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Language and Linguistics research in Malaysia

Universiti Putra Malaysia ranks first in Malaysia for Language and Linguistics research in 2022-now (#269 worldwide), followed by Universiti Sains Malaysia and University of Malaya.

Malaysia's world rank
#48
of 65 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
1k
Top-10% rate
9.6%
Ranked institutions
5

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Language and Linguistics in Malaysia?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Universiti Putra MalaysiaSeri Kembangan #2693.111.7%104
2Universiti Sains MalaysiaGeorge Town #2762.616.1%131
3University of MalayaKuala Lumpur #2881.914.4%99
4National University of MalaysiaBangi #30966.09.7%99
5Universiti Teknologi MARAShah Alam #31438.03.8%126

Institutions in Malaysia above the floor of 40 fractional works in Language and Linguistics, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022-now.

Who are the top Language and Linguistics researchers in Malaysia?

Michael Sharwood Smith, Latha Ravindran and Melor Md Yunus rank highest among researchers based in Malaysia, on their papers in Language and Linguistics that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Michael Sharwood Smith#307,422 worldwide overall6.7 of 14 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Latha Ravindran#515,992 worldwide overall4.8 of 6 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Melor Md Yunus#3,503,822 worldwide overall14.0 of 43 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Harwati Binti Hashim#3,982,492 worldwide overall12.3 of 40 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Radzuwan Ab Rashid#1,085,263 worldwide overall4.9 of 14 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Mansour Amini#4,364,145 worldwide overall9.5 of 24 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Manjet Kaur Mehar Singh#2,896,794 worldwide overall8.8 of 23 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Madhubala Bava Harji#1,475,329 worldwide overall2.9 of 5 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Nooreen bt Noordin#3,699,956 worldwide overall7.2 of 22 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Jagdish Kaur#3,374,849 worldwide overall5.9 of 9 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Mohammad Mosiur Rahman#1,810,905 worldwide overall7.0 of 11 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Jason Miin-Hwa Lim#1,236,520 worldwide overall3.9 of 8 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Abu Bakar Razali#2,161,874 worldwide overall5.9 of 15 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Muhammad Zammad Aslam#576,347 worldwide overall2.5 of 4 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 14Kam-Fong Lee#1,159,382 worldwide overall2.6 of 5 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Malaysia on their work in Language and Linguistics alone: how many more of their papers here reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected.

How Malaysia compares with other countries in Language and Linguistics