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SingHealth

In research, SingHealth stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,060 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#1,023 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#3,737
of 22,385 · #2,895 all time
Rank in Singapore
#12
of 61
Research works
1.3k
▲ 23% vs 2018-21
Citations
24k
18.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.15×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
55%
world 40%
International
23%
world 18%
SingHealth

What is SingHealth 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 #1,060 of 9,902 14.8%334 #1203
MedicineField #1,023 of 8,541 14.5%280 #1145

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where SingHealth 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 SingHealth work in?

In 2022-now, 75% of research at SingHealth is in Health Sciences, 10% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (62%), Health Professions (10%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%). It does 3.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 384 fractional works · 74.7% of its workMedicine: 321 fractional works · 62.4% of its workSurgery: 47 fractional works · 9.1% of its workEpidemiology: 26 fractional works · 5.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 24 fractional works · 4.7% of its workOncology: 24 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 20 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPhysiology: 15 fractional works · 3.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 15 fractional works · 2.8% of its workNeurology: 14 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 12 fractional works · 2.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 12 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 11 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 10 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRheumatology: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOphthalmology: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNephrology: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Informatics: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRehabilitation: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHepatology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDermatology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFamily Practice: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransplantation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 50 fractional works · 9.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 27 fractional works · 5.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOral Surgery: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthodontics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPeriodontics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 53 fractional works · 10.4% of its workPsychology: 18 fractional works · 3.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 18 fractional works · 3.5% of its workHealth: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workConservation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 47 fractional works · 9.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 25 fractional works · 4.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCancer Research: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 9 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workImmunology: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 30 fractional works · 5.8% of its workComputer Science: 11 fractional works · 2.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 9 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workModeling and Simulation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSingHealth514fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences75%Social Sciences10%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine32162.4%
    2. Health Professions509.8%
    3. Dentistry81.6%
    4. Nursing40.8%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Psychology183.5%
    2. Social Sciences183.5%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance81.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting40.8%
    5. Arts and Humanities30.6%
    6. Decision Sciences30.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology254.9%
    2. Neuroscience91.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology81.6%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences30.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
    1. Computer Science112.1%
    2. Engineering91.7%
    3. Environmental Science40.9%
    4. Mathematics30.6%
    5. Physics and Astronomy10.2%
    6. Chemistry10.1%
    7. Materials Science10.1%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
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: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.91× its world share, 25 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.62× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.08× its world share, 9 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.81× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.27× its world share, 11 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.53× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.30× its world share, 8 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.73× its world share, 50 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.25× its world share, 321 worksMedicineNursing: 1.62× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.20× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.24× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.70× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.16× its world share, 18 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 18 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions3.73×50 works
  2. Dentistry3.30×8 works
  3. Medicine3.25×321 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology1.62×8 works
  5. Nursing1.62×4 works
  6. Psychology1.16×18 works
  7. Neuroscience1.08×9 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.91×25 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.81×2 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.70×8 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.55×3 works
  12. Mathematics0.53×3 works
  13. Veterinary0.32×0 works
  14. Social Sciences0.28×18 works
  15. Computer Science0.27×11 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.24×4 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.20×3 works
  18. Environmental Science0.17×4 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.13×3 works
  20. Engineering0.11×9 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.10×1 works
  22. Chemistry0.09×1 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.03×0 works
  24. Materials Science0.03×1 works

Who are the top researchers at SingHealth?

Ranked on the quality score, Yasmin M. Bylstra, Jing Xian Teo and Greg Heinrich lead among researchers whose main affiliation is SingHealth.

  1. 1 Yasmin M. Bylstra Singapore · #957,044 worldwide 590 citations · 47 works
  2. 2 Jing Xian Teo Singapore · #986,395 worldwide 777 citations · 49 works
  3. 3 Greg Heinrich Singapore · #1,135,913 worldwide 152 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Ying Hao Singapore · #1,314,896 worldwide 641 citations · 43 works
  5. 5 Jingting Wu Singapore · #1,668,092 worldwide 782 citations · 29 works
  6. 6 Sapphire Lin Singapore · #1,844,066 worldwide 319 citations · 33 works
  7. 7 Yun Jia Zhao Singapore · #1,865,687 worldwide 805 citations · 75 works
  8. 8 Jeremy Lim Singapore · #2,038,166 worldwide 482 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Yun Zhao Singapore · #2,075,235 worldwide 153 citations · 27 works
  10. 10 W. S. Gan Singapore · #2,158,441 worldwide 140 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at SingHealth

What are the most cited papers from SingHealth?

