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Wawasan Open University

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,873
of 22,385 · #22,619 all time
Rank in Malaysia
#109
of 124
Research works
207
▲ 117% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.8k
8.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
62%
world 40%
International
21%
world 18%
Wawasan Open University

Which fields of science does Wawasan Open University work in?

In 2022-now, 57% of research at Wawasan Open University is in Social Sciences, 40% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (31%), Engineering (22%), Computer Science (12%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 52 fractional works · 57.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 28 fractional works · 31.4% of its workEducation: 17 fractional works · 18.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 5.7% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 10 fractional works · 11.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 4.8% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 4.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 36 fractional works · 40.4% of its workEngineering: 20 fractional works · 21.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 6 fractional works · 6.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 4 fractional works · 4.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 11 fractional works · 11.8% of its workComputer Science Applications: 4 fractional works · 4.0% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKWawasan OpenUniversity90fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences40%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences57%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences2831.4%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting1011.0%
    3. Psychology44.7%
    4. Arts and Humanities44.2%
    5. Decision Sciences33.6%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance22.4%
    1. Engineering2021.7%
    2. Computer Science1111.8%
    3. Environmental Science22.7%
    4. Energy11.1%
    5. Mathematics10.9%
    6. Materials Science10.7%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.6%
    8. Chemistry00.3%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    1. Medicine10.9%
    2. Health Professions10.6%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
    3. Neuroscience00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.52× its world share, 11 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.19× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.45× its world share, 20 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.78× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.44× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.41× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.74× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.12× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.55× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.49× its world share, 28 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences3.74×3 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting3.41×10 works
  3. Social Sciences2.49×28 works
  4. Psychology1.55×4 works
  5. Computer Science1.52×11 works
  6. Engineering1.45×20 works
  7. Arts and Humanities1.44×4 works
  8. Energy1.19×1 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.12×2 works
  10. Mathematics0.78×1 works
  11. Environmental Science0.55×2 works
  12. Chemical Engineering0.53×0 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.25×0 works
  14. Health Professions0.23×1 works
  15. Materials Science0.21×1 works
  16. Chemistry0.20×0 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.20×0 works
  18. Neuroscience0.11×0 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.06×0 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.05×0 works
  21. Medicine0.05×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Wawasan Open University?

Ranked on the quality score, Choo Jun Tan, Ping Chow Teoh and Vighnarajah Vighnarajah lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Wawasan Open University.

  1. 1 Choo Jun Tan Malaysia · #2,662,726 worldwide 501 citations · 42 works
  2. 2 Ping Chow Teoh Malaysia · #3,327,954 worldwide 252 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Vighnarajah Vighnarajah Malaysia · #3,971,441 worldwide 92 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Bhandigadi Phalachandra Malaysia · #4,409,958 worldwide 17 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Gajaraj Dhanarajan Malaysia · #5,158,934 worldwide 301 citations · 77 works
  6. 6 Ishan Sudeera Abeywardena Malaysia · #5,434,893 worldwide 139 citations · 38 works
All ranked researchers at Wawasan Open University

What are the most cited papers from Wawasan Open University?

The most cited paper from Wawasan Open University is "Mobile advertising: The changing landscape of the advertising industry" (Choy-Har Wong, Garry Wei‐Han Tan, Boon‐In Tan et al., 2015), with 178 citations. Next come "Sustainable Tourism Policy, Destination Management and Sustainable Tourism Development: A Moderated-Mediation Model" (133) and "Analysis of discharges recorded simultaneously from pairs of auditory nerve fibers" (127).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Mobile advertising: The changing landscape of the advertising industry Choy-Har Wong, Garry Wei‐Han Tan, Boon‐In Tan et al. · Telematics and Informatics 4 Apr 2015 178
2 Sustainable Tourism Policy, Destination Management and Sustainable Tourism Development: A Moderated-Mediation Model Mustafa Rehman Khan, Haseeb Ur Rehman Khan, Chen Kim Lim et al. · Sustainability Open access 3 Nov 2021 133
3 Analysis of discharges recorded simultaneously from pairs of auditory nerve fibers Don H. Johnson, N.Y. Kiang · Biophysical Journal Open access Jul 1976 127
4 Consumers' Perceived Quality, Perceived Value and Perceived Risk Towards Purchase Decision on Automobile San · American Journal of Economics and Business Administration Open access 2011 122
5 Leadership Styles and Employees' Turnover Intention: Exploratory Study of Academic Staff in a Malaysian College Choi Sang Long, Lee Yean Thean, Wan Khairuzzaman Wan Ismail et al. · World Applied Sciences Journal Open access 2 Oct 2012 121
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Which keywords describe research at Wawasan Open University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Online Learning, E-Learning, Student Satisfaction, Distance Education, Educational Technology, Blended Learning, Instructional Design and Community of Inquiry.

