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Sengkang General Hospital

In research, Sengkang General Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,288 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#3,872 of 8,541 worldwide) and Surgery (#929 of 1,532 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery (Surgery is 9.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,514
of 22,385 · #18,793 all time
Rank in Singapore
#36
of 61
Research works
852
▲ 51% vs 2018-21
Citations
5k
5.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.77×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
67%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
Sengkang General Hospital

What is Sengkang General Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #4,288 of 9,902 5.5%370 #6655
MedicineField #3,872 of 8,541 5.1%340 #5744
SurgerySubfield #929 of 1,532 6.2%102 #1979

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#6,655 #4,288
  2. Medicine#5,744 #3,872
  3. Surgery#1,979 #929
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Sengkang General Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 82% of research at Sengkang General Hospital is in Health Sciences, 7% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (75%), Health Professions (6%), Social Sciences (3%). It does 3.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 418 fractional works · 82.1% of its workMedicine: 384 fractional works · 75.4% of its workSurgery: 114 fractional works · 22.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 33 fractional works · 6.6% of its workRheumatology: 16 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEpidemiology: 15 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 14 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 14 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPhysiology: 14 fractional works · 2.7% of its workOncology: 14 fractional works · 2.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 13 fractional works · 2.6% of its workNeurology: 13 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 12 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 11 fractional works · 2.1% of its workNephrology: 10 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 9 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 9 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 9 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRehabilitation: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDermatology: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGastroenterology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 29 fractional works · 5.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 15 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 34 fractional works · 6.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 17 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEducation: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychology: 11 fractional works · 2.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 33 fractional works · 6.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 15 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSensory Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 24 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEngineering: 14 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 1.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSengkang GeneralHospital509fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences82%Social Sciences7%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine38475.4%
    2. Health Professions295.7%
    3. Nursing30.6%
    4. Dentistry10.2%
    5. Veterinary10.2%
    1. Social Sciences173.4%
    2. Psychology112.1%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting20.4%
    5. Arts and Humanities20.3%
    6. Decision Sciences10.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology153.0%
    2. Neuroscience71.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology50.9%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences40.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    1. Engineering142.7%
    2. Computer Science51.1%
    3. Physics and Astronomy20.4%
    4. Environmental Science20.3%
    5. Mathematics10.1%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    7. Materials Science00.0%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    9. Chemistry00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Sengkang General Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 9.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 114.4 works9.6×
← 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: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.57× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.94× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.88× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.14× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.18× its world share, 14 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.15× its world share, 29 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.92× its world share, 384 worksMedicineNursing: 1.32× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.55× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.69× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 17 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.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.92×384 works
  2. Health Professions2.15×29 works
  3. Veterinary1.55×1 works
  4. Nursing1.32×3 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology0.94×5 works
  6. Neuroscience0.88×7 works
  7. Psychology0.69×11 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.57×16 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.50×1 works
  10. Dentistry0.46×1 works
  11. Social Sciences0.27×17 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.23×2 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.18×4 works
  14. Engineering0.18×14 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.17×2 works
  16. Computer Science0.14×6 works
  17. Mathematics0.12×1 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.11×2 works
  19. Decision Sciences0.11×0 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.10×2 works
  21. Environmental Science0.07×2 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.06×0 works
  23. Chemical Engineering0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Sengkang General Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Edward Tieng Chek Choke, Donovan Tay and Sueziani Binte Zainudin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sengkang General Hospital.

  1. 1 Edward Tieng Chek Choke Singapore · #569,532 worldwide 4.8k citations · 141 works
  2. 2 Donovan Tay Singapore · #750,605 worldwide 938 citations · 43 works
  3. 3 Sueziani Binte Zainudin Singapore · #1,624,307 worldwide 646 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Leonard M. L. Ho Singapore · #1,963,962 worldwide 336 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Baldwin Po Man Yeung Singapore · #2,048,228 worldwide 452 citations · 48 works
  6. 6 Tousif Kabir Singapore · #2,050,013 worldwide 1k citations · 70 works
  7. 7 Laura Tay Singapore · #2,052,278 worldwide 1.2k citations · 54 works
  8. 8 Tze Choong Charn Singapore · #2,286,042 worldwide 539 citations · 45 works
  9. 9 Darius Kang Lie Aw Singapore · #2,297,643 worldwide 323 citations · 38 works
  10. 10 Sharmini Su Sivarajah Singapore · #2,393,629 worldwide 438 citations · 42 works
All ranked researchers at Sengkang General Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Sengkang General Hospital?