The most cited paper from SingHealth is "The repertoire of mutational signatures in human cancer" (Ludmil B. Alexandrov et al., 2020), with 3,854 citations. Next come "Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes" (3,360) and "Development and Validation of a Deep Learning System for Diabetic Retinopathy and Related Eye Diseases Using Retinal Images From Multiethnic Populations With Diabetes" (2,445).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The repertoire of mutational signatures in human cancer Ludmil B. Alexandrov et al. · Nature Open access1,384 authors 5 Feb 2020 3,854
2 Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes Lauri A. Aaltonen et al. · Nature Open access1,324 authors 5 Feb 2020 3,360
3 Development and Validation of a Deep Learning System for Diabetic Retinopathy and Related Eye Diseases Using Retinal Images From Multiethnic Populations With Diabetes Daniel Shu Wei Ting et al. · JAMA Open access 12 Dec 2017 2,445
4 Digital technology and COVID-19 Daniel Shu Wei Ting, Lawrence Carin, Victor J. Dzau et al. · Nature Medicine Open access 27 Mar 2020 1,487
5 A SARS-CoV-2 surrogate virus neutralization test based on antibody-mediated blockage of ACE2–spike protein–protein interaction Chee Wah Tan, Wan Ni Chia, Xijian Qin et al. · Nature Biotechnology Open access 23 Jul 2020 1,377
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at SingHealth?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Primary Care, Inflammation, Mortality, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Aging and Risk Factors.

▲ 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. Epidemiology65▲ 3.2×109 topics
  2. Quality of Life34▲ 4.6×47 topics
  3. Inflammation29▲ 2.6×56 topics
  4. Mortality18▲ 6.3×13 topics
  5. Risk Factors18▲ 3.1×27 topics
  6. Clinical Practice Guidelines18▲ 6.2×14 topics
  7. Treatment17▲ 2.7×39 topics
  8. Primary Care17▲ 8.9×11 topics
  9. Public Health17▲ 2.2×32 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease16▲ 2.8×30 topics
  11. COVID-1916▲ 2.4×20 topics
  12. Aging15▲ 5.4×14 topics
  13. Depression15▲ 3.4×14 topics
  14. Healthcare14▲ 2.4×14 topics
  15. Clinical Trials13▲ 3.7×18 topics
  16. Pandemic12▲ 2.4×8 topics
  17. Diabetes11▲ 4.4×10 topics
  18. Management11▲ 2.8×26 topics
  19. Guidelines11▲ 4.6×12 topics
  20. Chemotherapy11▲ 3.0×19 topics
  21. Complications11▲ 4.3×17 topics
  22. Precision Medicine11▲ 4.3×8 topics
  23. Quality Improvement11▲ 11×7 topics
  24. Immunotherapy11▲ 2.9×17 topics
  25. Prognosis10▲ 6.1×8 topics
  26. Anxiety10▲ 4.1×9 topics
  27. Patient Satisfaction10▲ 6.3×9 topics
  28. Elderly Patients10▲ 11×4 topics
  29. Global Burden10▲ 3.5×12 topics
  30. Ethical Considerations9▲ 5.2×10 topics
  31. Chronic Disease Management9▲ 9.2×5 topics
  32. Mortality Risk9▲ 7.4×6 topics
  33. Rehabilitation9▲ 4.4×11 topics
  34. Critical Care9▲ 7.0×7 topics
  35. Physical Performance8▲ 16×2 topics
  36. Neoadjuvant Therapy8▲ 6.3×5 topics
  37. Laparoscopic Surgery7▲ 11×4 topics
  38. Glycemic Control7▲ 8.1×4 topics
  39. Resuscitation7▲ 9.7×4 topics
  40. Behavior Change6▲ 8.1×4 topics

Which research topics does SingHealth publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Frailty in Older Adults, Chronic Disease Management Strategies, Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues and Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education.

Frailty in Older Adults6Frailty in Older Adults: 6 fractional worksChronic Disease Manageme…5Chronic Disease Management Strategies: 5 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 5 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence …5Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 5 fractional worksNutrition and Health in …4Nutrition and Health in Aging: 4 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments: 4 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 4 fractional worksDiabetes Management and …3Diabetes Management and Education: 3 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 3 fractional worksGeriatric Care and Nursing Homes: 3 fractional works
Geriatrics and GerontologyEpidemiologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthHealth Informatics5 others

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

  1. 1 Frailty in Older Adults Geriatrics and Gerontology 6 works
  2. 2 Chronic Disease Management Strategies Epidemiology 5 works
  3. 3 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  4. 4 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 5 works
  5. 5 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 4 works
  6. 6 Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Oncology 4 works
  7. 7 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 4 works
  8. 8 Diabetes Management and Education Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 3 works
  9. 9 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 3 works
  10. 10 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes General Health Professions 3 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 available55.4%not open44.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.2%domestic only76.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has SingHealth's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 23% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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 SingHealth as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0019% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%SingHealth0.0025% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of SingHealth 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 counting10%20%SingHealth15.3% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 19.2% in 2018.

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