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Khoo Teck Puat Hospital

In research, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,036 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#1,955 of 8,541 worldwide) and Surgery (#942 of 1,532 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery (Surgery is 8.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#8,191
of 22,385 · #7,395 all time
Rank in Singapore
#25
of 61
Research works
1.3k
▼ 21% vs 2018-21
Citations
15k
11.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.90×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
55%
world 40%
International
17%
world 18%
Khoo Teck Puat Hospital

What is Khoo Teck Puat Hospital known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #2,036 of 9,902 8.1%271 #2308
MedicineField #1,955 of 8,541 7.4%244 #2159
SurgerySubfield #942 of 1,532 5.8%66 #1570

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Khoo Teck Puat Hospital 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

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

  1. Health Sciences#2,308 #2,036
  2. Medicine#2,159 #1,955
  3. Surgery#1,570 #942
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does Khoo Teck Puat Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 82% of research at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital is in Health Sciences, 8% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (74%), Health Professions (6%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (4%). It does 3.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 305 fractional works · 82.0% of its workMedicine: 275 fractional works · 74.1% of its workSurgery: 71 fractional works · 19.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 18 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEpidemiology: 16 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 15 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 14 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 14 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPhysiology: 11 fractional works · 2.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 9 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 8 fractional works · 2.2% of its workRheumatology: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNephrology: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNeurology: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOphthalmology: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOncology: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRehabilitation: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInternal Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransplantation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 22 fractional works · 5.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 10 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPharmacy: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOral Surgery: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthodontics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workResearch and Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 30 fractional works · 8.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 11 fractional works · 3.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 23 fractional works · 6.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 14 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 14 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKKhoo Teck PuatHospital372fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences82%Social Sciences8%

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 institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine27574.1%
    2. Health Professions225.9%
    3. Dentistry41.0%
    4. Nursing40.9%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Social Sciences123.1%
    2. Psychology113.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance30.7%
    4. Decision Sciences20.7%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.4%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology143.8%
    2. Neuroscience51.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology30.8%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Engineering82.2%
    2. Computer Science30.8%
    3. Environmental Science20.4%
    4. Chemistry00.1%
    5. Mathematics00.1%
    6. Energy00.0%
    7. Materials Science00.0%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Khoo Teck Puat Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 8.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 70.7 works8.1×
← 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: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.72× its world share, 14 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.78× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.86× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 2.15× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.23× its world share, 22 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.85× its world share, 275 worksMedicineNursing: 1.93× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.69× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.97× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.85×275 works
  2. Health Professions2.23×22 works
  3. Dentistry2.15×4 works
  4. Nursing1.93×4 works
  5. Psychology0.97×11 works
  6. Neuroscience0.86×5 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology0.78×3 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.72×14 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.69×2 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.34×3 works
  11. Veterinary0.33×0 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.28×0 works
  13. Social Sciences0.24×12 works
  14. Engineering0.15×8 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.11×1 works
  16. Computer Science0.10×3 works
  17. Mathematics0.10×0 works
  18. Environmental Science0.09×2 works
  19. Chemistry0.08×0 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.07×1 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.04×1 works
  22. Energy0.03×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Su Chi Lim, Tavintharan Subramaniam and Su Chi Lim lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Khoo Teck Puat Hospital.

  1. 1 Su Chi Lim Singapore · #497,936 worldwide 6.8k citations · 195 works
  2. 2 Tavintharan Subramaniam Singapore · #555,130 worldwide 6.2k citations · 234 works
  3. 3 Su Chi Lim Singapore · #594,922 worldwide 3.4k citations · 117 works
  4. 4 Hean Yee Ong Singapore · #616,949 worldwide 3.5k citations · 106 works
  5. 5 Sylvia Liu Singapore · #719,732 worldwide 2k citations · 69 works
  6. 6 Chee Fang Sum Singapore · #724,832 worldwide 6.9k citations · 253 works
  7. 7 Patrick Zhan‐Yun Lim Singapore · #780,116 worldwide 443 citations · 32 works
  8. 8 Philip Lin Kiat Yap Singapore · #844,542 worldwide 6.3k citations · 214 works
  9. 9 Say Tat Ooi Singapore · #1,111,639 worldwide 1.1k citations · 34 works
  10. 10 M Yiamunaa Singapore · #1,329,118 worldwide 441 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Khoo Teck Puat Hospital?

