Xiamen University Malaysia (XMUM) is ranked 5th in Malaysia based on the Natural Index Ranking in 2023 (1 September 2022 to 31 August 2023).

Natural Index is an open database that tracks institutions and countries and their scientific output. The Index tracks contributions to research articles published in high-quality naturalscience and healthscience journals, chosen based on reputation by an independent group of researchers.  

XMUM has also recorded a total of 11 counts from 5 subject areas with 3 from physical science (Advanced Functional Materials, Advanced Materials), 4 from chemistry (Analytical Chemistry), 2 from earth and environmental science (Environmental Science and Technology, Geophysical Research Letters), 1 from health science (Nature Communications), and 1 from biological science (Science Advances).

For more information: https://www.nature.com/nature-index/institution-outputs/articles/all/global/Malaysia/Xiamen%20University%20Malaysia%20%28XMUM%29/all

To objectively measure the scientific output of institutions and countries, Nature Index ranks leading institutions and countries by the number of scientific articles and papers published in leading journals. Only articles published in 82 selected high-quality journals are counted. These journals are selected by an independent committee. The Natural Index uses a fractional count, called Share, which takes each article's share of authorship into account.