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Sunway University

In research, Sunway University stands highest in Social Sciences (#375 of 10,521 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#738 of 12,888 worldwide) and Business, Management and Accounting (#149 of 2,578 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Marketing, Information Systems and Management and Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management — Marketing is 5.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#763
of 28,054 · #2,185 all time
Rank in Malaysia
#6
of 137
Research works
4.4k
▲ 188% vs 2013–17
Citations
75k
17.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
34.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is Sunway 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 #375 of 10,521 44.9%667 #1102
Physical SciencesDomain #738 of 12,888 31.4%861 #2142
Business, Management and AccountingField #149 of 2,578 48.9%176 #613
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #120 of 1,775 61.1%91 #676
Economics and EconometricsSubfield #101 of 1,272 65.9%72 —
Social SciencesField #587 of 6,365 41.2%243 #1394
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #321 of 2,578 49.5%101 #773
EngineeringField #829 of 6,636 30.6%300 #1942
Environmental ScienceField #695 of 3,551 33.3%106 #1841
Health SciencesDomain #2,388 of 11,982 24.4%260 #3578

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sunway 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#1,102 #375
  2. Physical Sciences#2,142 #738
  3. Business, Management and Accounting#613 #149
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#676 #120
  5. Social Sciences#1,394 #587
  6. Sociology and Political Science#773 #321
  7. Engineering#1,942 #829
  8. Environmental Science#1,841 #695
  9. Health Sciences#3,578 #2,388
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 Sunway University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Marketing takes 5.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MarketingSubfield · 48.0 works5.8×
  2. Information Systems and ManagementSubfield · 28.1 works5.0×
  3. Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementSubfield · 32.2 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: 0.51× its world share, 48 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.68× its world share, 71 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.69× its world share, 14 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.67× its world share, 21 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.37× its world share, 9 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.29× its world share, 9 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.12× its world share, 34 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.39× its world share, 211 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 10 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.19× its world share, 57 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.03× its world share, 300 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.10× its world share, 106 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.46× its world share, 100 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.60× its world share, 14 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.48× its world share, 21 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.29× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.84× its world share, 43 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.54× its world share, 204 worksMedicineNursing: 0.97× its world share, 9 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.34× its world share, 19 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.81× its world share, 176 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.60× its world share, 49 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.17× its world share, 91 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.49× its world share, 88 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.98× its world share, 243 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at Sunway University?

Ranked on the composite score, R. Saidur, Kok‐Lim Alvin Yau and Long Chiau Ming lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sunway University.

  1. 1 R. Saidur Malaysia · #22,519 worldwide 1.5k citations · 97 works
  2. 2 Kok‐Lim Alvin Yau Malaysia · #80,918 worldwide 288 citations · 47 works
  3. 3 Long Chiau Ming Malaysia · #92,110 worldwide 370 citations · 75 works
  4. 4 Hamid Osman Malaysia · #130,141 worldwide 289 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Arshian Sharif Malaysia · #219,858 worldwide 577 citations · 48 works
  6. 6 Siew Fan Wong Malaysia · #245,636 worldwide 179 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Mayeen Uddin Khandaker Malaysia · #313,884 worldwide 648 citations · 146 works
  8. 8 Shehnaz Tehseen Malaysia · #318,376 worldwide 181 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 A.K. Pandey Malaysia · #342,504 worldwide 694 citations · 93 works
  10. 10 Mohammad Khalid Malaysia · #415,495 worldwide 564 citations · 85 works
All ranked researchers at Sunway University

Which keywords describe research at Sunway University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Renewable Energy, Environmental Impact, Social Media, Consumer Behavior, Sustainability, Deep Learning and Energy Efficiency.

▲ 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. Machine Learning120▲ 1.88×79 topics
  2. Deep Learning83▲ 1.25×74 topics
  3. Renewable Energy76▲ 2.7×35 topics
  4. Environmental Impact75▲ 2.3×42 topics
  5. Sustainability74▲ 1.55×59 topics
  6. Social Media68▲ 2.4×29 topics
  7. Energy Efficiency50▲ 2.8×27 topics
  8. Consumer Behavior50▲ 4.0×17 topics
  9. Economic Growth47▲ 2.8×21 topics
  10. Healthcare44▲ 1.98×16 topics
  11. Artificial Intelligence43▲ 1.62×35 topics
  12. Energy Storage42▲ 3.3×11 topics
  13. Supply Chain Management41▲ 2.2×19 topics
  14. Heat Transfer38▲ 3.9×14 topics
  15. Nanomaterials38▲ 1.83×17 topics
  16. Online Learning34▲ 2.1×17 topics
  17. Environmental Management28▲ 3.7×11 topics
  18. Student Engagement28▲ 3.6×10 topics
  19. User-Generated Content28▲ 10×2 topics
  20. Consumer Engagement28▲ 11×1 topic
  21. Electronic Word-of-Mouth28▲ 11×1 topic
  22. Phase Change Materials27▲ 15×3 topics
  23. User Satisfaction27▲ 7.1×4 topics
  24. Information Systems26▲ 7.7×5 topics
  25. Solar Energy25▲ 4.0×5 topics
  26. Structural Equation Modeling25▲ 6.3×3 topics
  27. Online Shopping24▲ 6.8×2 topics
  28. Energy Consumption24▲ 5.5×5 topics
  29. Technology Acceptance Model24▲ 8.2×2 topics
  30. Consumer Trust24▲ 13×1 topic
  31. Partial Least Squares24▲ 13×1 topic
  32. Panel Data Analysis24▲ 7.6×3 topics
  33. Financial Development24▲ 7.8×2 topics
  34. CO2 Emissions23▲ 6.3×3 topics
  35. Organizational Performance22▲ 4.5×9 topics
  36. Environmental Regulation22▲ 7.5×3 topics
  37. Two-Dimensional Materials22▲ 4.8×4 topics
  38. Kuznets Curve22▲ 9.9×1 topic
  39. Trade Openness22▲ 9.9×1 topic
  40. Customer Experience21▲ 7.2×3 topics

Which research topics does Sunway University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Digital Marketing and Social Media, Technology Adoption and User Behaviour, Energy, Environment, Economic Growth and Environmental Sustainability in Business.

Digital Marketing and Social Media: 28 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and User Behaviour: 24 fractional worksEnergy, Environment, Eco…22Energy, Environment, Economic Growth: 22 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainabi…16Environmental Sustainability in Business: 16 fractional worksSolar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems: 14 fractional worksPhase Change Materials Research: 14 fractional worksMXene and MAX Phase Mate…13MXene and MAX Phase Materials: 13 fractional worksMarket Dynamics and Volatility: 12 fractional worksConsumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification: 12 fractional worksOnline Learning and Anal…12Online Learning and Analytics: 12 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceInformation Systems and ManagementEconomics and EconometricsMarketing4 others

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

  1. 1 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 28 works
  2. 2 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 24 works
  3. 3 Energy, Environment, Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 22 works
  4. 4 Environmental Sustainability in Business Marketing 16 works
  5. 5 Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 14 works
  6. 6 Phase Change Materials Research Mechanical Engineering 14 works
  7. 7 MXene and MAX Phase Materials Materials Chemistry 13 works
  8. 8 Market Dynamics and Volatility Economics and Econometrics 12 works
  9. 9 Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification Marketing 12 works
  10. 10 Online Learning and Analytics Computer Science Applications 12 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 available48.3%not open51.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Sunway University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 188% 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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