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Research in Singapore

Science Explorer records 1 research institutions in Singapore, Singapore. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Yale-NUS College.

Research institutions
1
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
766
▼ 45% vs 2018-21
Citations
15k
20.2 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
27.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1959-2026
68 years on the record
Singapore

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?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Yale-NUS CollegeUniversity 766 #5,746

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.

Which fields of science does Singapore work in?

In 2022-now, 54% of research in Singapore is in Social Sciences, 26% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (33%), Arts and Humanities (10%), Environmental Science (8%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 101 fractional works · 54.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 62 fractional works · 33.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 24 fractional works · 12.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 15 fractional works · 8.3% of its workAnthropology: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workUrban Studies: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 18 fractional works · 9.6% of its workPhilosophy: 6 fractional works · 3.0% of its workHistory: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 10 fractional works · 5.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 6 fractional works · 3.1% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 49 fractional works · 26.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 16 fractional works · 8.4% of its workEcology: 7 fractional works · 3.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 13 fractional works · 6.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 6 fractional works · 3.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNumerical Analysis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 23 fractional works · 12.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 6.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAging: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 13 fractional works · 7.1% of its workMedicine: 9 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKSingapore187fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences26%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences54%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences6233.3%
    2. Arts and Humanities189.6%
    3. Psychology105.5%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance84.4%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.6%
    6. Decision Sciences10.6%
    1. Environmental Science168.4%
    2. Computer Science136.9%
    3. Physics and Astronomy63.3%
    4. Materials Science52.6%
    5. Engineering31.7%
    6. Mathematics31.5%
    7. Chemistry10.8%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.7%
    9. Energy00.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology136.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences63.1%
    3. Neuroscience52.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Medicine94.8%
    2. Health Professions42.2%
    3. Veterinary00.0%
    4. Nursing00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in Singapore?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: History, Globalization, Colonialism, Religion, Philosophy, Nationalism, Culture and China.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

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
  1. Globalization15▲ 4.1×30 topics
  2. History13▲ 9.7×12 topics
  3. Colonialism9▲ 10×11 topics
  4. Religion9▲ 10×8 topics
  5. Climate Change9▲ 1.71×28 topics
  6. Philosophy8▲ 9.4×6 topics
  7. Nationalism8▲ 9.1×11 topics
  8. Human Rights7▲ 3.8×14 topics
  9. Culture7▲ 7.3×9 topics
  10. Identity7▲ 5.0×12 topics
  11. China6▲ 37×2 topics
  12. Migration6▲ 9.3×7 topics
  13. Economic Development6▲ 4.0×9 topics
  14. Regulation6▲ 5.9×5 topics
  15. Biodiversity6▲ 4.0×12 topics
  16. Conservation6▲ 6.8×8 topics
  17. Neoliberalism5▲ 7.8×6 topics
  18. Economic Growth5▲ 3.3×12 topics
  19. Literature5▲ 4.9×10 topics
  20. Gender5▲ 4.9×7 topics
  21. Society5▲ 14×6 topics
  22. Christianity4▲ 41×1 topic
  23. Confucianism4▲ 61×1 topic
  24. Labor Market4▲ 7.9×5 topics
  25. Authoritarianism4▲ 24×3 topics
  26. Politics4▲ 8.2×7 topics
  27. Cultural Identity4▲ 4.1×7 topics
  28. Neuroscience4▲ 6.3×9 topics
  29. Social Networks4▲ 7.1×5 topics
  30. Inequality4▲ 8.2×5 topics
  31. Multiculturalism3▲ 9.7×3 topics
  32. DNA Barcoding3▲ 10×5 topics
  33. International Law3▲ 5.7×6 topics
  34. Population Dynamics3▲ 6.6×4 topics
  35. Human Capital3▲ 11×3 topics
  36. Immigration3▲ 15×3 topics
  37. Marine Ecosystems3▲ 29×2 topics
  38. Political Economy3▲ 6.2×5 topics
  39. Ethnography3▲ 9.1×2 topics
  40. Network Effects3▲ 22×1 topic

What research is done in Singapore?

Chinese history and phil…4Chinese history and philosophy: 4 fractional worksMigration and Labor Dynamics: 3 fractional worksAnthropological Studies and Insights: 2 fractional worksIdentification and Quantification in Food: 2 fractional worksSocioeconomic Development in Asia: 2 fractional worksChina's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance: 2 fractional worksClassical Philosophy and…2Classical Philosophy and Thought: 2 fractional worksVietnamese History and Culture Studies: 2 fractional worksIchthyology and Marine Biology: 2 fractional worksGeographic Information S…2Geographic Information Systems Studies: 2 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceAnthropologyMolecular BiologyPolitical Science and International Relations3 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Chinese history and philosophy Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  2. 2 Migration and Labor Dynamics Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  3. 3 Anthropological Studies and Insights Anthropology 2 works
  4. 4 Identification and Quantification in Food Molecular Biology 2 works
  5. 5 Socioeconomic Development in Asia Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  6. 6 China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  7. 7 Classical Philosophy and Thought Philosophy 2 works
  8. 8 Vietnamese History and Culture Studies Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  9. 9 Ichthyology and Marine Biology Nature and Landscape Conservation 2 works
  10. 10 Geographic Information Systems Studies Geography, Planning and Development 2 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

still counting20%40%60%Singapore22.9% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 43.5% in 2016.

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