Academic Publications
  • Sy, K. M. P., Chow, T. Y. J., Ickovics, J. R., & Ng, R. (2024). Narratives of pregnancy across 19 Countries: Analysis of a 1.5-billion-word news media database. PLOS ONE, 19(8), e0305866. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0305866
  • Ng, R., & Indran, N. (2024). Public Interest in Research on Aging: Analysis of Altmetric Attention Scores Over 5 Years. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 07334648241265191. https://doi.org/10.1177/07334648241265191
  • Ng, R., Indran, N., & Liu, L. (2024). Social media discourse on ageism, sexism, and racism: Analysis of 150 million tweets over 15 years. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.19047
  • ​Ng, R., & Indran, N. (2024). Questions About Aging and Later Life on Quora. The Gerontologist, 64(8), gnae060. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnae060
  • Ng, R., Indran, N., & Liu, L. (2024). Advocating for Older Adults in the Age of Social Media: Strategies to Achieve Peak Engagement on Twitter. JMIR Aging, 7(1), e49608. https://doi.org/10.2196/49608
  • Ng, R., Chow, T. Y. J., & Yang, W. (2024). News media coverage of LGBT identities over 10 years in a 400-million-word corpus. PLOS ONE, 19(4), e0300385. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0300385
  • Ng, R., & Indran, N. (2024). #ProtectOurElders: Analysis of Tweets About Older Asian Americans and Anti-Asian Sentiments During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 26(1), e45864. https://doi.org/10.2196/45864
  • Ng, R., & Chow, T. Y. J. (2024). Powerful tool or too powerful? Early public discourse about ChatGPT across 4 million tweets. PLOS ONE, 19(3), e0296882. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0296882
  • Ng, R., & Indran, N. (2024). Youth is Prized in Medicine, Old Age is Valued in Law: Analysis of Media Narratives Over 200 Years. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 26(1), e45855. https://doi.org/10.2196/45855
  • Ng, R., & Indran, N. (2024). Innovations for an Aging Society through the Lens of Patent Data. The Gerontologist, 64(2), gnad015. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnad015
  • Ng, R., & Indran, N. (2024). Age Advocacy on Twitter Over 12 Years. The Gerontologist, 64(1), gnac183. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnac183
  • Ng, R., & Indran, N. (2023). Does Age Matter? Tweets about Gerontocracy in the United States. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 78(11), 1870–1878. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbad113
  • Ng, R., & Indran, N. (2023). Reframing Aging: Foregrounding Familial and Occupational Roles of Older Adults is Linked to Decreased Ageism Over Two Centuries. Journal of Aging & Social Policy, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/08959420.2023.2238538
  • Ng, R., & Indran, N. (2023). Videos about older adults on TikTok. PLOS ONE, 18(8), e0285987. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0285987 (Widespread media coverage: https://www.altmetric.com/details/152279792)
  • Ng, R., Indran, N., & Suarez, P. (2023). Communicating Risk Perceptions Through Batik Art. JAMA, 330(9), 790–791. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2023.14278
  • Ng, R., Indran, N., & Yang, W. (2023). Portrayals of older adults in over 3000 films around the world. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 71(9), 2726–2735. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.18400
  • Ng, R., & Indran, N. (2023). Impact of Old Age on an Occupation’s Image Over 210 Years: An Age Premium for Doctors, Lawyers, and Soldiers. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 07334648231155025. https://doi.org/10.1177/07334648231155025
  • Ng, R., & Indran, N. (2023). Granfluencers on TikTok: Factors linked to positive self-portrayals of older adults on social media. PLOS ONE, 18(2), e0280281. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0280281
  • ​Ng, R., & Tan, Y. W. (2022). Media attention toward COVID-19 across 18 countries: The influence of cultural values and pandemic severity. PLOS ONE, 17(12), e0271961. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0271961
  • Ng, R., Indran, N., & Liu, L. (2022). Ageism on Twitter during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Social Issues, 78(4), 842–859. https://doi.org/10.1111/josi.12535
  • Ng, R., Indran, N., & Liu, L. (2022). A playbook for effective age advocacy on Twitter. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 70(8), 2363–2370. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.17909
  • Ng, R., & Indran, N. (2022). Not Too Old for TikTok: How Older Adults Are Reframing Aging. The Gerontologist, 62(8), 1207–1216. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnac055 (Widespread media coverage: https://oxfordjournals.altmetric.com/details/127753256; Won the bronze award at Mather Institute's 2023 Innovative Research on Aging Awards)
  • Ng, R., Tan, Y. W., & Tan, K. B. (2022). Cohort profile: Singapore’s Nationally Representative Retirement and Health Study with 5 waves over 10 years. Epidemiology and Health, e2022030. https://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2022030
  • Ng, R., & Indran, N. (2022). Hostility Toward Baby Boomers on TikTok. The Gerontologist, 62(8), 1196–1206. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnac020
  • Ng, R. (2021). Anti-Asian Sentiments during COVID-19 across 20 Countries: Analysis of a 12-billion-word News Media Database. Journal of Medical Internet Research. https://doi.org/10.2196/28305
