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2026-08-29 · Research focus · National University of Malaysia · Malaysia

What drives National University of Malaysia's research

Ask where National University of Malaysia's research energy goes and the open scholarly record gives a precise answer: 36,355 co-authored works in five years, built with partners in 78 countries.

Its most distinctive research concentrations include Education and Islamic Studies; Islamic Finance and Banking Studies; Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies.

The work's field-weighted citation impact is 2.27, against a world average of 1.0.

The Research Collaboration Index, the first global account of how universities actually collaborate, publishes its first full edition on Tuesday 15 September at 09:00 UK.

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Every figure derives from the open global research record and is checkable at source.

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