▲ 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-now 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. Online Learning10▲ 14×6 topics
  2. E-Learning8▲ 9.5×7 topics
  3. Student Satisfaction6▲ 39×2 topics
  4. Educational Technology6▲ 6.0×14 topics
  5. Sustainability6▲ 2.7×15 topics
  6. Distance Education6▲ 34×3 topics
  7. Blended Learning6▲ 46×3 topics
  8. Instructional Design5▲ 77×2 topics
  9. Machine Learning5▲ 1.73×11 topics
  10. Community of Inquiry5▲ 103×1 topic
  11. Social Presence5▲ 103×1 topic
  12. Student Engagement5▲ 13×7 topics
  13. Globalization5▲ 2.7×6 topics
  14. Supply Chain Management4▲ 5.4×7 topics
  15. Education4▲ 2.6×12 topics
  16. Leadership3▲ 7.6×7 topics
  17. Organizational Performance3▲ 14×5 topics
  18. Risk Management3▲ 7.8×6 topics
  19. Corporate Governance3▲ 4.8×8 topics
  20. Curriculum Development3▲ 5.1×5 topics
  21. Educational Data Mining3▲ 41×1 topic
  22. Learning Analytics3▲ 29×1 topic
  23. Technology Integration3▲ 10×7 topics
  24. Learning Outcomes3▲ 7.6×8 topics
  25. Pedagogy2▲ 5.5×3 topics
  26. Career Development2▲ 22×2 topics
  27. Higher Education2▲ 5.0×6 topics
  28. Student Perceptions2▲ 15×3 topics
  29. Lifelong Learning2▲ 13×4 topics
  30. Cyber-Physical Systems2▲ 7.8×2 topics
  31. Digital Twin2▲ 15×2 topics
  32. Construction Projects2▲ 44×2 topics
  33. Employability2▲ 48×1 topic
  34. Employee Engagement2▲ 11×3 topics
  35. Graduate Attributes2▲ 62×1 topic
  36. Machine Vision2▲ 9.4×3 topics
  37. Madrasa2▲ 28×1 topic
  38. Muslim Students2▲ 28×1 topic
  39. Cloud Manufacturing2▲ 20×1 topic
  40. Smart Manufacturing2▲ 20×1 topic

Which research topics does Wawasan Open University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Online and Blended Learning, Online Learning and Analytics, Higher Education and Employability and Education and Islamic Studies.

Online and Blended Learn…5Online and Blended Learning: 5 fractional worksOnline Learning and Anal…3Online Learning and Analytics: 3 fractional worksHigher Education and Emp…2Higher Education and Employability: 2 fractional worksEducation and Islamic Studies: 2 fractional worksDigital Transformation in Industry: 2 fractional worksConstruction Project Man…1Construction Project Management and Performance: 1 fractional worksTechnology-Enhanced Education Studies: 1 fractional worksSocioeconomic Development in Asia: 1 fractional worksIndustrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection: 1 fractional worksDigital Marketing and Social Media: 1 fractional works
EducationComputer Science ApplicationsIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringManagement Science and Operations Research1 others

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

  1. 1 Online and Blended Learning Education 5 works
  2. 2 Online Learning and Analytics Computer Science Applications 3 works
  3. 3 Higher Education and Employability Education 2 works
  4. 4 Education and Islamic Studies Education 2 works
  5. 5 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 2 works
  6. 6 Construction Project Management and Performance Management Science and Operations Research 1 works
  7. 7 Technology-Enhanced Education Studies Education 1 works
  8. 8 Socioeconomic Development in Asia Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  9. 9 Industrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 1 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 available61.7%not open38.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.2%domestic only78.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Wawasan Open University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 117% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting20052010201520202025
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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Wawasan Open University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00037% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Wawasan Open University0.00042% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Wawasan Open University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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