KUALA LUMPUR – Universiti Malaya’s (UM) Electrical and Electronic research has scored 100%, the highest among local universities, for citations per paper, according to the 2022 edition of Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings by Subject.
In a statement today, UM said the same research has earned 94% in H-Index, which is used to measure the productivity of an institution’s research faculty.
It said overall, UM is placed among the top 140 in all five broad subject areas for the first time since the inception of this category in 2017.
Each broad subject area, it said, registered improvement in rank, especially Engineering and Technology ranked 45th (up nine places from last year), Social Sciences and Management, which rose to the 50th (up by 35 places) as well as Arts and Humanities, which is ranked 84th (up by 21 places), which are in the top 100.
Similarly, Natural Sciences and Life Sciences, and Medicine also registered significant improvements, with the subjects ranking 113th and 138th respectively.
Of the 37 individual subjects ranked by QS World University Rankings, UM achieved 17 subjects ranked in the world top 100 this year, an increase in two subjects over last year’s performance.
Some 51% of the subjects considered had improved their positions, while 38% remained in the same rank.
In addition, UM’s best performance in terms of academic reputation was in Geography at 76.2%.
Meanwhile, Communication and Media Studies scored highest with 81.1% for employer reputation.
Its vice-chancellor, Prof Datuk Mohd Hamdi Shukor said the higher citations per paper could indicate a greater amount of credibility and impact in the work of the researchers in Malaysia’s oldest university.
In order to ensure that UM’s research is positively relevant and impactful, not only to the academic community but also to the greater global community, Hamdi said the university has taken a number of initiatives in its performance management system.
He expressed hope for UM to develop and support five high impact special projects and an additional 15 special projects under category II this year. – The Vibes, April 6, 2022
