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Research in Armagh

Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in Armagh, United Kingdom. The largest by output are Armagh Observatory & Planetarium and Southern Regional College.

Research institutions
2
Research works
716
▼ 41% vs 2018-21
Citations
17k
23.6 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
18.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Armagh

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Which research institutions are in Armagh?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Armagh Observatory & PlanetariumResearch facility 687 #20,106 all time
2Southern Regional CollegeUniversity 29 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

Which fields of science does Armagh work in?

In 2022-now, 77% of research in Armagh is in Physical Sciences, 12% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Physics and Astronomy (64%), Psychology (4%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (4%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 60 fractional works · 77.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 50 fractional works · 64.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 38 fractional works · 49.0% of its workInstrumentation: 8 fractional works · 10.5% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 3.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 12.0% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 4.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 3.8% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 9.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKArmagh78fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences77%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences12%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Physics and Astronomy5064.5%
    2. Engineering33.9%
    3. Environmental Science23.0%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences22.4%
    5. Chemistry11.6%
    6. Computer Science11.3%
    7. Materials Science00.2%
    8. Mathematics00.1%
    9. Energy00.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Psychology34.5%
    2. Arts and Humanities33.8%
    3. Social Sciences33.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences34.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology22.5%
    3. Neuroscience22.2%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
    1. Medicine00.6%
    2. Health Professions00.6%
    3. Nursing00.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Armagh strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Armagh is most concentrated in Astronomy and Astrophysics and Physics and Astronomy (96.0× the world share in Astronomy and Astrophysics).

  1. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 33.6 works96×
  2. Physics and AstronomyField · 42.4 works28×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

The whole field profile

All 24 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1.02× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 1.58× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.11× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.33× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.70× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 28.29× its world share, 42 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMedicineNursing: 1.01× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.43× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.68× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 28.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy28.29×42 works
  2. Psychology1.68×4 works
  3. Neuroscience1.58×2 works
  4. Arts and Humanities1.43×3 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.33×1 works
  6. Chemistry1.11×1 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.02×3 works
  8. Nursing1.01×0 works
  9. Environmental Science0.70×2 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.53×2 works
  11. Chemical Engineering0.35×0 works
  12. Social Sciences0.26×2 works
  13. Engineering0.24×2 works
  14. Computer Science0.18×1 works
  15. Energy0.15×0 works
  16. Health Professions0.12×0 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.12×0 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.08×0 works
  19. Materials Science0.07×0 works
  20. Medicine0.02×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Armagh?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Exoplanets, Stellar Astrophysics, Accretion Disks, Magnetic Fields, Star Formation, Astronomical Instrumentation, Spectrograph and Molecular Clouds.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Exoplanets12▲ 389×1 topic
  2. Stellar Astrophysics12▲ 389×1 topic
  3. Accretion Disks9▲ 231×2 topics
  4. Magnetic Fields9▲ 174×2 topics
  5. Star Formation8▲ 190×2 topics
  6. Astronomical Instrumentation8▲ 322×1 topic
  7. Spectrograph8▲ 322×1 topic
  8. Molecular Clouds6▲ 310×1 topic
  9. Protoplanetary Disks6▲ 310×1 topic
  10. Gravitational Waves5▲ 115×2 topics
  11. Solar System Abundances5▲ 123×1 topic
  12. Terrestrial Planets5▲ 123×1 topic
  13. Supernovae4▲ 69×2 topics
  14. Black Holes4▲ 57×3 topics
  15. Nucleosynthesis4▲ 108×3 topics
  16. Gamma-Ray Bursts4▲ 191×1 topic
  17. Neutron Stars4▲ 191×1 topic
  18. Galactic Center3▲ 76×2 topics
  19. Dark Matter2▲ 28×3 topics
  20. Event Horizon Telescope2▲ 138×1 topic
  21. X-Ray Astronomy2▲ 138×1 topic
  22. Cosmology2▲ 38×2 topics
  23. Galaxies2▲ 78×1 topic
  24. Language2▲ 9.5×4 topics
  25. Stellar Populations2▲ 78×1 topic
  26. Mars2▲ 59×1 topic
  27. Martian Surface2▲ 59×1 topic
  28. Elderly1▲ 6.7×3 topics
  29. Solar Wind1▲ 19×2 topics
  30. Spectroscopy1▲ 9.8×4 topics
  31. Astrobiology1▲ 47×2 topics
  32. Cognition1▲ 11×2 topics
  33. Coronal Mass Ejections1▲ 41×1 topic
  34. Optical 3D Laser Measurement1▲ 118×1 topic
  35. Position-Sensitive Detector1▲ 118×1 topic
  36. Solar Dynamics Observatory1▲ 41×1 topic
  37. High-Resolution Imaging1▲ 30×2 topics
  38. Radio Astronomy1▲ 66×2 topics
  39. Solar Observations1▲ 151×1 topic
  40. Transits of Venus1▲ 151×1 topic

What research is done in Armagh?

Stellar, planetary, and …10Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies: 10 fractional worksAstronomy and Astrophysical Research: 6 fractional worksAstrophysics and Star Formation Studies: 5 fractional worksAstro and Planetary Scie…4Astro and Planetary Science: 4 fractional worksGamma-ray bursts and sup…4Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae: 4 fractional worksAstrophysical Phenomena and Observations: 2 fractional worksGalaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena: 2 fractional worksAstronomical Observations and Instrumentation: 1 fractional worksPlanetary Science and Exploration: 1 fractional worksHistory and Developments in Astronomy: 1 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsInstrumentationComputational Mechanics

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 10 works
  2. 2 Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Instrumentation 6 works
  3. 3 Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 5 works
  4. 4 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 4 works
  5. 5 Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae Astronomy and Astrophysics 4 works
  6. 6 Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations Astronomy and Astrophysics 2 works
  7. 7 Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena Astronomy and Astrophysics 2 works
  8. 8 Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation Computational Mechanics 1 works
  9. 9 Planetary Science and Exploration Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  10. 10 History and Developments in Astronomy Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works

Research output over time

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

10%20%30%Armagh12.0% in 2024all institutions10.0% in 202420102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 28.2% in 2019.

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