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Universiti Brunei Darussalam

In research, Universiti Brunei Darussalam stands highest in Social Sciences (#427 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#362 of 6,365 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#979 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Accounting and Sociology and Political Science — Accounting is 4.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#936
of 28,054 · #2,471 all time
Rank in Brunei
#1
of 7
Research works
6.2k
▲ 78% vs 2013–17
Citations
92k
14.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
29.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
world 28%

What is Universiti Brunei Darussalam 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 #427 of 10,521 32.7%1,019 #1035
Social SciencesField #362 of 6,365 31.7%581 #897
Physical SciencesDomain #979 of 12,888 27.6%822 #2366
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #202 of 2,578 30.5%231 #614
Health SciencesDomain #1,010 of 11,982 21.1%216 #2628
Information SystemsSubfield #145 of 1,291 39.3%69 #665
Computer ScienceField #534 of 4,667 35.2%212 #1172
Business, Management and AccountingField #302 of 2,578 35.1%180 #953
EducationSubfield #240 of 1,892 34.3%148 #496
EngineeringField #1,150 of 6,636 26.7%218 #2577

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universiti Brunei Darussalam 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#1,035 #427
  2. Social Sciences#897 #362
  3. Physical Sciences#2,366 #979
  4. Sociology and Political Science#614 #202
  5. Health Sciences#2,628 #1,010
  6. Information Systems#665 #145
  7. Computer Science#1,172 #534
  8. Business, Management and Accounting#953 #302
  9. Education#496 #240
  10. Engineering#2,577 #1,150
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 Universiti Brunei Darussalam specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Accounting takes 4.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. AccountingSubfield · 58.0 works4.3×
  2. Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield · 230.6 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: 0.91× its world share, 96 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.47× its world share, 56 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.21× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.81× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.80× its world share, 6 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.81× its world share, 28 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.22× its world share, 212 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.27× its world share, 44 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.27× its world share, 46 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.65× its world share, 218 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.33× its world share, 147 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.14× its world share, 88 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.69× its world share, 18 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.28× its world share, 14 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.41× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.87× its world share, 51 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.35× its world share, 150 worksMedicineNursing: 0.89× its world share, 10 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.18× its world share, 76 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.50× its world share, 180 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.16× its world share, 25 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.94× its world share, 93 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.97× its world share, 66 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.06× its world share, 581 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 2.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Universiti Brunei Darussalam?

Ranked on the composite score, Daphne Teck Ching Lai, Glenn Hardaker and Mohammad Nabil Almunawar lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universiti Brunei Darussalam.

  1. 1 Daphne Teck Ching Lai Brunei · #73,666 worldwide 644 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Glenn Hardaker Brunei · #80,377 worldwide 270 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 Mohammad Nabil Almunawar Brunei · #100,797 worldwide 160 citations · 37 works
  4. 4 Muhammad Anshari Brunei · #102,404 worldwide 265 citations · 62 works
  5. 5 Mohammad Mansoob Khan Brunei · #222,952 worldwide 551 citations · 65 works
  6. 6 Mohammad Rizwan Brunei · #230,884 worldwide 137 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Atika Qazi Brunei · #244,953 worldwide 326 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Saddam Hussain Brunei · #286,020 worldwide 113 citations · 28 works
  9. 9 Lukman Raimi Brunei · #324,689 worldwide 41 citations · 29 works
  10. 10 Jawaid Iqbal Brunei · #329,483 worldwide 78 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Universiti Brunei Darussalam

Which keywords describe research at Universiti Brunei Darussalam?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Ethnicity, Islamic Banking, Economic Development, Finance, Financial Stability, Machine Learning and Global Financial Crisis.

▲ 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. Globalization148▲ 3.4×56 topics
  2. Machine Learning110▲ 1.50×75 topics
  3. Sustainability96▲ 1.78×65 topics
  4. Deep Learning88◆ 1.15×66 topics
  5. Economic Development70▲ 3.8×27 topics
  6. Corporate Governance61▲ 3.7×17 topics
  7. Islamic Banking60▲ 6.6×3 topics
  8. Ethnicity59▲ 7.1×10 topics
  9. Supply Chain Management58▲ 2.8×18 topics
  10. Social Capital55▲ 4.7×16 topics
  11. Risk Management53▲ 4.9×11 topics
  12. Educational Technology53▲ 1.99×25 topics
  13. Consumer Behavior50▲ 3.5×13 topics
  14. Finance49▲ 11×3 topics
  15. Curriculum Development49▲ 3.1×12 topics
  16. Financial Stability48▲ 11×3 topics
  17. Teacher Training48▲ 3.4×6 topics
  18. Internet of Things47▲ 2.5×20 topics
  19. Global Financial Crisis45▲ 15×3 topics
  20. Gender Equality45▲ 7.3×7 topics
  21. Performance Analysis45▲ 9.3×4 topics
  22. Ethical Identity44▲ 16×1 topic
  23. Shariah Supervision44▲ 16×1 topic
  24. Islamic Education44▲ 5.6×4 topics
  25. Cultural Identity42▲ 3.7×9 topics
  26. Decentralization41▲ 8.7×4 topics
  27. Indonesia40▲ 3.8×5 topics
  28. Corruption37▲ 11×6 topics
  29. Civil Society36▲ 15×5 topics
  30. Social Networks35▲ 5.9×7 topics
  31. Religious Education34▲ 8.8×3 topics
  32. Madrasa29▲ 18×1 topic
  33. Multiculturalism29▲ 6.8×4 topics
  34. Muslim Students29▲ 18×1 topic
  35. Democratization28▲ 20×4 topics
  36. Political Islam28▲ 21×2 topics
  37. ethnic tensions28▲ 42×1 topic
  38. religious nationalism28▲ 42×1 topic
  39. Tourist Satisfaction27▲ 12×2 topics
  40. Bilingual Education26▲ 9.7×3 topics

Which research topics does Universiti Brunei Darussalam publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Islamic Finance and Banking Studies, Education and Islamic Studies, Asian Studies and History and Halal products and consumer behavior.

Islamic Finance and Bank…44Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 44 fractional worksEducation and Islamic Studies: 29 fractional worksAsian Studies and History28Asian Studies and History: 28 fractional worksHalal products and consu…22Halal products and consumer behavior: 22 fractional worksSocioeconomic Development in Asia: 19 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 17 fractional worksAdvanced Photocatalysis …16Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 16 fractional worksMigration and Labor Dynamics: 15 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 13 fractional worksMultilingual Education and Policy: 13 fractional works
AccountingEducationSociology and Political ScienceRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment2 others

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

  1. 1 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 44 works
  2. 2 Education and Islamic Studies Education 29 works
  3. 3 Asian Studies and History Sociology and Political Science 28 works
  4. 4 Halal products and consumer behavior Sociology and Political Science 22 works
  5. 5 Socioeconomic Development in Asia Sociology and Political Science 19 works
  6. 6 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 17 works
  7. 7 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 16 works
  8. 8 Migration and Labor Dynamics Sociology and Political Science 15 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 13 works
  10. 10 Multilingual Education and Policy Linguistics and Language 13 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 available43.2%not open56.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors38.5%domestic only61.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Universiti Brunei Darussalam's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 78% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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