Top Institutions and Economists in Malaysia, as of April 2026

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There are 9298 institutions with 73371 registered authors evaluated for all the rankings
For a listing of all economics institutions in Malaysia, see EDIRC
For Malaysia, these are 63 institutions with 418 members with a total share of 398.50.

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Entity	Full ranking		Last 10 years		10 best authors		Last 10 years, 10 best authors		Top 5% authors		More
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Top institutions, all authors, all publication years

Rank	W.Rank	Institution	Score	Authors	Author Shares
1	[1]	Asia School of Business, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	1.76	7	5.58
2	[3]	Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) → Sekolah Perniagaan dan Ekonomi, Serdang, Malaysia	2.15	29	28.18
3	[2]	Universiti Malaya → Faculty of Business and Economics, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	2.50	26	22.62
4	[5]	Sunway University → Business School, Sunway, Malaysia	4.80	8	6.70
5	[4]	Monash University → School of Business, Sunway, Malaysia	4.81	29	29
6	[7]	Multimedia University → Faculty of Business, Malaka, Malaysia	6.60	5	4.80
7	[6]	Universiti Kuala Lumpur → Business School, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	6.83	9	8.50
8	[9]	South East Asian Central Banks (SEACEN) Research and Training Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	7.08	10	8.54
9	[8]	International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance (INCEIF), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	7.39	27	25.50
10	[10]	i-CATS University College → Faculty of Economics, Business and Accounting, Kuching, Malaysia	9.05	1	0.90
11	[11]	Universiti Malaysia Sarawak → Faculty of Economics and Business, Samarahan, Malaysia	10.60	22	21.50
12	[13]	University of Nottingham → Business School, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	12.01	12	10.91
13	[12]	Universiti Utara Malaysia → College of Business, Sintok, Malaysia	12.77	25	23.85
14	[15]	University of Nottingham → School of Economics, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	13.87	7	6.50
15	[14]	Universiti Sains Malaysia → Centre for Policy Research (CPR), Minden, Malaysia	14.64	1	1

Top institutions, 10 best authors for each, publications last 10 years

Rank	W.Rank	Institution	Score	Authors	Author Shares
1	[1]	Sunway University → Business School, Sunway, Malaysia	2.09	8	6.70
2	[2]	Universiti Malaya → Faculty of Business and Economics, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	2.41	26	10
3	[3]	Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) → Sekolah Perniagaan dan Ekonomi, Serdang, Malaysia	3.44	29	10
4	[10]	Asia School of Business, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	5.02	7	5.58
5	[4]	Monash University → School of Business, Sunway, Malaysia	5.03	29	10
6	[6]	Multimedia University → Faculty of Business, Malaka, Malaysia	5.37	5	4.80
7	[5]	Universiti Utara Malaysia → College of Business, Sintok, Malaysia	5.78	25	10
8	[8]	University of Nottingham → Business School, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	5.98	12	10
9	[7]	South East Asian Central Banks (SEACEN) Research and Training Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	6.10	10	8.54
10	[9]	Universiti Kuala Lumpur → Business School, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	6.85	9	8.50
11	[11]	International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance (INCEIF), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	9.46	27	10
12	[12]	i-CATS University College → Faculty of Economics, Business and Accounting, Kuching, Malaysia	10.97	1	0.90
13	[13]	Universiti Malaysia Sarawak → Faculty of Economics and Business, Samarahan, Malaysia	12.00	22	10
14	[14]	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia → Fakulti Ekonomi dan Pengurusan, Bangi, Malaysia	13.70	12	10
15	[16]	University of Nottingham → School of Economics, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	14.52	7	6.50

