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Nanyang Polytechnic

In research, Nanyang Polytechnic stands highest in Physical Sciences (#4,243 of 17,446 worldwide), Engineering (#3,725 of 9,532 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#9,491 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,979
of 22,385 · #6,746 all time
Rank in Singapore
#34
of 61
Research works
608
▼ 14% vs 2018-21
Citations
15k
24.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.03×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
32%
world 40%
International
34%
world 18%
Nanyang Polytechnic

What is Nanyang Polytechnic 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
Physical SciencesDomain #4,243 of 17,446 11.2%340
EngineeringField #3,725 of 9,532 12.7%154
Social SciencesDomain #9,491 of 14,833 10.7%126

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Nanyang Polytechnic 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 Nanyang Polytechnic work in?

In 2022-now, 43% of research at Nanyang Polytechnic is in Physical Sciences, 29% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (19%), Computer Science (14%), Medicine (14%).

Physical Sciences: 48 fractional works · 43.2% of its workEngineering: 22 fractional works · 19.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 4.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 16 fractional works · 14.1% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 3.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 32 fractional works · 28.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 15 fractional works · 13.4% of its workEducation: 8 fractional works · 7.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 5.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 3.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 21 fractional works · 18.5% of its workMedicine: 15 fractional works · 13.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workResearch and Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 11 fractional works · 9.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKNanyangPolytechnic112fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences43%Health Sciences19%Social Sciences29%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering2219.3%
    2. Computer Science1614.1%
    3. Environmental Science43.8%
    4. Materials Science32.7%
    5. Chemistry11.0%
    6. Physics and Astronomy10.7%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.7%
    8. Energy10.5%
    9. Mathematics00.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    1. Social Sciences1513.4%
    2. Psychology65.5%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting43.2%
    4. Decision Sciences32.6%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance32.4%
    6. Arts and Humanities21.5%
    1. Medicine1513.6%
    2. Health Professions22.2%
    3. Dentistry21.5%
    4. Nursing11.1%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences43.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology43.2%
    3. Neuroscience32.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.4%
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: 0.72× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.59× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.59× its world share, 3 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.82× its world share, 16 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.29× its world share, 22 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.77× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.77× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.12× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.82× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.71× its world share, 15 worksMedicineNursing: 2.35× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.01× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.68× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.13× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.82× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.06× its world share, 15 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry3.12×2 works
  2. Decision Sciences2.68×3 works
  3. Nursing2.35×1 works
  4. Computer Science1.82×16 works
  5. Psychology1.82×6 works
  6. Neuroscience1.59×3 works
  7. Engineering1.29×22 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.13×3 works
  9. Social Sciences1.06×15 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting1.01×4 works
  11. Health Professions0.82×2 works
  12. Environmental Science0.77×4 works
  13. Materials Science0.77×3 works
  14. Veterinary0.73×0 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.72×4 works
  16. Medicine0.71×15 works
  17. Chemistry0.61×1 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.59×4 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.53×2 works
  20. Energy0.51×0 works
  21. Chemical Engineering0.46×0 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.43×1 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.40×0 works
  24. Mathematics0.32×0 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.32×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Nanyang Polytechnic?

Ranked on the quality score, Tiehua Du, Wai Mun Loke and Tristan L. Lim lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Nanyang Polytechnic.

  1. 1 Tiehua Du Singapore · #1,117,184 worldwide 902 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Wai Mun Loke Singapore · #1,643,929 worldwide 1.7k citations · 45 works
  3. 3 Tristan L. Lim Singapore · #2,091,344 worldwide 426 citations · 43 works
  4. 4 Seng Sing Tan Singapore · #2,577,856 worldwide 471 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 B. J. Liu Singapore · #2,939,804 worldwide 247 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Yee Wah Chin Singapore · #2,964,514 worldwide 31 citations · 30 works
  7. 7 Kenny Zhuo Ming Lu Singapore · #3,585,008 worldwide 131 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Desmond Tan Singapore · #3,924,982 worldwide 104 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Chee Teck Phua Singapore · #3,955,963 worldwide 78 citations · 13 works
  10. 10 Yan Huang Singapore · #4,249,672 worldwide 129 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Nanyang Polytechnic

What are the most cited papers from Nanyang Polytechnic?

