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Yale-NUS College

In research, Yale-NUS College stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,479 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,326 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#5,746
of 22,385 · #2,397 all time
Rank in Singapore
#19
of 61
Research works
766
▼ 45% vs 2018-21
Citations
15k
20.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.07×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
46%
world 40%
International
32%
world 18%
Yale-NUS College

What is Yale-NUS College 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
Social SciencesDomain #3,479 of 9,585 15.1%99 #1562
Social SciencesField #3,326 of 5,988 13.7%62 #1263

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Yale-NUS College 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 Yale-NUS College work in?

In 2022-now, 54% of research at Yale-NUS College is in Social Sciences, 26% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (33%), Arts and Humanities (10%), Environmental Science (8%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 101 fractional works · 54.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 62 fractional works · 33.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 24 fractional works · 12.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 15 fractional works · 8.3% of its workAnthropology: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workUrban Studies: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 18 fractional works · 9.6% of its workPhilosophy: 6 fractional works · 3.0% of its workHistory: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 10 fractional works · 5.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 6 fractional works · 3.1% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 49 fractional works · 26.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 16 fractional works · 8.4% of its workEcology: 7 fractional works · 3.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 13 fractional works · 6.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 6 fractional works · 3.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNumerical Analysis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 23 fractional works · 12.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 6.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAging: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 13 fractional works · 7.1% of its workMedicine: 9 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKYale-NUS College187fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences26%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences54%

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. Social Sciences6233.3%
    2. Arts and Humanities189.6%
    3. Psychology105.5%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance84.4%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.6%
    6. Decision Sciences10.6%
    1. Environmental Science168.4%
    2. Computer Science136.9%
    3. Physics and Astronomy63.3%
    4. Materials Science52.6%
    5. Engineering31.7%
    6. Mathematics31.5%
    7. Chemistry10.8%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.7%
    9. Energy00.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology136.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences63.1%
    3. Neuroscience52.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Medicine94.8%
    2. Health Professions42.2%
    3. Veterinary00.0%
    4. Nursing00.0%
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: 0.65× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.29× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.57× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.88× its world share, 13 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.68× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.75× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.31× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.49× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.85× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.25× its world share, 9 worksMedicineNursing: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.34× its world share, 18 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.06× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.79× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.63× its world share, 62 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities3.34×18 works
  2. Social Sciences2.63×62 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.06×8 works
  4. Psychology1.79×10 works
  5. Environmental Science1.68×16 works
  6. Neuroscience1.57×5 works
  7. Physics and Astronomy1.49×6 works
  8. Mathematics1.31×3 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.29×13 works
  10. Computer Science0.88×13 works
  11. Health Professions0.85×4 works
  12. Materials Science0.75×5 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.65×6 works
  14. Chemical Engineering0.60×0 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.59×1 works
  16. Chemistry0.50×2 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.42×1 works
  18. Veterinary0.37×0 works
  19. Energy0.27×0 works
  20. Medicine0.25×9 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.20×1 works
  22. Engineering0.11×3 works
  23. Nursing0.09×0 works
  24. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.05×0 works
  25. Immunology and Microbiology0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Yale-NUS College?

Ranked on the quality score, Matthew Schneider-Mayerson, Amy J. Weinfurter and Stanislav I. Presolski lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Yale-NUS College.

  1. 1 Matthew Schneider-Mayerson Singapore · #238,272 worldwide 1.4k citations · 48 works
  2. 2 Amy J. Weinfurter Singapore · #263,068 worldwide 1.3k citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Stanislav I. Presolski Singapore · #362,707 worldwide 3.7k citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Diogo Barardo Singapore · #380,732 worldwide 1.9k citations · 46 works
  5. 5 Anju Mary Paul Singapore · #389,933 worldwide 948 citations · 108 works
  6. 6 Robin Zheng Singapore · #393,995 worldwide 877 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 Christopher L. Asplund Singapore · #453,572 worldwide 3.5k citations · 69 works
  8. 8 Michael T. Gastner Singapore · #627,366 worldwide 3.6k citations · 73 works
  9. 9 C. Y. Maurice Cheung Singapore · #744,805 worldwide 1.3k citations · 35 works
  10. 10 Marvin Joseph F. Montefrio Singapore · #808,052 worldwide 1.1k citations · 52 works
All ranked researchers at Yale-NUS College

What are the most cited papers from Yale-NUS College?

