Most Cited Article and Top Cited Article awards for FBF academics 

From left: Dr Lee, Hew and Loh

Faculty of Business and Finance academics, namely Assoc Prof Dr Lee Voon Hsien, Hew Jun Jie, and Loh Xiu Ming received the “Most Cited Articles” award by the Journal of Computer Information Systems (Taylor and Francis) for their research titled Towards a Cashless Society: The Imminent Role of Wearable Technology. The research was co-authored with UCSI University academics Dr Garry Tan Wei Han and Prof Ooi Keng Boon.

UTAR News, 2022

Top Cited Articles award for FBF alumna and academics 

From left: Lew, Hew, and Loh 

Master of Business Administration alumna Susan Lew and Faculty of Business and Finance (FBF) academics Loh Xiu Ming and Hew Jun Jie were recently awarded the “Top Cited Articles” award by Technology in Society (Elsevier) for their research titled The Disruptive Mobile Wallet in the Hospital Industry: An Extended Mobile Technology Acceptance Model.

UTAR News, 2022

UTAR academics awarded best paper award in ICCB 2021

From left: Seow, Prof Choong, Dr Choong, Dr Lam, Dr Chang and Chin 

The research titled “Determinants of Medical Tourist’s Destination Loyalty: Evidence from Malaysia” was recently awarded as one of “ICCB 2021 Best Papers” in the 4th International Conference on Communication and Business (ICCB) 2021, organised by LPSR Communication and Business Institute, Indonesia, from 9 to 10 March 2021, via ZOOM.


UTAR News, 2021

UTAR research papers highly cited

Congratulations: (From left) Lee, Hew and Leong advise young researchers to be persistent. 

RESEARCH papers by three academics from Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) have been declared as highly cited. Produced by Faculty of Business and Finance academics Assoc Prof Dr Lee Voon Hsien, Dr Leong Lai Ying and Hew Jun Jie, the research papers were also awarded the “hot papers” title by Clarivate Analytics.


The Star, 06-December-2020

拉曼大学工商与金融学院 讲师论文获国际认可

梁丽莹、丘俊杰和李文仙的研究论文获国际认可。

拉曼大学(优大)工商与金融学院讲师李文仙副教授、梁丽莹博士和丘俊杰的研究论文获世界领先的爱思唯尔(Elsevier)(美国)文献出版社的《专家系统及其应用》(Expert Systems with Applications)期刊评为最常被下载的论文,是学术界的佳音。


Kwong Wah, 20-July-2020

UTAR academics’ research among the most downloaded

Top-notch researchers: (From left) Loh, Hew, Lew and Yan. 

TWO academics from Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) recently won recognition from Elsevier USA for their research papers. Loh Xiu Ming and Hew Jun Jie – both of whom served at the varsity’s Faculty of Business and Finance (FBF) – co-authored the papers with UTAR Master of Business Administration (Corporate Management) alumnae Susan Lew and Yan Liya.  Their paper titled “The disruptive mobile wallet in the hospital industry: An extended mobile technology acceptance model” was awarded “Top Downloaded Article 2020” by Elsevier’s Technology in Society.


The Star, 28-February-2021

UTAR News, 2021

The Highly commended paper

From left: Dr Tan and Dr Abdelhak displaying their certificate 

Academics, namely Dr Abdelhak Senadjki and Dr Tan Luen Peng, and alumni Dr Samuel Ogbeibu were recently awarded “Highly Commended Paper” award in the 2019 Emerald Literati Awards, by Emerald Publishing.


UTAR News, 2019

FBF researchers awarded Best Nominee Paper

From left: Chan, Dr Choong and Seow displaying their certificate

Researchers, namely Seow Ai Na, Dr Choong Yuen Onn, and Chan Ling Meng, from the Faculty of Business and Finance (FBF) were awarded the “Best Nominee Paper” Award at the International Symposium & Exhibition on Business and Accounting 2018 (ISEBA 2018). The symposium was organised by the College of Business Management and Accounting (COBA) of Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN) from 28 to 29 August 2018.


UTAR News, 2018