Research in Singapore
Science Explorer records 176 research institutions in Singapore, Singapore. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University and Agency for Science, Technology and Research.
- Research institutions
- 176 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 374k ▲ 7% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 11.2M 30.0 per fractional work, all time
- Top-10% rate, 2022-now
- 26.6% all institutions 10.0%
- Active span
- 1950-2026 77 years on the record
A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.
Which research institutions are in Singapore?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | National University of SingaporeUniversity | 142,480 | #15 | |
| 2 | Nanyang Technological UniversityUniversity | 96,820 | #39 | |
| 3 | Agency for Science, Technology and ResearchGovernment institution | 42,368 | #141 | |
| 4 | Singapore General HospitalHospital / health system | 10,078 | #2,404 | |
| 5 | Singapore Management UniversityUniversity | 8,865 | #937 | |
| 6 | Singapore University of Technology and DesignUniversity | 5,698 | #608 | |
| 7 | Tan Tock Seng HospitalHospital / health system | 5,182 | #4,029 | |
| 8 | National University Health SystemUniversity | 4,712 | #927 | |
| 9 | KK Women's and Children's HospitalHospital / health system | 3,608 | #3,736 | |
| 10 | Changi General HospitalHospital / health system | 2,460 | #8,946 | |
| 11 | National Cancer Centre SingaporeHospital / health system | 2,235 | #4,806 | |
| 12 | Singapore Maritime InstituteResearch facility | 1,917 | #5,706 | |
| 13 | Singapore Institute of TechnologyUniversity | 1,876 | #2,229 | |
| 14 | Singapore University of Social SciencesUniversity | 1,860 | #2,293 | |
| 15 | Singapore National Eye CenterHospital / health system | 1,621 | #4,994 | |
| 16 | University of Wales Institute CardiffUniversity | 1,600 | #20,775 | |
| 17 | Singapore Eye Research InstituteResearch facility | 1,514 | #3,613 | |
| 18 | National Neuroscience InstituteHospital / health system | 1,427 | #10,769 | |
| 19 | National Heart Centre SingaporeHospital / health system | 1,331 | #7,713 | |
| 20 | SingHealthHospital / health system | 1,324 | #3,737 | |
| 21 | National University Cancer Institute, SingaporeUniversity | 1,308 | #4,622 | |
| 22 | Khoo Teck Puat HospitalHospital / health system | 1,300 | #8,191 | |
| 23 | Alexandra HospitalHospital / health system | 1,276 | #18,246 | |
| 24 | Institute of Mental HealthHospital / health system | 1,058 | #11,924 | |
| 25 | National Skin CentreHospital / health system | 1,054 | #12,377 | |
| 26 | DSO National LaboratoriesNonprofit | 1,025 | #7,226 all time | |
| 27 | Singapore Science ParkArchive | 1,008 | #8,475 all time | |
| 28 | Singapore PolytechnicUniversity | 980 | #14,321 | |
| 29 | Centre for Quantum TechnologiesResearch facility | 867 | #6,040 | |
| 30 | Sengkang General HospitalHospital / health system | 852 | #11,514 | |
| 31 | Temasek Life Sciences LaboratoryResearch facility | 783 | #6,637 | |
| 32 | Institute of Technical EducationUniversity | 783 | #10,142 | |
| 33 | Ministry of HealthGovernment institution | 779 | #9,979 | |
| 34 | GlobalFoundries (Singapore)Company | 766 | #14,499 | |
| 35 | Ngee Ann PolytechnicUniversity | 747 | #4,197 all time | |
| 36 | National University Heart Centre SingaporeHospital / health system | 746 | #6,524 | |
| 37 | National Parks BoardGovernment institution | 703 | #15,546 | |
| 38 | Nanyang PolytechnicUniversity | 608 | #10,979 | |
| 39 | Republic PolytechnicUniversity | 551 | #8,432 | |
| 40 | Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences EngineeringResearch facility | 538 | #4,150 | |
| 41 | Earth Observatory of SingaporeResearch facility | 524 | #9,194 | |
| 42 | East Asia ResearchInstitution | 495 | #11,098 | |
| 43 | Ng Teng Fong General HospitalHospital / health system | 493 | #11,944 | |
| 44 | Temasek PolytechnicUniversity | 456 | #14,451 | |
| 45 | Kyowa Hakko Kirin (Singapore)Company | 445 | #27,941 all time | |
| 46 | Wipro (Singapore)Company | 445 | #13,815 | |
| 47 | Ministry of ManpowerGovernment institution | 428 | #19,605 all time | |
| 48 | Mount Elizabeth HospitalHospital / health system | 419 | #22,095 | |
| 49 | ISEAS - Yusof Ishak InstituteResearch facility | 415 | #20,632 | |
| 50 | Defence Science and Technology AgencyGovernment institution | 404 | #18,625 all time | |
