Malaysian Authors Research Articles

A new fusulinid species from the early Permian of northwestern Peninsular Malaysia: Evidence of the Artinskian warming event in the eastern Peri-Gondwanan Sibumasu Block

A new species of Crenulosepta, i.e., Crenulosepta perlisensis Vachard and Fassihi sp. nov., is described from a Cisuralian (Lower Permian) sandy limestones and calcareous sandstones in the Kubang Pasu Formation in northwestern Peninsular Malaysia, which forms part of the Peri-Gondwanan Sibumasu Block. Previous Malaysian authors reported the occurrence of Monodiexodina shiptoni and Monodiexodina sutschanica from the same area. The findings of this study provide a better overview of the Cisuralian fusulinid fauna found in this region. The presence of Crenulosepta confirms that the age of the uppermost part of the Kubang Pasu Formation is Artinskian, rather than extending into the Kungurian as previously recognized. The uppermost part of the Kubang Pasu Formation with its impoverished genus and species diversity is located just above the cold water brachiopods and diamictite beds. It indicates that during the Asselian (earliest Cisuralian), the northwestern Peninsular Malaysia was still part of the Gondwana continental shelf. During the late Early Permian, northwestern Peninsular Malaysia, as part of the eastern Cimmerian Continent, was located in a low latitude subtropical region of the paleo-equatorial tropical Tethyan Realm. The microfacies analysis of the Kubang Pasu Formation suggests a very high-energy, warm shallow marine environment of the inner ramp (e.g., sand shoals and banks).

Maqasid Shariah Index: A Literature Review

This study aims to evaluate the development of research related to the maqashid sharia index in scientific publications indexed in the Scopus database over the past 9 years. The bibliometric analysis approach is used by utilizing Biblioshiny software. The results showed that 2018 recorded the highest number of publishing documents, namely 11 documents. Malaysian authors dominated with 89 scientific publication documents. Analysis of the average citations per year showed that 2014 reached its peak with an average of 6.5 citations per year. "Planning Malaysia" is the main journal with the highest number of publications in this theme. Hanudin Amin was identified as the most prolific author in exploring the Scopus indexed maqashid syariah. In addition, this study conducted keyword mapping to illustrate topic trends during the study period, presented thematic maps based on density and centrality, as well as keyword network visualization that resulted in research clusters. This analysis provides an in-depth insight into the dynamics of research in the field of maqashid sharia index.

Bibliometric Analysis of Malaysian Authorship: Trends, Patterns, And Prospects

Bibliometric analysis has emerged as a crucial instrument for interdisciplinary scholars who aim to comprehend the complex terrain of scientific knowledge. The current study employed a bibliometric analysis to scrutinise bibliometric publications by Malaysian authors. The bibliometric datasets utilised in this study were collected from the Scopus and Web of Science (WoS) databases. The obtained datasets were subjected to analysis and visualisation through the utilisation of ScientoPy and VOSviewer. The results suggest that Malaysian authors have actively participated in producing bibliometric papers in both Web of Science (WoS) and Scopus databases. Ahmi A. from Universiti Utara Malaysia and Lim W.M. from the Swinburne University of Technology, Sarawak, have published 27 and 25 works, making them the most prolific authors. The terms “CiteSpace”, “artificial intelligence”, “PRISMA”, “machine learning”, “systematic literature review”, “Biblioshiny”, “Bibliographic coupling”, and “performance analysis” have garnered significant attention in academic circles in 2022. This study presented that India and the United Kingdom exhibit parity in co-author affiliations with Malaysian authors. The most commonly employed author keywords by previous researchers were “bibliometric analysis”, “research evaluation”, “scientometrics”, “citation analysis”, and “co-authorship analysis”. Future research endeavours could concentrate on delving deeper into these subjects and scrutinising novel topics and domains of interest in bibliometric analysis.

Counter-discourse

Abstract Since independence, the ethnic Chinese community in Malaysia has lamented its marginalization by the Malay-Bumiputra elite, a theme that is often reflected in writings by ethnically Chinese Malaysian authors. This article, however, examines how ethnic Chinese authors depict other ethnic minorities, focusing on four approaches to forging counter-discourses used in the literary representation of minorities: binary opposition, rhetorical questions, paradoxical statements, and bystander narration. The discussion of each narrative strategy is supported by examples from works by writers from different eras, regions, genders, and generations. These modes of counter-discourse foreground minority voices and create a meaningful dialogue between the Sinophone community and other ethnic groups. Through these counter-discursive explorations, Mahua authors portray the Chinese in Malaysia in relation to other ethnic minorities. In some cases, we can also observe how Mahua authors employ this counter-discourse structure as a form of resistance against hegemonic state power.

