⚡ Science and Research in Malaysia

Science and research platforms help scholars find academic papers, share their work, track citations, manage research profiles, and access preprints, patents, and data from a wide range of disciplines.

Malaysia is a Southeast Asian country with a population of over 34 million people.

According to our data, science and research platforms are detected on 0.1% of websites from Malaysia.

Statistics based on 12K+ analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top science and research platforms in Malaysia in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is Google Scholar with a share of 27.8%, followed by Academia with 22.2% and Scopus with 22.2%.

Google Scholar 27.8%
Academia 22.2%
Scopus 22.2%
ResearchGate 16.7%
Scribd 11.1%
ORCID 11.1%
OSF 11.1%
Scite 5.6%
Semantic Scholar 5.6%

🚀 Highlights

Here is a list of the top platforms that are more popular in Malaysia than worldwide.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

2. Academia ^(-3)
5. Scribd ^(-2)
7. OSF ^(-3)
9. Semantic Scholar ^(-2)

✨ Best Science and Research Platforms

Below is a more detailed list of 9 science and research platforms used on sites from Malaysia, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	Google Scholar Mountain View, California, United States A free academic search engine that indexes peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts, and court cases from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, and universities. Free	27.8%
2	Academia San Francisco, California, United States A social networking platform for academics that enables users to share research papers, build professional profiles, and connect with other researchers worldwide. Free$$$	22.2%
⏳	Scopus Amsterdam, Netherlands A multidisciplinary abstract and citation database curated by an independent advisory board, covering over 100 million peer-reviewed research records. $$$	22.2%
4	ResearchGate Berlin, Germany A social networking platform for scientists and researchers that enables them to share publications, collaborate with peers, and engage in academic discussions online. Free	16.7%
5	Scribd San Francisco, California, United States A digital document library and reading subscription service that provides access to millions of e-books, audiobooks, magazines, and user-uploaded documents. Free$9.99/month	11.1%
6	ORCID Bethesda, Maryland, United States An open, non-proprietary registry that provides unique persistent identifiers for researchers and scholars, enabling them to distinguish their identity and connect their work across systems. Free	11.1%
7	OSF Charlottesville, Virginia, United States An open-source research platform developed by the Center for Open Science that supports project management, collaboration, and data sharing across the research lifecycle. FreeOpen source	11.1%
⏳	Scite Henderson, Nevada, United States An AI-powered research platform that helps researchers discover and evaluate scientific literature through citation analysis. $20+/month	5.6%
9	Semantic Scholar Seattle, Washington, United States An AI-powered search and discovery tool developed by the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence that helps researchers discover and understand scientific literature that's most relevant to their work. Free	5.6%

👉 See Also

🌎 Science and Research in other countries

🗃️ About This Data

We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
This report is based on the analysis of 12,027 websites from Malaysia.
We currently track the presence of 11 science and research platforms across the web.
Of these, 9 were detected on websites from Malaysia.
Statistics were last calculated on October 30, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.