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Temasek Polytechnic

In research, Temasek Polytechnic stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,038 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#14,451
of 22,385 · #9,227 all time
Rank in Singapore
#44
of 61
Research works
456
▲ 34% vs 2018-21
Citations
9.7k
21.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
30%
world 40%
International
27%
world 18%
Temasek Polytechnic

What is Temasek Polytechnic known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #6,038 of 17,446 6.9%237

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

In 2022-now, 47% of research at Temasek Polytechnic is in Physical Sciences, 23% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (18%), Engineering (16%), Social Sciences (15%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 49 fractional works · 47.1% of its workComputer Science: 18 fractional works · 17.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 5.9% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 4.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSoftware: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 17 fractional works · 16.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 6.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematical Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 24 fractional works · 22.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 15 fractional works · 14.6% of its workEducation: 8 fractional works · 7.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 3.9% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 3.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 19 fractional works · 18.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 12.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 9.2% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAging: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 12 fractional works · 11.4% of its workMedicine: 9 fractional works · 9.1% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKTemasekPolytechnic103fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences19%Physical Sciences47%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences23%

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. Computer Science1817.9%
    2. Engineering1716.1%
    3. Environmental Science76.9%
    4. Materials Science21.9%
    5. Mathematics21.9%
    6. Energy11.0%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.7%
    8. Chemistry10.5%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    1. Social Sciences1514.6%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting43.9%
    3. Psychology43.9%
    4. Arts and Humanities00.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1312.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences43.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology11.4%
    4. Neuroscience10.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Medicine99.1%
    2. Health Professions11.2%
    3. Nursing10.7%
    4. Veterinary00.3%
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: 0.73× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.38× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.37× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.30× its world share, 18 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.09× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.07× its world share, 17 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.39× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.58× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.48× its world share, 9 worksMedicineNursing: 1.51× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.38× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.22× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.27× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.16× its world share, 15 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 2.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.38×13 works
  2. Veterinary2.38×0 works
  3. Computer Science2.30×18 works
  4. Mathematics1.58×2 works
  5. Nursing1.51×1 works
  6. Environmental Science1.39×7 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology1.37×1 works
  8. Psychology1.27×4 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting1.22×4 works
  10. Social Sciences1.16×15 works
  11. Energy1.09×1 works
  12. Engineering1.07×17 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.73×4 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.64×0 works
  15. Materials Science0.54×2 works
  16. Neuroscience0.48×1 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.48×1 works
  18. Medicine0.48×9 works
  19. Health Professions0.46×1 works
  20. Chemistry0.34×1 works
  21. Decision Sciences0.15×0 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.08×0 works
  23. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.08×0 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Temasek Polytechnic?

Ranked on the quality score, Kim Cheng Tan, Kalpana Bhaskaran and Junbo Jia lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Temasek Polytechnic.

  1. 1 Kim Cheng Tan Singapore · #1,145,668 worldwide 4.8k citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Kalpana Bhaskaran Singapore · #1,271,299 worldwide 809 citations · 43 works
  3. 3 Junbo Jia Singapore · #1,643,696 worldwide 754 citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Zuchang Gao Singapore · #1,731,164 worldwide 567 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Ming Han Singapore · #2,353,133 worldwide 584 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Linda Fang Singapore · #2,684,451 worldwide 238 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Linda William Singapore · #3,220,783 worldwide 167 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Wei Da Toh Singapore · #4,040,116 worldwide 226 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Temasek Polytechnic

What are the most cited papers from Temasek Polytechnic?

The most cited paper from Temasek Polytechnic is "Fused deposition modeling of novel scaffold architectures for tissue engineering applications" (Iwan Zein, Dietmar Werner Hutmacher, Kim Cheng Tan et al., 2002), with 1,880 citations. Next come "Mechanical properties and cell cultural response of polycaprolactone scaffolds designed and fabricated via fused deposition modeling" (1,409) and "State of the art and future directions of scaffold-based bone engineering from a biomaterials perspective" (1,005).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Fused deposition modeling of novel scaffold architectures for tissue engineering applications Iwan Zein, Dietmar Werner Hutmacher, Kim Cheng Tan et al. · Biomaterials Feb 2002 1,880
2 Mechanical properties and cell cultural response of polycaprolactone scaffolds designed and fabricated via fused deposition modeling Dietmar Werner Hutmacher, Thorsten Schantz, Iwan Zein et al. · Journal of Biomedical Materials Research 2001 1,409
3 State of the art and future directions of scaffold-based bone engineering from a biomaterials perspective Dietmar Werner Hutmacher, Jan Thorsten Schantz, C. X. F. Lam et al. · Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine 2007 1,005
4 Context-Dependent Sentiment Analysis in User-Generated Videos Soujanya Poria, Erik Cambria, Devamanyu Hazarika et al. Conference paperOpen access 2017 914
5 Small magnetic Co-doped NiZn ferrite/graphene nanocomposites and their dual-region microwave absorption performance Yijie Liu, Zhengjun Yao, Jintang Zhou et al. · Journal of Materials Chemistry C 2016 674
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Temasek Polytechnic?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Student Engagement, Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, Informal Learning, Learning Outcomes, Adult Education, Aquaculture and Synthetic Biology.