Muhammad Natsir: Sumbangannya Terhadap Perjuangan Agama dan Bangsa di Indonesia

This article discusses scholars’ views on Muhammad Natsir’s thoughts. He was one of the prominent political figures and thinkers since the colonial period in Indonesia. As an Indonesia nationalist and political-religious activist, he did not cooperate with the Dutch in pursuit of Indonesia’s independence. Research papers on Natsir’s thoughts and struggles are often penned by local scholars and political-religious writers from that country, including Malaysian authors. This research utilized qualitative approach by conducting analysis through the libraries in Indonesia and Malaysia. Most of the article reviews was conducted through academic study of and general reading on Natsir, especially by Mestika Zed, Deliar Noer and Nurcholis Madjid. Besides that, writing on Natsir’s thoughts and activism was also written by Malaysian scholars such as Anwar Ibrahim, Siddiq Fadhil, Fadhlullah Jamil and Sidek Baba. Hence, the findings of this article attempts to identify the views of these scholars on Natsir’s thoughts and struggles in the political-religious and Indonesian nationalism against the colonial power. This paper also discusses scholars’ views on the contradiction of his political thoughts with Sukarno.

A Comparative Analysis of Stance Features in Research Articles: Malaysian and English Authors

The study of academic writing has gained considerable interest among academia. Good academic writing necessitates the writers’ language talents and their comprehension of accepted rhetorical components. Many researchers have explored non-native authors’ use of metadiscourse markers in academic discourses and how they differ from native speaker authors. However, limited attention has been given to Malaysian authors, precisely stance features in each rhetorical Move of research articles. This study intends to bridge the gap of comparative studies of native and non-native authors in understanding the usages of stance features within the rhetorical moves of research articles, focusing on the “Introduction” section. The present study compared the “Introduction” sections between six British and Australian authors’ research articles and six Malaysian authors’ research articles in applied linguistics. A mixed-method approach was used in this study. The data were firstly analysed qualitatively to identify the rhetorical moves in the “Introduction” section presented in the research article texts using Swales’ (2004) Creating a Research Space (CARS) model. Secondly, the frequency of stance features used in each move was investigated quantitatively using Hyland’s (2005) stance features taxonomy. The findings revealed that the stance features mostly appeared in the first two Moves (Moves 1 & 2) of the “Introduction” section written by Malaysian authors. The most frequently occurred stance features were hedges, followed by boosters, and lastly attitude markers. There were no self-mentions in the non-native speakers’ (NNS) articles. The native speaker (NS) authors, whereas used more stance features in the three moves (Move 1, Move 2, & Move 3) of the “Introduction” section than Malaysian authors. The authorial identity in the NS authors’ articles was strategically constructed by the presence of self-mentions. As such, the results of this study have informed the pedagogical implications, and further research is needed.

Which Level of Emicizumab Is Necessary for a Good Hemostasis?

