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Ng Teng Fong General Hospital

In research, Ng Teng Fong General Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,959 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#3,524 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 8.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,687
of 28,054 · #19,923 all time
Rank in Singapore
#46
of 84
Research works
493
▲ 262% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.4k
11.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
62%
world 28%

What is Ng Teng Fong General Hospital 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 #2,959 of 11,982 17.0%197 #5806
MedicineField #3,524 of 10,443 16.4%177 #7891

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ng Teng Fong General Hospital 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 Ng Teng Fong General Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 8.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 43.6 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: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.53× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.71× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.14× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 6.67× its world share, 7 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.87× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.07× its world share, 177 worksMedicineNursing: 1.79× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.40× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 6.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ng Teng Fong General Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Vineet Gauhar lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ng Teng Fong General Hospital.

  1. 1 Vineet Gauhar Singapore · #1,063,643 worldwide 46 citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at Ng Teng Fong General Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Ng Teng Fong General Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Management, Treatment, Risk Factors, Quality of Life, Complications, Metabolic Syndrome 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. Epidemiology34▲ 3.8×68 topics
  2. Management18▲ 10×19 topics
  3. Treatment18▲ 6.4×27 topics
  4. Risk Factors15▲ 6.1×19 topics
  5. Quality of Life13▲ 4.1×36 topics
  6. Diagnosis11▲ 5.3×24 topics
  7. Metabolic Syndrome11▲ 5.9×17 topics
  8. Inflammation10▲ 2.1×34 topics
  9. Complications10▲ 8.6×15 topics
  10. Surgical Management8▲ 9.0×17 topics
  11. Mortality8▲ 5.8×11 topics
  12. Medical Therapy7▲ 79×2 topics
  13. Prevalence7▲ 8.0×5 topics
  14. Cardiovascular Disease7▲ 2.8×23 topics
  15. Guidelines7▲ 6.6×10 topics
  16. Calcium Oxalate7▲ 127×1 topic
  17. Urolithiasis7▲ 127×1 topic
  18. Clinical Practice Guidelines7▲ 5.5×13 topics
  19. Prevention6▲ 6.7×8 topics
  20. Surgery6▲ 7.8×8 topics
  21. Robotic Surgery6▲ 18×5 topics
  22. Medical Education6▲ 9.6×6 topics
  23. Critical Care6▲ 11×7 topics
  24. Aging5▲ 4.3×9 topics
  25. Heart Failure5▲ 5.3×12 topics
  26. Reconstruction5▲ 12×4 topics
  27. Laparoscopic Surgery5▲ 18×4 topics
  28. Rehabilitation5▲ 5.3×11 topics
  29. Anticoagulant Therapy4▲ 16×4 topics
  30. Clinical Outcomes4▲ 9.3×3 topics
  31. Psychological Factors4▲ 9.4×5 topics
  32. Prognosis4▲ 6.0×8 topics
  33. Echocardiography4▲ 6.8×8 topics
  34. Surgical Treatment4▲ 9.5×4 topics
  35. Chronic Pain4▲ 8.0×5 topics
  36. Diagnostic Criteria4▲ 7.7×8 topics
  37. Embolization4▲ 26×4 topics
  38. Pain Management4▲ 7.7×8 topics
  39. Postoperative Complications4▲ 13×4 topics
  40. Antibiotic Prophylaxis4▲ 20×3 topics

Which research topics does Ng Teng Fong General Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Kidney Stones and Urolithiasis Treatments, Ureteral procedures and complications, Temporomandibular Joint Disorders and Pediatric Urology and Nephrology Studies.

Kidney Stones and Urolit…7Kidney Stones and Urolithiasis Treatments: 7 fractional worksUreteral procedures and complications: 3 fractional worksTemporomandibular Joint Disorders: 3 fractional worksPediatric Urology and Nephrology Studies: 3 fractional worksSurgical Simulation and Training: 2 fractional worksFrailty in Older Adults: 2 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral…2Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 2 fractional worksCase Reports on Hematomas: 2 fractional worksGastrointestinal disorders and treatments: 2 fractional worksSimulation-Based Educati…2Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare: 2 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineObstetrics and GynecologyComplementary and Manual TherapyPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health4 others

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

  1. 1 Kidney Stones and Urolithiasis Treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 7 works
  2. 2 Ureteral procedures and complications Obstetrics and Gynecology 3 works
  3. 3 Temporomandibular Joint Disorders Complementary and Manual Therapy 3 works
  4. 4 Pediatric Urology and Nephrology Studies Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 3 works
  5. 5 Surgical Simulation and Training Surgery 2 works
  6. 6 Frailty in Older Adults Geriatrics and Gerontology 2 works
  7. 7 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Case Reports on Hematomas Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments Surgery 2 works
  10. 10 Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare Physiology 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 available61.6%not open38.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.4%domestic only69.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ng Teng Fong General Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 262% higher than in 2013–2017.

2005201020152020
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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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