Universities by Research h-index in Malaysia

Universities and colleges ranked by OpenAlex's institutional h-index, which combines publication volume and citation impact. This is a research metric, not a measure of teaching quality. OpenAlex is an open scholarly index; larger and older institutions tend to have more indexed research.

📅 2026📏 h-index50 entries🇲🇾 See all of this country’s rankings →

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Every dot is one entry, placed by its value (h-index); the vertical bar marks each row’s median.

University of Malaya106,978 works

615

Universiti Sains Malaysia94,965 works

480

Universiti Putra Malaysia82,230 works

479

University of Technology Malaysia80,888 works

442

National University of Malaysia93,186 works

426

Monash University Malaysia15,856 works

315

Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah23,668 works

280

Universiti Teknologi Petronas25,065 works

273

Universiti Teknologi MARA90,978 works

267

Universiti Tenaga Nasional12,514 works

249

Universiti Teknologi MARA System63,359 works

243

University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus9,715 works

243

Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman13,500 works

225

International Islamic University Malaysia35,229 works

224

Universiti of Malaysia Sabah22,048 works

223

Universiti Malaysia Terengganu16,990 works

218

Universiti Malaysia Perlis22,314 works

208

Universiti Malaysia Sarawak15,513 works

207

Sunway University12,533 works

203

Taylor's University10,816 works

203

Multimedia University16,677 works

199

IMU University7,503 works

197

Tun Hussein Onn University of Malaysia30,189 works

193

UCSI University9,463 works

193

Universiti Utara Malaysia23,372 works

188

Curtin University Sarawak3,432 works

170

Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka15,560 works

159

Xiamen University Malaysia4,318 works

155

Sultan Idris Education University16,663 works

154

Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus3,391 works

153

Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman Sungai Long Campus4,846 works

142

National Defence University of Malaysia6,055 works

131

Universiti Malaysia Kelantan8,462 works

125

University of Kuala Lumpur10,425 works

124

Sultan Zainal Abidin University12,957 works

122

Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia11,396 works

121

AIMST University2,805 works

119

Mahsa University2,754 works

109

Management and Science University5,547 works

101

Tropical Infectious Diseases Research & Education Centre748 works

100

Tunku Abdul Rahman University of Management and Technology3,670 works

INTI International University9,314 works

Perdana University1,031 works

Lincoln University College5,452 works

SEGi University3,392 works

Asia Pacific University of Technology & Innovation3,704 works

Heriot-Watt University Malaysia1,411 works

Institut Oseanografi dan Sekitaran1,353 works

Institut Nanosains dan Nanoteknologi963 works

International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance1,193 works

Highlights

Within Malaysia, University of Malaya ranks first in 2026 with 615, followed by Universiti Sains Malaysia (480) and Universiti Putra Malaysia (479).

Across 50 entries, values run from 615 (University of Malaya) to 74 (International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance), with a median of 179.

Source: OpenAlex, institutional Research h-index, 2026. Unit: h-index.

Source: OpenAlex, institutional Research h-index · CC0 1.0 (OpenAlex) · fetched Oct 17, 2026 — OpenAlex indexes scholarly works and citations. Coverage and citation practices vary by institution and field; this is a research measure, not a ranking of teaching quality.

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Highlights

Within Malaysia, University of Malaya ranks first in 2026 with 615, followed by Universiti Sains Malaysia (480) and Universiti Putra Malaysia (479).

Across 50 entries, values run from 615 (University of Malaya) to 74 (International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance), with a median of 179.

Source: OpenAlex, institutional Research h-index, 2026. Unit: h-index.