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National Centre for Infectious Diseases

In research, National Centre for Infectious Diseases stands highest in Medicine (#4,907 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,429 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Infectious Diseases — Infectious Diseases is 29.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,674
of 28,054 · #13,232 all time
Rank in Singapore
#39
of 84
Research works
394
▲ 308% vs 2013–17
Citations
12k
30.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
73%
world 28%

What is National Centre for Infectious Diseases 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
MedicineField #4,907 of 10,443 23.2%75 #8543
Health SciencesDomain #6,429 of 11,982 22.2%81 #10759

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does National Centre for Infectious Diseases specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Infectious Diseases takes 29.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 26.9 works30×
← 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: 0.48× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.24× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 7.11× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.80× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.79× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.04× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.23× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.93× its world share, 75 worksMedicineNursing: 0.74× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.86× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.99× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 7.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Raymond Tzer Pin Lin and Barnaby Edward Young lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Centre for Infectious Diseases.

  1. 1 Raymond Tzer Pin Lin Singapore · #497,331 worldwide 90 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Barnaby Edward Young Singapore · #569,706 worldwide 93 citations · 33 works
All ranked researchers at National Centre for Infectious Diseases

Which keywords describe research at National Centre for Infectious Diseases?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, SARS-CoV-2, Pandemic, Vaccine, Immune Response, ACE2 Receptor, COVID-19 and Immunity.

▲ 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. Epidemiology36▲ 6.8×62 topics
  2. SARS-CoV-218▲ 41×6 topics
  3. Pandemic18▲ 12×7 topics
  4. Vaccine16▲ 31×10 topics
  5. Immune Response14▲ 18×19 topics
  6. ACE2 Receptor14▲ 42×3 topics
  7. COVID-1912▲ 6.4×16 topics
  8. Immunity10▲ 19×8 topics
  9. Coronavirus10▲ 34×2 topics
  10. Viral Transmission9▲ 47×4 topics
  11. Antibiotic Resistance9▲ 17×12 topics
  12. Diagnosis9▲ 6.9×23 topics
  13. Treatment8▲ 5.3×18 topics
  14. antibody8▲ 58×1 topic
  15. spike protein8▲ 58×1 topic
  16. Pathogenesis8▲ 11×18 topics
  17. Public Health8▲ 3.9×23 topics
  18. Infectious Diseases7▲ 16×7 topics
  19. Vaccine Development7▲ 20×9 topics
  20. Thrombosis6▲ 17×6 topics
  21. Pathophysiology6▲ 14×3 topics
  22. Clinical Characteristics5▲ 32×2 topics
  23. Antiviral Treatment5▲ 37×1 topic
  24. Cytokine Storm5▲ 37×1 topic
  25. Drug Resistance5▲ 13×4 topics
  26. Antiretroviral Therapy5▲ 21×6 topics
  27. Healthcare Workers4▲ 13×4 topics
  28. Genetic Diversity4▲ 7.1×5 topics
  29. Viral Load4▲ 38×2 topics
  30. ESKAPE Pathogens4▲ 48×1 topic
  31. Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria4▲ 48×1 topic
  32. Healthcare-Associated Infections4▲ 23×5 topics
  33. Vector Control3▲ 19×3 topics
  34. Antimicrobial Resistance3▲ 11×7 topics
  35. COVID-19 Vaccine3▲ 27×2 topics
  36. Host-Pathogen Interaction3▲ 28×2 topics
  37. Mycobacterium tuberculosis3▲ 37×1 topic
  38. Tuberculosis3▲ 39×1 topic
  39. Health Behavior3▲ 19×1 topic
  40. Vaccine Hesitancy3▲ 29×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: 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 …8SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 8 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 5 fractional worksAntibiotic Resistance in Bacteria: 4 fractional worksTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 3 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 3 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 detection and testing: 2 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases and control: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological studies: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 2 fractional worksLong-Term Effects of COVID-19: 2 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesMolecular MedicineHealthPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health3 others

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

  1. 1 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 8 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 3 works
  5. 5 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 3 works
  6. 6 SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing Infectious Diseases 2 works
  7. 7 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 2 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 2 works
  10. 10 Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 Neurology 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 308% 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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