Top Institutions and Economists in Malaysia, as of March 2026

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There are 9296 institutions with 73242 registered authors evaluated for all the rankings
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For Malaysia, these are 63 institutions with 419 members with a total share of 399.00.

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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	2.17	29	28.18
3	[2]	Universiti Malaya → Faculty of Business and Economics, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	2.53	26	22.62
4	[5]	Sunway University → Business School, Sunway, Malaysia	4.87	8	6.70
5	[4]	Monash University → School of Business, Sunway, Malaysia	5.05	29	29
6	[7]	Multimedia University → Faculty of Business, Malaka, Malaysia	6.61	5	4.80
7	[6]	Universiti Kuala Lumpur → Business School, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	6.71	9	8.50
8	[9]	South East Asian Central Banks (SEACEN) Research and Training Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	6.95	10	8.54
9	[8]	International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance (INCEIF), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	7.41	27	25.50
10	[10]	i-CATS University College → Faculty of Economics, Business and Accounting, Kuching, Malaysia	8.93	1	0.90
11	[11]	Universiti Malaysia Sarawak → Faculty of Economics and Business, Samarahan, Malaysia	10.76	22	21.50
12	[12]	Universiti Utara Malaysia → College of Business, Sintok, Malaysia	11.47	26	24.85
13	[13]	University of Nottingham → Business School, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	12.41	12	10.91
14	[15]	University of Nottingham → School of Economics, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	13.81	7	6.50
15	[14]	Universiti Sains Malaysia → Centre for Policy Research (CPR), Minden, Malaysia	14.74	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	2.11	8	6.70
2	[2]	Universiti Malaya → Faculty of Business and Economics, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	2.48	26	10
3	[3]	Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) → Sekolah Perniagaan dan Ekonomi, Serdang, Malaysia	3.44	29	10
4	[4]	Monash University → School of Business, Sunway, Malaysia	5.03	29	10
5	[10]	Asia School of Business, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	5.06	7	5.58
6	[6]	Multimedia University → Faculty of Business, Malaka, Malaysia	5.31	5	4.80
7	[8]	University of Nottingham → Business School, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	5.93	12	10
8	[7]	South East Asian Central Banks (SEACEN) Research and Training Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	5.96	10	8.54
9	[5]	Universiti Utara Malaysia → College of Business, Sintok, Malaysia	5.97	26	10
10	[9]	Universiti Kuala Lumpur → Business School, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	6.82	9	8.50
11	[11]	International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance (INCEIF), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	9.71	27	10
12	[12]	i-CATS University College → Faculty of Economics, Business and Accounting, Kuching, Malaysia	10.95	1	0.90
13	[13]	Universiti Malaysia Sarawak → Faculty of Economics and Business, Samarahan, Malaysia	11.93	22	10
14	[14]	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia → Fakulti Ekonomi dan Pengurusan, Bangi, Malaysia	13.64	12	10
15	[16]	University of Nottingham → School of Economics, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	14.57	7	6.50

