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National Cancer Centre Singapore

In research, National Cancer Centre Singapore stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,500 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#1,410 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#4,030 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology, Cancer Research and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Oncology is 15.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,619
of 28,054 · #5,212 all time
Rank in Singapore
#18
of 84
Research works
2.2k
▲ 10% vs 2013–17
Citations
64k
28.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
47%
world 28%

What is National Cancer Centre Singapore 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 #1,500 of 11,982 16.7%348 #1618
MedicineField #1,410 of 10,443 16.3%333 #1386
Life SciencesDomain #4,030 of 7,800 19.8%101 #3382
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #767 of 1,144 15.6%63 #962
OncologySubfield #525 of 772 16.4%83 #602
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #3,106 of 3,579 19.8%86 #3447

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Cancer Centre Singapore 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#1,618 #1,500
  2. Medicine#1,386 #1,410
  3. Life Sciences#3,382 #4,030
  4. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#962 #767
  5. Oncology#602 #525
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#3,447 #3,106
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 National Cancer Centre Singapore specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 15.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 83.5 works15×
  2. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 28.4 works13×
  3. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 62.8 works8.2×
← 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: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.24× its world share, 86 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.12× its world share, 11 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.88× its world share, 10 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.86× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.89× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.49× its world share, 333 worksMedicineNursing: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.96× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.48× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at National Cancer Centre Singapore?

Ranked on the composite score, Rebecca Dent, Daniel S.W. Tan and Aaron C. Tan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Cancer Centre Singapore.

  1. 1 Rebecca Dent Singapore · #21,694 worldwide 714 citations · 41 works
  2. 2 Daniel S.W. Tan Singapore · #37,372 worldwide 386 citations · 62 works
  3. 3 Aaron C. Tan Singapore · #43,366 worldwide 461 citations · 33 works
  4. 4 Choon Kiat Ong Singapore · #58,401 worldwide 280 citations · 37 works
  5. 5 Su Pin Choo Singapore · #98,579 worldwide 225 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Ravindran Kanesvaran Singapore · #113,242 worldwide 160 citations · 50 works
  7. 7 Joanne Ngeow Singapore · #131,029 worldwide 201 citations · 38 works
  8. 8 Yoon Sim Yap Singapore · #135,146 worldwide 191 citations · 34 works
  9. 9 Han Chong Toh Singapore · #222,427 worldwide 140 citations · 34 works
  10. 10 Daniel Shao-Weng Tan Singapore · #230,621 worldwide 162 citations · 49 works
All ranked researchers at National Cancer Centre Singapore

Which keywords describe research at National Cancer Centre Singapore?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chemotherapy, Targeted Therapy, Immunotherapy, Radiotherapy, Prognostic Factors, Clinical Trials, Cancer and Clinical Practice Guidelines.

▲ 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. Chemotherapy59▲ 17×21 topics
  2. Targeted Therapy36▲ 33×4 topics
  3. Immunotherapy35▲ 10.0×18 topics
  4. Cancer34▲ 5.0×42 topics
  5. Radiotherapy32▲ 16×13 topics
  6. Prognostic Factors30▲ 14×14 topics
  7. Clinical Trials29▲ 8.7×13 topics
  8. Clinical Practice Guidelines26▲ 9.8×9 topics
  9. Tumor Microenvironment26▲ 12×8 topics
  10. Quality of Life24▲ 3.4×34 topics
  11. Breast Cancer22▲ 19×10 topics
  12. Survival20▲ 29×4 topics
  13. Precision Medicine19▲ 8.3×7 topics
  14. Genomic Profiling18▲ 36×2 topics
  15. Treatment18▲ 3.0×25 topics
  16. Genomic Instability17▲ 31×3 topics
  17. Neoadjuvant Therapy16▲ 14×5 topics
  18. Survival Analysis16▲ 12×7 topics
  19. Metastasis16▲ 9.4×12 topics
  20. Biomarkers16▲ 4.7×14 topics
  21. Lymphoma15▲ 19×4 topics
  22. Gene Expression15▲ 5.0×11 topics
  23. Cetuximab15▲ 36×2 topics
  24. Treatment Guidelines15▲ 14×4 topics
  25. ALK Inhibitors14▲ 47×1 topic
  26. Cell-Free DNA14▲ 30×2 topics
  27. EGFR Mutations14▲ 47×1 topic
  28. Cancer Genomics14▲ 39×1 topic
  29. Mutational Signatures14▲ 39×1 topic
  30. PET Imaging13▲ 16×4 topics
  31. Prognosis13▲ 8.1×6 topics
  32. Molecular Profiling13▲ 26×3 topics
  33. Rituximab12▲ 17×2 topics
  34. Cancer Incidence12▲ 17×4 topics
  35. Molecular Subtypes12▲ 28×3 topics
  36. Molecular Characterization11▲ 13×5 topics
  37. Gene Expression Profiling11▲ 27×2 topics
  38. Human Papillomavirus11▲ 18×3 topics
  39. Immune Checkpoint Blockade11▲ 20×1 topic
  40. PD-1 and PD-L111▲ 20×1 topic

Which research topics does National Cancer Centre Singapore publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations, Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers and Head and Neck Cancer Studies.

Lung Cancer Treatments a…14Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 14 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diag…14Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 14 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…11Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 11 fractional worksHead and Neck Cancer Stu…9Head and Neck Cancer Studies: 9 fractional worksAdvanced Radiotherapy Techniques: 9 fractional worksLymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 9 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-…8Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 8 fractional worksHepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis: 7 fractional worksRadiation Therapy and Dosimetry: 7 fractional worksCancer survivorship and …6Cancer survivorship and care: 6 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineCancer ResearchOncologyOtorhinolaryngology4 others

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

  1. 1 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 14 works
  2. 2 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 14 works
  3. 3 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 11 works
  4. 4 Head and Neck Cancer Studies Otorhinolaryngology 9 works
  5. 5 Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques Radiation 9 works
  6. 6 Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pathology and Forensic Medicine 9 works
  7. 7 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 8 works
  8. 8 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Hepatology 7 works
  9. 9 Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 7 works
  10. 10 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 6 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 available47.2%not open52.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.5%domestic only70.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Cancer Centre Singapore's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 10% 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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