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Research in Carlow

Science Explorer records 7 research institutions in Carlow, Ireland. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority and Institute of Technology Carlow.

Research institutions
7
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
6.2k
▲ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
225k
36.6 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
24.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1951-2026
76 years on the record
Carlow

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Carlow?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development AuthorityResearch facility 5,431 #2,257
2Institute of Technology CarlowGovernment institution 678 #7,611
3CaredocHospital / health system 22 not ranked
4Inter-Euro TechnologyCompany 10 not ranked
5MicroGen Biotech (Ireland)Company 3 not ranked
6Carlow County CouncilGovernment institution 2 not ranked
7Portasol (Ireland)Company 1 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.

How concentrated the city is

The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.

Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority: 88.4%Institute of Technology Carlow: 11.0%Caredoc: 0.4%Inter-Euro Technology: 0.2%3 others listed: 0.1%88%largest
Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority5,431 · 88.4%Institute of Technology Carlow678 · 11.0%Caredoc22 · 0.4%Inter-Euro Technology10 · 0.2%3 others listed6 · 0.1%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which fields of science does Carlow work in?

In 2022-now, 51% of research in Carlow is in Life Sciences, 28% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (38%), Environmental Science (15%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (11%). It does 3.8× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 779 fractional works · 50.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 586 fractional works · 38.1% of its workFood Science: 124 fractional works · 8.1% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 114 fractional works · 7.4% of its workPlant Science: 91 fractional works · 5.9% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 71 fractional works · 4.6% of its workForestry: 61 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 36 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSoil Science: 31 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 29 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInsect Science: 18 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAquatic Science: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 167 fractional works · 10.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 68 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGenetics: 60 fractional works · 3.9% of its workBiotechnology: 18 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 17 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMicrobiology: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 433 fractional works · 28.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 234 fractional works · 15.2% of its workEcology: 69 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 48 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 24 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPollution: 17 fractional works · 1.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 15 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 15 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEngineering: 101 fractional works · 6.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 25 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 16 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 16 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 27 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomaterials: 15 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 26 fractional works · 1.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemistry: 14 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 14 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 13 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 223 fractional works · 14.5% of its workMedicine: 123 fractional works · 8.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 23 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 32 fractional works · 2.1% of its workVeterinary: 42 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSmall Animals: 40 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 37 fractional works · 2.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 37 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHealth Professions: 19 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 104 fractional works · 6.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 43 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 15 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEducation: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 18 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 13 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKCarlow1,539fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences51%Physical Sciences28%Health Sciences15%Social Sciences7%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences58638.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology16710.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology171.1%
    4. Neuroscience70.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.1%
    1. Environmental Science23415.2%
    2. Engineering1016.5%
    3. Materials Science271.7%
    4. Computer Science261.7%
    5. Chemistry140.9%
    6. Energy140.9%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences80.5%
    8. Chemical Engineering50.3%
    9. Physics and Astronomy40.3%
    10. Mathematics10.0%
    1. Medicine1238.0%
    2. Veterinary422.7%
    3. Nursing372.4%
    4. Health Professions191.2%
    5. Dentistry10.1%
    1. Social Sciences432.8%
    2. Psychology181.2%
    3. Arts and Humanities130.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting130.8%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance110.7%
    6. Decision Sciences70.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Carlow strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Carlow is most concentrated in Forestry, Agronomy and Crop Science and Animal Science and Zoology (40.2× the world share in Forestry).

  1. ForestrySubfield · 57.9 works40×
  2. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 101.7 works31×
  3. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 66.1 works22×
  4. Small AnimalsSubfield · 34.5 works20×
  5. VeterinaryField · 35.9 works19×
  6. Environmental ChemistrySubfield · 43.3 works14×
  7. Food ScienceSubfield · 111.4 works11×
  8. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 524.2 works8.0×
← 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 26 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: 7.98× its world share, 524 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.09× its world share, 154 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.04× its world share, 14 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.24× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.72× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.55× its world share, 12 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.21× its world share, 22 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 7 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.03× its world share, 13 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.45× its world share, 93 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.08× its world share, 211 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.45× its world share, 22 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.51× its world share, 18 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.42× its world share, 111 worksMedicineNursing: 4.98× its world share, 34 worksNursingVeterinary: 19.08× its world share, 36 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.32× its world share, 13 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.29× its world share, 13 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.33× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.40× its world share, 17 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 37 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 19.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary19.08×36 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences7.98×524 works
  3. Nursing4.98×34 works
  4. Environmental Science3.08×211 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.09×154 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.04×14 works
  7. Energy1.03×13 works
  8. Chemical Engineering0.72×4 works
  9. Chemistry0.55×12 works
  10. Health Professions0.51×18 works
  11. Engineering0.45×93 works
  12. Materials Science0.45×22 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.44×2 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.43×6 works
  15. Medicine0.42×111 works
  16. Psychology0.40×17 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.33×10 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.32×13 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.31×7 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.29×13 works
  21. Neuroscience0.24×5 works
  22. Computer Science0.21×22 works
  23. Social Sciences0.21×37 works
  24. Dentistry0.19×1 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.13×4 works
  26. Mathematics0.03×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Carlow?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Environmental Impact, Sustainable Agriculture, Ecosystem Services, Milk Composition, Lipid Oxidation and Consumer Perception.