IntroductionEmicizumab is a recombinant, humanized, bispecific antibody restoring the function of missing activated factor VIII (FVIII) by bridging activated FIX (FIXa) and zymogen factor X (FX), medicating the activation of FX. Emicizumab is approved in several countries, at the doses of 1.5 mg/kg once weekly, 3 mg/kg every 2 weeks or 6 mg/kg every 4 weeks, for the prophylaxis of bleeding episodes in patients with hemophilia A with and without inhibitors. The drug has shown a good efficacy either during registration studies as well as in real-world experiences and was well tolerated without significant side effects. The development of neutralizing anti-emicizumab antibodies has been reported in very few cases which frequently required the switch to other products due to inefficacy of the prophylaxis. Patients maintaining a plasma concentration range of the drug within 30-80 ug/ml did not show significant bleeds. However, real life experiences bring the need of personalization of the drug dose. A recent case series presented at ISTH 2021 from Malaysian authors evaluated the efficacy of a dose of emicizumab between 1.7 and 1.9 mg/kg every 4 weeks, showing that even at a lower dose than that approved could be effective for the prevention of bleeding events. Here we report the case of an adult patient with moderate hemophilia A with inhibitor who developed an anti-emicizumab antibody which reduced the concentration of the drug by 50%. Despite that the patient did not report bleeding events in a follow-up period of 18 weeks. Treatment with emicizumab requires further evaluation to understand the best dose for the prevention of bleeding.Case reportA 74 years old patient with moderate hemophilia A (FVIII 1-3%) followed at our Center had history of high-titer inhibitor (maximum titer 20 BU). The patient was treated on-demand with plasma-derived FVIII concentrates, when, in Jul 2000, he developed a neutralizing anti-FVIII antibody requiring treatment with activated prothrombin complex concentrates (Feiba). In Nov 2020 the patient was hospitalized for traumatic brain hemorrhage treated with plasma-derived FVIII (inhibitor titer < 5 BU) and subsequently, for the recurrence of inhibitor, with activated prothrombin complex concentrates. In Feb 2021 the patient started prophylaxis with emicizumab at the initial dose of 3 mg/kg once weekly (loading dose), followed by a maintenance dose of 1.5 mg/kg. The patient underwent periodic blood withdrawal for monitoring drug plasma concentration. In Apr 2021 (week 10) drug concentration showed a slight decrease from initial levels, from 39.1 ug/ml (week 5) to 28.3 (week 10) and a weak positivity for an anti-emicizumab antibody was detected. At the following test (week 15) positivity for the anti-emicizumab antibody was confirmed, witnessed by the consistent reduction in drug plasma concentration up to 20.9 ug/ml. During the following weeks, until week 22, drug plasma concentrations were stable (range 17.0-19.4 ug/ml) and positivity for anti-emicizumab antibody remained, as shown in the table. The results of partial Thromboplastin Time (PTT) were consistent with the drug plasma concentrations during the observation period, in which the patient did not developed any bleeding event.ConclusionThis case report may corroborate the hypothesis of the efficacy of a reduced dose of emicizumab in patients with hemophilia A. Close laboratory monitoring in patients in prophylaxis with emicizumab is warranted for the evaluation of drug plasma concentration and the prompt detection of anti-drug antibodies, particularly if patient show a reduced therapeutic efficacy. However, in the absence of bleeding events, positivity for anti-emicizumab antibodies should not bring to sudden drug discontinuation. Indeed, in the view of the above, a lower drug plasma concentration than standard might be effective in the prevention of bleeding.1. Tang ASO et al. July 2021. Efficacy of Reduced-dose Emicizumab in Haemophilia A with Inhibitors: Real World Experience in East Malaysia. ISTH 2021. [Display omitted] DisclosuresPeyvandi: Takeda: Consultancy, Honoraria; Sobi: Consultancy, Honoraria; Sanofi: Consultancy, Honoraria; Roche: Consultancy, Honoraria.

A Bibliometric Analysis of Ma‘Alim Al-Quran Wa Al-Sunnah Journal Published by USIM From 2005 to 2020

Since 2005, the Faculty of al-Quran and Sunnah Studies in Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM) has published Ma‘alim al-Quran wa al-Sunnah as a trilingual and bi-annual journal. The 16-year-old journal underwent a lengthy process of improvement before obtaining MyCite recognition in 2019. Since its inception, the journal has successfully published a total of 187 quality articles in the field of Quranic and Sunnah studies. This article then examines journal publication statistical data from the first publication in 2005 to 2020. As a result, the quantitative approach to statistically evaluating the findings was chosen as the research method. This study's findings are associated with writing patterns such as writing language, author gender, authors affiliation, writing frequency, and writing field. According to the findings, 408 authors published a total of 186 articles, with the majority of 323 are men. The data also show that 116 articles were in Arabic, 54 articles were in Malay, and the rest were in English. In this journal, single authorship is the most preferred method (92 articles), and the highest page number ratio is 11 to 20 pages (78 articles). Quranic studies account for 53.23% of the articles, and thematic studies are the most popular among authors, accounting for 55 articles. Malaysian authors contribute the most articles (267) followed by Jordanians (41). The authors with the most contributions, 250 in total, were all affiliated with USIM.

