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Sultan Zainal Abidin University

In research, Sultan Zainal Abidin University stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,129 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,196 of 6,365 worldwide) and Business, Management and Accounting (#558 of 2,578 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Accounting, Education and Business, Management and Accounting — Accounting is 8.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,331
of 28,054 · #7,135 all time
Rank in Malaysia
#27
of 137
Research works
5.8k
▲ 197% vs 2013–17
Citations
41k
7.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
77%
world 28%

What is Sultan Zainal Abidin University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #1,129 of 10,521 15.9%1,193 #1933
Social SciencesField #1,196 of 6,365 13.0%678 #1822
Business, Management and AccountingField #558 of 2,578 19.2%235 #1131
AccountingSubfield #106 of 389 13.8%120 #446
Physical SciencesDomain #3,739 of 12,888 15.7%511 #8217
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #808 of 2,578 12.5%244 #1253
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #709 of 1,775 36.5%81 #1580
Computer ScienceField #1,999 of 4,667 19.8%192 #3527
Health SciencesDomain #5,332 of 11,982 7.2%340 #7002
EducationSubfield #846 of 1,892 9.9%263 #995

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sultan Zainal Abidin 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#1,933 #1,129
  2. Social Sciences#1,822 #1,196
  3. Business, Management and Accounting#1,131 #558
  4. Accounting#446 #106
  5. Physical Sciences#8,217 #3,739
  6. Sociology and Political Science#1,253 #808
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#1,580 #709
  8. Computer Science#3,527 #1,999
  9. Health Sciences#7,002 #5,332
  10. Education#995 #846
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Sultan Zainal Abidin University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Accounting takes 8.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. AccountingSubfield · 120.3 works8.6×
  2. EducationSubfield · 262.7 works3.8×
  3. Business, Management and AccountingField · 235.0 works3.2×
  4. Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield · 244.3 works3.0×
← 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: 1.23× its world share, 134 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.51× its world share, 63 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.42× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.58× its world share, 21 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.61× its world share, 13 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.69× its world share, 6 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.45× its world share, 16 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.08× its world share, 192 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.46× its world share, 10 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.37× its world share, 126 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.84× its world share, 96 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.41× its world share, 32 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.55× its world share, 15 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.25× its world share, 13 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.50× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.08× its world share, 65 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.57× its world share, 249 worksMedicineNursing: 1.71× its world share, 19 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.87× its world share, 58 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.19× its world share, 235 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.56× its world share, 34 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.66× its world share, 81 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.54× its world share, 107 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.35× its world share, 678 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Sultan Zainal Abidin University?

Ranked on the composite score, Atif Amin Baig, Bambang Eka Purnama and Radzuwan Ab Rashid lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sultan Zainal Abidin University.

  1. 1 Atif Amin Baig Malaysia · #48,395 worldwide 652 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Bambang Eka Purnama Malaysia · #91,532 worldwide 63 citations · 47 works
  3. 3 Radzuwan Ab Rashid Malaysia · #271,982 worldwide 87 citations · 37 works
  4. 4 Hafizan Juahir Malaysia · #274,870 worldwide 180 citations · 54 works
  5. 5 Azman Azid Malaysia · #304,204 worldwide 133 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Zainudin Awang Malaysia · #320,843 worldwide 122 citations · 32 works
  7. 7 Azizah Endut Malaysia · #375,663 worldwide 151 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Asyraf Afthanorhan Malaysia · #379,396 worldwide 111 citations · 29 works
  9. 9 Roslan Umar Malaysia · #421,040 worldwide 117 citations · 27 works
  10. 10 Ahmad Bisyri Husin Musawi Maliki Malaysia · #425,724 worldwide 39 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Sultan Zainal Abidin University

Which keywords describe research at Sultan Zainal Abidin University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Islamic Education, Curriculum Development, Teacher Training, Islamic Banking, Corporate Governance, Pedagogy, Religious Education and Risk Management.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Islamic Education149▲ 18×4 topics
  2. Curriculum Development144▲ 9.0×13 topics
  3. Globalization137▲ 3.1×42 topics
  4. Teacher Training133▲ 9.3×12 topics
  5. Islamic Banking126▲ 14×3 topics
  6. Corporate Governance120▲ 7.1×17 topics
  7. Pedagogy113▲ 10×7 topics
  8. Religious Education112▲ 29×3 topics
  9. Risk Management109▲ 9.8×14 topics
  10. Madrasa107▲ 64×1 topic
  11. Muslim Students107▲ 64×1 topic
  12. Machine Learning94▲ 1.26×72 topics
  13. Performance Analysis94▲ 19×3 topics
  14. Social Media93▲ 2.9×25 topics
  15. Financial Stability93▲ 20×5 topics
  16. Finance92▲ 21×4 topics
  17. Global Financial Crisis92▲ 29×2 topics
  18. Ethical Identity91▲ 31×1 topic
  19. Shariah Supervision91▲ 31×1 topic
  20. Education81▲ 2.1×45 topics
  21. Educational Technology76▲ 2.8×26 topics
  22. Online Learning73▲ 3.9×17 topics
  23. E-Learning65▲ 2.8×15 topics
  24. Human Rights61▲ 2.6×24 topics
  25. Supply Chain Management59▲ 2.8×20 topics
  26. Indonesia57▲ 5.2×5 topics
  27. Community Empowerment56▲ 3.2×13 topics
  28. Digital Learning53▲ 4.3×8 topics
  29. Consumer Behavior50▲ 3.5×16 topics
  30. Ethnicity50▲ 5.8×9 topics
  31. Gender Equality48▲ 7.6×10 topics
  32. Culture46▲ 3.8×7 topics
  33. Islam45▲ 9.4×4 topics
  34. Philosophy45▲ 4.5×6 topics
  35. Literature45▲ 3.6×6 topics
  36. Social Influence43▲ 8.8×3 topics
  37. Science43▲ 7.6×2 topics
  38. Malay Language43▲ 13×1 topic
  39. Sharia Law43▲ 13×1 topic
  40. Tourist Satisfaction32▲ 14×2 topics

Which research topics does Sultan Zainal Abidin University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Education and Islamic Studies, Islamic Finance and Banking Studies, Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies and Islamic Finance and Communication.

Education and Islamic St…107Education and Islamic Studies: 107 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Bank…91Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 91 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 43 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Communication: 24 fractional worksIslamic Studies and Radicalism: 23 fractional worksQur’anic Interpretation Studies: 22 fractional worksHalal products and consumer behavior: 21 fractional worksTechnology-Enhanced Education Studies: 18 fractional worksArabic Language Education Studies: 18 fractional worksEducation and Character Development: 18 fractional works
EducationAccountingSociology and Political Science

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

  1. 1 Education and Islamic Studies Education 107 works
  2. 2 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 91 works
  3. 3 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 43 works
  4. 4 Islamic Finance and Communication Sociology and Political Science 24 works
  5. 5 Islamic Studies and Radicalism Sociology and Political Science 23 works
  6. 6 Qur’anic Interpretation Studies Education 22 works
  7. 7 Halal products and consumer behavior Sociology and Political Science 21 works
  8. 8 Technology-Enhanced Education Studies Education 18 works
  9. 9 Arabic Language Education Studies Education 18 works
  10. 10 Education and Character Development Education 18 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 available77.1%not open22.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.6%domestic only77.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Sultan Zainal Abidin University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 197% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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