▲ 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. Climate Change140▲ 3.4×68 topics
  2. Environmental Impact105▲ 4.0×37 topics
  3. Biodiversity98▲ 8.3×19 topics
  4. Sustainability85▲ 2.3×53 topics
  5. Sustainable Agriculture74▲ 15×13 topics
  6. Ecosystem Services63▲ 11×11 topics
  7. Milk Composition60▲ 88×2 topics
  8. Lipid Oxidation60▲ 38×2 topics
  9. Consumer Perception52▲ 14×7 topics
  10. Health Benefits51▲ 10×13 topics
  11. Microbial Community51▲ 39×5 topics
  12. Agroforestry51▲ 49×3 topics
  13. European Union50▲ 15×4 topics
  14. Silvoarable Systems49▲ 191×1 topic
  15. Temperate Region49▲ 191×1 topic
  16. Antioxidant Activity49▲ 5.1×21 topics
  17. Livestock Production49▲ 34×3 topics
  18. Probiotics47▲ 13×6 topics
  19. Dairy Cattle47▲ 58×2 topics
  20. Genetic Diversity46▲ 6.9×18 topics
  21. Gut Microbiota44▲ 8.3×7 topics
  22. Marker-Assisted Selection44▲ 37×2 topics
  23. Fatty Acid Composition44▲ 27×2 topics
  24. Animal Welfare44▲ 32×4 topics
  25. Methane Production43▲ 95×1 topic
  26. Ruminant Nutrition43▲ 95×1 topic
  27. Microbial Communities42▲ 6.3×8 topics
  28. Plant Breeding42▲ 29×4 topics
  29. Livestock Farming40▲ 44×3 topics
  30. Antioxidants40▲ 5.8×8 topics
  31. Population Genetics39▲ 18×4 topics
  32. Genome-Wide Association38▲ 32×2 topics
  33. Animal Breeding38▲ 58×1 topic
  34. Genomic Selection38▲ 58×1 topic
  35. Microbiota36▲ 11×7 topics
  36. Modified Atmosphere Packaging35▲ 26×2 topics
  37. Energy Balance34▲ 38×3 topics
  38. Hydrocolloids34▲ 28×2 topics
  39. Greenhouse Gas Emissions34▲ 8.0×6 topics
  40. Prebiotics33▲ 23×2 topics

What research is done in Carlow?

Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems: 48 fractional worksRuminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology: 39 fractional worksGenetic and phenotypic t…36Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock: 36 fractional worksMeat and Animal Product …30Meat and Animal Product Quality: 30 fractional worksAgriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact: 26 fractional worksReproductive Physiology in Livestock: 26 fractional worksProteins in Food Systems25Proteins in Food Systems: 25 fractional worksSustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis: 25 fractional worksProbiotics and Fermented Foods: 23 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Welf…21Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies: 21 fractional works
ForestryAgronomy and Crop ScienceGeneticsAnimal Science and Zoology4 others

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

  1. 1 Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems Forestry 48 works
  2. 2 Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology Agronomy and Crop Science 39 works
  3. 3 Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock Genetics 36 works
  4. 4 Meat and Animal Product Quality Animal Science and Zoology 30 works
  5. 5 Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact Ecology 26 works
  6. 6 Reproductive Physiology in Livestock Agronomy and Crop Science 26 works
  7. 7 Proteins in Food Systems Food Science 25 works
  8. 8 Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis Environmental Chemistry 25 works
  9. 9 Probiotics and Fermented Foods Food Science 23 works
  10. 10 Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies Small Animals 21 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

still counting20%40%60%Carlow15.0% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 49.6% in 2012.

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