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Institute of Mental Health

In research, Institute of Mental Health stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,532 of 10,521 worldwide), Psychology (#1,398 of 2,181 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#9,035 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Psychiatry and Mental health, Clinical Psychology and Psychology — Psychiatry and Mental health is 33.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,671
of 28,054 · #16,594 all time
Rank in Singapore
#62
of 84
Research works
1.1k
▲ 18% vs 2013–17
Citations
25k
23.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
51%
world 28%

What is Institute of Mental Health 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
Social SciencesDomain #5,532 of 10,521 32.0%88 #5435
PsychologyField #1,398 of 2,181 29.5%70 #1634
Health SciencesDomain #9,035 of 11,982 21.3%91 #8324
MedicineField #8,318 of 10,443 18.4%75 #10230

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institute of Mental Health 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. Social Sciences#5,435 #5,532
  2. Psychology#1,634 #1,398
  3. Health Sciences#8,324 #9,035
  4. Medicine#10,230 #8,318
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 Institute of Mental Health specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Psychiatry and Mental health takes 33.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Psychiatry and Mental healthSubfield · 33.4 works33×
  2. Clinical PsychologySubfield · 38.8 works18×
  3. PsychologyField · 69.6 works11×
← 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.43× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.76× its world share, 12 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.80× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.96× its world share, 16 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.94× its world share, 75 worksMedicineNursing: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.50× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 11.35× its world share, 70 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 14 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 11.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institute of Mental Health?

Ranked on the composite score, Kang Sim, Mythily Subramaniam and Jimmy Lee lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institute of Mental Health.

  1. 1 Kang Sim Singapore · #7,817 worldwide 1.3k citations · 59 works
  2. 2 Mythily Subramaniam Singapore · #8,071 worldwide 1.1k citations · 66 works
  3. 3 Jimmy Lee Singapore · #20,288 worldwide 1k citations · 40 works
  4. 4 Siow Ann Chong Singapore · #22,822 worldwide 1k citations · 38 works
  5. 5 Hong Choon Chua Singapore · #365,714 worldwide 109 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Choon Guan Lim Singapore · #763,720 worldwide 34 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Swapna Verma Singapore · #964,957 worldwide 68 citations · 28 works
  8. 8 Daniel Fung Singapore · #1,044,287 worldwide 74 citations · 36 works
  9. 9 Edimansyah Abdin Singapore · #1,370,002 worldwide 41 citations · 29 works
  10. 10 Janhavi Ajit Vaingankar Singapore · #1,519,280 worldwide 24 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Institute of Mental Health

Which keywords describe research at Institute of Mental Health?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Depression, Prevalence, Mental Health, Psychological Distress, Epidemiology, Metabolic Syndrome, Mental Disorders and Cognitive Therapy.

▲ 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. Depression45▲ 26×15 topics
  2. Epidemiology27▲ 3.4×26 topics
  3. Prevalence24▲ 30×9 topics
  4. Mental Health24▲ 8.1×29 topics
  5. Psychological Distress22▲ 43×4 topics
  6. Metabolic Syndrome17▲ 10×7 topics
  7. Mental Disorders16▲ 72×3 topics
  8. Cognitive Therapy15▲ 71×2 topics
  9. Anxiety14▲ 15×9 topics
  10. Social Cognition14▲ 41×2 topics
  11. Antipsychotic Drugs14▲ 178×1 topic
  12. Neurocognitive Deficits14▲ 178×1 topic
  13. Global Burden13▲ 12×6 topics
  14. Health Services13▲ 74×2 topics
  15. Quality of Life13▲ 4.5×20 topics
  16. Stigma12▲ 45×2 topics
  17. Adolescents12▲ 16×7 topics
  18. Help-Seeking Behavior12▲ 132×1 topic
  19. Public Attitudes12▲ 132×1 topic
  20. Genetics11▲ 8.0×9 topics
  21. Neuroimaging11▲ 19×6 topics
  22. Psychopathology10▲ 28×3 topics
  23. Social Support10▲ 8.8×11 topics
  24. Emotion Regulation9▲ 14×5 topics
  25. Psychiatric Disorders8▲ 31×4 topics
  26. Caregiver Burden8▲ 35×2 topics
  27. Neurobiology8▲ 15×6 topics
  28. Adherence8▲ 32×2 topics
  29. Mobile Health8▲ 27×3 topics
  30. Coping Strategies7▲ 15×5 topics
  31. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy7▲ 27×2 topics
  32. Anxiety Disorders7▲ 31×2 topics
  33. Well-being7▲ 8.8×7 topics
  34. Resilience7▲ 6.9×6 topics
  35. Electroconvulsive Therapy6▲ 269×1 topic
  36. Schizophrenia6▲ 29×3 topics
  37. Serotonin Syndrome6▲ 269×1 topic
  38. Behavioral Activation6▲ 52×1 topic
  39. Internet-based Interventions6▲ 52×1 topic
  40. Cognitive Impairment6▲ 12×4 topics

Which research topics does Institute of Mental Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Schizophrenia research and treatment, Mental Health Treatment and Access, Electroconvulsive Therapy Studies and Digital Mental Health Interventions.

Schizophrenia research a…14Schizophrenia research and treatment: 14 fractional worksMental Health Treatment and Access: 12 fractional worksElectroconvulsive Therapy Studies: 6 fractional worksDigital Mental Health Interventions: 6 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 6 fractional worksTreatment of Major Depression: 5 fractional worksFamily Caregiving in Men…5Family Caregiving in Mental Illness: 5 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 4 fractional worksBipolar Disorder and Treatment: 4 fractional worksMental Health and Patient Involvement: 3 fractional works
Psychiatry and Mental healthSocial PsychologyApplied PsychologyClinical Psychology2 others

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

  1. 1 Schizophrenia research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 14 works
  2. 2 Mental Health Treatment and Access Social Psychology 12 works
  3. 3 Electroconvulsive Therapy Studies Psychiatry and Mental health 6 works
  4. 4 Digital Mental Health Interventions Applied Psychology 6 works
  5. 5 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 6 works
  6. 6 Treatment of Major Depression Pharmacology 5 works
  7. 7 Family Caregiving in Mental Illness Clinical Psychology 5 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 4 works
  9. 9 Bipolar Disorder and Treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 4 works
  10. 10 Mental Health and Patient Involvement General Health Professions 3 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 available50.9%not open49.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.2%domestic only81.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institute of Mental Health's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% 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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