The most cited paper from Nanyang Polytechnic is "Time Scale for Local Scour at Bridge Piers" (Bruce William Melville, Yee‐Meng Chiew, 1999), with 770 citations. Next come "Our Gut Microbiome: The Evolving Inner Self" (654) and "Graphene‐Based Electrochemical Sensors" (626).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Time Scale for Local Scour at Bridge Piers Bruce William Melville, Yee‐Meng Chiew · Journal of Hydraulic Engineering 1999 770
2 Our Gut Microbiome: The Evolving Inner Self Parag Kundu, Eran Blacher, Eran Elinav et al. · Cell Open access Dec 2017 654
3 Graphene‐Based Electrochemical Sensors Shixin Wu, Qiyuan He, Chaoliang Tan et al. · Small 13 Mar 2013 626
4 Simplified Settling Velocity Formula for Sediment Particle Nian‐Sheng Cheng · Journal of Hydraulic Engineering Open access Feb 1997 619
5 Amino‐Assisted Anchoring of CsPbBr 3 Perovskite Quantum Dots on Porous g‐C 3 N 4 for Enhanced Photocatalytic CO 2 Reduction Man Ou, Wenguang Tu, Shengming Yin et al. · Angewandte Chemie International Edition 30 Aug 2018 585
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Nanyang Polytechnic?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Student Engagement, Educational Technology, Education Policy, Lifelong Learning, Virtual Reality, Online Learning and Machine Learning.

▲ 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. Deep Learning9▲ 2.4×31 topics
  2. Machine Learning6▲ 1.74×28 topics
  3. Globalization5▲ 2.3×8 topics
  4. Educational Technology5▲ 3.7×12 topics
  5. Online Learning4▲ 4.3×4 topics
  6. Inflammation4▲ 1.57×13 topics
  7. Student Engagement4▲ 8.1×4 topics
  8. Virtual Reality3▲ 6.3×10 topics
  9. Education Policy3▲ 44×2 topics
  10. Lifelong Learning3▲ 14×5 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease3▲ 2.3×11 topics
  12. Computer Vision3▲ 9.6×3 topics
  13. Higher Education3▲ 5.0×6 topics
  14. E-Learning3▲ 2.6×7 topics
  15. Learning Analytics3▲ 21×2 topics
  16. Multiculturalism3▲ 13×1 topic
  17. Singapore3▲ 274×1 topic
  18. Power Electronics2▲ 5.8×4 topics
  19. Asset Pricing2▲ 21×2 topics
  20. Educational Data Mining2▲ 21×1 topic
  21. Environmental Monitoring2▲ 4.6×3 topics
  22. Machine Vision2▲ 8.7×4 topics
  23. Massive Open Online Courses2▲ 21×1 topic
  24. Motivation2▲ 4.3×5 topics
  25. Renewable Energy Integration2▲ 5.5×3 topics
  26. STEM Education2▲ 4.0×3 topics
  27. Aquaculture2▲ 6.7×3 topics
  28. Student Satisfaction2▲ 9.2×2 topics
  29. Collaborative Learning2▲ 21×2 topics
  30. Sensor Networks2▲ 6.2×2 topics
  31. Water Quality Monitoring2▲ 19×2 topics
  32. Distance Education2▲ 7.4×2 topics
  33. Market Efficiency2▲ 21×1 topic
  34. Stock Returns2▲ 34×1 topic
  35. Fish Behavior Analysis2▲ 23×1 topic
  36. Smart Sensors2▲ 17×1 topic
  37. Blended Learning1▲ 9.2×2 topics
  38. Competency-Based Education1▲ 14×2 topics
  39. Fabric Defect Detection1▲ 18×1 topic
  40. Instructional Design1▲ 17×2 topics

Which research topics does Nanyang Polytechnic publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Socioeconomic Development in Asia, Online Learning and Analytics, Financial Markets and Investment Strategies and Water Quality Monitoring Technologies.

Socioeconomic Development in Asia: 3 fractional worksOnline Learning and Analytics: 2 fractional worksFinancial Markets and In…2Financial Markets and Investment Strategies: 2 fractional worksWater Quality Monitoring…2Water Quality Monitoring Technologies: 2 fractional worksIndustrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection: 1 fractional worksOnline and Blended Learning: 1 fractional worksData Quality and Managem…1Data Quality and Management: 1 fractional worksScience Education and Pedagogy: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Neural Network Applications: 1 fractional worksInnovative Teaching Meth…1Innovative Teaching Methods: 1 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceComputer Science ApplicationsFinanceWater Science and Technology4 others

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

  1. 1 Socioeconomic Development in Asia Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  2. 2 Online Learning and Analytics Computer Science Applications 2 works
  3. 3 Financial Markets and Investment Strategies Finance 2 works
  4. 4 Water Quality Monitoring Technologies Water Science and Technology 2 works
  5. 5 Industrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Online and Blended Learning Education 1 works
  7. 7 Data Quality and Management Management Science and Operations Research 1 works
  8. 8 Science Education and Pedagogy Education 1 works
  9. 9 Advanced Neural Network Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 1 works
  10. 10 Innovative Teaching Methods Education 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 available31.6%not open68.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.5%domestic only66.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Nanyang Polytechnic's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 14% 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 Nanyang Polytechnic as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00037% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Nanyang Polytechnic0.00052% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Nanyang Polytechnic 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 counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Nanyang Polytechnic8.4% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.7% in 2022.

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