| 51 | National Centre for Infectious DiseasesHospital / health system | 394 | #8,422 | |
| 52 | National Dental Centre of SingaporeHospital / health system | 371 | #14,688 | |
| 53 | Ministry of DefenceGovernment institution | 369 | #13,700 all time | |
| 54 | St Luke's HospitalHospital / health system | 358 | #22,370 all time | |
| 55 | Ministry of EducationGovernment institution | 358 | #16,865 all time | |
| 56 | SingHealth PolyclinicsHospital / health system | 358 | #15,193 | |
| 57 | Academy of MedicineUniversity | 356 | #18,482 | |
| 58 | Gleneagles HospitalHospital / health system | 352 | #20,887 | |
| 59 | Creative Technology (Singapore)Company | 351 | #12,707 | |
| 60 | Health Sciences AuthorityGovernment institution | 351 | #19,109 |
By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.
How concentrated the city is
The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which fields of science does Singapore work in?
In 2022-now, 48% of research in Singapore is in Physical Sciences, 24% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (21%), Engineering (20%), Computer Science (13%).
Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this city does than the world.
Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
- Physical Sciences38k48.1%
- Engineering16k19.9%
- Computer Science10k13.2%
- Materials Science3,4114.3%
- Environmental Science2,6493.4%
- Physics and Astronomy1,9122.4%
- Chemistry1,2101.5%
- Energy9081.2%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences7010.9%
- Mathematics6680.8%
- Chemical Engineering3610.5%
- Health Sciences19k23.8%
- Medicine16k21.0%
- Health Professions1,6842.1%
- Nursing2760.4%
- Dentistry2530.3%
- Veterinary360.0%
- Social Sciences14k18.2%
- Social Sciences6,8448.7%
- Psychology2,5273.2%
- Business, Management and Accounting1,7112.2%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1,3631.7%
- Arts and Humanities1,0121.3%
- Decision Sciences8341.1%
- Life Sciences7,8009.9%
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4,2185.4%
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences1,3371.7%
- Neuroscience1,3291.7%
- Immunology and Microbiology7260.9%
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1910.2%
What is Singapore strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Singapore is most concentrated in Hardware and Architecture, Software and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (2.4× the world share in Hardware and Architecture).
- Hardware and ArchitectureSubfield · 183.7 works2.4×
- SoftwareSubfield · 101.8 works2.3×
- Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSubfield · 1,968.1 works2.2×
- Geriatrics and GerontologySubfield · 166.2 works2.2×
- OphthalmologySubfield · 403.2 works2.2×
- Health InformaticsSubfield · 180.9 works2.2×
- Artificial IntelligenceSubfield · 3,586.3 works2.1×
Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.
The whole field profile
All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 1.7×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Computer Science1.68×9,075 works
- Engineering1.35×14k works
- Chemical Engineering1.28×311 works
- Energy1.25×797 works
- Materials Science1.24×3,014 works
- Physics and Astronomy1.10×1,697 works
- Medicine1.08×14k works
- Decision Sciences1.08×723 works
- Neuroscience1.03×1,162 works
- Psychology1.03×2,185 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.99×3,674 works
- Chemistry0.97×1,056 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.89×624 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.86×1,274 works
- Health Professions0.81×1,491 works
- Mathematics0.72×589 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.70×1,578 works
- Social Sciences0.70×6,162 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.69×168 works
- Nursing0.69×236 works
- Environmental Science0.67×2,295 works
- Dentistry0.67×224 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.54×592 works
- Arts and Humanities0.44×874 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.35×1,139 works
- Veterinary0.31×30 works
Which keywords describe research in Singapore?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Neural Networks, Machine Learning, Epidemiology, Inflammation, Biomedical Applications, Convolutional Neural Networks and Nanoparticles.
