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Mount Elizabeth Hospital

In research, Mount Elizabeth Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#6,078 of 14,558 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,612 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#22,095
of 22,385 · #23,331 all time
Rank in Singapore
#61
of 61
Research works
419
▼ 25% vs 2018-21
Citations
6k
14.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
40%
world 40%
International
23%
world 18%
Mount Elizabeth Hospital

What is Mount Elizabeth Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
MedicineField #6,078 of 14,558 6.0%326
Health SciencesDomain #7,612 of 16,688 5.9%349

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Mount Elizabeth 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 fields of science does Mount Elizabeth Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 85% of research at Mount Elizabeth Hospital is in Health Sciences, 8% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (83%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (4%), Engineering (4%). It does 3.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 56 fractional works · 85.5% of its workMedicine: 55 fractional works · 82.9% of its workSurgery: 9 fractional works · 14.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 6 fractional works · 9.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 6 fractional works · 9.4% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 4.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 7.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 4.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 4 fractional works · 5.5% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 3.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 3.8% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMount ElizabethHospital66fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences85%Social Sciences1%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine5582.9%
    2. Health Professions11.5%
    3. Dentistry00.5%
    4. Veterinary00.5%
    5. Nursing00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology34.3%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology11.3%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.1%
    4. Neuroscience11.1%
    1. Engineering33.8%
    2. Computer Science10.8%
    3. Materials Science00.4%
    4. Mathematics00.2%
    5. Environmental Science00.2%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting00.3%
    2. Psychology00.3%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.3%
    4. Social Sciences00.2%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.80× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.33× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.01× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.31× its world share, 55 worksMedicineNursing: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.51× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.31×55 works
  2. Veterinary3.51×0 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology1.33×1 works
  4. Dentistry1.01×0 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.80×3 works
  6. Neuroscience0.69×1 works
  7. Health Professions0.58×1 works
  8. Engineering0.26×2 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.24×1 works
  10. Nursing0.17×0 works
  11. Mathematics0.16×0 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.12×0 works
  13. Materials Science0.11×0 works
  14. Computer Science0.10×0 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.10×0 works
  16. Psychology0.10×0 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.08×0 works
  18. Environmental Science0.03×0 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.02×0 works
  20. Social Sciences0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Mount Elizabeth Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, John W. M. Hoe, Richard Guan and Wai-Choong Lye lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Mount Elizabeth Hospital.

  1. 1 John W. M. Hoe Singapore · #532,854 worldwide 3.8k citations · 38 works
  2. 2 Richard Guan Singapore · #867,048 worldwide 5.6k citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Wai-Choong Lye Singapore · #1,528,947 worldwide 1.9k citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Lip Ping Low Singapore · #2,443,409 worldwide 501 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Dennis Chua Singapore · #4,710,440 worldwide 224 citations · 28 works
  6. 6 Yong Nk Singapore · #4,747,970 worldwide 76 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Patrick Tan Singapore · #4,893,276 worldwide 130 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 Kyoung-Ah Yeo Singapore · #5,040,681 worldwide 28 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Pillay Vk Singapore · #5,107,214 worldwide 109 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Huizhen Singapore · #6,271,502 worldwide 93 citations · 44 works
All ranked researchers at Mount Elizabeth Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Mount Elizabeth Hospital?