Top authors, all publications years

Rank	W.Rank	Author	Score
1	[1]	Athanasios Orphanides	2.12
2	[4]	Hooi Hooi Lean	3.31
3	[3]	Abul Mansur Mohammed Masih	3.59
4	[5]	Siong Hook Law	4.25
5	[2]	Donghyun Park	6.46
6	[6]	Arshian Sharif	6.76
7	[12]	Hans Genberg	7.14
8	[10]	M Niaz Asadullah	7.81
9	[7]	Chor Foon Tang	10.37
10	[8]	Usama Al-mulali	10.40
11	[9]	Sakiru Adebola Solarin (Solarin Sakiru)	12.00
12	[11]	Ahmad Zubaidi Baharumshah	12.28
13	[14]	Mansor H. Ibrahim	13.19
14	[36]	Eduard Bomhoff	15.47
15	[17]	Michael Frese	16.66
16	[13]	Muzafar Shah Habibullah	17.76
17	[15]	Fadzlan Sufian	17.88
18	[23]	Kian-Ping Lim	18.35
19	[16]	Rajah Rasiah	19.18
20	[22]	W.n.w Azman-Saini	19.47
21	[27]	Keshab Shrestha	19.56
22	[20]	Md. Mahmudul Alam	20.02
23	[31]	Rogelio V. Mercado, Jr.	21.10
24	[21]	Mohamed Ariff (Mohamed Ariff Bin Syed Mohamed)	21.41
25	[25]	Venus Khim-Sen Liew	21.69
26	[43]	Sang Seok Lee	23.14
27	[19]	Fumitaka Furuoka	23.37
28	[24]	Nanthakumar Loganathan	24.72
29	[33]	Tuck Cheong Tang	26.82
30	[26]	Obiyathulla Ismath Bacha	27.56
31	[32]	Evan Lau	30.09
32	[30]	Chee-Keong Choong	30.17
33	[45]	Ozer Karagedikli (Özer Karagedikli)	30.89
34	[42]	Gareth David Leeves	31.80
35	[37]	Chaiporn Vithessonthi	32.27
36	[34]	Chee-Wooi Hooy	34.29
37	[57]	Wing Leong Teo	35.23
38	[40]	Chandran V G R (Chandran)	35.88
39	[49]	Rasyad A. Parinduri	36.17
40	[54]	Geoffrey Alan Williams	38.62
41	[18]	Syed Aun R. Rizvi	39.43
42	[29]	Chin-Hong Puah	39.45
43	[46]	Nafis Alam	42.73
44	[38]	Chin Lee	42.75
45	[48]	Abd Halim Ahmad	44.83
46	[28]	Ramez Abubakr Badeeb	44.98
47	[35]	Wee Yeap Lau	46.09
48	[71]	Anella E. Munro	49.48
49	[41]	Tajul Ariffin Masron	50.21
50	[59]	Lee Chew Ging	51.39
51	[66]	Grace Hooi Yean Lee	51.87
52	[51]	Shahaboddin Shamshirband	52.66
53	[62]	Yoke-Kee Eng	52.67
54	[60]	Koi Nyen Wong	53.12
55	[47]	Elsadig Musa Ahmed	53.53
56	[61]	Wai-Ching Poon	53.57
57	[56]	Sok-Gee Chan	53.92
58	[67]	Hui-Boon Tan	55.72
59	[52]	Evelyn Shyamala Devadason	56.00
60	[58]	Manzoor Ahmad	57.09
61	[65]	M Azali	57.60
62	[74]	Abbas Mirakhor	57.97
63	[87]	Liang Zhang	59.57
64	[63]	Kim-Leng Goh	60.16
65	[72]	Rubi Ahmad	61.55
66	[55]	Mohd Zaini Abd Karim	63.39
67	[73]	Chee Yoong Liew	63.87
68	[70]	Adam Ng	64.87
69	[77]	Mahyudin Ahmad	65.57
70	[69]	Kok Fong See	66.16
71	[79]	Bee Wah Tan	67.98
72	[80]	Tze-Haw Chan	68.14
73	[68]	Zulkefly Abdul Karim	69.13
74	[75]	K.Kuperan Viswanathan	71.67
75	[76]	Jamal Othman	74.23
76	[82]	Zulkornain B. Yusop	75.55
77	[90]	Jarita Duasa	77.32
78	[98]	Saizi Xiao	77.35
79	[99]	Akram Shavkatovich Hasanov	79.31
80	[78]	Sallahuddin Hassan	79.94
81	[89]	Nader Ale Ebrahim	80.16
82	[93]	Meltem Gulenay Chadwick	80.37
83	[84]	Luke Emeka Okafor	80.70
84	[81]	Normaz Wana Ismail	81.06
85	[96]	Siew-Voon Soon	81.62
86	[97]	Mariani Abdul-Majid	82.68
87	[50]	Mario Arturo Ruiz Estrada	83.40
88	[104]	Yiing Jia Loke	84.08
89	[86]	Baharom Abdul Hamid	85.75
90	[92]	Mahmoud Moghavvemi	86.37
91	[100]	Paul Barnes	86.62
92	[83]	Hafezali Iqbal Hussain	87.14
93	[95]	Salina Kassim	89.87
94	[88]	Hans-Dieter Evers	91.02
95	[101]	Sayyed Mahdi Ziaei	92.31
96	[110]	Akm Azhar	93.93
97	[53]	Rohail Hassan	94.90
98	[102]	Fathin Faizah Said	96.60
99	[91]	Abd Ghafar Ismail Ismail	97.65
100	[64]	Hasanul Banna	99.33
101	[114]	Eunbi Song	100.37
102	[106]	Md Saddam Hossain	101.22
103	[119]	Chin-Yoong Wong	101.92
104	[111]	Suresh Narayanan	103.44
105	[112]	Syed Othman Hussin Alhabshi	104.39

