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National Heart Centre Singapore

In research, National Heart Centre Singapore stands highest in Medicine (#2,268 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#3,011 of 11,982 worldwide) and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (#217 of 738 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 31.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,222
of 28,054 · #10,223 all time
Rank in Singapore
#29
of 84
Research works
1.3k
▲ 7% vs 2013–17
Citations
23k
17.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
50%
world 28%

What is National Heart 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
MedicineField #2,268 of 10,443 18.7%242 #2592
Health SciencesDomain #3,011 of 11,982 18.6%250 #3431
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #217 of 738 19.3%100 #342

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Heart 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. Medicine#2,592 #2,268
  2. Health Sciences#3,431 #3,011
  3. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#342 #217
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 Heart Centre Singapore specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 31.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 99.9 works31×
  2. Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSubfield · 20.5 works7.5×
← 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: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.88× its world share, 14 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.53× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.74× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.19× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.25× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.90× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.12× its world share, 242 worksMedicineNursing: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.51× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.32× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at National Heart Centre Singapore?

Ranked on the composite score, Carolyn S.P. Lam, Ru‐San Tan and Swee Yaw Tan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Heart Centre Singapore.

  1. 1 Carolyn S.P. Lam Singapore · #5,994 worldwide 1.4k citations · 110 works
  2. 2 Ru‐San Tan Singapore · #199,174 worldwide 367 citations · 91 works
  3. 3 Swee Yaw Tan Singapore · #262,949 worldwide 75 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Ju Le Tan Singapore · #659,736 worldwide 53 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Khung Keong Yeo Singapore · #722,173 worldwide 110 citations · 67 works
  6. 6 Wee Siong Teo Singapore · #730,319 worldwide 42 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Terrance Chua Singapore · #740,164 worldwide 38 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 See Hooi Ewe Singapore · #744,030 worldwide 33 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Liang Zhong Singapore · #890,279 worldwide 101 citations · 90 works
  10. 10 Chanchal Chandramouli Singapore · #891,911 worldwide 14 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at National Heart Centre Singapore

Which keywords describe research at National Heart Centre Singapore?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Heart Failure, Cardiovascular Disease, Obesity, Echocardiography, Guidelines, Myocardial Infarction, Coronary Artery Disease and Diagnosis.

▲ 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. Heart Failure45▲ 34×13 topics
  2. Cardiovascular Disease38▲ 11×31 topics
  3. Obesity32▲ 14×12 topics
  4. Echocardiography32▲ 38×8 topics
  5. Epidemiology29▲ 2.4×60 topics
  6. Guidelines27▲ 19×7 topics
  7. Myocardial Infarction25▲ 35×6 topics
  8. Inflammation23▲ 3.6×48 topics
  9. Coronary Artery Disease22▲ 64×3 topics
  10. Diagnosis21▲ 7.4×17 topics
  11. Treatment20▲ 5.3×18 topics
  12. Atherosclerosis19▲ 22×9 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Risk18▲ 19×8 topics
  14. Chamber Quantification17▲ 71×1 topic
  15. Diastolic Function17▲ 71×1 topic
  16. Magnetic Resonance Imaging16▲ 21×5 topics
  17. Cardiac Imaging15▲ 42×3 topics
  18. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement13▲ 60×1 topic
  19. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement13▲ 60×1 topic
  20. Radiation Exposure13▲ 43×2 topics
  21. Cardiovascular Risk Assessment13▲ 52×2 topics
  22. Computed Tomography Angiography12▲ 60×1 topic
  23. Myocardial Perfusion12▲ 60×1 topic
  24. Renal Function12▲ 41×4 topics
  25. B-Type Natriuretic Peptide11▲ 75×1 topic
  26. Hospital Readmission11▲ 75×1 topic
  27. Catheter Ablation11▲ 30×2 topics
  28. Vascular Function11▲ 36×3 topics
  29. Epicardial Fat10▲ 75×1 topic
  30. Perivascular Adipose Tissue10▲ 75×1 topic
  31. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention10▲ 24×4 topics
  32. Atrial Fibrillation9▲ 30×2 topics
  33. Stroke Prevention8▲ 22×2 topics
  34. Anticoagulant Therapy7▲ 20×4 topics
  35. Chronic Kidney Disease7▲ 9.5×8 topics
  36. Risk Stratification7▲ 32×1 topic
  37. Thromboembolism7▲ 32×1 topic
  38. Sudden Cardiac Death7▲ 27×2 topics
  39. Arrhythmias7▲ 24×2 topics
  40. Cardiovascular Events7▲ 18×4 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors, Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics and Heart Failure Treatment and Management.

Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 17 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 13 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diag…12Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 12 fractional worksHeart Failure Treatment …11Heart Failure Treatment and Management: 11 fractional worksCardiovascular Disease and Adiposity: 10 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 7 fractional worksAcute Myocardial Infarct…5Acute Myocardial Infarction Research: 5 fractional worksCoronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 5 fractional worksInfective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management: 4 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 4 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSurgeryEpidemiology

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

  1. 1 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 17 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 13 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 12 works
  4. 4 Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 11 works
  5. 5 Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 10 works
  6. 6 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 7 works
  7. 7 Acute Myocardial Infarction Research Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  8. 8 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 5 works
  9. 9 Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Epidemiology 4 works
  10. 10 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 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 available50.3%not open49.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors34.6%domestic only65.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% 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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