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Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering

In research, Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,253 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#4,150
of 22,385 · #1,758 all time
Rank in Singapore
#14
of 61
Research works
538
▼ 22% vs 2018-21
Citations
31k
57.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.19×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
63%
world 40%
International
65%
world 18%
Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering

What is Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering 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
Physical SciencesDomain #2,253 of 10,670 22.8%63 #1356

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering 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 fields of science does Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering work in?

In 2022-now, 48% of research at Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering is in Physical Sciences, 32% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (19%), Environmental Science (19%), Engineering (15%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 78 fractional works · 47.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 31 fractional works · 19.0% of its workEcology: 11 fractional works · 6.7% of its workPollution: 6 fractional works · 3.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 24 fractional works · 14.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 5.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 7 fractional works · 4.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workOceanography: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInstrumentation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 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 workLife Sciences: 53 fractional works · 32.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 31 fractional works · 19.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 17 fractional works · 10.7% of its workEndocrinology: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBiotechnology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMolecular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 11 fractional works · 6.9% of its workPlant Science: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAquatic Science: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 5 fractional works · 3.0% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 25 fractional works · 15.4% of its workMedicine: 23 fractional works · 13.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 6 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKSingapore Centrefor Environmenta…163fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences32%Physical Sciences48%Health Sciences15%Social Sciences4%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science3119.0%
    2. Engineering2414.5%
    3. Materials Science74.3%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences53.1%
    5. Physics and Astronomy52.8%
    6. Computer Science31.6%
    7. Chemistry21.3%
    8. Energy10.8%
    9. Mathematics10.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3119.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences116.9%
    3. Neuroscience53.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology53.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Medicine2313.9%
    2. Nursing10.6%
    3. Health Professions10.4%
    4. Dentistry10.4%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Psychology31.8%
    2. Social Sciences31.6%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.3%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.2%
    6. Decision Sciences00.0%
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: 1.46× its world share, 11 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.61× its world share, 31 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.99× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.89× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.82× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.81× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.95× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.88× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.97× its world share, 24 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.83× its world share, 31 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.23× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.25× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.77× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.72× its world share, 23 worksMedicineNursing: 1.32× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.59× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science3.83×31 works
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.61×31 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology2.99×5 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.95×5 works
  5. Neuroscience1.89×5 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.46×11 works
  7. Nursing1.32×1 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy1.25×4 works
  9. Materials Science1.23×7 works
  10. Engineering0.97×24 works
  11. Energy0.88×1 works
  12. Chemical Engineering0.82×0 works
  13. Chemistry0.81×2 works
  14. Dentistry0.77×1 works
  15. Medicine0.72×23 works
  16. Veterinary0.65×0 works
  17. Psychology0.59×3 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.51×0 works
  19. Mathematics0.29×1 works
  20. Computer Science0.20×2 works
  21. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.17×1 works
  22. Health Professions0.15×1 works
  23. Social Sciences0.12×3 works
  24. Business, Management and Accounting0.09×0 works
  25. Arts and Humanities0.06×0 works
  26. Decision Sciences0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering?

Ranked on the quality score, Yingyu Law, Mats Leifels and Jamie Hinks lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering.

  1. 1 Yingyu Law Singapore · #236,036 worldwide 3.3k citations · 47 works
  2. 2 Mats Leifels Singapore · #435,564 worldwide 1.3k citations · 55 works
  3. 3 Jamie Hinks Singapore · #1,264,565 worldwide 1.7k citations · 49 works
  4. 4 Kavita K. Kushwaha Singapore · #2,280,016 worldwide 534 citations · 45 works
  5. 5 Stephen Summers Singapore · #2,440,543 worldwide 672 citations · 41 works
All ranked researchers at Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering

What are the most cited papers from Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering?