  • Ng, R., & Tan, Y. W. (2021). Diversity of COVID-19 News Media Coverage across 17 Countries: The Influence of Cultural Values, Government Stringency and Pandemic Severity. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(22), 11768. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182211768
  • Ng, R., & Indran, N. (2021). Societal Narratives on Caregivers in Asia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(21), 11241. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182111241
  • Ng, R., & Indran, N. (2021). Reframing Aging during COVID-19: Familial Role-Based Framing of Older Adults Linked to Decreased Ageism. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.17532 (Top 10 most-cited papers published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society from 2022 to 2023)​​
  • Ng, R., Chow, T. Y. J., & Yang, W. (2021). The Impact of Aging Policy on Societal Age Stereotypes and Ageism. The Gerontologist, 62(4), 598–606. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnab151 (In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric: https://oxfordjournals.altmetric.com/details/115516981)
  • Ng, R., Chow, T. Y. J., & Yang, W. (2021). News media narratives of Covid-19 across 20 countries: Early global convergence and later regional divergence. PLOS ONE, 16(9), e0256358. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256358
  • Ng, R. (2021). Societal Age Stereotypes in the U.S. and U.K. from a Media Database of 1.1 Billion Words. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(16), 8822. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18168822 (In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric: https://www.altmetric.com/details/113838887)
  • Ng, R., & Tan, K. B. (2021). Implementing an Individual-Centric Discharge Process across Singapore Public Hospitals. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(16), 8700. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18168700
  • Ng, R., & Indran, N. (2021). Role-Based Framing of Older Adults Linked to Decreased Ageism Over 210 Years: Evidence From a 600-Million-Word Historical Corpus. The Gerontologist, 62(4), 589–597. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnab108 (Won the bronze award at Mather Institute's 2022 Innovative Research on Aging Awards)
  • Ng, R., & Wong, P. S. H. (2021). Marginalization of Graduate Freelancers in the Gig Economy. Japan Labor Issues, 5(32).
  • ​Ng, R., & Indran, N. (2021). Societal perceptions of caregivers linked to culture across 20 countries: Evidence from a 10-billion-word database. PLOS ONE, 16(7), e0251161. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0251161
  • Ng, R., Chow, T. Y. J., & Yang, W. (2021). Culture Linked to Increasing Ageism During COVID-19: Evidence From a 10-Billion-Word Corpus Across 20 Countries. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, ​76(9), 1808–1816. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbab057
  • Ng, R., & Chow, T. Y. J. (2020). Aging Narratives over 210 years (1810-2019). The Journals of Gerontology: Series B,76(9), 1799–1807. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbaa222
  • Ng, R., & Lim-Soh, W. J. (2020). Ageism Linked to Culture, Not Demographics: Evidence From an 8-Billion-Word Corpus Across 20 Countries. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 76(9), 1791–1798. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbaa181
  • Ng, R., Allore, H. G., & Levy, B. R. (2020). Self-Acceptance and Interdependence Promote Longevity: Evidence From a 20-year Prospective Cohort Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(16), 5980. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17165980 
  • Ng, R., Lim, S. Q., Saw, S. Y., & Tan, K. B. (2020). 40-Year Projections of Disability and Social Isolation of Older Adults for Long-Range Policy Planning in Singapore. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(14), 4950. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17144950​
  • Giest, S., & Ng, R. (2018). Big Data Applications in Governance and Policy. Politics and Governance, 6(4), 1–4. https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.v6i4.1810
  • Ng, R. (2018). Cloud Computing in Singapore: Key Drivers and Recommendations for a Smart Nation. Politics and Governance, 6, 4, 39-47. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17645/pag.v6i4.1757
  • Ng, R., & Levy, B. (2018). Pettiness: Conceptualization, Measurement and Cross-cultural Differences. PLOS ONE 13(1): e0191252. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0191252
  • Ng, R., Allore, H. G., Monin, J. K., & Levy, B. R. (2016). Retirement as Meaningful: Positive Retirement Stereotypes Associated with Longevity. The Journal of Social Issues, 72(1), 69–85. https://doi.org/10.1111/josi.12156
  • Ng, R., Allore, H. G., Trentalange, M., Monin, J. K., & Levy, B. R. (2015). Increasing Negativity of Age Stereotypes across 200 Years: Evidence from a Database of 400 Million Words. PLOS ONE, 10(2), e0117086. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0117086 (Widespread media coverage: https://www.altmetric.com/details/3571339/news)
  • Ng, R., Ang, R. P., & Ho, M.-H. R. (2012). Coping with anxiety, depression, anger and aggression: The mediational role of resilience in adolescents. Child & Youth Care Forum, 41(6), 529–546. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10566-012-9182-x
  • Ng, R., & Rayner, S. (2010). Integrating psychometric and cultural theory approaches to formulate an alternative measure of risk perception. Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research, 23(2), 85–100. https://doi.org/10.1080/13511610.2010.512439
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