Universities by Recent Research Citedness in Singapore
Universities and colleges ranked by OpenAlex's mean citedness for works published in the last two years. Recent citation rates vary by field and are not a measure of teaching quality. OpenAlex is an open scholarly index; larger and older institutions tend to have more indexed research.
1Republic Polytechnic591 works
10.16
2DigiPen Institute of Technology Singapore79 works
7.88
3National University of Singapore290,054 works
7.86
4Nanyang Centre for Public Administration124 works
7.74
5Nanyang Technological University199,603 works
7.66
6Newcastle University Singapore986 works
7.32
7National University Health System20,292 works
7.22
8Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology3,924 works
7.19
9Centre for Information Integrity and the Internet4 works
7.00
10Singapore University of Technology and Design14,635 works
6.76
11Duke-NUS Medical School27,672 works
6.47
12Yale-NUS College2,164 works
5.60
13Singapore Polytechnic1,411 works
5.16
14National University Cancer Institute, Singapore3,464 works
4.71
15Temasek Polytechnic799 works
4.34
16Academies Australasia College13 works
4.30
17TMC Academy43 works
4.29
18James Cook University Singapore1,693 works
4.10
19Singapore Management University19,514 works
4.07
20SEAMEO Regional Language Centre382 works
3.90
21Nanyang Polytechnic802 works
3.81
22TUM CREATE914 works
3.37
23Ngee Ann Polytechnic1,850 works
3.34
24Singapore University of Social Sciences3,499 works
3.19
25Global Indian International School21 works
3.08
26International Management School1 works
3.00
27Institute for Adult Learning132 works
2.97
29Singapore College of Traditional Chinese Medicine27 works
2.92
30Curtin Singapore163 works
2.80
31Hwa Chong Institution315 works
2.64
32Newcastle Australia Institute of Higher Education287 works
2.61
33Kaplan Higher Education Academy102 works
2.35
34Singapore Institute of Technology4,646 works
2.25
35SHRM College5 works
2.25
36University of Glasgow Singapore285 works
2.14
37Raffles Institution249 works
2.13
38Assas International School2 works
2.00
39Academy of Medicine141 works
1.91
40Ageing Research Institute for Society and Education42 works
1.67
41ESSEC Business School2,377 works
1.40
42Canadian International School40 works
1.33
43College of Family Physicians Singapore23 works
1.25
44PSB Academy134 works
1.24
45Dulwich College (Singapore)87 works
1.18
46Institute of Technical Education201 works
1.14
47Amity Global Institute71 works
1.14
48LASALLE College of the Arts300 works
1.05
49Nexus International School (Singapore)8 works
1.00
50Raffles College of Higher Education22 works
1.00
Highlights
Within Singapore, Republic Polytechnic ranks first in 2026 with 10.16, followed by DigiPen Institute of Technology Singapore (7.88) and National University of Singapore (7.86).
Across 50 entries, values run from 10.16 (Republic Polytechnic) to 1.00 (Raffles College of Higher Education), with a median of 3.04.
Source: OpenAlex, institutional Recent citedness, 2026. Unit: mean citations per work.
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