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Agency for Science, Technology and Research

In research, Agency for Science, Technology and Research stands highest in Physical Sciences (#255 of 12,888 worldwide), Engineering (#212 of 6,636 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#340 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Catalysis, Chemical Engineering and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition — Catalysis is 6.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#311
of 28,054 · #603 all time
Rank in Singapore
#3
of 84
Research works
11k
▼ 7% vs 2013–17
Citations
398k
35.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
29.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

What is Agency for Science, Technology and Research known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #255 of 12,888 27.7%2,099 #584
EngineeringField #212 of 6,636 26.0%961 #399
Life SciencesDomain #340 of 7,800 32.8%460 #520
Materials ScienceField #212 of 2,468 27.4%321 #341
Computer ScienceField #422 of 4,667 32.4%435 #710
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #219 of 2,318 22.0%356 #256
MedicineField #1,046 of 10,443 31.5%350 #1420
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #360 of 3,579 31.0%291 #618
Biomedical EngineeringSubfield #174 of 1,568 24.6%177 #277
Health SciencesDomain #1,403 of 11,982 31.6%383 #1778

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Agency for Science, Technology and Research sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#584 #255
  2. Engineering#399 #212
  3. Life Sciences#520 #340
  4. Materials Science#341 #212
  5. Computer Science#710 #422
  6. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#256 #219
  7. Medicine#1,420 #1,046
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#618 #360
  9. Biomedical Engineering#277 #174
  10. Health Sciences#1,778 #1,403
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Agency for Science, Technology and Research specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Catalysis takes 6.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. CatalysisSubfield · 27.4 works6.1×
  2. Chemical EngineeringField · 41.9 works4.0×
  3. Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSubfield · 133.2 works3.5×
  4. Electronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsSubfield · 45.6 works3.3×
  5. Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield · 356.0 works3.3×
  6. Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield · 71.6 works3.3×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 63 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.80× its world share, 291 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.48× its world share, 45 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.02× its world share, 50 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.97× its world share, 10 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 3.95× its world share, 42 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.72× its world share, 82 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.84× its world share, 435 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 12 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.47× its world share, 69 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.11× its world share, 961 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.40× its world share, 61 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 3.02× its world share, 320 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.19× its world share, 7 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.61× its world share, 109 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.16× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.60× its world share, 350 worksMedicineNursing: 1.07× its world share, 16 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 15 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 13 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.08× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.30× its world share, 27 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 35 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Agency for Science, Technology and Research?

Ranked on the composite score, Huazhu Fu, Fayao Liu and Zhi Wei Seh lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Agency for Science, Technology and Research.

  1. 1 Huazhu Fu · #7,392 worldwide 1.4k citations · 131 works
  2. 2 Fayao Liu · #30,153 worldwide 764 citations · 35 works
  3. 3 Zhi Wei Seh · #46,420 worldwide 2.2k citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Kai Keng Ang · #70,628 worldwide 297 citations · 47 works
  5. 5 Laurent Rénia · #86,199 worldwide 221 citations · 41 works
  6. 6 Xianshu Luo · #101,700 worldwide 270 citations · 58 works
  7. 7 Yu Zhong · #113,643 worldwide 117 citations · 44 works
  8. 8 Neerja Karnani · #117,443 worldwide 627 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Pablo Bifani · #168,040 worldwide 268 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Qing Guo · #180,768 worldwide 302 citations · 61 works
All ranked researchers at Agency for Science, Technology and Research

