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University Malaya Medical Centre

In research, University Malaya Medical Centre stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,655 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#4,360 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#5,529 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 5.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,684
of 28,054 · #7,892 all time
Rank in Malaysia
#52
of 137
Research works
2.5k
▲ 14% vs 2013–17
Citations
47k
19.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
47%
world 28%

What is University Malaya Medical Centre 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
Health SciencesDomain #3,655 of 11,982 9.5%331 #4262
MedicineField #4,360 of 10,443 9.0%308 #3722
Life SciencesDomain #5,529 of 7,800 14.7%62 #4128

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University Malaya Medical Centre 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. Health Sciences#4,262 #3,655
  2. Medicine#3,722 #4,360
  3. Life Sciences#4,128 #5,529
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 University Malaya Medical Centre specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 5.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 27.4 works5.5×
← 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: 0.34× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.27× its world share, 32 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.00× its world share, 14 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.64× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.68× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.18× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.28× its world share, 20 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.24× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.31× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.29× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.40× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.22× its world share, 15 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.39× its world share, 308 worksMedicineNursing: 1.08× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.36× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.23× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.60× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.69× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 13 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.

Who are the top researchers at University Malaya Medical Centre?

Ranked on the composite score, Wan Azman Wan Ahmad, Imran Zainal Abidin and R. Raman lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University Malaya Medical Centre.

  1. 1 Wan Azman Wan Ahmad Malaysia · #164,411 worldwide 149 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Imran Zainal Abidin Malaysia · #657,003 worldwide 38 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 R. Raman Malaysia · #1,192,128 worldwide 18 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Gwo Fuang Ho Malaysia · #1,314,765 worldwide 36 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Alexander Loch Malaysia · #1,526,163 worldwide 6 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at University Malaya Medical Centre

Which keywords describe research at University Malaya Medical Centre?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Diagnosis, Treatment, Pathogenesis, Inflammation, Vaccine Development and Heart Failure.

▲ 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. Epidemiology76▲ 4.0×111 topics
  2. Inflammation23▲ 2.4×60 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease22▲ 4.1×26 topics
  4. Treatment22▲ 3.7×44 topics
  5. Diagnosis20▲ 4.5×36 topics
  6. Pathogenesis15▲ 6.4×21 topics
  7. Risk Factors15▲ 2.9×27 topics
  8. Quality of Life14▲ 2.0×35 topics
  9. Public Health13▲ 1.95×29 topics
  10. COVID-1913▲ 1.98×19 topics
  11. Heart Failure13▲ 6.2×13 topics
  12. Vaccine Development13▲ 11×9 topics
  13. Guidelines13▲ 5.7×11 topics
  14. Pandemic12▲ 2.3×10 topics
  15. Atherosclerosis11▲ 8.2×8 topics
  16. Clinical Practice Guidelines11▲ 4.1×14 topics
  17. SARS-CoV-210▲ 6.6×6 topics
  18. Complications10▲ 4.2×16 topics
  19. Immune Response10▲ 3.7×17 topics
  20. Chemotherapy10▲ 2.9×20 topics
  21. Management10▲ 2.6×22 topics
  22. Metabolic Syndrome9▲ 2.4×18 topics
  23. Vector Control9▲ 17×3 topics
  24. Surgical Management9▲ 4.6×18 topics
  25. Radiotherapy9▲ 4.8×13 topics
  26. Clinical Trials9▲ 2.7×15 topics
  27. Myocardial Infarction8▲ 7.6×7 topics
  28. Echocardiography8▲ 6.5×7 topics
  29. Mortality8▲ 3.0×12 topics
  30. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention7▲ 12×4 topics
  31. Surgery7▲ 4.4×10 topics
  32. Vaccine7▲ 3.8×11 topics
  33. Prognosis7▲ 4.6×9 topics
  34. Arboviral Diseases7▲ 22×1 topic
  35. Renal Function7▲ 15×4 topics
  36. Zika Virus7▲ 22×1 topic
  37. ACE2 Receptor6▲ 5.6×3 topics
  38. Zoonotic Infections6▲ 22×2 topics
  39. Coronary Stents6▲ 27×1 topic
  40. Myocardial Revascularization6▲ 27×1 topic

Which research topics does University Malaya Medical Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Mosquito-borne diseases and control, Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics, Heart Failure Treatment and Management and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies.

Mosquito-borne diseases and control: 7 fractional worksCoronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 6 fractional worksHeart Failure Treatment …4Heart Failure Treatment and Management: 4 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…3COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 3 fractional worksViral Infections and Vectors: 3 fractional worksParasitic Diseases Research and Treatment: 3 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …3SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 3 fractional worksAcute Myocardial Infarction Research: 3 fractional worksLong-Term Effects of COVID-19: 3 fractional worksCardiac tumors and thrombi2Cardiac tumors and thrombi: 2 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSurgeryCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineInfectious Diseases1 others

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

  1. 1 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 7 works
  2. 2 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 6 works
  3. 3 Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 3 works
  5. 5 Viral Infections and Vectors Infectious Diseases 3 works
  6. 6 Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment Infectious Diseases 3 works
  7. 7 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 3 works
  8. 8 Acute Myocardial Infarction Research Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  9. 9 Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 Neurology 3 works
  10. 10 Cardiac tumors and thrombi Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 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 available47.4%not open52.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.2%domestic only79.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University Malaya Medical Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% 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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