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National Environment Agency

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World rank, all time
#15,695
of 34,923
Rank in Singapore
#48
of 92
Research works
195
▼ 15% vs 2018-21
Citations
7.4k
38.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.24×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
69%
world 40%
International
36%
world 18%
National Environment Agency

Which fields of science does National Environment Agency work in?

In 2022-now, 41% of research at National Environment Agency is in Health Sciences, 32% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (39%), Environmental Science (19%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (12%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 22 fractional works · 41.3% of its workMedicine: 21 fractional works · 38.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 10 fractional works · 18.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 7 fractional works · 12.6% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 17 fractional works · 32.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 10 fractional works · 19.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 6.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 5.4% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 6.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Health and Safety: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 13 fractional works · 23.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 11.6% of its workInsect Science: 4 fractional works · 6.8% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 6.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKNationalEnvironment…54fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences23%Physical Sciences32%Health Sciences41%Social Sciences3%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine2138.8%
    2. Health Professions11.9%
    3. Nursing00.3%
    4. Veterinary00.2%
    1. Environmental Science1019.1%
    2. Engineering36.5%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences23.4%
    4. Computer Science11.2%
    5. Mathematics00.9%
    6. Energy00.4%
    7. Chemistry00.4%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences611.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology36.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology24.3%
    4. Neuroscience00.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Social Sciences23.1%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
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: 2.44× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.19× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.31× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.89× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.15× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.43× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.84× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.79× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.02× its world share, 21 worksMedicineNursing: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.52× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology4.31×2 works
  2. Environmental Science3.84×10 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.44×6 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.15×2 works
  5. Medicine2.02×21 works
  6. Veterinary1.52×0 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.19×3 works
  8. Chemical Engineering0.89×0 works
  9. Mathematics0.79×0 works
  10. Health Professions0.71×1 works
  11. Nursing0.68×0 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.59×0 works
  13. Neuroscience0.51×0 works
  14. Energy0.45×0 works
  15. Engineering0.43×4 works
  16. Chemistry0.24×0 works
  17. Social Sciences0.24×2 works
  18. Computer Science0.16×1 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at National Environment Agency?

Ranked on the quality score, Lee Ching Ng, Shuzhen Sim and Cheong Huat Tan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Environment Agency.

  1. 1 Lee Ching Ng Singapore · #29,492 worldwide 15k citations · 297 works
  2. 2 Shuzhen Sim Singapore · #57,315 worldwide 3.5k citations · 50 works
  3. 3 Cheong Huat Tan Singapore · #183,439 worldwide 3.1k citations · 79 works
  4. 4 Hapuarachchige Chanditha Hapuarachchi Singapore · #245,027 worldwide 3.1k citations · 81 works
  5. 5 Kim-Sung Lee Singapore · #256,925 worldwide 2.2k citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Chee‐Seng Chong Singapore · #263,041 worldwide 2.2k citations · 62 works
  7. 7 Grace Yap Singapore · #406,260 worldwide 2.2k citations · 51 works
  8. 8 Jayanthi Rajarethinam Singapore · #431,049 worldwide 1k citations · 22 works
  9. 9 Li-Kiang Tan Singapore · #541,196 worldwide 1.2k citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Yee Ling Lai Singapore · #578,521 worldwide 780 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at National Environment Agency

What are the most cited papers from National Environment Agency?