Top authors, all publications years

Rank	W.Rank	Author	Score
1	[1]	Athanasios Orphanides	2.12
2	[4]	Hooi Hooi Lean	3.23
3	[3]	Abul Mansur Mohammed Masih	3.49
4	[5]	Siong Hook Law	4.22
5	[2]	Donghyun Park	6.34
6	[6]	Arshian Sharif	7.03
7	[14]	Hans Genberg	7.63
8	[10]	M Niaz Asadullah	7.84
9	[7]	Chor Foon Tang	10.26
10	[9]	Usama Al-mulali	10.39
11	[8]	Sakiru Adebola Solarin (Solarin Sakiru)	11.83
12	[11]	Ahmad Zubaidi Baharumshah	12.19
13	[12]	Mansor H. Ibrahim	13.25
14	[37]	Eduard Bomhoff	16.04
15	[17]	Michael Frese	17.23
16	[15]	Fadzlan Sufian	17.94
17	[13]	Muzafar Shah Habibullah	17.96
18	[23]	Kian-Ping Lim	18.27
19	[16]	Rajah Rasiah	18.74
20	[22]	W.n.w Azman-Saini	19.01
21	[30]	Rogelio V. Mercado, Jr.	19.66
22	[27]	Keshab Shrestha	19.98
23	[20]	Md. Mahmudul Alam	21.00
24	[25]	Venus Khim-Sen Liew	21.45
25	[21]	Mohamed Ariff (Mohamed Ariff Bin Syed Mohamed)	21.62
26	[19]	Fumitaka Furuoka	23.81
27	[44]	Sang Seok Lee	23.93
28	[24]	Nanthakumar Loganathan	25.03
29	[33]	Tuck Cheong Tang	27.30
30	[26]	Obiyathulla Ismath Bacha	27.72
31	[32]	Evan Lau	30.17
32	[31]	Chee-Keong Choong	30.68
33	[42]	Gareth David Leeves	31.75
34	[45]	Ozer Karagedikli (Özer Karagedikli)	32.42
35	[36]	Chaiporn Vithessonthi	32.83
36	[56]	Wing Leong Teo	34.51
37	[34]	Chee-Wooi Hooy	34.84
38	[40]	Chandran V G R (Chandran)	35.55
39	[48]	Rasyad A. Parinduri	36.07
40	[53]	Geoffrey Alan Williams	38.48
41	[29]	Chin-Hong Puah	39.35
42	[18]	Syed Aun R. Rizvi	39.92
43	[38]	Chin Lee	42.66
44	[46]	Nafis Alam	43.19
45	[47]	Abd Halim Ahmad	43.68
46	[28]	Ramez Abubakr Badeeb	44.67
47	[70]	Anella E. Munro	46.50
48	[35]	Wee Yeap Lau	46.60
49	[41]	Tajul Ariffin Masron	50.63
50	[62]	Yoke-Kee Eng	51.06
51	[68]	Grace Hooi Yean Lee	51.26
52	[59]	Lee Chew Ging	51.38
53	[50]	Shahaboddin Shamshirband	52.83
54	[60]	Koi Nyen Wong	53.24
55	[57]	Sok-Gee Chan	53.74
56	[65]	Hui-Boon Tan	54.42
57	[63]	Wai-Ching Poon	54.94
58	[49]	Elsadig Musa Ahmed	55.49
59	[52]	Evelyn Shyamala Devadason	56.13
60	[75]	Abbas Mirakhor	56.70
61	[67]	M Azali	58.17
62	[87]	Liang Zhang	58.42
63	[58]	Manzoor Ahmad	58.52
64	[64]	Kim-Leng Goh	60.65
65	[73]	Rubi Ahmad	61.86
66	[54]	Mohd Zaini Abd Karim	63.08
67	[71]	Adam Ng	63.68
68	[78]	Mahyudin Ahmad	66.08
69	[76]	Chee Yoong Liew	66.83
70	[72]	Kok Fong See	66.91
71	[80]	Tze-Haw Chan	67.20
72	[81]	Bee Wah Tan	69.04
73	[69]	Zulkefly Abdul Karim	69.60
74	[74]	K.Kuperan Viswanathan	72.14
75	[77]	Jamal Othman	73.95
76	[83]	Zulkornain B. Yusop	74.89
77	[99]	Saizi Xiao	76.78
78	[92]	Jarita Duasa	77.99
79	[79]	Sallahuddin Hassan	79.48
80	[90]	Nader Ale Ebrahim	79.53
81	[85]	Luke Emeka Okafor	79.93
82	[82]	Normaz Wana Ismail	80.09
83	[94]	Meltem Gulenay Chadwick	80.79
84	[100]	Akram Shavkatovich Hasanov	81.27
85	[95]	Siew-Voon Soon	81.63
86	[102]	Yiing Jia Loke	81.69
87	[96]	Mariani Abdul-Majid	82.21
88	[101]	Paul Barnes	85.63
89	[51]	Mario Arturo Ruiz Estrada	86.21
90	[86]	Baharom Abdul Hamid	86.23
91	[93]	Mahmoud Moghavvemi	86.34
92	[84]	Hafezali Iqbal Hussain	86.79
93	[98]	Salina Kassim	90.35
94	[89]	Hans-Dieter Evers	91.55
95	[103]	Sayyed Mahdi Ziaei	92.55
96	[113]	Akm Azhar	94.76
97	[91]	Abd Ghafar Ismail Ismail	96.75
98	[55]	Rohail Hassan	98.19
99	[105]	Fathin Faizah Said	98.48
100	[66]	Hasanul Banna	99.72
101	[107]	Md Saddam Hossain	100.59
102	[106]	N.a.m Naseem	103.07
103	[120]	Chin-Yoong Wong	103.16
104	[116]	Eunbi Song	103.23
105	[112]	Suresh Narayanan	103.27

