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Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory

In research, Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory stands highest in Life Sciences (#4,055 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology — Plant Science is 12.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,104
of 28,054 · #6,725 all time
Rank in Singapore
#42
of 84
Research works
783
▼ 21% vs 2013–17
Citations
35k
45.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
37.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
54%
world 28%

What is Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory 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
Life SciencesDomain #4,055 of 7,800 43.3%91 #2728

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory 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).

What does Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Plant Science takes 12.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Plant ScienceSubfield · 28.4 works12×
  2. Molecular BiologySubfield · 29.7 works7.4×
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField · 44.3 works6.3×
  4. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 39.2 works6.2×
← 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: 6.24× its world share, 39 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6.28× its world share, 44 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.24× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.63× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.66× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.30× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.55× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.96× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.49× its world share, 13 worksMedicineNursing: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksPsychology1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 6.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory?

Ranked on the composite score, Hao Yu, László Orbán and Gen Hua Yue lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory.

  1. 1 Hao Yu Singapore · #368,407 worldwide 122 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 László Orbán Singapore · #790,453 worldwide 72 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Gen Hua Yue Singapore · #876,972 worldwide 115 citations · 28 works
  4. 4 Le Wang Singapore · #1,116,441 worldwide 67 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Fei Sun Singapore · #1,309,943 worldwide 49 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory

Which keywords describe research at Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gene Expression, Transcription Factors, Aquaculture, Epigenetic Regulation, MicroRNA, Development, Auxin and Plant.

▲ 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. Gene Expression15▲ 18×11 topics
  2. Transcription Factors10▲ 63×4 topics
  3. Aquaculture9▲ 26×6 topics
  4. Epigenetic Regulation9▲ 32×4 topics
  5. MicroRNA8▲ 48×2 topics
  6. Development8▲ 16×3 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress7▲ 3.3×18 topics
  8. Auxin7▲ 114×1 topic
  9. Plant7▲ 114×1 topic
  10. Cancer6▲ 3.3×15 topics
  11. Regulation5▲ 7.4×7 topics
  12. Signal Transduction5▲ 26×4 topics
  13. Nutrition5▲ 7.9×5 topics
  14. Cancer Progression5▲ 19×4 topics
  15. Gut Microbiota5▲ 9.9×5 topics
  16. RNA methylation4▲ 37×1 topic
  17. m6A-seq4▲ 37×1 topic
  18. Fatty Acids4▲ 30×1 topic
  19. Fish Feed4▲ 59×1 topic
  20. Innate Immunity4▲ 9.2×7 topics
  21. Genetic Diversity4▲ 6.4×9 topics
  22. Alternative Splicing4▲ 53×1 topic
  23. Phylogenetic Analysis4▲ 8.9×6 topics
  24. Plant Development4▲ 44×2 topics
  25. Probiotics4▲ 12×3 topics
  26. RNA-Binding Proteins4▲ 53×1 topic
  27. Stress Response4▲ 46×2 topics
  28. Antibiotic Resistance3▲ 6.4×6 topics
  29. Genetic Mapping3▲ 30×3 topics
  30. Reactive Oxygen Species3▲ 5.7×4 topics
  31. Cytokines3▲ 7.7×2 topics
  32. Metabolic Pathways3▲ 43×2 topics
  33. Plant Immunity3▲ 23×2 topics
  34. Plant Responses3▲ 28×2 topics
  35. Fish Immunology3▲ 47×1 topic
  36. Quantitative Trait Loci3▲ 38×2 topics
  37. Viral Diseases3▲ 32×1 topic
  38. Flavonoid Biosynthesis3▲ 78×1 topic
  39. MYB3▲ 78×1 topic
  40. Pattern Recognition Receptors3▲ 16×2 topics

Which research topics does Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Plant Molecular Biology Research, RNA modifications and cancer, Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth and RNA Research and Splicing.

Plant Molecular Biology …7Plant Molecular Biology Research: 7 fractional worksRNA modifications and cancer: 4 fractional worksAquaculture Nutrition an…4Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth: 4 fractional worksRNA Research and Splicing4RNA Research and Splicing: 4 fractional worksAquaculture disease management and microbiota: 3 fractional worksPlant Gene Expression Analysis: 3 fractional worksPlant Stress Responses a…2Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance: 2 fractional worksPlant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity: 2 fractional worksLight effects on plants: 2 fractional worksPhotosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms: 2 fractional works
Plant ScienceMolecular BiologyAquatic ScienceImmunology

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

  1. 1 Plant Molecular Biology Research Plant Science 7 works
  2. 2 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 4 works
  3. 3 Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth Aquatic Science 4 works
  4. 4 RNA Research and Splicing Molecular Biology 4 works
  5. 5 Aquaculture disease management and microbiota Immunology 3 works
  6. 6 Plant Gene Expression Analysis Molecular Biology 3 works
  7. 7 Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance Plant Science 2 works
  8. 8 Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity Plant Science 2 works
  9. 9 Light effects on plants Plant Science 2 works
  10. 10 Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms Molecular Biology 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 available54.3%not open45.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors35.8%domestic only64.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 21% lower than in 2013–2017.

2005201020152020
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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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