Publications

Narratives of pregnancy across 19 countries: Analysis of a 1.5-billion-word news media database
Sy, K. M. P., Chow, T. Y. J., Ickovics, J. R., & Ng, R. - PLOS ONE, 2024

Public Interest in Research on Aging: Analysis of Altmetric Attention Scores Over 5 Years
Ng, R., & Indran, N. - Journal of Applied Gerontology, 2024

Social media discourse on ageism, sexism, and racism: Analysis of 150 million tweets over 15 years
Ng, R., Indran, N., & Liu, L. - Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2024

Questions about Aging and Later Life on Quora
Ng, R., & Indran, N. - The Gerontologist, 2024

Advocating for Older Adults in the Age of Social Media: Strategies to Achieve Peak Engagement on Twitter
Ng, R., Indran, N., & Liu, L. - JMIR Aging, 2024

News media coverage of LGBT identities over 10 years in a 400-million-word corpus
Ng, R., Chow, T. Y. J., & Yang, W. - PLOS ONE, 2024

#ProtectOurElders: Analysis of Tweets About Older Asian Americans and Anti-Asian Sentiments During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Ng, R., & Indran, N. - Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2024

Powerful tool or too powerful? Early public discourse about ChatGPT across 4 million tweets 
Ng, R., & Chow, T. Y. J. - PLOS ONE, 2024

Youth is Prized in Medicine, Old Age is Valued in Law: Analysis of Media Narratives Over 200 Years 
Ng, R., & Indran, N. - Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2024

Innovations for an Aging Society through the Lens of Patent Data 
Ng, R., & Indran, N. - The Gerontologist, 2024

Age Advocacy on Twitter over 12 years
Ng, R., & Indran, N. - The Gerontologist, 2024

Does Age Matter? Tweets about Gerontocracy in the United States
Ng, R., & Indran, N. - The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 2023

Reframing Aging: Foregrounding Familial and Occupational Roles of Older Adults is Linked to Decreased Ageism Over Two Centuries
Ng, R., & Indran, N. - Journal of Aging & Social Policy, 2023

Videos about older adults on TikTok
Ng, R., & Indran, N. - PLOS ONE, 2023

Communicating Risk Perceptions Through Batik Art
Ng, R., & Indran, N., & Suarez, P. - JAMA, 2023

Portrayals of older adults in over 3000 films around the world
Ng, R., Indran, N., & Yang, W. - Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2023

Impact of Old Age on an Occupation's Image Over 210 Years: An Age Premium for Doctors, Lawyers, and Soldiers
Ng, R., & Indran, N. - Journal of Applied Gerontology, 2023

Granfluencers on TikTok: Factors linked to positive self-portrayals of older adults on social media
Ng, R., & Indran, N. - PLOS ONE, 2023

Media attention toward COVID-19 across 18 countries: The influence of cultural values and pandemic severity
Ng, R., & Tan, Y. W. - PLOS ONE, 2022

Ageism on Twitter during the COVID-19 pandemic
Ng, R., Indran, N., & Liu, L. - Journal of Social Issues, 2022

The development of empathy in the healthcare setting: a qualitative approach
Yu, C. C., Tan, L., Le, M. K., Tang, B., Liaw, S. Y., Tierney, T., Yun, Y. H., Lim, B. E. E., Lim, D., Ng, R., Chia, S. C., Low, J. A. - BMC Medical Education, 2022

Not Too Old for TikTok: How Older Adults are Reframing Aging 
Ng, R., & Indran, N. - The Gerontologist, 2022

Hostility Toward Baby Boomers on TikTok
Ng, R., & Indran, N. - The Gerontologist, 2022

A playbook for effective age advocacy on Twitter 
Ng, R., Indran, N., & Liu, L. - Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2022

The Impact of Aging Policy on Societal Age Stereotypes and Ageism
Ng, R., Chow, T. Y. J., & Yang, W. - The Gerontologist, 2022

Role-Based Framing of Older Adults Linked to Decreased Ageism Over 210 Years: Evidence From a 600-Million-Word Historical Corpus
Ng, R., & Indran, N. - The Gerontologist, 2022

Reframing Aging during COVID-19: Familial Role-Based Framing of Older Adults Linked to Decreased Ageism
Ng, R., & Indran, N. - Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2022

Anti-Asian Sentiments during COVID-19 across 20 Countries: Analysis of a 12-billion-word News Media Database
Ng, R. - Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2021

Diversity of COVID-19 News Media Coverage across 17 Countries: The Influence of Cultural Values, Government Stringency and Pandemic Severity
Ng, R., & Tan, Y. W. - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021