The most cited paper from Mount Elizabeth Hospital is "Diagnostic Performance of Coronary Angiography by 64-Row CT" (Julie M. Miller, Carlos Eduardo Rochitte, Marc Dewey et al., 2008), with 1,824 citations. Next come "Global Vascular Guidelines on the Management of Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia" (1,569) and "Peritoneal Dialysis-Related Infections Recommendations: 2010 Update" (894).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Diagnostic Performance of Coronary Angiography by 64-Row CT Julie M. Miller, Carlos Eduardo Rochitte, Marc Dewey et al. · New England Journal of Medicine 26 Nov 2008 1,824
2 Global Vascular Guidelines on the Management of Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia Michael S. Conte et al. · European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Open access 7 Jun 2019 1,569
3 Peritoneal Dialysis-Related Infections Recommendations: 2010 Update Philip Kam‐Tao Li, Cheuk‐Chun Szeto, Beth Piraino et al. · Peritoneal Dialysis International Jul 2010 894
4 Asian-Pacific consensus statement on the management of chronic hepatitis B: a 2008 update Yun‐Fan Liaw, Nancy Leung, Jia‐Horng Kao et al. · Hepatology International Open access 9 May 2008 872
5 Peritoneal Dialysis-Related Infections Recommendations: 2005 Update Beth Piraino, George R. Bailie, Judith Y. Bernardini et al. · Peritoneal Dialysis International Mar 2005 698
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Mount Elizabeth Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Degenerative Disc Disease, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Diagnosis, Radiation Exposure, Low Back Pain, Clinical Outcomes and Inflammation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology7▲ 2.5×50 topics
  2. Inflammation4▲ 2.6×22 topics
  3. Diagnosis3▲ 5.5×20 topics
  4. Degenerative Disc Disease3▲ 47×2 topics
  5. Magnetic Resonance Imaging3▲ 17×3 topics
  6. Radiation Exposure3▲ 41×2 topics
  7. Low Back Pain2▲ 22×2 topics
  8. Clinical Outcomes2▲ 15×2 topics
  9. Global Burden2▲ 5.9×6 topics
  10. Management2▲ 3.9×11 topics
  11. Surgical Treatment2▲ 16×3 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Risk Assessment2▲ 37×2 topics
  13. Myocardial Infarction2▲ 13×4 topics
  14. Risk Factors2▲ 2.8×14 topics
  15. Spinal Fusion2▲ 31×2 topics
  16. Treatment2▲ 2.5×22 topics
  17. Coronary Artery Disease2▲ 25×2 topics
  18. Cardiac Imaging2▲ 23×2 topics
  19. Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 5.0×9 topics
  20. Computed Tomography Angiography2▲ 40×1 topic
  21. Intervertebral Disc2▲ 41×1 topic
  22. Lumbar Disc Degeneration2▲ 41×1 topic
  23. Myocardial Perfusion2▲ 40×1 topic
  24. Prognostic Factors2▲ 6.1×8 topics
  25. Biomechanics2▲ 7.7×3 topics
  26. Genetic Mutations2▲ 5.6×12 topics
  27. Mechanical Ventilation2▲ 22×2 topics
  28. Pain Management2▲ 11×7 topics
  29. Chronic Pain2▲ 10×4 topics
  30. Surgical Management2▲ 5.7×9 topics
  31. Dual-Energy CT1▲ 50×1 topic
  32. Echocardiography1▲ 7.2×5 topics
  33. Intraocular Pressure1▲ 23×2 topics
  34. Material Differentiation1▲ 50×1 topic
  35. Pedicle Screw Fixation1▲ 50×1 topic
  36. Vertebroplasty1▲ 50×1 topic
  37. Anticoagulant Therapy1▲ 15×3 topics
  38. Hypertension1▲ 6.5×7 topics
  39. Weight Loss1▲ 12×4 topics
  40. Anterior Cervical Discectomy1▲ 58×1 topic

Which research topics does Mount Elizabeth Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology, Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics, Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging and Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques.

Spine and Intervertebral…2Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 2 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diag…2Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksAdvanced X-ray and CT Im…1Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging: 1 fractional worksSpinal Fractures and Fix…1Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques: 1 fractional worksCervical and Thoracic Myelopathy: 1 fractional worksRadiation Dose and Imaging: 1 fractional worksBlood groups and transfu…1Blood groups and transfusion: 1 fractional worksCorneal surgery and disorders: 1 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 1 fractional worksRespiratory Support and …1Respiratory Support and Mechanisms: 1 fractional works
Pathology and Forensic MedicineRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingBiomedical EngineeringSurgery2 others

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

  1. 1 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 2 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  3. 3 Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques Surgery 1 works
  5. 5 Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy Surgery 1 works
  6. 6 Radiation Dose and Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  7. 7 Blood groups and transfusion Hematology 1 works
  8. 8 Corneal surgery and disorders Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  9. 9 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Respiratory Support and Mechanisms Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 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 available40.0%not open60.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.4%domestic only76.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Mount Elizabeth Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 25% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Mount Elizabeth Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00046% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Mount Elizabeth Hospital0.00022% in 202519801990200020102020

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