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Social Sciences research in Singapore

National University of Singapore ranks first in Singapore for Social Sciences research in 2022–2025 (#32 worldwide), followed by Nanyang Technological University and Singapore Management University.

Singapore's world rank
#38
of 164 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
13k
Top-10% rate
29.0%
Ranked institutions
19

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Social Sciences in Singapore?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1National University of SingaporeSingapore #3262.630.7%4,216
2Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore #5157.536.2%3,088
3Singapore Management UniversitySingapore #65030.128.5%1,112
4Singapore University of Social SciencesSingapore #1,35222.127.8%446
5National University Health SystemSingapore #1,80319.036.8%175
6Duke-NUS Medical SchoolSingapore #2,25716.627.0%171
7Singapore Institute of TechnologySingapore #2,38616.030.0%192
8James Cook University SingaporeSingapore #2,51115.539.7%209
9Singapore University of Technology and DesignSingapore #2,73014.628.9%238
10Yale-NUS CollegeSingapore #3,18312.927.9%99
11Singapore Maritime InstituteSingapore #3,63111.58.4%644
12Singapore General HospitalSingapore #4,3269.626.6%65
13Agency for Science, Technology and ResearchSingapore #4,6058.938.0%98
14National University HospitalSingapore #5,2457.524.9%98
15Institute of Mental HealthSingapore #5,5326.932.0%88
16INSEADSingapore #5,8506.328.0%93
17KK Women's and Children's HospitalSingapore #6,8974.613.9%120
18East Asia ResearchSingapore #7,4353.816.1%78
19Institute of Technical EducationSingapore #9,88068.08.4%66

Institutions in Singapore above the floor of 40 fractional works in Social Sciences, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022–2025.

Who are the top Social Sciences researchers in Singapore?

Howard Thomas, Brenda S. A. Yeoh and Charlene Tan rank highest among researchers based in Singapore.

  1. 1Howard Thomas#36,308 worldwide overall832 citations · 113 works
  2. 2Brenda S. A. Yeoh#46,404 worldwide overall446 citations · 116 works
  3. 3Charlene Tan#173,823 worldwide overall239 citations · 108 works
  4. 4Nadja Marie Alexander#1,104,407 worldwide overall28 citations · 111 works
  5. 5Tao Li#1,106,644 worldwide overall42 citations · 377 works

How Singapore compares with other countries in Social Sciences