The most cited paper from Sengkang General Hospital is "Epidemiologic Features and Clinical Course of Patients Infected With SARS-CoV-2 in Singapore" (Barnaby Edward Young et al., 2020), with 2,225 citations. Next come "Virological and serological kinetics of SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant vaccine breakthrough infections: a multicentre cohort study" (306) and "Cohort study to evaluate the effect of vitamin D, magnesium, and vitamin B12 in combination on progression to severe outcomes in older patients with coronavirus (COVID-19)" (282).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Epidemiologic Features and Clinical Course of Patients Infected With SARS-CoV-2 in Singapore Barnaby Edward Young et al. · JAMA Open access 3 Mar 2020 2,225
2 Virological and serological kinetics of SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant vaccine breakthrough infections: a multicentre cohort study Po Ying Chia, Sean Wei Xiang Ong, Calvin J. Chiew et al. · Clinical Microbiology and Infection Open access 23 Nov 2021 306
3 Cohort study to evaluate the effect of vitamin D, magnesium, and vitamin B12 in combination on progression to severe outcomes in older patients with coronavirus (COVID-19) Chuen Wen Tan, Liam Pock Ho, Shirin Kalimuddin et al. · Nutrition Open access 8 Sep 2020 282
4 Prognosis and persistence of smell and taste dysfunction in patients with covid-19: meta-analysis with parametric cure modelling of recovery curves Benjamin Kye Jyn Tan, Ruobing Han, Joseph Jonathan Zhao et al. · BMJ Open access 27 Jul 2022 229
5 Diabetes and Ramadan: Practical guidelines 2021 Mohamed M. Hassanein et al. · Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice Open access 8 Jan 2022 224
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Sengkang General Hospital?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology71▲ 3.5×90 topics
  2. Inflammation32▲ 3.0×44 topics
  3. Complications31▲ 12×17 topics
  4. Quality of Life29▲ 3.9×38 topics
  5. Treatment24▲ 3.9×38 topics
  6. Diagnosis22▲ 4.5×32 topics
  7. Management21▲ 5.3×25 topics
  8. Mortality21▲ 7.2×12 topics
  9. Surgical Management19▲ 9.4×19 topics
  10. Rehabilitation18▲ 9.1×10 topics
  11. Risk Factors18▲ 3.3×26 topics
  12. Guidelines18▲ 7.4×12 topics
  13. Clinical Practice Guidelines15▲ 5.5×14 topics
  14. Patient Satisfaction14▲ 9.1×9 topics
  15. Biomechanics14▲ 9.1×6 topics
  16. Cardiovascular Disease13▲ 2.3×26 topics
  17. Diabetes13▲ 5.1×11 topics
  18. Aging12▲ 4.3×11 topics
  19. Prevention11▲ 5.2×12 topics
  20. Radiotherapy11▲ 5.5×11 topics
  21. Arthroplasty11▲ 22×2 topics
  22. Elderly Patients10▲ 12×4 topics
  23. Regeneration10▲ 9.9×4 topics
  24. Revision Surgery10▲ 15×2 topics
  25. Total Hip Replacement10▲ 15×2 topics
  26. Genetic Mutations10▲ 4.4×19 topics
  27. Chronic Kidney Disease9▲ 7.3×8 topics
  28. Breast Reconstruction9▲ 29×2 topics
  29. Surgery9▲ 5.1×12 topics
  30. Diagnostic Imaging9▲ 15×4 topics
  31. Clinical Outcomes8▲ 7.8×5 topics
  32. Surgical Treatment8▲ 8.5×6 topics
  33. Prognosis8▲ 4.8×8 topics
  34. Health-related Quality of Life8▲ 6.5×4 topics
  35. Postoperative Complications8▲ 12×3 topics
  36. Pain Management7▲ 6.1×8 topics
  37. Quality Improvement7▲ 7.5×7 topics
  38. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention7▲ 10×4 topics
  39. Outcomes6▲ 16×1 topic
  40. Total Knee Replacement6▲ 19×1 topic

Which research topics does Sengkang General Hospital publish most on?

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

Total Knee Arthroplasty …6Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 6 fractional worksReconstructive Surgery a…6Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques: 6 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 6 fractional worksFrailty in Older Adults5Frailty in Older Adults: 5 fractional worksOsteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms: 5 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Treatment: 5 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 4 fractional worksFoot and Ankle Surgery4Foot and Ankle Surgery: 4 fractional worksGeriatric Care and Nursing Homes: 4 fractional worksLower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies: 4 fractional works
SurgeryGeriatrics and GerontologyRheumatologyCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine3 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 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 6 works
  4. 4 Frailty in Older Adults Geriatrics and Gerontology 5 works
  5. 5 Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms Rheumatology 5 works
  6. 6 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 5 works
  7. 7 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  8. 8 Foot and Ankle Surgery Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 4 works
  9. 9 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes General Health Professions 4 works
  10. 10 Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies Biomedical Engineering 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Sengkang General Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 51% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Sengkang General Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0022% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Sengkang General Hospital0.0022% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Sengkang General Hospital over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Sengkang General Hospital7.3% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 7.4% in 2018.

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