The most cited paper from National Environment Agency is "Stabilizing triplet excited states for ultralong organic phosphorescence" (Zhongfu An, Chao Zheng, Ye Tao et al., 2015), with 1,967 citations. Next come "Contemporary status of insecticide resistance in the major Aedes vectors of arboviruses infecting humans" (1,013) and "Temporal full-colour tuning through non-steady-state upconversion" (998).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Stabilizing triplet excited states for ultralong organic phosphorescence Zhongfu An, Chao Zheng, Ye Tao et al. · Nature Materials 3 Apr 2015 1,967
2 Contemporary status of insecticide resistance in the major Aedes vectors of arboviruses infecting humans Catherine L. Moyes, John G. VONTAS, Ademir Jesus Martins et al. · PLoS neglected tropical diseases Open access 20 Jul 2017 1,013
3 Temporal full-colour tuning through non-steady-state upconversion Renren Deng, Fei Qin, Runfeng Chen et al. · Nature Nanotechnology 19 Jan 2015 998
4 Investigation of three clusters of COVID-19 in Singapore: implications for surveillance and response measures Rachael Pung et al. · The Lancet Open access Mar 2020 714
5 Enhancing multiphoton upconversion through energy clustering at sublattice level Juan Wang, Renren Deng, Mark MacDonald et al. · Nature Materials 22 Nov 2013 603
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Which keywords describe research at National Environment Agency?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Vector Control, Vaccine Development, Public Health, Arboviral Diseases, Zika Virus, Climate Change and Pathogenesis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology17▲ 8.0×33 topics
  2. Vector Control10▲ 161×4 topics
  3. Vaccine Development9▲ 67×6 topics
  4. Public Health6▲ 8.2×15 topics
  5. Arboviral Diseases6▲ 185×1 topic
  6. Zika Virus6▲ 185×1 topic
  7. Climate Change6▲ 4.3×28 topics
  8. Pathogenesis4▲ 16×9 topics
  9. Zoonotic Infections4▲ 139×2 topics
  10. Genetic Diversity4▲ 16×3 topics
  11. Bunyavirus3▲ 153×1 topic
  12. Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers3▲ 153×1 topic
  13. Host-Pathogen Interactions3▲ 75×2 topics
  14. Health Effects3▲ 9.8×10 topics
  15. Microbiota3▲ 26×3 topics
  16. Global Warming3▲ 13×6 topics
  17. Genome Sequence3▲ 61×2 topics
  18. Symbiont3▲ 251×1 topic
  19. Wolbachia3▲ 251×1 topic
  20. Global Burden2▲ 8.4×5 topics
  21. Insecticide Resistance2▲ 59×3 topics
  22. Artemisinin Resistance2▲ 129×1 topic
  23. Mortality2▲ 7.7×4 topics
  24. Plasmodium falciparum2▲ 129×1 topic
  25. COVID-192▲ 3.1×8 topics
  26. Infectious Diseases2▲ 10×6 topics
  27. Pathogen Transmission2▲ 48×2 topics
  28. SARS-CoV-22▲ 11×4 topics
  29. Food Safety2▲ 11×7 topics
  30. Invasive Species2▲ 6.5×5 topics
  31. Particulate Matter2▲ 19×2 topics
  32. Vulnerability2▲ 12×3 topics
  33. Global Burden of Disease1▲ 10×2 topics
  34. Vaccine1▲ 6.5×7 topics
  35. Virulence Factors1▲ 18×5 topics
  36. Air Pollution1▲ 19×1 topic
  37. Fine Particulate Air Pollution1▲ 26×1 topic
  38. Risk Perception1▲ 9.2×4 topics
  39. Population Dynamics1▲ 8.9×2 topics
  40. Helminth Infections1▲ 50×2 topics

Which research topics does National Environment Agency publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Mosquito-borne diseases and control, Viral Infections and Vectors, Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences and Malaria Research and Control.

Mosquito-borne diseases …6Mosquito-borne diseases and control: 6 fractional worksViral Infections and Vec…3Viral Infections and Vectors: 3 fractional worksInsect symbiosis and bac…3Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences: 3 fractional worksMalaria Research and Con…2Malaria Research and Control: 2 fractional worksAir Quality and Health I…1Air Quality and Health Impacts: 1 fractional worksZoonotic diseases and pu…1Zoonotic diseases and public health: 1 fractional worksClimate Change and Health Impacts: 1 fractional worksVector-borne infectious diseases: 1 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 detection and testing: 1 fractional worksClimate variability and models: 1 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthInfectious DiseasesInsect ScienceHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis2 others

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

  1. 1 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 6 works
  2. 2 Viral Infections and Vectors Infectious Diseases 3 works
  3. 3 Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences Insect Science 3 works
  4. 4 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  5. 5 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 1 works
  6. 6 Zoonotic diseases and public health Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  7. 7 Climate Change and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 1 works
  8. 8 Vector-borne infectious diseases Parasitology 1 works
  9. 9 SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing Infectious Diseases 1 works
  10. 10 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 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 available69.3%not open30.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors35.9%domestic only64.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has National Environment Agency's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 15% 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 National Environment Agency as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00017% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%National Environment Agency0.00019% in 20251990200020102020

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