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UCSI University

In research, UCSI University stands highest in Social Sciences (#550 of 10,521 worldwide), Business, Management and Accounting (#146 of 2,578 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#842 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Marketing and Information Systems and Management — Marketing is 5.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,734
of 28,054 · #4,481 all time
Rank in Malaysia
#13
of 137
Research works
4.2k
▲ 195% vs 2013–17
Citations
52k
12.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
61%
world 28%

What is UCSI 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 #550 of 10,521 33.2%735 #1284
Business, Management and AccountingField #146 of 2,578 41.2%180 #672
Social SciencesField #842 of 6,365 30.5%253 #1397
Health SciencesDomain #1,652 of 11,982 17.0%245 #4289
MedicineField #1,504 of 10,443 16.0%185 #4492
Computer ScienceField #823 of 4,667 23.8%205 #2204
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #540 of 2,578 32.6%93 #995
Physical SciencesDomain #2,729 of 12,888 18.7%730 #5552
EngineeringField #1,555 of 6,636 16.5%293 #3785
EducationSubfield #775 of 1,892 29.4%88 #1201

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where UCSI 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#1,284 #550
  2. Business, Management and Accounting#672 #146
  3. Social Sciences#1,397 #842
  4. Health Sciences#4,289 #1,652
  5. Medicine#4,492 #1,504
  6. Computer Science#2,204 #823
  7. Sociology and Political Science#995 #540
  8. Physical Sciences#5,552 #2,729
  9. Engineering#3,785 #1,555
  10. Education#1,201 #775
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 UCSI University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Marketing takes 5.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MarketingSubfield · 47.1 works5.9×
  2. Information Systems and ManagementSubfield · 29.4 works5.4×
← 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: 0.99× its world share, 90 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.64× its world share, 66 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.41× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.56× its world share, 17 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.73× its world share, 18 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.65× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.90× its world share, 27 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.38× its world share, 205 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 9 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.10× its world share, 19 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.02× its world share, 293 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.95× its world share, 90 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.92× its world share, 61 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.52× its world share, 12 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.23× its world share, 10 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.80× its world share, 40 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.50× its world share, 185 worksMedicineNursing: 2.00× its world share, 19 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.48× its world share, 82 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.93× its world share, 180 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.78× its world share, 51 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.09× its world share, 44 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.13× its world share, 124 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.05× its world share, 253 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 2.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at UCSI University?

Ranked on the composite score, Garry Wei‐Han Tan, Richard Bailey and Wei Hong Lim lead among researchers whose main affiliation is UCSI University.

  1. 1 Garry Wei‐Han Tan Malaysia · #14,654 worldwide 1.1k citations · 51 works
  2. 2 Richard Bailey Malaysia · #29,293 worldwide 331 citations · 77 works
  3. 3 Wei Hong Lim Malaysia · #114,518 worldwide 163 citations · 42 works
  4. 4 Hiram Ting Malaysia · #149,345 worldwide 204 citations · 35 works
  5. 5 Shayla Islam Malaysia · #230,833 worldwide 200 citations · 49 works
  6. 6 S. Ramesh Malaysia · #312,740 worldwide 187 citations · 43 works
  7. 7 Poh Soon JosephNg Malaysia · #339,798 worldwide 50 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Rodney H.G. Tan Malaysia · #424,404 worldwide 68 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Nurudeen Yekeen Malaysia · #453,999 worldwide 107 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Baskaran Gunasekaran Malaysia · #521,522 worldwide 52 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at UCSI University

Which keywords describe research at UCSI University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Consumer Behavior, Deep Learning, Social Media, User Satisfaction, Antioxidant, Supply Chain Management and Sustainability.

▲ 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 Learning96▲ 1.54×73 topics
  2. Deep Learning95▲ 1.46×73 topics
  3. Sustainability70▲ 1.50×64 topics
  4. Social Media61▲ 2.2×25 topics
  5. Consumer Behavior52▲ 4.3×17 topics
  6. Supply Chain Management50▲ 2.8×18 topics
  7. Environmental Impact48▲ 1.49×45 topics
  8. Mental Health48▲ 1.73×34 topics
  9. Education48▲ 1.45×44 topics
  10. Antioxidant45▲ 3.5×42 topics
  11. Artificial Intelligence43▲ 1.64×36 topics
  12. Internet of Things42▲ 2.5×26 topics
  13. Healthcare40▲ 1.84×17 topics
  14. Biomedical Applications38▲ 1.66×26 topics
  15. Social Capital34▲ 3.4×11 topics
  16. User Satisfaction32▲ 8.5×4 topics
  17. Well-being31▲ 4.2×13 topics
  18. Environmental Management30▲ 4.0×9 topics
  19. E-commerce30▲ 2.6×9 topics
  20. Risk Management30▲ 3.2×13 topics
  21. Leadership29▲ 3.2×14 topics
  22. Cultural Heritage27▲ 2.6×20 topics
  23. Information Systems27▲ 8.4×3 topics
  24. User-Generated Content27▲ 10×2 topics
  25. Consumer Engagement27▲ 11×1 topic
  26. Electronic Word-of-Mouth27▲ 11×1 topic
  27. Structural Equation Modeling27▲ 7.0×5 topics
  28. Online Shopping27▲ 7.7×2 topics
  29. Student Engagement27▲ 3.5×15 topics
  30. Technology Acceptance Model27▲ 9.3×2 topics
  31. Virtual Reality26▲ 2.8×15 topics
  32. Antioxidants26▲ 3.0×15 topics
  33. Consumer Trust26▲ 14×1 topic
  34. Partial Least Squares26▲ 14×1 topic
  35. Self-Efficacy23▲ 4.6×10 topics
  36. Student Perceptions19▲ 5.4×7 topics
  37. Polyphenols19▲ 5.6×6 topics
  38. Ethical Consumption18▲ 9.2×2 topics
  39. Environmental Innovation16▲ 9.5×1 topic
  40. Green Consumption16▲ 9.5×1 topic

Which research topics does UCSI University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Digital Marketing and Social Media, Technology Adoption and User Behaviour, Environmental Sustainability in Business and Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification.

Digital Marketing and Social Media: 27 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and User Behaviour: 26 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability in Business: 16 fractional worksConsumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification: 12 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 10 fractional worksImpact of Technology on Adolescents: 10 fractional worksConsumer Retail Behavior…10Consumer Retail Behavior Studies: 10 fractional worksOnline Learning and Analytics: 10 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Applications and Security: 9 fractional worksFinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance: 9 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceInformation Systems and ManagementMarketingManagement of Technology and Innovation3 others

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

  1. 1 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 27 works
  2. 2 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 26 works
  3. 3 Environmental Sustainability in Business Marketing 16 works
  4. 4 Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification Marketing 12 works
  5. 5 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 10 works
  6. 6 Impact of Technology on Adolescents Sociology and Political Science 10 works
  7. 7 Consumer Retail Behavior Studies Marketing 10 works
  8. 8 Online Learning and Analytics Computer Science Applications 10 works
  9. 9 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 9 works
  10. 10 FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance Management Information Systems 9 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 available60.6%not open39.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors36.5%domestic only63.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has UCSI University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 195% 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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