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Research in Cork

Science Explorer records 47 research institutions in Cork, Ireland. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University College Cork, APC Microbiome Institute and Munster Technological University.

Research institutions
47
10 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
40k
▲ 12% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
21.5%
record average 16.5%

A city carries no overall standing here. The composite 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 Cork?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University College CorkUniversity 28,276 #519
2Cork University HospitalHospital / health system 3,619 #5,549
3Munster Technological UniversityResearch facility 2,284 #5,144
4InfantResearch facility 925 #12,715
5APC Microbiome InstituteResearch facility 818 #2,400
6Mercy University HospitalHospital / health system 727 #19,441
7United Technologies Research CenterCompany 623 #6,700 all time
8National Cancer RegistryInstitution 515 #18,265
9International Energy Research CentreResearch facility 282 #11,396
10Central Statistics OfficeInstitution 281 #34,560 all time
11South Infirmary Victoria University HospitalHospital / health system 278 #22,438
12Bon Secours Hospital CorkHospital / health system 230 #31,952 all time
13Novartis (Ireland)Company 160 #22,817
14National Suicide Research FoundationNonprofit 154 #36,689 all time
15GlaxoSmithKline (Ireland)Company 142 #15,426 all time
16St. Finbarr's HospitalHospital / health system 137 #36,830 all time
17Griffith College CorkUniversity 123 #40,178 all time
18Cork County CouncilGovernment institution 105 not ranked
19Alimentary Health (Ireland)Company 81 not ranked
20Pfizer (Ireland)Company 72 not ranked
21Farran Technology (Ireland)Company 44 not ranked
22DELL (Ireland)Company 43 not ranked
23SensL (Ireland)Company 34 not ranked
24Eli Lilly (Ireland)Company 28 not ranked
25Stryker (Ireland)Company 26 not ranked
26I WishNonprofit 20 not ranked
27Shellfish Ireland (Ireland)Company 19 not ranked
28Marigot (Ireland)Company 17 not ranked
29Cork City CouncilGovernment institution 17 not ranked
30Fota Wildlife ParkNonprofit 10 not ranked
31Alcon (Ireland)Company 10 not ranked
32Cork’s Technology NetworkNonprofit 7 not ranked
33Lifetime LabArchive 6 not ranked
34Reprodoc (Ireland)Company 6 not ranked
35Atlantia Food Clinical TrialsResearch facility 5 not ranked
36BioMarin (Ireland)Company 5 not ranked
37Red Hat (Ireland)Company 4 not ranked
38Agilent Technologies (Ireland)Company 4 not ranked
39RediCare (Ireland)Company 4 not ranked
40Blackrock Castle ObservatoryResearch facility 3 not ranked
41Irish Hydrodata (Ireland)Company 3 not ranked
42ServusNet Informatics (Ireland)Company 3 not ranked
43Johnson Controls (Ireland)Company 2 not ranked
44Recordati (Ireland)Company 1 not ranked
45St Nicholas TrustNonprofit 1 not ranked
46Solvotrin Innovations (Ireland)Company 0 not ranked
47Cork Alliance CentreInstitution 0 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. 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.

University College Cork: 70.4%Cork University Hospital: 9.0%Munster Technological University: 5.7%Infant: 2.3%41 others listed: 12.6%70%largest
University College Cork28k · 70.4%Cork University Hospital3,619 · 9.0%Munster Technological University2,284 · 5.7%Infant925 · 2.3%41 others listed5,050 · 12.6%

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

What is Cork strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Cork is most concentrated in Geriatrics and Gerontology, Biological Psychiatry and Music (7.9× the world share in Geriatrics and Gerontology).

  1. Geriatrics and GerontologySubfield · 65.4 works7.9×
  2. Biological PsychiatrySubfield · 24.5 works5.8×
  3. MusicSubfield · 20.3 works3.2×
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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.

Which keywords describe research in Cork?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Metabolic Health, Inflammation, Immune Responses, Metagenomic Analysis, Short-Chain Fatty Acids, Inflammatory Diseases and Gut Microbiota.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology418▲ 1.37×129 topics
  2. Inflammation263▲ 1.64×80 topics
  3. Machine Learning212▼ 0.84×79 topics
  4. Climate Change201◆ 0.97×99 topics
  5. Quality of Life194▲ 1.75×55 topics
  6. Public Health188▲ 1.68×65 topics
  7. Mental Health171▲ 1.51×42 topics
  8. Sustainability168◆ 0.89×85 topics
  9. Renewable Energy163▲ 1.47×41 topics
  10. Globalization151◆ 1.00×104 topics
  11. Depression147▲ 2.2×22 topics
  12. Risk Factors144▲ 1.70×36 topics
  13. Identity142▲ 2.5×52 topics
  14. Metabolic Syndrome130▲ 2.1×23 topics
  15. Healthcare129▲ 1.49×30 topics
  16. Treatment124▲ 1.33×50 topics
  17. Gut Microbiota122▲ 4.5×7 topics
  18. Clinical Trials122▲ 2.4×19 topics
  19. Metabolic Health119▲ 7.9×3 topics
  20. Microbial Communities112▲ 3.4×7 topics
  21. Nationalism111▲ 3.1×25 topics
  22. Inflammatory Diseases101▲ 7.2×6 topics
  23. Immune Responses101▲ 9.5×3 topics
  24. Metagenomic Analysis98▲ 11×1 topic
  25. Short-Chain Fatty Acids98▲ 11×1 topic
  26. Mortality92▲ 2.1×13 topics
  27. Probiotics90▲ 5.0×6 topics
  28. Primary Care89▲ 3.1×15 topics
  29. Anxiety87▲ 2.4×11 topics
  30. Microbiota83▲ 5.0×7 topics
  31. Ethnicity78▲ 2.7×16 topics
  32. Ethical Considerations76▲ 2.9×17 topics
  33. Transition71▲ 10×5 topics
  34. Conflict66▲ 5.3×9 topics
  35. Prebiotics61▲ 8.4×2 topics
  36. Consociationalism56▲ 60×1 topic
  37. Northern Ireland56▲ 60×1 topic
  38. Immune Modulation54▲ 6.8×3 topics
  39. Gut Health50▲ 11×1 topic
  40. Lactic Acid Bacteria50▲ 11×1 topic

What research is done in Cork?

  1. 1 Gut microbiota and healthMolecular Biology 98 works
  2. 2 Irish and British StudiesSociology and Political Science 56 works
  3. 3 Probiotics and Fermented FoodsFood Science 50 works
  4. 4 Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient OutcomesGeriatrics and Gerontology 42 works
  5. 5 Diet and metabolism studiesPhysiology 40 works
  6. 6 Photonic and Optical DevicesElectrical and Electronic Engineering 26 works
  7. 7 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeEconomics and Econometrics 26 works
  8. 8 Nutritional Studies and DietPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 26 works
  9. 9 Tryptophan and brain disordersBiological Psychiatry 24 works
  10. 10 Proteins in Food SystemsFood Science 24 works

Research output over time

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