The influence of strategic programmes on
Universiti Malaya’s research and innovation footprint
A joint report by Clarivate and Universiti Malaya
Universiti Malaya (UM), top university in Malaysia, and Clarivate Plc (NYSE: CCC), a global leader in providing trusted information and insights to accelerate the pace of innovation, released this joint report.
This report aims to provide insights on UM’s policies and strategies, which contributed significantly to its current research performance and global visibility.
The report assesses the impact that UM’s High Impact Research (HIR) program, which was launched in 2010, and related government strategic plans have on driving research excellence and improving UM’s global standings over three periods – 2007 to 2010, 2011 to 2014, and 2015 to 2018.
This report aims to provide insights on UM’s policies and strategies, which contributed significantly to its current research performance and global visibility.
The report assesses the impact that UM’s High Impact Research (HIR) program, which was launched in 2010, and related government strategic plans have on driving research excellence and improving UM’s global standings over three periods – 2007 to 2010, 2011 to 2014, and 2015 to 2018.
Key findings:
High quality research output fuels research impact and performance
One of the key objectives of UM’s HIR program is to put full focus on increasing the number of papers published in Quartile 1 (Q1) quality journals indexed in the Web of Science™. The big increase in output of Q1 journal papers drove UM’s improvements in research impact (measured by the Category Normalized Citation Index (CNCI)) and performance (% papers in top 1% and top 10% of papers based on citations) during the period of 2011 to 2014.
The strategic and strong collaboration aspects of the program are also key in driving economic and societal impact
Examples include: the Malaysian Elders Longitudinal Research (MELoR), a project that spanned across nine faculties and has encouraged issues and needs to be addressed across society. Spin-off companies like BioApps Sdn Bhd and UMCH Technology Sdn Bhd have addressed key societal needs and generated significant revenue streams for the university.
The program has continued to shape the ongoing culture of pursuing research excellence among UM faculties long after it concluded
The sustained high volume and high impact research publications after 2015 alludes to this newly formed culture of excellence.