Malaysia in SCImago Media Rankings
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Foundation: 1992
Mission: As an educational institution, our mission is: To further strengthen the IMU as centre of excellence for undergraduate programmes in medicine, pharmacy and other health sciences programmes; To establish the IMU as a centre for higher education providing training through multidisciplinary programmes; To establish the IMU as a centre for postgraduate training and Continuing Professional Education; To train knowledgeable and skilful professionals with high ethical standards who will be dedicated to serve and improve the quality of life of the community; To train competent professionals with the use of innovative technologies of knowledge especially ICT in the teaching- learning process.
Vision: IMU shall be an innovative global centre of excellence in learning and research, supporting a community of scholars and professionals committed to serving society, promoting the development of students to reach their true potential in becoming competent, ethical, caring and inquiring citizens and visionary leaders. IMU is committed to academic freedom and the principles of equal opportunity in the pursuit and application of knowledge, the highest standards of intellectual, educational and research productivity; and the establishment of a learning organisation that respects the individual.
History: www.imu.edu.my
The following data gives a quick reading on the scientific performance in the last years. The research ranking refers to the volume, impact and quality of the institution's research output. The innovation ranking is calculated on the number of patent applications of the institution and the citations that its research output receives from patents. Finally, the societal ranking is based on the number of pages of the institution's website and the number of backlinks and mentions from social networks.
The result of the evaluation of the institution can be compared to obtain a view of the country, the region to which it belongs and the institutions of the world, placing it in their respective positions.
We have divided the scientific output of the institution into 19 large areas of knowledge and the following table shows only the ranks in different territorial domains achieved by the institution in each of the areas. For an institution to have a presence in an area, it is necessary that it exceed in the last year a minimum output threshold equivalent to twice the percentage that this area represents in the world. If you need scientific indicators on these areas visit Scopus and/or SciVal.
| Area | World | Asiatic Region | Malaysia |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences + | 3368th | 1027th | 26th |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 4639th | 1474th | 22nd |
| Chemistry | 2975th | 1008th | 18th |
| Dentistry | 292nd | 57th | 3rd |
| Engineering + | |||
| Environmental Science | 844th | 319th | 4th |
| Medicine + | 3773rd | 1075th | 15th |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics | 1413th | 389th | 6th |
| Social Sciences + | 3699th | 920th | 37th |
These are the journals used by the institution's researchers to publish their work in the last year. The size of each circle represents the value of the SJR of the publication, and its spatial position represents its subject matter.
This visualizatión allows you to identify the knowledge areas where the institution has published, recognize the prestige of the scientific journals in which the institution knowledge has been published, and identify predominant scientific communities.
