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?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University College CorkUniversity | 28,276 | #519 | |
| 2 | Cork University HospitalHospital / health system | 3,619 | #5,549 | |
| 3 | Munster Technological UniversityResearch facility | 2,284 | #5,144 | |
| 4 | InfantResearch facility | 925 | #12,715 | |
| 5 | APC Microbiome InstituteResearch facility | 818 | #2,400 | |
| 6 | Mercy University HospitalHospital / health system | 727 | #19,441 | |
| 7 | United Technologies Research CenterCompany | 623 | #6,700 all time | |
| 8 | National Cancer RegistryInstitution | 515 | #18,265 | |
| 9 | International Energy Research CentreResearch facility | 282 | #11,396 | |
| 10 | Central Statistics OfficeInstitution | 281 | #34,560 all time | |
| 11 | South Infirmary Victoria University HospitalHospital / health system | 278 | #22,438 | |
| 12 | Bon Secours Hospital CorkHospital / health system | 230 | #31,952 all time | |
| 13 | Novartis (Ireland)Company | 160 | #22,817 | |
| 14 | National Suicide Research FoundationNonprofit | 154 | #36,689 all time | |
| 15 | GlaxoSmithKline (Ireland)Company | 142 | #15,426 all time | |
| 16 | St. Finbarr's HospitalHospital / health system | 137 | #36,830 all time | |
| 17 | Griffith College CorkUniversity | 123 | #40,178 all time | |
| 18 | Cork County CouncilGovernment institution | 105 | not ranked | |
| 19 | Alimentary Health (Ireland)Company | 81 | not ranked | |
| 20 | Pfizer (Ireland)Company | 72 | not ranked | |
| 21 | Farran Technology (Ireland)Company | 44 | not ranked | |
| 22 | DELL (Ireland)Company | 43 | not ranked | |
| 23 | SensL (Ireland)Company | 34 | not ranked | |
| 24 | Eli Lilly (Ireland)Company | 28 | not ranked | |
| 25 | Stryker (Ireland)Company | 26 | not ranked | |
| 26 | I WishNonprofit | 20 | not ranked | |
| 27 | Shellfish Ireland (Ireland)Company | 19 | not ranked | |
| 28 | Marigot (Ireland)Company | 17 | not ranked | |
| 29 | Cork City CouncilGovernment institution | 17 | not ranked | |
| 30 | Fota Wildlife ParkNonprofit | 10 | not ranked | |
| 31 | Alcon (Ireland)Company | 10 | not ranked | |
| 32 | Cork’s Technology NetworkNonprofit | 7 | not ranked | |
| 33 | Lifetime LabArchive | 6 | not ranked | |
| 34 | Reprodoc (Ireland)Company | 6 | not ranked | |
| 35 | Atlantia Food Clinical TrialsResearch facility | 5 | not ranked | |
| 36 | BioMarin (Ireland)Company | 5 | not ranked | |
| 37 | Red Hat (Ireland)Company | 4 | not ranked | |
| 38 | Agilent Technologies (Ireland)Company | 4 | not ranked | |
| 39 | RediCare (Ireland)Company | 4 | not ranked | |
| 40 | Blackrock Castle ObservatoryResearch facility | 3 | not ranked | |
| 41 | Irish Hydrodata (Ireland)Company | 3 | not ranked | |
| 42 | ServusNet Informatics (Ireland)Company | 3 | not ranked | |
| 43 | Johnson Controls (Ireland)Company | 2 | not ranked | |
| 44 | Recordati (Ireland)Company | 1 | not ranked | |
| 45 | St Nicholas TrustNonprofit | 1 | not ranked | |
| 46 | Solvotrin Innovations (Ireland)Company | 0 | not ranked | |
| 47 | Cork 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.
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).
- Geriatrics and GerontologySubfield · 65.4 works7.9×
- Biological PsychiatrySubfield · 24.5 works5.8×
- MusicSubfield · 20.3 works3.2×
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.
- Lactic Acid Bacteria
- Immune Modulation
- Consociationalism
- Conflict
- Ethical Considerations
- Microbiota
- Primary Care
- Mortality
- Metagenomic Analysis
- Inflammatory Diseases
- Microbial Communities
- Clinical Trials
- Treatment
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Risk Factors
- Globalization
- Sustainability
- Public Health
- Climate Change
- Inflammation
- Epidemiology
- Machine Learning
- Quality of Life
- Mental Health
- Renewable Energy
- Depression
- Identity
- Healthcare
- Gut Microbiota
- Metabolic Health
- Nationalism
- Immune Responses
- Short-Chain Fatty Acids
- Probiotics
- Anxiety
- Ethnicity
- Transition
- Prebiotics
- Northern Ireland
- Gut Health
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
- Epidemiology418▲ 1.37×129 topics
- Inflammation263▲ 1.64×80 topics
- Machine Learning212▼ 0.84×79 topics
- Climate Change201◆ 0.97×99 topics
- Quality of Life194▲ 1.75×55 topics
- Public Health188▲ 1.68×65 topics
- Mental Health171▲ 1.51×42 topics
- Sustainability168◆ 0.89×85 topics
- Renewable Energy163▲ 1.47×41 topics
- Globalization151◆ 1.00×104 topics
- Depression147▲ 2.2×22 topics
- Risk Factors144▲ 1.70×36 topics
- Identity142▲ 2.5×52 topics
- Metabolic Syndrome130▲ 2.1×23 topics
- Healthcare129▲ 1.49×30 topics
- Treatment124▲ 1.33×50 topics
- Gut Microbiota122▲ 4.5×7 topics
- Clinical Trials122▲ 2.4×19 topics
- Metabolic Health119▲ 7.9×3 topics
- Microbial Communities112▲ 3.4×7 topics
- Nationalism111▲ 3.1×25 topics
- Inflammatory Diseases101▲ 7.2×6 topics
- Immune Responses101▲ 9.5×3 topics
- Metagenomic Analysis98▲ 11×1 topic
- Short-Chain Fatty Acids98▲ 11×1 topic
- Mortality92▲ 2.1×13 topics
- Probiotics90▲ 5.0×6 topics
- Primary Care89▲ 3.1×15 topics
- Anxiety87▲ 2.4×11 topics
- Microbiota83▲ 5.0×7 topics
- Ethnicity78▲ 2.7×16 topics
- Ethical Considerations76▲ 2.9×17 topics
- Transition71▲ 10×5 topics
- Conflict66▲ 5.3×9 topics
- Prebiotics61▲ 8.4×2 topics
- Consociationalism56▲ 60×1 topic
- Northern Ireland56▲ 60×1 topic
- Immune Modulation54▲ 6.8×3 topics
- Gut Health50▲ 11×1 topic
- Lactic Acid Bacteria50▲ 11×1 topic
What research is done in Cork?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Gut microbiota and healthMolecular Biology 98 works
- 2 Irish and British StudiesSociology and Political Science 56 works
- 3 Probiotics and Fermented FoodsFood Science 50 works
- 4 Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient OutcomesGeriatrics and Gerontology 42 works
- 5 Diet and metabolism studiesPhysiology 40 works
- 6 Photonic and Optical DevicesElectrical and Electronic Engineering 26 works
- 7 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeEconomics and Econometrics 26 works
- 8 Nutritional Studies and DietPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 26 works
- 9 Tryptophan and brain disordersBiological Psychiatry 24 works
- 10 Proteins in Food SystemsFood Science 24 works
Research output over time
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.