- Singapore
- Authoritarianism
- Unsupervised Learning
- Additive Manufacturing
- Precision Medicine
- Aging
- Tissue Engineering
- Nanocomposites
- Energy Storage
- Risk Factors
- Security
- Renewable Energy
- Treatment
- Convolutional Neural Networks
- Healthcare
- Quality of Life
- Biomedical Applications
- Sustainability
- Neural Networks
- Machine Learning
- Deep Learning
- Epidemiology
- Inflammation
- Globalization
- Nanoparticles
- Artificial Intelligence
- Public Health
- Nanomaterials
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Mechanical Properties
- Energy Efficiency
- Big Data
- Catalysis
- Graphene
- Biosensors
- Medical Imaging
- Cathode Materials
- Representation Learning
- Semi-Supervised Learning
- State Intervention
Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.
All 40 words, with their numbers
- Deep Learning5,199▲ 1.92×85 topics
- Machine Learning3,490▲ 1.33×97 topics
- Epidemiology3,265◆ 1.04×137 topics
- Neural Networks2,629▲ 2.2×40 topics
- Inflammation1,730◆ 1.03×83 topics
- Sustainability1,357▼ 0.71×122 topics
- Globalization1,281▼ 0.83×141 topics
- Biomedical Applications1,178▲ 1.27×36 topics
- Nanoparticles1,137◆ 1.15×44 topics
- Quality of Life1,132◆ 1.00×58 topics
- Artificial Intelligence1,036◆ 0.92×65 topics
- Healthcare987◆ 1.10×40 topics
- Public Health969▼ 0.85×72 topics
- Convolutional Neural Networks964▲ 1.69×14 topics
- Nanomaterials954▲ 1.16×21 topics
- Treatment951◆ 0.99×52 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease948◆ 1.06×39 topics
- Renewable Energy922▼ 0.81×59 topics
- Mechanical Properties889◆ 1.15×39 topics
- Security858▲ 1.63×28 topics
- Energy Efficiency849▲ 1.17×46 topics
- Risk Factors845◆ 0.98×37 topics
- Big Data840◆ 1.12×35 topics
- Energy Storage803▲ 1.57×13 topics
- Catalysis790▲ 1.51×29 topics
- Nanocomposites745▲ 1.20×22 topics
- Graphene732▲ 1.39×12 topics
- Tissue Engineering673▲ 1.41×13 topics
- Biosensors672▲ 1.74×12 topics
- Aging659▲ 1.54×19 topics
- Medical Imaging623▲ 1.50×9 topics
- Precision Medicine602▲ 1.54×8 topics
- Cathode Materials596▲ 1.95×3 topics
- Additive Manufacturing565▲ 2.3×8 topics
- Representation Learning506▲ 4.1×3 topics
- Unsupervised Learning478▲ 4.0×3 topics
- Semi-Supervised Learning415▲ 4.3×3 topics
- Authoritarianism329▲ 4.8×5 topics
- State Intervention280▲ 11×3 topics
- Singapore252▲ 37×1 topic
What research is done in Singapore?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 295 works
- 2 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials Biomedical Engineering 264 works
- 3 Socioeconomic Development in Asia Sociology and Political Science 231 works
- 4 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 215 works
- 5 Advanced Memory and Neural Computing Electrical and Electronic Engineering 206 works
- 6 Advanced Neural Network Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 202 works
- 7 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 196 works
- 8 Domain Adaptation and Few-Shot Learning Artificial Intelligence 192 works
- 9 Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 191 works
- 10 Multimodal Machine Learning Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 189 works
Research output over time
The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.
How much of it reaches the world top 10%
Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 33.8% in 2016.
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