Top authors, publications last 10 years

Rank	W.Rank	Author	Score
1	[1]	Arshian Sharif	2.04
2	[3]	Sakiru Adebola Solarin (Solarin Sakiru)	3.20
3	[2]	Donghyun Park	4.67
4	[18]	Sang Seok Lee	5.00
5	[4]	Hooi Hooi Lean	5.21
6	[9]	Abul Mansur Mohammed Masih	5.36
7	[6]	Md. Mahmudul Alam	5.44
8	[10]	M Niaz Asadullah	5.92
9	[8]	Siong Hook Law	6.15
10	[5]	Ramez Abubakr Badeeb	11.70
11	[21]	Rogelio V. Mercado, Jr.	12.52
12	[7]	Syed Aun R. Rizvi	13.07
13	[19]	Fumitaka Furuoka	15.31
14	[15]	Mansor H. Ibrahim	15.97
15	[16]	Manzoor Ahmad	16.44
16	[22]	Abd Halim Ahmad	19.11
17	[17]	Tajul Ariffin Masron	19.78
18	[27]	Chee-Wooi Hooy	20.00
19	[26]	Nafis Alam	20.18
20	[23]	Usama Al-mulali	20.48
21	[24]	Chin Lee	21.15
22	[12]	Wee Yeap Lau	21.34
23	[11]	Athanasios Orphanides	22.69
24	[14]	Chin-Hong Puah	24.40
25	[33]	Chee Yoong Liew	26.54
26	[28]	W.n.w Azman-Saini	26.90
27	[34]	Chaiporn Vithessonthi	27.24
28	[53]	Ozer Karagedikli (Özer Karagedikli)	28.03
29	[37]	Ahmad Zubaidi Baharumshah	29.17
30	[32]	Luke Emeka Okafor	30.02
31	[29]	Nanthakumar Loganathan	31.25
32	[41]	Keshab Shrestha	31.93
33	[39]	Mahyudin Ahmad	33.49
34	[35]	Evelyn Shyamala Devadason	34.13
35	[31]	Sallahuddin Hassan	34.20
36	[36]	Zulkefly Abdul Karim	34.47
37	[42]	Sok-Gee Chan	35.51
38	[43]	Obiyathulla Ismath Bacha	36.34
39	[49]	Wai-Ching Poon	36.47
40	[30]	Hafezali Iqbal Hussain	36.51
41	[48]	Michael Frese	36.93
42	[58]	Akram Shavkatovich Hasanov	39.41
43	[45]	Kok Fong See	39.69
44	[62]	Saizi Xiao	41.33
45	[20]	Rohail Hassan	41.45
46	[44]	Evan Lau	41.88
47	[46]	Chor Foon Tang	43.60
48	[25]	Hasanul Banna	43.82
49	[50]	Mohamed Ariff (Mohamed Ariff Bin Syed Mohamed)	45.37
50	[38]	Rajah Rasiah	45.74
51	[59]	Siew-Voon Soon	46.72
52	[56]	Fathin Faizah Said	47.69