Culture Linked to Increasing Ageism During COVID-19: Evidence From a 10-Billion-Word Corpus Across 20 Countries
Ng, R., Chow, T. Y. J., & Yang, W. - The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 2021

Aging Narratives over 210 Years
Ng, R., & Chow, T. Y. J. - The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 2021

Ageism Linked to Culture, Not Demographics: Evidence From an 8-Billion-Word Corpus Across 20 Countries
Ng, R., & Lim-Soh, W. J. - The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 2021

Societal Narratives on Caregivers in Asia
Ng, R., & Indran, N. - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021

Defining clinical empathy: a grounded theory approach from the perspective of healthcare workers and patients in a multicultural setting
Tan, L., Le, M. K., Yu, C. C., Liaw, S. Y., Tierney, T., Yun, Y. H., Lim, E., Lim, D., Ng, R., Ngeow, C., Low, J. - BMJ Open, 2021

News media narratives of Covid-19 across 20 countries: Early global convergence and later regional divergence
Ng, R., Chow, T. Y. J., & Yang, W. - PLOS ONE, 2021

Societal Age Stereotypes in the U.S. and U.K. from a Media Database of 1.1 Billion Words
Ng, R. - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021

Implementing an Individual-Centric Discharge Process across Singapore Public Hospitals
Ng, R., & Tan, K. B. - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021

Societal perceptions of caregivers linked to culture across 20 countries: Evidence from a 10-billion-word database
Ng, R., & Indran, N. - PLOS ONE, 2021

Self-Acceptance and Interdependence Promote Longevity: Evidence From a 20-year Prospective Cohort Study
Ng, R., Allore, H. G., & Levy, B. R. - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021

40-Year Projections of Disability and Social Isolation of Older Adults for Long-Range Policy Planning in Singapore
Ng. R., Lim, S. Q., Saw, S. Y., & Tan, K. B. - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021

Big Data Applications in Governance and Policy
Giest, S., & Ng, R. - Politics and Governance, 2018

Cloud Computing in Singapore: Key Drivers and Recommendations for a Smart Nation
Ng, R. - Politics and Governance, 2018

Pettiness: Conceptualization, Measurement and Cross-cultural Differences
Ng, R., & Levy, B. R. - PLOS ONE, 2018

Complexities and Challenges of Singapore Nurses Providing Postacute Home Care in Multicultural Communities: A Grounded Theory Study
Wong, A. K.-S., Ong, S. F., Matchar, D. B., Lie, D., Ng, R., Yoon, K. E., & Wong, C. H. - Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 2017

Retirement as Meaningful: Positive Retirement Stereotypes Associated with Longevity
Ng, R., Allore, H. G., Monin, J. K., & Levy, B. R. - The Journal of Social Issues, 2016

Resilience in Organ Transplantation: An Application of the Connor–Davidson Resilience Scale (CD–RISC) With Liver Transplant Candidates
Fernandez, A. C., Fehon, D. C., Treloar, H., Ng, R., Sledge, W. H. - Journal of Personality Assessment, 2015

Increasing Negativity of Age Stereotypes across 200 Years: Evidence from a Database of 400 Million Words
Ng, R., Allore, H. G., Trentalange, M., Monin, J. K., & Levy, B. R. - PLOS ONE, 2015

Modeling Risk Categories to Predict the Longitudinal Prevalence of Childhood Diarrhea in Indonesia
Sima, L. C., Ng, R., Elimelech, M. - The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2013

A psychological predictor of elders’ driving performance: Social-comparisons on the road
Levy, B. R., Ng, R., Myers, L. M., & Marottoli, R. A. - Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 2013

Coping with anxiety, depression, anger and aggression: The mediational role of resilience in adolescents
Ng, R., Ang, R. P., Ho, M.-H. R. - Child & Youth Care Forum, 2012

Nasal Aesthetics: A Cross-Cultural Analysis
Broer, P. N., Buonocore, S., Morillas, A., Liu, J., Tanna, N., Walker, M., Ng, R., Persing, J. A. - Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 2012

Divinity and Distress: The Impact of Religion and Spirituality on the Mental Health of HIV-Positive Adults in Tanzania
Steglitz, J., Ng, R., Mosha, J. S., Kershaw, T. - AIDS and Behavior, 2012

Increased longevity from viewing retirement positively
Lakra, D. C., Ng, R., Levy, B. R. - Ageing & Society, 2012

Integrating psychometric and cultural theory approaches to formulate an alternative measure of risk perception
Ng, R., & Rayner, S. - The European Journal of Social Science Research, 2010