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Singapore General Hospital

In research, Singapore General Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#702 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#621 of 10,443 worldwide) and Surgery (#358 of 1,816 worldwide), 2022–2025. 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, 2022–2025
#2,999
of 28,054 · #3,452 all time
Rank in Singapore
#13
of 84
Research works
10k
▲ 26% vs 2013–17
Citations
187k
18.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

What is Singapore 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 #702 of 11,982 13.6%1,385 #727
MedicineField #621 of 10,443 13.3%1,279 #609
SurgerySubfield #358 of 1,816 14.8%264 #400
Life SciencesDomain #2,351 of 7,800 13.2%162 #2506
Social SciencesDomain #4,326 of 10,521 26.6%65 #6112
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #552 of 1,144 14.0%111 #617
Health ProfessionsField #1,021 of 1,928 18.4%90 #1079
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,995 of 3,579 13.0%98 #2669
EpidemiologySubfield #657 of 976 11.9%97 #756
Physical SciencesDomain #9,521 of 12,888 19.9%65 #10420

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 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. Health Sciences#727 #702
  2. Medicine#609 #621
  3. Surgery#400 #358
  4. Life Sciences#2,506 #2,351
  5. Social Sciences#6,112 #4,326
  6. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#617 #552
  7. Health Professions#1,079 #1,021
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#2,669 #1,995
  9. Epidemiology#756 #657
  10. Physical Sciences#10,420 #9,521
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 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 · 31.8 works8.8×
  2. Emergency Medical ServicesSubfield · 25.3 works8.3×
  3. Emergency MedicineSubfield · 29.6 works7.2×
  4. SurgerySubfield · 263.6 works6.7×
  5. HepatologySubfield · 20.8 works6.4×
← 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, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.10× its world share, 98 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.70× its world share, 29 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.74× its world share, 20 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.11× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 15 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 30 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.57× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.04× its world share, 90 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.96× its world share, 1,279 worksMedicineNursing: 1.14× its world share, 9 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.89× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.22× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.52× its world share, 27 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 22 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.

Who are the top researchers at Singapore General Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Ying Ying Leung, Francis Seow‐Choen and Puay Hoon Tan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Singapore General Hospital.

  1. 1 Ying Ying Leung Singapore · #44,056 worldwide 155 citations · 40 works
  2. 2 Francis Seow‐Choen Singapore · #48,711 worldwide 211 citations · 39 works
  3. 3 Puay Hoon Tan Singapore · #60,017 worldwide 300 citations · 69 works
  4. 4 Pierce K. H. Chow Singapore · #103,939 worldwide 341 citations · 77 works
  5. 5 London Lucien Ooi Singapore · #111,923 worldwide 162 citations · 39 works
  6. 6 Benita Kiat Tee Tan Singapore · #126,683 worldwide 221 citations · 28 works
  7. 7 Marcus Eng Hock Ong Singapore · #163,028 worldwide 197 citations · 100 works
  8. 8 Chin‐Ho Wong Singapore · #183,038 worldwide 292 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Tjun Yip Tang Singapore · #183,655 worldwide 96 citations · 36 works
  10. 10 Stephanie Fook‐Chong Singapore · #200,332 worldwide 116 citations · 34 works
All ranked researchers at Singapore General Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Singapore General Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, 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 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology225▲ 3.4×113 topics
  2. Inflammation93▲ 2.6×74 topics
  3. Treatment85▲ 4.2×43 topics
  4. Quality of Life74▲ 3.0×47 topics
  5. Diagnosis70▲ 4.5×37 topics
  6. Complications70▲ 8.3×16 topics
  7. Mortality65▲ 6.7×13 topics
  8. Clinical Practice Guidelines62▲ 6.8×14 topics
  9. Chemotherapy53▲ 4.5×23 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease52▲ 2.8×33 topics
  11. Management49▲ 3.7×29 topics
  12. Immunotherapy48▲ 4.0×19 topics
  13. Risk Factors48▲ 2.6×30 topics
  14. Rehabilitation45▲ 6.7×11 topics
  15. Prognostic Factors43▲ 5.9×14 topics
  16. Surgical Management42▲ 6.0×20 topics
  17. Guidelines38▲ 4.9×12 topics
  18. Patient Satisfaction36▲ 6.8×9 topics
  19. Diabetes36▲ 4.3×16 topics
  20. Genetic Mutations36▲ 4.9×23 topics
  21. Clinical Trials35▲ 3.1×18 topics
  22. Surgery32▲ 5.5×11 topics
  23. Neoadjuvant Therapy31▲ 7.9×5 topics
  24. Autoantibodies31▲ 7.8×8 topics
  25. Chronic Kidney Disease29▲ 7.2×8 topics
  26. Clinical Guidelines29▲ 6.0×9 topics
  27. Prognosis29▲ 5.2×9 topics
  28. Radiotherapy28▲ 4.4×13 topics
  29. Health-related Quality of Life28▲ 7.0×5 topics
  30. Quality Improvement27▲ 8.4×8 topics
  31. Critical Care25▲ 6.4×8 topics
  32. Hepatocellular Carcinoma25▲ 7.0×3 topics
  33. Survival Analysis24▲ 5.3×7 topics
  34. Revision Surgery24▲ 11×2 topics
  35. Total Hip Replacement24▲ 11×2 topics
  36. Arthroplasty23▲ 14×2 topics
  37. Shoulder Function23▲ 15×2 topics
  38. Surgical Treatment22▲ 6.7×6 topics
  39. Clinical Outcomes22▲ 6.1×6 topics
  40. Elderly Patients21▲ 7.5×4 topics

Which research topics does Singapore General Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes, Shoulder Injury and Treatment, Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation and Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes.

Total Knee Arthroplasty …18Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 18 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Trea…17Shoulder Injury and Treatment: 17 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 13 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 12 fractional worksRadiology practices and education: 11 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments: 11 fractional worksDialysis and Renal Disease Management: 11 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis …11Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 11 fractional worksHepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis: 10 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 10 fractional works
SurgeryCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingOncology3 others

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

  1. 1 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 18 works
  2. 2 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 17 works
  3. 3 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 13 works
  4. 4 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 12 works
  5. 5 Radiology practices and education Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 11 works
  6. 6 Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Oncology 11 works
  7. 7 Dialysis and Renal Disease Management Nephrology 11 works
  8. 8 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 11 works
  9. 9 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Hepatology 10 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 10 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Singapore General Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 26% 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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