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Singapore General Hospital

In research, Singapore General Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#805 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#741 of 8,541 worldwide) and Surgery (#378 of 1,532 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nephrology, Emergency Medical Services and Emergency Medicine (Nephrology is 8.8× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#2,404
of 22,385 · #2,948 all time
Rank in Singapore
#9
of 61
Research works
10k
▼ 9% vs 2018-21
Citations
187k
18.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.89×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
42%
world 40%
International
15%
world 18%
Singapore General Hospital

What is Singapore 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 #805 of 9,902 9.8%1,385 #1294
MedicineField #741 of 8,541 9.7%1,279 #1152
SurgerySubfield #378 of 1,532 11.0%264 #526
Life SciencesDomain #1,961 of 6,403 9.7%162 #2321
Health ProfessionsField #839 of 1,895 12.1%90 #1615
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #472 of 1,037 10.2%111 #801
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,364 of 2,964 9.7%98 #1957
EpidemiologySubfield #515 of 927 8.5%97 #919
OncologySubfield #502 of 755 8.3%83 #760
Physical SciencesDomain #7,250 of 10,670 12.9%65 #6065

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Singapore 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#1,294 #805
  2. Medicine#1,152 #741
  3. Surgery#526 #378
  4. Life Sciences#2,321 #1,961
  5. Health Professions#1,615 #839
  6. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#801 #472
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,957 #1,364
  8. Epidemiology#919 #515
  9. Oncology#760 #502
  10. Physical Sciences#6,065 #7,250
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 Singapore General Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 82% of research at Singapore General Hospital is in Health Sciences, 10% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (76%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%), Health Professions (5%). It does 3.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 1,562 fractional works · 82.3% of its workMedicine: 1,442 fractional works · 75.9% of its workSurgery: 306 fractional works · 16.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 125 fractional works · 6.6% of its workEpidemiology: 111 fractional works · 5.9% of its workOncology: 92 fractional works · 4.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 55 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 54 fractional works · 2.9% of its workRheumatology: 54 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPhysiology: 49 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 48 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 44 fractional works · 2.3% of its workNeurology: 42 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 41 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 41 fractional works · 2.2% of its workNephrology: 36 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 34 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHematology: 24 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHepatology: 24 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDermatology: 22 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 20 fractional works · 1.1% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 19 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRehabilitation: 19 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 18 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacology: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGastroenterology: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Informatics: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransplantation: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFamily Practice: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 102 fractional works · 5.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 41 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 29 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacy: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 185 fractional works · 9.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 112 fractional works · 5.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 43 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGenetics: 23 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCancer Research: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 33 fractional works · 1.8% of its workImmunology: 21 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 23 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 76 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPsychology: 30 fractional works · 1.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 26 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 76 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEngineering: 35 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 30 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 19 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiation: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSingapore GeneralHospital1,899fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences82%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 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Sciences1,56282.3%
    1. Medicine1,44275.9%
    2. Health Professions1025.4%
    3. Nursing100.5%
    4. Dentistry50.3%
    5. Veterinary30.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1125.9%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology331.8%
    3. Neuroscience231.2%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences90.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics70.4%
    1. Psychology301.6%
    2. Social Sciences261.4%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance80.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting50.2%
    5. Decision Sciences40.2%
    6. Arts and Humanities30.1%
    1. Engineering351.8%
    2. Computer Science191.0%
    3. Environmental Science80.4%
    4. Physics and Astronomy50.3%
    5. Mathematics40.2%
    6. Materials Science20.1%
    7. Chemistry20.1%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
    9. Energy00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Singapore General Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nephrology takes 8.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. NephrologySubfield · 36.2 works8.8×
  2. Emergency Medical ServicesSubfield · 28.6 works8.3×
  3. Emergency MedicineSubfield · 34.2 works7.4×
  4. SurgerySubfield · 305.7 works6.9×
  5. HepatologySubfield · 24.1 works6.6×
← 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: 0.10× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.10× its world share, 112 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.75× its world share, 33 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.76× its world share, 23 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.07× its world share, 7 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 19 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 35 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.56× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.04× its world share, 102 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.95× its world share, 1,442 worksMedicineNursing: 1.08× its world share, 10 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.98× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.20× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.52× its world share, 30 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 26 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.95×1,442 works
  2. Health Professions2.04×102 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology1.75×33 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.10×112 works
  5. Nursing1.08×10 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.07×7 works
  7. Veterinary0.98×2 works
  8. Neuroscience0.76×23 works
  9. Dentistry0.56×5 works
  10. Psychology0.52×30 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.23×4 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.20×8 works
  13. Mathematics0.18×4 works
  14. Computer Science0.13×19 works
  15. Engineering0.12×35 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.11×5 works
  17. Social Sciences0.11×26 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.10×9 works
  19. Environmental Science0.09×8 works
  20. Chemistry0.08×2 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.08×5 works
  22. Arts and Humanities0.05×3 works
  23. Materials Science0.04×2 works
  24. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Singapore General Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, George Boon‐Bee Goh, Tony Kiat Hon Lim and Chun Jye Lim lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Singapore General Hospital.

