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🎓 Top Research Universities in Singapore

Universities and colleges in Singapore ranked by the total citations their research has received (OpenAlex).

📅 2026📏 citations50 entries🇸🇬 See all of this country’s rankings →
Every dot is one entry, placed by its value (citations, logarithmic scale); the vertical bar marks each row’s median.
1
National University of Singapore289,930 papers
27,227,097
2
Nanyang Technological University199,409 papers
18,235,064
3
Duke-NUS Medical School27,650 papers
2,962,050
4
National University Health System20,291 papers
1,888,687
5
Singapore University of Technology and Design14,621 papers
915,313
6
Singapore Management University19,485 papers
683,370
7
Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology3,924 papers
354,210
8
INSEAD5,066 papers
307,411
9
National University Cancer Institute, Singapore3,459 papers
239,445
10
Ngee Ann Polytechnic1,850 papers
228,409
11
Singapore University of Social Sciences3,488 papers
99,833
12
TUM CREATE911 papers
92,621
13
Yale-NUS College2,165 papers
82,456
14
Singapore Institute of Technology4,637 papers
65,030
15
Singapore Polytechnic1,411 papers
46,596
16
ESSEC Business School2,376 papers
42,328
17
James Cook University Singapore1,692 papers
40,007
18
Temasek Polytechnic800 papers
31,431
19
Nanyang Polytechnic799 papers
30,271
20
Newcastle University Singapore985 papers
26,559
21
Republic Polytechnic591 papers
24,274
22
SEAMEO Regional Language Centre382 papers
20,101
23
University of Wales Institute Cardiff234 papers
17,605
24
Waseda Bioscience Research Institute in Singapore208 papers
10,357
25
Hwa Chong Institution314 papers
9,419
26
Institute of Technical Education207 papers
6,660
27
Newcastle Australia Institute of Higher Education287 papers
4,966
28
University of Glasgow Singapore284 papers
3,824
29
Raffles Institution249 papers
3,096
30
Kaplan Higher Education Academy102 papers
2,717
31
Academy of Medicine141 papers
2,584
32
College of Family Physicians Singapore23 papers
2,274
33
Nanyang Centre for Public Administration124 papers
1,765
34
Civil Service College88 papers
1,581
35
Institute for Adult Learning132 papers
1,453
36
Management Development Institute of Singapore218 papers
1,383
37
East Asia School of Theology14 papers
1,234
38
DigiPen Institute of Technology Singapore79 papers
1,218
39
LASALLE College of the Arts298 papers
1,008
40
Curtin Singapore163 papers
948
41
Ageing Research Institute for Society and Education42 papers
893
42
TUM Asia39 papers
845
43
PSB Academy134 papers
731
44
TMC Academy43 papers
610
45
A*STAR Graduate Academy38 papers
592
46
Singapore American School116 papers
516
47
United World College of South East Asia193 papers
472
48
Global Indian International School21 papers
328
49
Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts85 papers
311
50
Dulwich College (Singapore)87 papers
285

Highlights

Within Singapore, National University of Singapore ranks first in 2026 with 27,227,097, followed by Nanyang Technological University (18,235,064) and Duke-NUS Medical School (2,962,050).

Across 50 entries, values run from 27,227,097 (National University of Singapore) to 285 (Dulwich College (Singapore)), with a median of 8,040.

Source: OpenAlex, citations received by each institution's papers, 2026. Unit: citations.

Source: OpenAlex, citations received by each institution's papers · CC0 1.0 (OpenAlex) · fetched Oct 13, 2026 — Counts every citation to papers by authors affiliated with the institution, so large and old universities score high. It measures research impact, not teaching quality.