▲ 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. Student Engagement5▲ 13×7 topics
  2. Higher Education5▲ 8.8×7 topics
  3. Machine Learning4◆ 1.15×18 topics
  4. Lifelong Learning4▲ 18×5 topics
  5. Educational Technology3▲ 2.8×9 topics
  6. Informal Learning3▲ 26×3 topics
  7. Environmental Impact3▲ 1.87×12 topics
  8. Learning Outcomes3▲ 7.3×4 topics
  9. Adult Education3▲ 83×2 topics
  10. Aquaculture3▲ 9.8×5 topics
  11. Synthetic Biology3▲ 41×2 topics
  12. Prior Learning2▲ 92×1 topic
  13. Recognition2▲ 64×1 topic
  14. Environmental Impact Assessment2▲ 31×2 topics
  15. Marine Environment2▲ 15×3 topics
  16. Online Learning2▲ 2.7×5 topics
  17. Recycling2▲ 5.9×5 topics
  18. Waste Management2▲ 5.5×4 topics
  19. Learning Analytics2▲ 17×2 topics
  20. Motivation2▲ 5.1×2 topics
  21. STEM Education2▲ 4.7×5 topics
  22. Electric Vehicles2▲ 6.7×4 topics
  23. Gamification2▲ 13×2 topics
  24. Active Learning2▲ 9.5×4 topics
  25. Consumer Perception2▲ 7.4×4 topics
  26. Intrinsic Motivation2▲ 14×2 topics
  27. MOOCs2▲ 19×2 topics
  28. Technology Adoption2▲ 9.6×2 topics
  29. Digital Games2▲ 29×1 topic
  30. Game-Based Learning2▲ 29×1 topic
  31. Information Systems2▲ 9.4×3 topics
  32. Modeling2▲ 6.7×2 topics
  33. Durability Performance2▲ 16×2 topics
  34. Educational Data Mining2▲ 17×1 topic
  35. Genome-Scale Models2▲ 36×1 topic
  36. Massive Open Online Courses2▲ 17×1 topic
  37. Metabolic Engineering2▲ 15×1 topic
  38. Traditional Chinese Medicine2▲ 12×4 topics
  39. Systems Biology1▲ 33×2 topics
  40. Waste Reduction1▲ 20×2 topics

Which research topics does Temasek Polytechnic publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Higher Education Learning Practices, Educational Games and Gamification, Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction and Online Learning and Analytics.

Higher Education Learnin…2Higher Education Learning Practices: 2 fractional worksEducational Games and Ga…2Educational Games and Gamification: 2 fractional worksMicrobial Metabolic Engi…2Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction: 2 fractional worksOnline Learning and Anal…2Online Learning and Analytics: 2 fractional worksAI in Service Interactions: 1 fractional worksRecycled Aggregate Concrete Performance: 1 fractional worksInnovative concrete rein…1Innovative concrete reinforcement materials: 1 fractional worksGene Regulatory Network Analysis: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technologies Research: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Chemical Sensor…1Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies: 1 fractional works
EducationDevelopmental and Educational PsychologyMolecular BiologyComputer Science Applications5 others

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

  1. 1 Higher Education Learning Practices Education 2 works
  2. 2 Educational Games and Gamification Developmental and Educational Psychology 2 works
  3. 3 Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction Molecular Biology 2 works
  4. 4 Online Learning and Analytics Computer Science Applications 2 works
  5. 5 AI in Service Interactions Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  6. 6 Recycled Aggregate Concrete Performance Building and Construction 1 works
  7. 7 Innovative concrete reinforcement materials Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Gene Regulatory Network Analysis Molecular Biology 1 works
  9. 9 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies Biomedical Engineering 1 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 available30.5%not open69.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.3%domestic only72.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Temasek Polytechnic's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 34% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020102020
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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 Temasek Polytechnic as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00051% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Temasek Polytechnic0.00035% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Temasek Polytechnic 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 2025Temasek Polytechnic9.4% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.7% in 2015.

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