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National Centre for Infectious Diseases

In research, National Centre for Infectious Diseases stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,092 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,305 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Infectious Diseases (Infectious Diseases is 26.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#8,422
of 22,385 · #6,567 all time
Rank in Singapore
#26
of 61
Research works
394
▲ 36% vs 2018-21
Citations
12k
30.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.07×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
73%
world 40%
International
42%
world 18%
National Centre for Infectious Diseases

What is National Centre for Infectious Diseases 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 #2,092 of 9,902 14.5%81 #2143
MedicineField #2,305 of 8,541 15.1%75 #2430

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Centre for Infectious Diseases 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 National Centre for Infectious Diseases work in?

In 2022-now, 59% of research at National Centre for Infectious Diseases is in Health Sciences, 23% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (55%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (13%), Immunology and Microbiology (7%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 99 fractional works · 59.0% of its workMedicine: 92 fractional works · 54.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 30 fractional works · 18.1% of its workEpidemiology: 17 fractional works · 10.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 9 fractional works · 5.2% of its workSurgery: 6 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHepatology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 39 fractional works · 23.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 21 fractional works · 12.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 5.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 12 fractional works · 7.4% of its workImmunology: 7 fractional works · 3.9% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMicrobiology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workVirology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 15 fractional works · 9.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 4.8% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 14 fractional works · 8.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workModeling and Simulation: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKNational Centrefor Infectious…167fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences23%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences59%Social Sciences9%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine9254.8%
    2. Health Professions53.1%
    3. Dentistry10.5%
    4. Nursing10.3%
    5. Veterinary00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2112.8%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology127.4%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences42.2%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.4%
    5. Neuroscience10.4%
    1. Social Sciences84.8%
    2. Psychology42.7%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.5%
    5. Decision Sciences00.2%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    1. Environmental Science42.3%
    2. Mathematics31.8%
    3. Engineering21.2%
    4. Computer Science21.2%
    5. Materials Science10.9%
    6. Chemistry10.6%
    7. Energy00.3%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does National Centre for Infectious Diseases specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Infectious Diseases takes 26.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 30.3 works27×
← 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: 0.46× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.40× its world share, 21 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 7.33× its world share, 12 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.25× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.46× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.51× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.97× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.18× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.85× its world share, 92 worksMedicineNursing: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.49× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.88× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 7.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology7.33×12 works
  2. Medicine2.85×92 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.40×21 works
  4. Mathematics1.51×3 works
  5. Veterinary1.49×0 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.25×1 works
  7. Health Professions1.18×5 works
  8. Dentistry0.97×1 works
  9. Psychology0.88×4 works
  10. Nursing0.63×0 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.46×4 works
  12. Environmental Science0.46×4 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.43×2 works
  14. Chemistry0.38×1 works
  15. Social Sciences0.38×8 works
  16. Energy0.29×0 works
  17. Neuroscience0.26×1 works
  18. Materials Science0.25×1 works
  19. Decision Sciences0.24×0 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.16×1 works
  21. Computer Science0.15×2 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.10×0 works
  23. Chemical Engineering0.08×0 works
  24. Engineering0.08×2 works
  25. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.06×0 works
  26. Arts and Humanities0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at National Centre for Infectious Diseases?

Ranked on the quality score, Barnaby Edward Young, Po Ying Chia and Sean Wei Xiang Ong lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Centre for Infectious Diseases.

  1. 1 Barnaby Edward Young Singapore · #55,483 worldwide 23k citations · 281 works
  2. 2 Po Ying Chia Singapore · #138,293 worldwide 7.5k citations · 111 works
  3. 3 Sean Wei Xiang Ong Singapore · #216,825 worldwide 9.5k citations · 144 works
  4. 4 Jean‐Marc Chavatte Singapore · #1,032,628 worldwide 2.1k citations · 92 works
  5. 5 Pei Hua Lee Singapore · #1,198,842 worldwide 2.4k citations · 29 works
  6. 6 Chen Seong Wong Singapore · #1,538,905 worldwide 2.3k citations · 81 works
  7. 7 David Chien Boon Lye Singapore · #2,545,526 worldwide 3 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 H. M. L. Oh Singapore · #2,748,144 worldwide 458 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Lin Cui Singapore · #2,860,251 worldwide 215 citations · 38 works
  10. 10 Evseev Ng Singapore · #4,160,757 worldwide 13 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at National Centre for Infectious Diseases

What are the most cited papers from National Centre for Infectious Diseases?