Which keywords describe research at Agency for Science, Technology and Research?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Neural Networks, Nanoparticles, Catalysis, Biomedical Applications, Biosensors, Mechanical Properties and Machine Learning.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution'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. Deep Learning271▲ 2.6×74 topics
  2. Neural Networks134▲ 2.9×35 topics
  3. Machine Learning130▲ 1.31×75 topics
  4. Nanoparticles118▲ 3.1×38 topics
  5. Biomedical Applications100▲ 2.8×35 topics
  6. Mechanical Properties86▲ 2.9×32 topics
  7. Catalysis83▲ 4.1×26 topics
  8. Nanomaterials78▲ 2.4×19 topics
  9. Biosensors74▲ 4.8×12 topics
  10. Nanocomposites70▲ 2.9×22 topics
  11. Graphene66▲ 3.2×12 topics
  12. Convolutional Neural Networks62▲ 2.8×14 topics
  13. Microstructure61▲ 3.9×17 topics
  14. Energy Storage60▲ 3.0×12 topics
  15. Additive Manufacturing56▲ 5.9×7 topics
  16. Thermal Management55▲ 5.4×6 topics
  17. Metal-Organic Frameworks52▲ 4.1×6 topics
  18. Cathode Materials52▲ 4.3×3 topics
  19. Electrocatalysis50▲ 5.8×5 topics
  20. Water Splitting44▲ 3.9×4 topics
  21. Polymer Composites42▲ 5.2×7 topics
  22. Catalysts41▲ 6.8×3 topics
  23. Integrated Circuits40▲ 8.4×3 topics
  24. Optical Modulators38▲ 8.5×3 topics
  25. Materials38▲ 5.3×6 topics
  26. Unsupervised Learning36▲ 8.2×3 topics
  27. Representation Learning35▲ 8.4×3 topics
  28. Two-Dimensional Materials35▲ 5.0×4 topics
  29. Energy Harvesting34▲ 6.2×3 topics
  30. Energy Conversion33▲ 5.3×4 topics
  31. Semi-Supervised Learning32▲ 9.4×3 topics
  32. Microcavities30▲ 8.7×2 topics
  33. Meta-Learning29▲ 12×2 topics
  34. Material Characterization29▲ 7.9×3 topics
  35. Silicon Photonics29▲ 8.7×2 topics
  36. Raman Lasers28▲ 8.3×2 topics
  37. Nanophotonic Waveguides28▲ 9.5×1 topic
  38. Whispering Gallery Mode28▲ 9.5×1 topic
  39. Process Parameters28▲ 8.4×3 topics
  40. Interconnect28▲ 55×1 topic

Which research topics does Agency for Science, Technology and Research publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Photonic and Optical Devices, 3D IC and TSV technologies, Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion.

Photonic and Optical Dev…28Photonic and Optical Devices: 28 fractional works3D IC and TSV technologies283D IC and TSV technologies: 28 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing Materials and Processes: 25 fractional worksElectrocatalysts for Ene…25Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion: 25 fractional worksDomain Adaptation and Fe…24Domain Adaptation and Few-Shot Learning: 24 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 22 fractional worksAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials: 21 fractional worksCatalytic Processes in M…21Catalytic Processes in Materials Science: 21 fractional worksAcoustic Wave Resonator Technologies: 20 fractional worksAdvanced Neural Network Applications: 19 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringMechanical EngineeringRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentArtificial Intelligence4 others

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

  1. 1 Photonic and Optical DevicesElectrical and Electronic Engineering 28 works
  2. 2 3D IC and TSV technologiesElectrical and Electronic Engineering 28 works
  3. 3 Additive Manufacturing Materials and ProcessesMechanical Engineering 25 works
  4. 4 Electrocatalysts for Energy ConversionRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 25 works
  5. 5 Domain Adaptation and Few-Shot LearningArtificial Intelligence 24 works
  6. 6 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing TechnologiesAutomotive Engineering 22 works
  7. 7 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsBiomedical Engineering 21 works
  8. 8 Catalytic Processes in Materials ScienceMaterials Chemistry 21 works
  9. 9 Acoustic Wave Resonator TechnologiesBiomedical Engineering 20 works
  10. 10 Advanced Neural Network ApplicationsComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition 19 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available34.2%not open65.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors43.0%domestic only57.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Agency for Science, Technology and Research's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% lower than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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