke Prevention2▲ 23×2 topics
  28. Cardiovascular Risk Assessment2▲ 33×2 topics
  29. Coronary Artery Disease2▲ 23×2 topics
  30. Medical Imaging2▲ 5.0×4 topics
  31. Computed Tomography Angiography2▲ 38×1 topic
  32. Myocardial Perfusion2▲ 38×1 topic
  33. Atrial Fibrillation1▲ 24×2 topics
  34. Clinical Guidelines1▲ 7.9×4 topics
  35. Anticoagulant Therapy1▲ 18×1 topic
  36. Risk Stratification1▲ 31×1 topic
  37. Social Impact1▲ 5.7×4 topics
  38. Cardiovascular Disease Prevention1▲ 23×2 topics
  39. Clinical Decision Support1▲ 12×1 topic
  40. Ethical Challenges1▲ 8.7×1 topic

Which research topics does Sarawak Biodiversity Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Heart Failure Treatment and Management, Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics, Acute Myocardial Infarction Research and Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors.

Heart Failure Treatment …4Heart Failure Treatment and Management: 4 fractional worksCoronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksAcute Myocardial Infarct…2Acute Myocardial Infarction Research: 2 fractional worksCardiovascular Function …2Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 2 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 1 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence …1Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 1 fractional worksAntiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases: 1 fractional worksArchitectural and Urban Studies: 1 fractional worksArchitecture and Cultural Influences: 1 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingHealth Informatics2 others

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

  1. 1 Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  2. 2 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 2 works
  3. 3 Acute Myocardial Infarction Research Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  6. 6 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 1 works
  8. 8 Antiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Architectural and Urban Studies Conservation 1 works
  10. 10 Architecture and Cultural Influences Archeology 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 available50.4%not open49.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.3%domestic only75.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Sarawak Biodiversity Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% 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 Sarawak Biodiversity Centre as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00023% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%Sarawak Biodiversity Centre0.00014% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Sarawak Biodiversity Centre over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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