Analysing Cultural Elements in L2 Mandarin Textbooks for Malaysian Learners

Culture is an important aspect of foreign or second language education as the teaching of foreign languages straddles two languages, the learner’s first language and the target/foreign language, and the different cultures associated with them. Textbooks for the teaching of foreign languages must inevitably orient to cultural elements from at least two cultural practices and environments. In this study, cultural elements in four Mandarin as a second language textbooks written by Malaysian authors were examined using content analysis. The conception of cultural elements proposed by Zhang and Chen and the categorizations of types of culture proposed by Cortazzi and Jin and Chao were employed to investigate the extent to which cultural elements (knowledge-culture or communicative-culture) and types of culture (source, target, international cultures or intercultural interaction) are represented in these textbooks. The analysis found that both knowledge-culture and communicative-culture are embodied in the textbooks. Furthermore, most of the cultural elements identified in the textbooks represent source and target cultures which refer to learners’ own culture and culture of the target language. The presence of international cultures and intercultural interaction, on the other hand, is lower in these textbooks. This study contributes towards a better understanding of how Malaysian authors of Mandarin as a second language textbooks for Malaysian learners incorporate cultural elements in the books they write. It highlights the importance of integrating cultural elements and representing a diversity of cultures in textbooks for teaching Mandarin as a second language.

Rheumatological publications from Malaysia: a bibliometric study.

To assess the content, authorship and study design of rheumatological publications written by Malaysian authors or about rheumatological conditions in Malaysia. The Malaysian Medical Repository (MyMedR), a web-based database of Malaysian health and medical publications, and Scopus were searched to retrieve rheumatological publications from Malaysia, for the period 1950 until 30 June 2019. The type and number of publications in each rheumatological subject area and the overall trend of publication numbers and citations were analysed. 547 publications were found for the time period studied. There was a 27-fold increase in the number of publications from the period up to 1980 compared to 2010-2019. The median number of citations per paper was 5, but unlike the number of publications, there was only a slight increase in the number of citations with time. 84.5% of the papers were cited at least once. The top 3 conditions generating the most publications were systemic lupus erythematosus, 36.7%, followed by rheumatoid arthritis, 17.0%, and osteoporosis, 13.9%. The number of rheumatological publications in Malaysia have increased over time, especially in the last decade. However, the average number of citations per publications remains low and the majority of publications are in journals with low impact factors. Thus, the quality of rheumatological publications from Malaysia can be further improved.Key Points• There have been only a limited number of bibliometric analysis of rheumatology publications from Asia.• In Malaysia, the number of rheumatology publications has increased over time.• However, there is still room for improvement in terms of the quality of the publications.

Rindu Rustic: Singapore Nostalgias in Modern Malay Prose

ABSTRACTInspired by Walter Mignolo’s call to decolonise knowledge, this article reassesses the universal applicability of Sveltana Boym’s celebrated theory of nostalgia unto contexts outside of post-communist Slavic cultures. It extends the Malaysian anthropologist Wazir Jahan Karim’s study of emotions in Malay culture into the literary sphere to outline a distinctive form of nostalgia in contemporary literary prose written by Malay Singaporean authors that can be read as disrupting the official Singapore story of unbridled progress. Focusing on selected works by Suratman Markasan and Mohamed Latiff Mohamed, it identifies an angst-ridden form nostalgic trope that it calls rindu rustic, or rustic longing, which laments the loss of kampong life in Singapore. Comparisons are then drawn to the rustic longing expressed in the Singapore-set works of Malay Malaysian authors, Abdul Samad Ismail and Abdul Samad Said, to delineate differences borne out of national consciousness across both sides of the Causeway. Lastly, it argues that the rindu rustic of the Malay Singaporean authors can be figured as a distinctive form of nostalgia peculiar to Singapore that draws from the features of Boym’s two conceptions of nostalgia, restorative and reflective, and critiques Chua Beng Huat’s theory of Singapore’s reassuring nostalgia for the kampong.

Crowdsourcing: A Platform for Crowd Engagement in the Publishing Industry

Publishers will usually make decisions based on their experience and knowledge in book publishing. However, there are risks of losses as markets can be unpredictable. Now, with the availability of various online social platforms, “crowdsourcing” is being used by publishers and authors to gather new ideas and innovations. This article will analyze how the crowdsourcing platform is used by industry players to attract active participation from the public, especially in the title development process. Publishers or authors also need to understand which platform is appropriate and how to use the platforms as a marketing communication tool. The netnography approach will be used to gather and analyze the data related to the specific subject area of the study, including literature review and online observation. Based on our observations, platforms such Wattpad and Ilham Karangkraf are popular among Malaysian authors and publishers, and had been used to get crowd engagement as well as to communicate with readers. With it, sometimes a work that has many readers or followers will be published.