The most cited paper from National Centre for Infectious Diseases is "Air, Surface Environmental, and Personal Protective Equipment Contamination by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) From a Symptomatic Patient" (Sean Wei Xiang Ong, Yian Kim Tan, Po Ying Chia et al., 2020), with 2,259 citations. Next come "Epidemiologic Features and Clinical Course of Patients Infected With SARS-CoV-2 in Singapore" (2,225) and "SARS-CoV-2-specific T cell immunity in cases of COVID-19 and SARS, and uninfected controls" (2,165).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Air, Surface Environmental, and Personal Protective Equipment Contamination by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) From a Symptomatic Patient Sean Wei Xiang Ong, Yian Kim Tan, Po Ying Chia et al. · JAMA Open access 4 Mar 2020 2,259
2 Epidemiologic Features and Clinical Course of Patients Infected With SARS-CoV-2 in Singapore Barnaby Edward Young et al. · JAMA Open access 3 Mar 2020 2,225
3 SARS-CoV-2-specific T cell immunity in cases of COVID-19 and SARS, and uninfected controls Nina Le Bert, Anthony Tanoto Tan, Kamini Kunasegaran et al. · Nature Open access 15 Jul 2020 2,165
4 A SARS-CoV-2 surrogate virus neutralization test based on antibody-mediated blockage of ACE2–spike protein–protein interaction Chee Wah Tan, Wan Ni Chia, Xijian Qin et al. · Nature Biotechnology Open access 23 Jul 2020 1,377
5 GISAID’s Role in Pandemic Response Shruti Khare, GISAID Global Data Science Initiative (GISAID), Munich, Germany, Céline Gurry et al. · China CDC Weekly Open access 2021 1,189
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at National Centre for Infectious Diseases?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Vaccine, Pandemic, SARS-CoV-2, Immune Response, ACE2 Receptor, Immunity and Antibiotic Resistance.

▲ 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. Epidemiology43▲ 6.4×65 topics
  2. Vaccine19▲ 29×10 topics
  3. Pandemic19▲ 11×8 topics
  4. SARS-CoV-219▲ 37×6 topics
  5. Immune Response16▲ 17×20 topics
  6. ACE2 Receptor14▲ 38×3 topics
  7. COVID-1912▲ 5.7×17 topics
  8. Immunity12▲ 17×8 topics
  9. Antibiotic Resistance11▲ 17×13 topics
  10. Diagnosis11▲ 6.8×23 topics
  11. Treatment10▲ 5.0×18 topics
  12. Coronavirus10▲ 30×2 topics
  13. Viral Transmission10▲ 43×4 topics
  14. Pathogenesis9▲ 11×18 topics
  15. Public Health9▲ 3.8×26 topics
  16. Mutation9▲ 31×3 topics
  17. antibody9▲ 54×1 topic
  18. spike protein9▲ 54×1 topic
  19. Vaccine Development8▲ 19×10 topics
  20. Infectious Diseases8▲ 14×7 topics
  21. Inflammation7▲ 2.0×36 topics
  22. Thrombosis6▲ 14×6 topics
  23. Drug Resistance6▲ 13×4 topics
  24. Pathophysiology6▲ 12×3 topics
  25. Clinical Characteristics6▲ 28×2 topics
  26. Antiretroviral Therapy6▲ 20×6 topics
  27. Antiviral Treatment6▲ 33×1 topic
  28. Cytokine Storm6▲ 33×1 topic
  29. Genetic Diversity6▲ 7.5×5 topics
  30. ESKAPE Pathogens4▲ 42×1 topic
  31. Healthcare Workers4▲ 11×4 topics
  32. Healthcare-Associated Infections4▲ 20×5 topics
  33. Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria4▲ 42×1 topic
  34. Viral Load4▲ 33×2 topics
  35. Vector Control4▲ 20×3 topics
  36. Antimicrobial Resistance4▲ 10×9 topics
  37. Host-Pathogen Interaction4▲ 30×2 topics
  38. Mycobacterium tuberculosis4▲ 38×1 topic
  39. Tuberculosis4▲ 40×1 topic
  40. Arboviral Diseases3▲ 29×1 topic

Which research topics does National Centre for Infectious Diseases publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria and Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology.

SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …9SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 9 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 5 fractional worksAntibiotic Resistance in…4Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria: 4 fractional worksTuberculosis Research an…4Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 4 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases and control: 3 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological…3COVID-19 epidemiological studies: 3 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 detection and testing: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 2 fractional worksMycobacterium research and diagnosis: 2 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesMolecular MedicinePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthHealth3 others

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

  1. 1 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 9 works
  2. 2 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 5 works
  3. 3 Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria Molecular Medicine 4 works
  4. 4 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 4 works
  5. 5 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  6. 6 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 3 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 3 works
  8. 8 SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing Infectious Diseases 2 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 2 works
  10. 10 Mycobacterium research and diagnosis Epidemiology 2 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 available72.7%not open27.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors42.3%domestic only57.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has National Centre for Infectious Diseases's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 36% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is National Centre for Infectious Diseases as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00047% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%National Centre for Infectious Diseases0.00085% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of National Centre for Infectious Diseases 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%30%National Centre for Infectious Diseases13.7% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 23.1% in 2020.

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