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Khoo Teck Puat Hospital

In research, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,652 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#4,351 of 10,443 worldwide) and Surgery (#1,476 of 1,816 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 8.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,668
of 28,054 · #14,550 all time
Rank in Singapore
#33
of 84
Research works
1.3k
▲ 22% vs 2013–17
Citations
15k
11.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
55%
world 28%

What is Khoo Teck Puat Hospital 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 #2,652 of 11,982 10.9%271 #4878
MedicineField #4,351 of 10,443 10.1%244 #5916
SurgerySubfield #1,476 of 1,816 9.5%66 #2826

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 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#4,878 #2,652
  2. Medicine#5,916 #4,351
  3. Surgery#2,826 #1,476
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 Khoo Teck Puat Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 8.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 65.6 works8.5×
← 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: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.73× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.79× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.85× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.31× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.22× its world share, 19 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.84× its world share, 244 worksMedicineNursing: 2.03× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.38× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.00× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Philip Yap, Su Chi Lim and Vaikunthan Rajaratnam lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Khoo Teck Puat Hospital.

  1. 1 Philip Yap Singapore · #262,602 worldwide 69 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Su Chi Lim Singapore · #312,238 worldwide 131 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Vaikunthan Rajaratnam Singapore · #980,337 worldwide 19 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Chee Fang Sum Singapore · #1,014,608 worldwide 38 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Tavintharan Subramaniam Singapore · #1,015,320 worldwide 44 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Edwin Seet Singapore · #1,069,682 worldwide 23 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Dinesh Singh Singapore · #1,107,075 worldwide 10 citations · 27 works
  8. 8 Chandra M. Kumar Singapore · #1,309,250 worldwide 21 citations · 42 works
All ranked researchers at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Mortality, Complications, Inflammation, Guidelines, Surgical Management, Cardiovascular Disease 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 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology39▲ 3.0×88 topics
  2. Inflammation22▲ 3.1×46 topics
  3. Mortality19▲ 10×10 topics
  4. Complications19▲ 12×16 topics
  5. Quality of Life17▲ 3.6×37 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease16▲ 4.3×22 topics
  7. Treatment14▲ 3.4×34 topics
  8. Guidelines13▲ 8.2×12 topics
  9. Surgical Management13▲ 9.3×15 topics
  10. Aging11▲ 6.2×10 topics
  11. Diagnosis11▲ 3.6×32 topics
  12. Rehabilitation11▲ 8.4×12 topics
  13. Elderly Patients11▲ 19×4 topics
  14. Clinical Practice Guidelines10▲ 5.8×11 topics
  15. Diabetes10▲ 6.2×13 topics
  16. Risk Factors9▲ 2.6×16 topics
  17. Biomechanics9▲ 8.6×5 topics
  18. Management8▲ 3.2×21 topics
  19. Surgery8▲ 7.1×10 topics
  20. Obesity8▲ 3.1×12 topics
  21. Postoperative Complications8▲ 18×4 topics
  22. Clinical Trials8▲ 3.4×11 topics
  23. Internal Fixation7▲ 33×2 topics
  24. Ethical Considerations7▲ 6.5×8 topics
  25. Infection Prevention7▲ 25×3 topics
  26. Primary Care7▲ 5.4×12 topics
  27. Heart Failure7▲ 4.6×12 topics
  28. Chronic Kidney Disease6▲ 7.8×8 topics
  29. Clinical Guidelines6▲ 6.4×7 topics
  30. Atherosclerosis6▲ 6.2×7 topics
  31. Bone Healing6▲ 38×1 topic
  32. Fracture Epidemiology6▲ 38×1 topic
  33. Cardiac Risk6▲ 20×1 topic
  34. Diagnostic Imaging6▲ 15×3 topics
  35. Perioperative6▲ 20×1 topic
  36. Palliative Care5▲ 10×3 topics
  37. End-of-Life5▲ 17×2 topics
  38. Surgical Treatment5▲ 8.0×4 topics
  39. Glycemic Control5▲ 10×4 topics
  40. Perioperative Care5▲ 13×3 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Bone fractures and treatments, Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes, Hip and Femur Fractures and Frailty in Older Adults.

Bone fractures and treat…6Bone fractures and treatments: 6 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …6Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 6 fractional worksHip and Femur Fractures5Hip and Femur Fractures: 5 fractional worksFrailty in Older Adults4Frailty in Older Adults: 4 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 4 fractional worksLipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health: 4 fractional worksNutrition and Health in …3Nutrition and Health in Aging: 3 fractional worksInfectious Diseases and …3Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis: 3 fractional worksGeriatric Care and Nursi…3Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes: 3 fractional worksReconstructive Surgery a…3Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques: 3 fractional works
EpidemiologyCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryGeriatrics and Gerontology3 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 Hip and Femur Fractures Surgery 5 works
  4. 4 Frailty in Older Adults Geriatrics and Gerontology 4 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 3 works
  8. 8 Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis Surgery 3 works
  9. 9 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes General Health Professions 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 22% higher than in 2013–2017.

2005201020152020
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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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