Characteristics of Malaysian highly cited papers

Highly cited papers serve as a proxy for excellence. In this paper, we identify Malaysia’s highly-cited papers and explore the characteristics of these papers. The research question posed is “What characterizes Malaysian highly cited papers?” This study adopts the definition by Thomson Reuters Essential Science Indicator, i.e. the highly cited papers are papers that received enough citations to be placed in the top 1 percent of the academic field of each 22 subject areas based on a highly cited threshold for the field and publication year. As a small scientific nation, Malaysia has a rather limited number of papers being highly cited, and we observed nine characteristics of highly cited papers based on 708 datasets obtained from the Web of Science. Malaysian highly cited papers are largely represented by articles, but reviews have higher impact. Typically, these papers have a low self-cited index and they are published in the First Quartile of the science discipline publications. The papers are mainly the outcome of national funded research; involve multiple co-authorship and international collaboration; affiliated to Malaysian research universities and Malaysian authors often play a dominant role as first or reprint authors. Partnership with scientists from Iran, Australia and UK may increase markedly the possibility of a Malaysian paper becoming highly cited. This investigation has shown that these are the characteristics of Malaysian highly cited papers, but to what extent can these be used as indicators need further investigation and discussions among the scientific community.

Historiography of Mosque Architecture in Malaysia: Analysis of Texts by 5 Authors

Malaysian mosques exhibit remarkable variations, ranging from humble traditional timber structures to massive modern complexes. This evolution has been studied by numerous historians, architects, and academicians resulting in a steadily expanding historiography of mosque architecture. However, this body of work on the history and development of local mosques has never been formally studied in detail as a whole. Therefore, this paper focuses on 2 major aspects: first, identifying general research approaches present in the historiography of mosque architecture in Malaysia, and second, classifying the formal elements and characteristics used to describe the architecture of local mosques. Based on selected texts from 5 Malaysian authors, it was identified that these works are descriptive studies that are primarily structured on a combination of chronological, stylistic, cultural, geographical and typological approaches. Additionally, descriptions of mosque architecture by the authors were based on a set of formal elements and characteristics which falls into 5 distinct categories: i) typological element, ii) spatial organisation, iii) roof form, iv) building technology, and v) design articulation. These results reflect the complexity of mosque development in Malaysia and the multiple angles that are possible to holistically examine them. This paper also discusses 3 significant aspects embedded within the study of mosque architecture in Malaysia, covering unique elements and characteristics of local mosques, followed by issues related to language, conceptual, and factual ambiguity, and finally on the complexity of mosque classifications.

Malaysian authors' acceptance to self‐archive in institutional repositories

PurposeThe aim of this paper is to evaluate Malaysian authors' readiness to self‐archive in open access repositories. The effectiveness of open access repositories to support knowledge‐sharing is expected to be highly dependent on the readiness of authors to self‐archive their research output.Design/methodology/approachThe study has adopted a quantitative research design and a web based survey method was used for data‐gathering. The subjects of the study were authors within the five research‐intensive universities in Malaysia. An e‐mail invitation was sent out to 1,000 authors within the five intensive universities, of which 108 responded. This study uses the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) model, which postulates the constructs of performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence and facilitating conditions on using technology. These constructs determine the behavioral intent, which influences the usage behavior of this technology.FindingsThe findings from this study revealed that performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence and facilitating condition did not influence authors' behavioral intention to self‐archive. Even though academic researchers tend to agree that institutional repositories are a good way of disseminating information and use them frequently, most of them have not fully embraced self‐archiving in institutional repositories.Originality/valueThis is the first attempt to utilize the UTAUT model to assess self‐archiving practices, and it shows that self‐archiving does not prove strong support for the model.