53	[52]	Kaveh Asiaei	47.70
54	[54]	Kim-Leng Goh	47.75
55	[51]	Elsadig Musa Ahmed	49.62
56	[47]	Muzafar Shah Habibullah	51.34
57	[64]	N.a.m Naseem	53.26
58	[73]	Eunbi Song	53.35
59	[57]	Mohd Zaini Abd Karim	55.63
60	[61]	Adam Ng	56.00
61	[55]	Lim Thye Goh	56.30
62	[74]	Meltem Gulenay Chadwick	56.52
63	[63]	A.s. Abdul-Rahim	58.47
64	[67]	Afzol Husain	59.38
65	[65]	Yogeeswari Subramaniam	61.52
66	[71]	Ng Kok Haur	63.96
67	[66]	Mohammad Falahat	66.56
68	[75]	Kian-Ping Lim	66.76
69	[77]	Bm Hakim	68.97
70	[105]	Trang My Tran	69.17
71	[78]	Abdul Ghafoor	69.36
72	[72]	Tuck Cheong Tang	69.95
73	[69]	Siti Nurazira Mohd Daud	70.53
74	[80]	Koi Nyen Wong	73.34
75	[76]	Chandran V G R (Chandran)	74.59
76	[79]	Baharom Abdul Hamid	76.90
77	[81]	Venus Khim-Sen Liew	76.95
78	[111]	Pauline Khoo	77.23
79	[87]	Mirzet Šeho (Mirzet Seho)	79.12
80	[84]	Chee-Keong Choong	81.71
81	[94]	Rubi Ahmad	83.15
82	[97]	Ravichandran Subramaniam	83.93
83	[113]	Grace Hooi Yean Lee	84.48
84	[92]	Mariani Abdul-Majid	86.08
85	[91]	Karim Bux Syed	86.75
86	[88]	Jamal Othman	86.83
87	[86]	K.Kuperan Viswanathan	87.81
88	[83]	Shahaboddin Shamshirband	88.01
89	[89]	Mohd Haizam Mohd Saudi	90.02
90	[85]	Moslem Uddin	90.72
91	[109]	Suresh Narayanan	90.81
92	[95]	Woon Leong Lin	91.02
93	[70]	Arsalan Najmi	91.30
94	[90]	Normaz Wana Ismail	92.07
95	[101]	Thirunaukarasu Subramaniam	92.35
96	[115]	Hon Yoong Lee	92.79
97	[82]	Abdullah Al Mamun	93.06
98	[98]	Abd Ghafar Ismail Ismail	93.97
99	[108]	Xiu Wei Yeap	94.41
100	[120]	Rasyad A. Parinduri	94.69
101	[114]	Gareth David Leeves	96.12
102	[104]	Dzul Hadzwan Husaini	96.30
103	[68]	Mario Arturo Ruiz Estrada	96.32
104	[121]	Maurizio Fiaschetti	96.96
105	[102]	Zulkufly Ramly	97.25

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