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Sengkang General Hospital

In research, Sengkang General Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#3,106 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#3,727 of 11,982 worldwide) and Surgery (#1,425 of 1,816 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 9.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,048
of 28,054 · #22,553 all time
Rank in Singapore
#53
of 84
Research works
852
▲ 986% vs 2013–17
Citations
5k
5.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
67%
world 28%

What is Sengkang 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
MedicineField #3,106 of 10,443 7.6%340 #6630
Health SciencesDomain #3,727 of 11,982 8.3%370 #7467
SurgerySubfield #1,425 of 1,816 6.9%102 #3279

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sengkang 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).

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#6,630 #3,106
  2. Health Sciences#7,467 #3,727
  3. Surgery#3,279 #1,425
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 Sengkang General Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 9.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 101.7 works9.7×
← 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: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.58× its world share, 14 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.88× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.95× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.19× its world share, 13 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.19× its world share, 26 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.93× its world share, 340 worksMedicineNursing: 1.24× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.76× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.60× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 14 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Sengkang General Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Edward Choke and Frederick H. Koh lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sengkang General Hospital.

  1. 1 Edward Choke Singapore · #616,211 worldwide 55 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Frederick H. Koh Singapore · #1,192,966 worldwide 6 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Sengkang General Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Sengkang General Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Inflammation, Quality of Life, Surgical Management, Mortality, Management and Treatment.

▲ 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. Epidemiology62▲ 3.5×89 topics
  2. Inflammation29▲ 3.1×42 topics
  3. Complications28▲ 12×16 topics
  4. Quality of Life25▲ 3.9×35 topics
  5. Treatment22▲ 4.0×37 topics
  6. Diagnosis19▲ 4.5×32 topics
  7. Management19▲ 5.3×25 topics
  8. Mortality18▲ 6.8×11 topics
  9. Surgical Management17▲ 9.4×19 topics
  10. Guidelines16▲ 7.5×12 topics
  11. Risk Factors16▲ 3.2×25 topics
  12. Rehabilitation14▲ 8.2×10 topics
  13. Clinical Practice Guidelines14▲ 5.7×14 topics
  14. Patient Satisfaction13▲ 9.4×9 topics
  15. Biomechanics11▲ 8.2×6 topics
  16. Diabetes11▲ 5.0×11 topics
  17. Aging11▲ 4.6×11 topics
  18. Prevention10▲ 5.2×12 topics
  19. Elderly Patients9▲ 12×4 topics
  20. Genetic Mutations9▲ 4.7×19 topics
  21. Radiotherapy9▲ 5.2×10 topics
  22. Revision Surgery9▲ 16×2 topics
  23. Total Hip Replacement9▲ 16×2 topics
  24. Arthroplasty9▲ 20×2 topics
  25. Regeneration9▲ 9.8×4 topics
  26. Breast Reconstruction8▲ 30×2 topics
  27. Chronic Kidney Disease8▲ 7.7×8 topics
  28. Diagnostic Imaging8▲ 16×4 topics
  29. Surgical Treatment8▲ 8.8×6 topics
  30. Clinical Outcomes8▲ 8.0×5 topics
  31. Surgery8▲ 4.7×12 topics
  32. Health-related Quality of Life7▲ 6.8×4 topics
  33. Postoperative Complications7▲ 12×3 topics
  34. Quality Improvement7▲ 7.7×7 topics
  35. Pain Management7▲ 6.4×8 topics
  36. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention6▲ 11×4 topics
  37. Outcomes6▲ 17×1 topic
  38. Total Knee Replacement6▲ 20×1 topic
  39. Free Flap6▲ 33×1 topic
  40. Microsurgical Reconstruction6▲ 33×1 topic

Which research topics does Sengkang General Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes, Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques, Frailty in Older Adults and Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation.

Total Knee Arthroplasty …6Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 6 fractional worksReconstructive Surgery a…6Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques: 6 fractional worksFrailty in Older Adults: 5 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 5 fractional worksOsteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms: 4 fractional worksGeriatric Care and Nursing Homes: 4 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 4 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Trea…4Shoulder Injury and Treatment: 4 fractional worksVascular Procedures and Complications: 4 fractional worksDiabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and Management: 4 fractional works
SurgeryGeriatrics and GerontologyRheumatologyGeneral Health Professions3 others

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

  1. 1 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 6 works
  2. 2 Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques Surgery 6 works
  3. 3 Frailty in Older Adults Geriatrics and Gerontology 5 works
  4. 4 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 5 works
  5. 5 Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms Rheumatology 4 works
  6. 6 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes General Health Professions 4 works
  7. 7 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  8. 8 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 4 works
  9. 9 Vascular Procedures and Complications Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  10. 10 Diabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 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 available66.6%not open33.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.4%domestic only85.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Sengkang General Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 986% 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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