Adaptation of Hikayat Hang Tuah in Children's Literature

Hang Tuah is a character in the epic Hikayat Hang Tuah which has become the pride of Malay Literature. The epic, and especially the protagonist of the epic, Hang Tuah, have been much discussed. This is also the case where children’s literature is concerned, as the Hikayat Hang Tuah has attracted the attention of Malaysian authors to produce adaptations of stories from this epic. The stories linked to the character of Hang Tuah contain many elements of fantasy which makes them suitable for adaptation as children’s literature. Establishing what types of adaptations have been made of these stories forms the core of this study. Also, the acceptance of Hang Tuah as a hero of the Malays has been challenged by movements, especially in social realism. As a result, the character of Hang Jebat has become accepted as a heroic figure instead. However, whether or not social realism has influenced adaptations done for children, and whether there has been a shift in the figure of hero as a result of social realism are still unanswered questions which this study addresses. This study has found that adaptations of stories about Hang Tuah for children are mainly partial adaptations, and that the stories chosen for adaptation are especially those containing strong elements of fantasy. Illustrations are also an element in these partial adaptations. The study has found no trace of the influence of social realism in the adaptations. Hang Tuah is still depicted as a heroic figure while Hang Jebat continues to be depicted as the traitor. Keywords: children’s literature, Hang Tuah, adaptations, social realism, illustrations

Œuvres malaises modernes inspirées de traditions anciennes (depuis les année 1940)

Sejarah Melayu and Hikayat Hang Tuah, two traditional Malay literary works of the 17th century connected with the Sultanate of Malacca (1400-1511) and sometimes also with the related oral traditions, have greatly inspired modern Malaysian authors. This article attempts to make a global analysis, without claiming to be exhaustive, of literary works and films produced by these authors since the 1940s. Only some characters, among whom are a great number of women, and some events, notably the duel between Hang Tuah and Hang Jebat, hold the attention of the authors. In this respect, various titles are considered, like Dang Anum; Hang Tuah; Jebat; Matinya Seorang Pahlawan (Jebat); Puteri Gunung Ledang, Cerita Cinta Agung; Singapura Di-Langgar Todak; Tun Fatimah atau Riwayat Perjuangan Ibu Melayu. Before the independence of Malaysia in 1957, these works were especially related to the Malay nationalist movement. After independence, these works mostly reflected the authors’ concern over the new social and political context in Malaysia, mainly their idea of democracy and social justice.

An exploratory study of Malaysian publication productivity in computer science and information technology

AbstractExplores the Malaysian computer science and information technology publication productivity. A total of 547 unique Malaysian authors, affiliated to 52 organizations in Malaysia, contributed 461 publications between 1990 and 1999 as indicated by data collected from three Web‐based databases. The majority (378 or 69.1%) of authors wrote one publication. The productive authors and the number of their papers as well as the position of their names in the articles are listed to indicate their productivity and degree of involvement in their research publications. Researchers from the universities contribute about 428 (92.8%) publications. The three most productive institutions together account for a total of 258 (56.0%) publications. The composition of the publications are 197 (42.7%) journal articles, 263 (57.1%) conference papers, and 1 (0.2%) monograph chapters. The results indicate that the scholars published in a few core proceedings but contributed to a wide variety of journals. Thirty‐nine fields of research undertaken by the scholars are also revealed. The possible reasons for the amount and pattern of contributions are related to the size of researcher population in the country, the availability of refereed scholarly journals, and the total expenditure allocated to information, computers, and communication technology (ICCT) research in Malaysia.

Literary Prizes in Malaysia: awards, organizers and authors

Abridged version of an article published in KekalAbadi in March 1995. Lists eighty-six literary awards and prizes offered for creative literary works in the Malay language written between 1946 and 1993. Identifies the organizers offering these awards. Government agencies contributed more than half of the awards. Organizers in the private sector provided 22 percent of the awards; literary associations and societies provided 17 percent. 829 authors contributed 1,748 winning titles (including consolation prizes). Short stories accounted for 47 percent, poetry for 36 percent, novels account for 11 percent, and dramas for 6 percent. A small number of authors won most of the prizes. This may have management implications for libraries and documentation centres wishing to build collections of award-win ning works. The success of literary awards in encouraging Malaysian authors may provide an example for other develop. ing countries anxious to increase their indigenous literary out put.

Bibliometric evaluation of agricultural literature published in Malaysia

A bibliometric analysis of agricultural literature published in Malaysia between 1981–1990 was undertaken. The analysis shed light on the key journals that published agricultural literature; on the forms of publications which are resorted to in the communication of research results; on the subject areas which are well written on and those that have been neglected; on the nature of contributions made by Malaysian authors; on the publishing practice of corporate bodies and on the number of publications produced each year.