Top authors, publications last 10 years

Rank	W.Rank	Author	Score
1	[1]	Arshian Sharif	2.07
2	[3]	Sakiru Adebola Solarin (Solarin Sakiru)	3.20
3	[2]	Donghyun Park	4.61
4	[20]	Sang Seok Lee	5.03
5	[4]	Hooi Hooi Lean	5.11
6	[8]	Abul Mansur Mohammed Masih	5.19
7	[6]	Md. Mahmudul Alam	5.50
8	[10]	M Niaz Asadullah	5.88
9	[9]	Siong Hook Law	6.56
10	[5]	Ramez Abubakr Badeeb	11.58
11	[19]	Rogelio V. Mercado, Jr.	12.01
12	[7]	Syed Aun R. Rizvi	13.48
13	[18]	Fumitaka Furuoka	14.94
14	[15]	Mansor H. Ibrahim	15.48
15	[17]	Manzoor Ahmad	16.86
16	[22]	Abd Halim Ahmad	18.78
17	[27]	Chee-Wooi Hooy	19.73
18	[16]	Tajul Ariffin Masron	19.83
19	[26]	Nafis Alam	20.37
20	[24]	Chin Lee	20.71
21	[11]	Wee Yeap Lau	20.92
22	[23]	Usama Al-mulali	21.14
23	[12]	Athanasios Orphanides	22.86
24	[14]	Chin-Hong Puah	24.19
25	[28]	W.n.w Azman-Saini	26.55
26	[36]	Chaiporn Vithessonthi	27.26
27	[38]	Chee Yoong Liew	27.44
28	[54]	Ozer Karagedikli (Özer Karagedikli)	28.39
29	[35]	Ahmad Zubaidi Baharumshah	28.88
30	[32]	Luke Emeka Okafor	29.27
31	[31]	Nanthakumar Loganathan	32.02
32	[42]	Keshab Shrestha	32.94
33	[39]	Mahyudin Ahmad	33.22
34	[30]	Sallahuddin Hassan	33.64
35	[34]	Evelyn Shyamala Devadason	33.85
36	[37]	Zulkefly Abdul Karim	34.45
37	[41]	Sok-Gee Chan	34.53
38	[29]	Hafezali Iqbal Hussain	35.56
39	[43]	Obiyathulla Ismath Bacha	36.75
40	[48]	Wai-Ching Poon	36.98
41	[49]	Michael Frese	38.54
42	[57]	Akram Shavkatovich Hasanov	40.04
43	[62]	Saizi Xiao	40.55
44	[45]	Kok Fong See	40.66
45	[44]	Evan Lau	42.38
46	[21]	Rohail Hassan	43.70
47	[25]	Hasanul Banna	43.78
48	[46]	Chor Foon Tang	44.41
49	[50]	Mohamed Ariff (Mohamed Ariff Bin Syed Mohamed)	44.72
50	[40]	Rajah Rasiah	45.32
51	[59]	Siew-Voon Soon	46.05
52	[53]	Kim-Leng Goh	47.31
53	[52]	Kaveh Asiaei	47.64
54	[58]	Fathin Faizah Said	50.59
55	[51]	Elsadig Musa Ahmed	50.67
56	[64]	N.a.m Naseem	51.21
57	[47]	Muzafar Shah Habibullah	52.62
58	[73]	Eunbi Song	53.07
59	[56]	Mohd Zaini Abd Karim	54.21
60	[60]	Adam Ng	54.83
61	[55]	Lim Thye Goh	55.60
62	[75]	Meltem Gulenay Chadwick	57.33
63	[61]	A.s. Abdul-Rahim	57.94
64	[71]	Afzol Husain	62.41
65	[65]	Yogeeswari Subramaniam	63.14
66	[66]	Mohammad Falahat	65.72
67	[77]	Kian-Ping Lim	66.24
68	[74]	Ng Kok Haur	66.65
69	[78]	Abdul Ghafoor	66.87
70	[70]	Tuck Cheong Tang	69.24
71	[80]	Bm Hakim	70.24
72	[106]	Trang My Tran	70.71
73	[68]	Siti Nurazira Mohd Daud	72.84
74	[76]	Chandran V G R (Chandran)	73.67
75	[83]	Koi Nyen Wong	73.93
76	[113]	Pauline Khoo	75.11
77	[82]	Venus Khim-Sen Liew	76.44
78	[79]	Baharom Abdul Hamid	76.83
79	[91]	Mirzet Šeho (Mirzet Seho)	80.23
80	[85]	Chee-Keong Choong	80.70
81	[96]	Rubi Ahmad	82.42
82	[114]	Grace Hooi Yean Lee	84.83
83	[102]	Ravichandran Subramaniam	85.19
84	[92]	Karim Bux Syed	85.30
85	[88]	Jamal Othman	85.40
86	[94]	Mariani Abdul-Majid	85.92
87	[84]	Shahaboddin Shamshirband	86.48
88	[86]	K.Kuperan Viswanathan	86.75
89	[89]	Mohd Haizam Mohd Saudi	88.01
90	[95]	Woon Leong Lin	88.05
91	[87]	Moslem Uddin	90.03
92	[109]	Suresh Narayanan	90.12
93	[90]	Normaz Wana Ismail	90.67
94	[69]	Arsalan Najmi	90.82
95	[81]	Abdullah Al Mamun	91.33
96	[98]	Abd Ghafar Ismail Ismail	92.55
97	[118]	Rasyad A. Parinduri	93.85
98	[107]	Xiu Wei Yeap	94.44
99	[112]	Gareth David Leeves	94.60
100	[103]	Dzul Hadzwan Husaini	94.84
101	[101]	Zulkufly Ramly	95.30
102	[121]	Maurizio Fiaschetti	95.85
103	[93]	Dilip S. Mutum	96.01
104	[119]	Hon Yoong Lee	96.28
105	[67]	Mario Arturo Ruiz Estrada	96.73

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