The most cited paper from Yale-NUS College is "Making Smart Contracts Smarter" (Loi Luu, Duc-Hiep Chu, Hrishi Olickel et al., 2016), with 2,294 citations. Next come "Deep Joint Rain Detection and Removal from a Single Image" (1,282) and "Biomass resilience of Neotropical secondary forests" (1,228).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Making Smart Contracts Smarter Loi Luu, Duc-Hiep Chu, Hrishi Olickel et al. Conference paper 24 Oct 2016 2,294
2 Deep Joint Rain Detection and Removal from a Single Image Wenhan Yang, Robby T. Tan, Jiashi Feng et al. Conference paper Jul 2017 1,282
3 Biomass resilience of Neotropical secondary forests Lourens Poorter et al. · Nature Open access Feb 2016 1,228
4 Roles, Functions, and Mechanisms of Long Non-Coding RNAs in Cancer Yiwen Fang, Melissa J. Fullwood · Genomics Proteomics & Bioinformatics Open access Feb 2016 1,154
5 Rain Streak Removal Using Layer Priors Yu Li, Robby T. Tan, Xiaojie Guo et al. Conference paper Jun 2016 1,001
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Yale-NUS College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: History, Globalization, Colonialism, Religion, Philosophy, Nationalism, Culture and China.

▲ 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. Globalization15▲ 4.1×30 topics
  2. History13▲ 9.7×12 topics
  3. Colonialism9▲ 10×11 topics
  4. Religion9▲ 10×8 topics
  5. Climate Change9▲ 1.71×28 topics
  6. Philosophy8▲ 9.4×6 topics
  7. Nationalism8▲ 9.1×11 topics
  8. Human Rights7▲ 3.8×14 topics
  9. Culture7▲ 7.3×9 topics
  10. Identity7▲ 5.0×12 topics
  11. China6▲ 37×2 topics
  12. Migration6▲ 9.3×7 topics
  13. Economic Development6▲ 4.0×9 topics
  14. Regulation6▲ 5.9×5 topics
  15. Biodiversity6▲ 4.0×12 topics
  16. Conservation6▲ 6.8×8 topics
  17. Neoliberalism5▲ 7.8×6 topics
  18. Economic Growth5▲ 3.3×12 topics
  19. Literature5▲ 4.9×10 topics
  20. Gender5▲ 4.9×7 topics
  21. Society5▲ 14×6 topics
  22. Christianity4▲ 41×1 topic
  23. Confucianism4▲ 61×1 topic
  24. Labor Market4▲ 7.9×5 topics
  25. Authoritarianism4▲ 24×3 topics
  26. Politics4▲ 8.2×7 topics
  27. Cultural Identity4▲ 4.1×7 topics
  28. Neuroscience4▲ 6.3×9 topics
  29. Social Networks4▲ 7.1×5 topics
  30. Inequality4▲ 8.2×5 topics
  31. Multiculturalism3▲ 9.7×3 topics
  32. DNA Barcoding3▲ 10×5 topics
  33. International Law3▲ 5.7×6 topics
  34. Population Dynamics3▲ 6.6×4 topics
  35. Human Capital3▲ 11×3 topics
  36. Immigration3▲ 15×3 topics
  37. Marine Ecosystems3▲ 29×2 topics
  38. Political Economy3▲ 6.2×5 topics
  39. Ethnography3▲ 9.1×2 topics
  40. Network Effects3▲ 22×1 topic

Which research topics does Yale-NUS College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Chinese history and philosophy, Migration and Labor Dynamics, Anthropological Studies and Insights and Identification and Quantification in Food.

Chinese history and phil…4Chinese history and philosophy: 4 fractional worksMigration and Labor Dynamics: 3 fractional worksAnthropological Studies and Insights: 2 fractional worksIdentification and Quantification in Food: 2 fractional worksChina's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance: 2 fractional worksSocioeconomic Development in Asia: 2 fractional worksClassical Philosophy and…2Classical Philosophy and Thought: 2 fractional worksVietnamese History and Culture Studies: 2 fractional worksIchthyology and Marine Biology: 2 fractional worksGeographic Information S…2Geographic Information Systems Studies: 2 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceAnthropologyMolecular BiologyPolitical Science and International Relations3 others

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

  1. 1 Chinese history and philosophy Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  2. 2 Migration and Labor Dynamics Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  3. 3 Anthropological Studies and Insights Anthropology 2 works
  4. 4 Identification and Quantification in Food Molecular Biology 2 works
  5. 5 China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  6. 6 Socioeconomic Development in Asia Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  7. 7 Classical Philosophy and Thought Philosophy 2 works
  8. 8 Vietnamese History and Culture Studies Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  9. 9 Ichthyology and Marine Biology Nature and Landscape Conservation 2 works
  10. 10 Geographic Information Systems Studies Geography, Planning and Development 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 available46.4%not open53.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.3%domestic only67.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Yale-NUS College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 45% lower 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 Yale-NUS College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00062% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Yale-NUS College0.00047% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Yale-NUS College 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%30%Yale-NUS College17.9% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 24.1% in 2014.

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