  1. 1 George Boon‐Bee Goh Singapore · #41,704 worldwide 5.5k citations · 158 works
  2. 2 Tony Kiat Hon Lim Singapore · #60,788 worldwide 12k citations · 226 works
  3. 3 Chun Jye Lim Singapore · #68,075 worldwide 4.7k citations · 49 works
  4. 4 Jenny Guek Hong Low Singapore · #72,900 worldwide 14k citations · 237 works
  5. 5 Pierce K. H. Chow Singapore · #85,342 worldwide 28k citations · 609 works
  6. 6 Shirin Kalimuddin Singapore · #96,179 worldwide 13k citations · 150 works
  7. 7 Benita Kiat Tee Tan Singapore · #129,115 worldwide 20k citations · 199 works
  8. 8 Joe Poh-Sheng Yeong Singapore · #134,956 worldwide 6.9k citations · 296 works
  9. 9 Jasmine Chiat Ling Ong Singapore · #139,716 worldwide 1.8k citations · 70 works
  10. 10 Pei Yee Tiew Singapore · #145,485 worldwide 1.9k citations · 95 works
All ranked researchers at Singapore General Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Singapore General Hospital?

The most cited paper from Singapore General Hospital is "A Novel Coronavirus Associated with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome" (Thomas G. Ksiazek et al., 2003), with 4,546 citations. Next come "The repertoire of mutational signatures in human cancer" (3,854) and "Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes" (3,360).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A Novel Coronavirus Associated with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Thomas G. Ksiazek et al. · New England Journal of Medicine 14 May 2003 4,546
2 The repertoire of mutational signatures in human cancer Ludmil B. Alexandrov et al. · Nature Open access1,384 authors 5 Feb 2020 3,854
3 Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes Lauri A. Aaltonen et al. · Nature Open access1,324 authors 5 Feb 2020 3,360
4 Bone Marrow Transplant Patrick HC Tan · WORLD SCIENTIFIC eBooks Book chapter 2001 2,711
5 Landscape of somatic mutations in 560 breast cancer whole-genome sequences Serena Nik‐Zainal et al. · Nature Open access 29 Apr 2016 2,395
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Singapore General Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Treatment, Mortality, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Inflammation, Diagnosis and Quality of Life.

▲ 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. Epidemiology259▲ 3.4×113 topics
  2. Inflammation104▲ 2.6×75 topics
  3. Treatment94▲ 4.1×44 topics
  4. Quality of Life82▲ 3.0×47 topics
  5. Complications78▲ 8.2×16 topics
  6. Diagnosis77▲ 4.3×37 topics
  7. Mortality74▲ 6.8×13 topics
  8. Clinical Practice Guidelines70▲ 6.7×14 topics
  9. Chemotherapy60▲ 4.4×23 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease59▲ 2.7×34 topics
  11. Management56▲ 3.7×29 topics
  12. Risk Factors56▲ 2.7×30 topics
  13. Immunotherapy52▲ 3.8×19 topics
  14. Rehabilitation51▲ 6.7×12 topics
  15. Prognostic Factors49▲ 6.0×14 topics
  16. Surgical Management49▲ 6.3×20 topics
  17. Guidelines44▲ 4.9×12 topics
  18. Patient Satisfaction42▲ 7.2×9 topics
  19. Diabetes40▲ 4.2×17 topics
  20. Genetic Mutations39▲ 4.7×23 topics
  21. Clinical Trials38▲ 3.0×18 topics
  22. Surgery37▲ 5.5×11 topics
  23. Neoadjuvant Therapy35▲ 7.7×5 topics
  24. Chronic Kidney Disease34▲ 7.2×8 topics
  25. Clinical Guidelines33▲ 5.8×9 topics
  26. Health-related Quality of Life32▲ 7.2×5 topics
  27. Autoantibodies32▲ 7.2×8 topics
  28. Radiotherapy32▲ 4.3×13 topics
  29. Prognosis31▲ 4.9×9 topics
  30. Quality Improvement31▲ 8.3×8 topics
  31. Revision Surgery30▲ 13×2 topics
  32. Total Hip Replacement30▲ 13×2 topics
  33. Critical Care30▲ 6.4×8 topics
  34. Arthroplasty29▲ 15×2 topics
  35. Hepatocellular Carcinoma27▲ 7.1×3 topics
  36. Clinical Outcomes26▲ 6.4×6 topics
  37. Surgical Treatment25▲ 6.8×6 topics
  38. Elderly Patients24▲ 7.5×4 topics
  39. Shoulder Function24▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Laparoscopic Surgery23▲ 9.9×4 topics

Which research topics does Singapore General Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes, Shoulder Injury and Treatment, Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation and Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments.

Total Knee Arthroplasty …22Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 22 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Trea…18Shoulder Injury and Treatment: 18 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 14 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments: 13 fractional worksDialysis and Renal Disea…12Dialysis and Renal Disease Management: 12 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 12 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 12 fractional worksRadiology practices and …11Radiology practices and education: 11 fractional worksHepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis: 11 fractional worksCentral Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis: 11 fractional works
SurgeryOncologyNephrologyCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine4 others

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

  1. 1 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 22 works
  2. 2 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 18 works
  3. 3 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 14 works
  4. 4 Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Oncology 13 works
  5. 5 Dialysis and Renal Disease Management Nephrology 12 works
  6. 6 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 12 works
  7. 7 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 12 works
  8. 8 Radiology practices and education Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 11 works
  9. 9 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Hepatology 11 works
  10. 10 Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis Emergency Medical Services 11 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 available42.3%not open57.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.9%domestic only85.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Singapore General Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 9% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 General Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0074% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%Singapore General Hospital0.0080% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Singapore 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 2025Singapore General Hospital9.8% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.6% in 2023.

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