The most cited paper from Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering is "Fast and sensitive protein alignment using DIAMOND" (Benjamin Buchfink, Chao Xie, Daniel H. Huson, 2014), with 15,753 citations. Next come "Biofilms: an emergent form of bacterial life" (6,029) and "Animals in a bacterial world, a new imperative for the life sciences" (2,965).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Fast and sensitive protein alignment using DIAMOND Benjamin Buchfink, Chao Xie, Daniel H. Huson · Nature Methods 17 Nov 2014 15,753
2 Biofilms: an emergent form of bacterial life Hans‐Curt Flemming, Jost Wingender, Ulrich Szewzyk et al. · Nature Reviews Microbiology Review 11 Aug 2016 6,029
3 Animals in a bacterial world, a new imperative for the life sciences Margaret McFall‐Ngai et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 7 Feb 2013 2,965
4 The gut microbiota influences blood-brain barrier permeability in mice Viorica Braniste, Maha Al‐Asmakh, Czeslawa Kowal et al. · Science Translational Medicine Open access 19 Nov 2014 2,520
5 Bacteria and archaea on Earth and their abundance in biofilms Hans‐Curt Flemming, Stefan Wuertz · Nature Reviews Microbiology Review 13 Feb 2019 1,812
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Antibiotic Resistance, Microbial Communities, Microbial Ecology, Bacterial Diversity, Marine Microbes, Microbial Biogeography, Wastewater Treatment and Virulence.

▲ 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. Epidemiology10▲ 1.53×48 topics
  2. Antibiotic Resistance9▲ 14×11 topics
  3. Microbial Communities8▲ 12×8 topics
  4. Microbial Ecology8▲ 28×4 topics
  5. Climate Change7▲ 1.49×27 topics
  6. Environmental Impact6▲ 2.2×17 topics
  7. Bacterial Diversity6▲ 32×2 topics
  8. Marine Microbes6▲ 58×1 topic
  9. Microbial Biogeography6▲ 58×1 topic
  10. Wastewater Treatment5▲ 14×4 topics
  11. Virulence5▲ 45×4 topics
  12. Infectious Diseases4▲ 8.3×5 topics
  13. Biosensors4▲ 5.2×8 topics
  14. Gut Microbiota4▲ 7.3×5 topics
  15. Health Effects4▲ 3.9×9 topics
  16. Bacteria4▲ 46×2 topics
  17. Extracellular Matrix4▲ 12×2 topics
  18. Biofilms4▲ 41×1 topic
  19. Quorum Sensing4▲ 66×1 topic
  20. Phylogenetic Analysis3▲ 6.7×5 topics
  21. Waste Management3▲ 5.1×4 topics
  22. Additive Manufacturing3▲ 6.3×4 topics
  23. Innate Immunity3▲ 6.0×5 topics
  24. Probiotics3▲ 8.2×5 topics
  25. Membrane Proteins3▲ 25×3 topics
  26. Recycling3▲ 5.0×3 topics
  27. Aquaculture3▲ 7.2×5 topics
  28. Genomic Analysis3▲ 6.9×6 topics
  29. Hydrogen Production3▲ 6.5×3 topics
  30. Ocean Acidification3▲ 24×3 topics
  31. Virulence Factors3▲ 12×8 topics
  32. Metal Recovery3▲ 8.7×3 topics
  33. Vaccine Development3▲ 6.6×8 topics
  34. Anammox Bacteria3▲ 52×1 topic
  35. Nitrogen-Cycling Network3▲ 52×1 topic
  36. RNA-Seq3▲ 14×2 topics
  37. Marine Environment3▲ 11×3 topics
  38. Metagenomics3▲ 17×3 topics
  39. Immune Modulation2▲ 15×3 topics
  40. Metabolic Health2▲ 7.8×3 topics

Which research topics does Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing, Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies.

Microbial Community Ecol…6Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology: 6 fractional worksBacterial biofilms and quorum sensing: 4 fractional worksWastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal: 3 fractional worksGenomics and Phylogenetic Studies: 2 fractional worksMicrobial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation: 2 fractional worksGut microbiota and health: 2 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing a…2Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 2 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 2 fractional worksMicroplastics and Plastic Pollution: 2 fractional worksBacterial Genetics and B…2Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology: 2 fractional works
EcologyMolecular BiologyPollutionEnvironmental Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology Ecology 6 works
  2. 2 Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing Molecular Biology 4 works
  3. 3 Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal Pollution 3 works
  4. 4 Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Molecular Biology 2 works
  5. 5 Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation Environmental Engineering 2 works
  6. 6 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 2 works
  7. 7 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 2 works
  8. 8 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 2 works
  9. 9 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 2 works
  10. 10 Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology Genetics 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 available63.2%not open36.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors64.6%domestic only35.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 22% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting20052010201520202025
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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 Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00042% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering0.00084% in 202520102020

Fractional works of Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering 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 counting20%40%Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering16.5% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 30.5% in 2024.

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