National University of Singapore (NUS)

新加坡国立大学

Singapore

Time frame: 1 June 2025 - 30 May 2026

Profile

The Nature Index tracks primary research articles from 178 applied, health, natural and social sciences journals, across many different publishers, chosen by an independent group of researchers. The Nature Index provides absolute Count of primary research articles and fractional Share counts of author contribution to articles. The positions in the table below reflect National University of Singapore (NUS)'s position overall, domestically, within their sector, and in various subject areas based on their Share. Each position links to the corresponding table where National University of Singapore (NUS) is listed.

Position by research output Share

Global Singapore
Overall 41 1
Academic 37 1

Position by research output Share in subject areas

Global Singapore
Applied sciences 29 1
Health sciences 81 1
Natural sciences 51 1
Biological sciences 77 1
Chemistry 32 1
Earth & environmental sciences 238 2
Physical sciences 61 2
Social sciences 63 2

Research

National University of Singapore (NUS) has the following research output in the current window (1 June 2025 - 30 May 2026) of the Nature Index. Click on Count to view a list of articles representing the corresponding Share value.

Overall research output

Count Share
Overall 1558 426.79

Overall Count and Share for 'National University of Singapore (NUS)' based on the 12-month time frame mentioned above.

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Research outputs by subject area

Note: Natural sciences includes biological sciences, chemistry, Earth & environmental sciences and physical sciences.
Subject Count Share
Applied sciences 503 153.35
Biological sciences 149 36.34
Chemistry 335 114.93
Earth & environmental sciences 33 7.60
Health sciences 374 63.70
Physical sciences 128 38.56
Social sciences 36 12.30

Note: Hover over the donut graph to view the Share for each subject.

Leading research topics

In the Current Index (12-month rolling window), National University of Singapore (NUS) published the most articles in these research topics. Learn more about Nature Research Intelligence Topics.

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Share output for the past 5 years

Subject area or journal group 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Overall 267 248 250 400 416
Applied sciences 63 55 46 125 0
Health sciences 41 51 52 65 0
Natural sciences 161 139 151 194 0
Biological sciences 29 28 38 46 0
Chemistry 94 79 75 98 122
Earth & environmental sciences 5 4 7 11 0
Physical sciences 33 27 31 39 0
Social sciences 1 2 2 16 0
Nature & Science 3 2 5 6 9

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Collaboration

Nature Index collaborations highlight fruitful collaborations that lead to high quality research around the world. A collaboration can be between any two institutions or locations co-authoring at least one article in the journals tracked by the Nature Index. The collaboration score between two institutions is the sum of each of their Shares on the papers to which both have contributed. The table and charts below highlight the leading collaborators with National University of Singapore (NUS).

International vs domestic collaboration by Share

Type Percentage
International (614 institutions) 68.0%
Domestic (84 institutions) 32.0%

Note: Hover over the pie chart to view the Share for each collaboration type.

Note: Hover over the graph to view collaboration by percentage of Share.

Top 5 domestic collaborators with National University of Singapore (NUS) by Share

Collaborating institutions

Note: Hover over the bars to view details about each institution's Share.

Collaborating Institution Collaborators' Share Collaboration Score
Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) 70.68 / 59.75 130.43
Nanyang Technological University (NTU) 59.43 / 62.77 122.20
Duke-NUS Medical School 18.66 / 19.50 38.16
NUS National University Hospital (NUH) 18.09 / 4.13 22.22
Singapore Health Services Pte. Ltd. (SingHealth) 12.67 / 9.33 22.00

Top 5 international collaborators with National University of Singapore (NUS) by Share

Collaborating institutions

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Collaborating Institution Collaborators' Share Total Share
Tianjin University (TJU) 22.64 / 33.09 55.74
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) 26.04 / 25.43 51.47
Tsinghua University 17.22 / 20.77 37.99
Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) 15.52 / 20.83 36.35
Duke University 19.72 / 15.40 35.12

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Relationships

Affiliated institutions

The following affiliated institutions are wholly owned, operated, administered or contains research facilities for National University of Singapore (NUS). All affiliations for an affiliated institution are credited to the institution to which it is affiliated. Each of the affiliated institutions listed below has its own research profile.

Affiliated joint institutions and consortia

Represents joint institutions and consortia for which the institution is designated as a partner institution. Each partner institution of a joint institution or consortium receives an equivalent Share for every affiliation in which the consortium is included.