The most cited paper from Khoo Teck Puat Hospital is "A catalog of genetic loci associated with kidney function from analyses of a million individuals" (Lifelines Cohort Study et al., 2019), with 946 citations. Next come "Hematologic parameters in patients with COVID‐19 infection" (796) and "Nutritional, Physical, Cognitive, and Combination Interventions and Frailty Reversal Among Older Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial" (757).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A catalog of genetic loci associated with kidney function from analyses of a million individuals Lifelines Cohort Study et al. · Nature Genetics Open access329 authors 31 May 2019 946
2 Hematologic parameters in patients with COVID‐19 infection Bingwen Eugene Fan, Vanessa Cui Lian Chong, Stephrene Seok Wei Chan et al. · American Journal of Hematology 4 Mar 2020 796
3 Nutritional, Physical, Cognitive, and Combination Interventions and Frailty Reversal Among Older Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial Tze Pin Ng, Liang Feng, Ma Shwe Zin Nyunt et al. · The American Journal of Medicine Open access 6 Jul 2015 757
4 Genetic associations at 53 loci highlight cell types and biological pathways relevant for kidney function Cristian Pattaro et al. · Nature Communications Open access700 authors 21 Jan 2016 547
5 Effects of a major deletion in the SARS-CoV-2 genome on the severity of infection and the inflammatory response: an observational cohort study Barnaby Edward Young et al. · The Lancet Open access Aug 2020 496
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Mortality, Complications, Inflammation, Cardiovascular Disease, Guidelines, Surgical Management and Quality of Life.

▲ 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 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. Epidemiology44▲ 3.0×92 topics
  2. Inflammation24▲ 3.1×48 topics
  3. Mortality21▲ 10×10 topics
  4. Complications20▲ 11×16 topics
  5. Quality of Life18▲ 3.5×39 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease18▲ 4.2×23 topics
  7. Treatment15▲ 3.4×36 topics
  8. Guidelines14▲ 7.7×12 topics
  9. Surgical Management13▲ 8.8×16 topics
  10. Diagnosis13▲ 3.8×32 topics
  11. Aging13▲ 6.3×11 topics
  12. Rehabilitation12▲ 8.2×12 topics
  13. Diabetes12▲ 6.3×13 topics
  14. Clinical Practice Guidelines11▲ 5.5×12 topics
  15. Elderly Patients11▲ 18×4 topics
  16. Risk Factors11▲ 2.6×18 topics
  17. Management10▲ 3.4×21 topics
  18. Surgery9▲ 7.1×10 topics
  19. Biomechanics9▲ 7.9×5 topics
  20. Obesity9▲ 3.0×14 topics
  21. Ethical Considerations8▲ 6.6×9 topics
  22. Postoperative Complications8▲ 17×4 topics
  23. Meta-Analysis8▲ 3.6×12 topics
  24. Internal Fixation8▲ 30×2 topics
  25. Infection Prevention7▲ 22×3 topics
  26. Primary Care7▲ 5.4×12 topics
  27. Clinical Guidelines7▲ 6.7×8 topics
  28. Heart Failure7▲ 4.3×12 topics
  29. Chronic Kidney Disease7▲ 7.2×8 topics
  30. Perioperative Care6▲ 14×3 topics
  31. Quality Improvement6▲ 8.6×7 topics
  32. Glycemic Control6▲ 10×4 topics
  33. Mortality Risk6▲ 6.7×5 topics
  34. Bone Healing6▲ 34×1 topic
  35. Cardiac Risk6▲ 20×1 topic
  36. Fracture Epidemiology6▲ 34×1 topic
  37. Perioperative6▲ 20×1 topic
  38. Surgical Treatment6▲ 8.0×4 topics
  39. Diagnostic Imaging6▲ 13×3 topics
  40. Physical Performance5▲ 15×2 topics

Which research topics does Khoo Teck Puat Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Bone fractures and treatments, Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes, Frailty in Older Adults and Hip and Femur Fractures.

Bone fractures and treat…6Bone fractures and treatments: 6 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …6Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 6 fractional worksFrailty in Older Adults5Frailty in Older Adults: 5 fractional worksHip and Femur Fractures5Hip and Femur Fractures: 5 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 4 fractional worksLipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health: 4 fractional worksNutrition and Health in …4Nutrition and Health in Aging: 4 fractional worksGeriatric Care and Nursing Homes: 3 fractional worksInfectious Diseases and Tuberculosis: 3 fractional worksReconstructive Surgery a…3Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques: 3 fractional works
EpidemiologyCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineGeriatrics and GerontologySurgery3 others

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

  1. 1 Bone fractures and treatments Epidemiology 6 works
  2. 2 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  3. 3 Frailty in Older Adults Geriatrics and Gerontology 5 works
  4. 4 Hip and Femur Fractures Surgery 5 works
  5. 5 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  6. 6 Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health Surgery 4 works
  7. 7 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 4 works
  8. 8 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes General Health Professions 3 works
  9. 9 Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis Surgery 3 works
  10. 10 Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques Surgery 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 available54.8%not open45.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.4%domestic only82.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Khoo Teck Puat Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 21% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting20052010201520202025
grewheldshrank

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

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Khoo Teck Puat Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0014% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Khoo Teck Puat Hospital0.0015% in 202520102020

Fractional works of Khoo Teck Puat Hospital over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Khoo Teck Puat Hospital6.5% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.9% in 2022.

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