2019 Research Leaders: Leading institutions

The 2019 Research Leaders are based on Nature Index data from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2018.

Table criteria

Position Institution Share 2017 Share 2018 Count 2018 Change in Adjusted Share* 2017–2018
1 National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore 230.80 255.19 691 4.4% Increase
2 Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore 242.52 238.49 585 -7.2% Decrease
3 Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore 79.84 70.08 286 -17.1% Decrease
4 Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), Singapore 11.61 13.18 35 7.1% Increase
5 Singapore Health Services Pte. Ltd. (SingHealth), Singapore 8.05 5.43 38 -36.3% Decrease
6 Campus for Research Excellence and Technological Enterprise (CREATE), Singapore 1.46 2.06 32 33.4% Increase
7 Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA), Singapore 0.51 0.83 5 55.3% Increase
8 Thorn Biosystems Pte Ltd., Singapore 0.02 0.60 1 2,217.2% Increase
9 National Healthcare Group (NHG), Singapore 0.17 0.59 8 221.8% Increase
10 ST Engineering, Singapore 0.50 0.50 1 -5.6% Decrease
11 TechnoSpex Pte Ltd., Singapore 0.00 0.39 2 0.0% Increase
12 National University Cancer Institute (NCIS), Singapore 0.35 0.33 21 -11.4% Decrease
13 Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT), Singapore 0.88 0.30 3 -68.1% Decrease
14 Nanyang Polytechnic, Singapore 0.29 0.27 3 -11.2% Decrease
15 Prestige BioResearch Pte Ltd., Singapore 0.00 0.25 1 0.0% Increase
16 Wildlife Reserves Singapore (WRS), Singapore 0.00 0.21 2 0.0% Increase
17 Sembcorp Industries Ltd., Singapore 0.00 0.20 2 0.0% Increase
18 DSO National Laboratories, Singapore 0.00 0.10 1 0.0% Increase
19 National Parks Board (NParks), Singapore 0.00 0.08 1 0.0% Increase
20 Alexandra Hospital, Singapore 0.23 0.08 15 -67.8% Decrease
20 National University Polyclinics (NUP), Singapore 0.23 0.08 15 -67.8% Decrease
20 National University Heart Centre, Singapore (NUHCS), Singapore 0.23 0.08 15 -67.8% Decrease
21 National Dental Centre of Singapore (NDCS), Singapore 0.00 0.07 1 0.0% Increase
22 Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS), Singapore 0.29 0.02 1 -92.1% Decrease
22 Singapore Management University (SMU), Singapore 0.11 0.02 1 -78.6% Decrease
23 Institute of Mental Health (IMH), Singapore 0.02 0.02 4 -15.3% Decrease
24 ImmunoScape Pte. Ltd., Singapore 0.00 0.02 3 0.0% Increase

Footnote

Each year, the Nature Index publishes tables based on counts of high-quality research outputs in the previous calendar year. Users please note:

  1. The data behind the tables are based on a relatively small proportion of total research papers, they cover the natural sciences and health sciences only and outputs are non-normalized (that is, they don’t reflect the size of the country or institution, or its overall research output).
  2. The Nature Index is one indicator of institutional research performance. The metrics of Count and Share used to order Nature Index listings are based on an institution’s or country’s publication output in 145 natural-science and health-science journals. The journals were selected on reputation by an independent panel of leading scientists in their fields. The list is reviewed periodically and journals may be removed or added. Articles from eLife were no longer included in the Nature Index from 2023 after the journal changed its publishing model.
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The Nature Index database undergoes regular updating, corrections, adjustment of institutional hierarchies, and removal of retracted papers and thus the live website can differ from the frozen research leaders.