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Duke-NUS Medical School

In research, Duke-NUS Medical School stands highest in Health Sciences (#406 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#372 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,106 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ophthalmology and Emergency Medicine — Ophthalmology is 11.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,633
of 28,054 · #2,169 all time
Rank in Singapore
#7
of 84
Research works
4.9k
▲ 35% vs 2013–17
Citations
144k
29.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
63%
world 28%

What is Duke-NUS Medical School 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
Health SciencesDomain #406 of 11,982 26.0%982 #808
MedicineField #372 of 10,443 25.1%863 #758
Life SciencesDomain #1,106 of 7,800 25.6%233 #1305
Social SciencesDomain #2,257 of 10,521 27.0%171 #2437
Health ProfessionsField #465 of 1,928 32.6%85 #1030
PsychologyField #640 of 2,181 27.3%68 #1040
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield #265 of 828 33.7%78 #357
EpidemiologySubfield #313 of 976 25.3%70 #524
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,149 of 3,579 25.9%149 #1477
SurgerySubfield #823 of 1,816 20.8%73 #1184

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Duke-NUS Medical School 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. Health Sciences#808 #406
  2. Medicine#758 #372
  3. Life Sciences#1,305 #1,106
  4. Social Sciences#2,437 #2,257
  5. Health Professions#1,030 #465
  6. Psychology#1,040 #640
  7. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health#357 #265
  8. Epidemiology#524 #313
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,477 #1,149
  10. Surgery#1,184 #823
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 Duke-NUS Medical School specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ophthalmology takes 11.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OphthalmologySubfield · 45.9 works12×
  2. Emergency MedicineSubfield · 20.4 works5.7×
← 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: 0.18× its world share, 12 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.89× its world share, 149 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.89× its world share, 28 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.65× its world share, 40 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.74× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.22× its world share, 25 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 28 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.20× its world share, 15 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.83× its world share, 14 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.15× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.17× its world share, 23 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.18× its world share, 85 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.03× its world share, 863 worksMedicineNursing: 1.42× its world share, 10 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.66× its world share, 21 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.51× its world share, 68 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 68 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Duke-NUS Medical School?

Ranked on the composite score, Steve Rozen, Lin‐Fa Wang and Tazeen H. Jafar lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Duke-NUS Medical School.

  1. 1 Steve Rozen · #46,129 worldwide 429 citations · 33 works
  2. 2 Lin‐Fa Wang · #78,964 worldwide 304 citations · 65 works
  3. 3 Tazeen H. Jafar · #80,726 worldwide 267 citations · 28 works
  4. 4 Gavin J. D. Smith · #90,110 worldwide 222 citations · 26 works
  5. 5 Joshua J. Gooley · #128,666 worldwide 187 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Qiao Fan · #141,404 worldwide 189 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Paul M. Yen · #143,029 worldwide 379 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 Michael W.L. Chee · #156,604 worldwide 255 citations · 49 works
  9. 9 Willie Yu · #193,805 worldwide 196 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Fahad Javaid Siddiqui · #196,049 worldwide 60 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at Duke-NUS Medical School

Which keywords describe research at Duke-NUS Medical School?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Cardiovascular Disease, Quality of Life, Aging, Social Support, Risk Factors and Oxidative Stress.

▲ 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. Epidemiology177▲ 3.0×117 topics
  2. Inflammation100▲ 3.2×77 topics
  3. Quality of Life66▲ 3.1×46 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease61▲ 3.7×35 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress56▲ 2.3×46 topics
  6. Risk Factors48▲ 3.0×32 topics
  7. Public Health48▲ 2.2×46 topics
  8. Treatment42▲ 2.4×42 topics
  9. Aging42▲ 5.2×17 topics
  10. Biomarkers40▲ 4.0×16 topics
  11. Cancer40▲ 2.0×49 topics
  12. Social Support38▲ 4.7×14 topics
  13. Metabolic Syndrome38▲ 3.1×20 topics
  14. Depression33▲ 2.5×21 topics
  15. Obesity33▲ 3.0×23 topics
  16. Global Burden31▲ 3.9×12 topics
  17. Heart Failure30▲ 4.7×13 topics
  18. Macular Degeneration30▲ 17×3 topics
  19. Neurodegeneration30▲ 6.7×10 topics
  20. Glaucoma29▲ 13×4 topics
  21. Mortality29▲ 3.4×13 topics
  22. Cardiovascular Risk28▲ 6.2×9 topics
  23. Vaccine28▲ 4.7×11 topics
  24. Precision Medicine27▲ 3.9×8 topics
  25. Diabetic Retinopathy27▲ 18×2 topics
  26. Optic Nerve26▲ 18×2 topics
  27. SARS-CoV-226▲ 5.3×6 topics
  28. ACE2 Receptor25▲ 7.0×3 topics
  29. Guidelines25▲ 3.7×13 topics
  30. Ethical Considerations25▲ 5.0×12 topics
  31. Intraocular Pressure24▲ 19×2 topics
  32. Mortality Risk22▲ 6.3×6 topics
  33. Health Equity22▲ 5.4×6 topics
  34. Optical Coherence Tomography21▲ 14×3 topics
  35. Caregiver Burden21▲ 13×3 topics
  36. End-of-Life21▲ 15×3 topics
  37. Palliative Care21▲ 8.6×3 topics
  38. Health Care Costs20▲ 17×2 topics
  39. Advance Care Planning18▲ 20×1 topic
  40. Family Perspectives18▲ 20×1 topic

Which research topics does Duke-NUS Medical School publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Retinal Diseases and Treatments and Glaucoma and retinal disorders.

Palliative Care and End-…18Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 18 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive I…15Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 15 fractional worksRetinal Diseases and Treatments: 15 fractional worksGlaucoma and retinal dis…15Glaucoma and retinal disorders: 15 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …14SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 14 fractional worksRetinal Imaging and Analysis: 12 fractional worksIntergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving: 11 fractional worksHealth disparities and o…11Health disparities and outcomes: 11 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 10 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 10 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthPsychiatry and Mental healthOphthalmologyInfectious Diseases5 others

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

  1. 1 Palliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 18 works
  2. 2 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment ResearchPsychiatry and Mental health 15 works
  3. 3 Retinal Diseases and TreatmentsOphthalmology 15 works
  4. 4 Glaucoma and retinal disordersOphthalmology 15 works
  5. 5 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchInfectious Diseases 14 works
  6. 6 Retinal Imaging and AnalysisRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 12 works
  7. 7 Intergenerational Family Dynamics and CaregivingSociology and Political Science 11 works
  8. 8 Health disparities and outcomesHealth 11 works
  9. 9 Cardiac Arrest and ResuscitationEmergency Medicine 10 works
  10. 10 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and EducationHealth Informatics 10 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 available62.6%not open37.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors44.4%domestic only55.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Duke-NUS Medical School's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 35% higher 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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