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Research in Cork

Science Explorer records 40 research institutions in Cork, Ireland. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University College Cork, Munster Technological University and APC Microbiome Institute.

Research institutions
40
6 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
40k
▲ 10% vs 2018-21
Citations
1M
25.0 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
21.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record

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 Cork?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University College CorkUniversity 33,946 #710
2Munster Technological UniversityResearch facility 2,284 #3,102
3InfantResearch facility 925 #8,908
4APC Microbiome InstituteResearch facility 818 #3,728
5United Technologies Research CenterCompany 623 #13,518 all time
6National Cancer RegistryInstitution 515 #20,412
7International Energy Research CentreResearch facility 282 #18,463
8Central Statistics OfficeInstitution 281 #18,575 all time
9Bon Secours Hospital CorkHospital / health system 230 #21,689 all time
10National Suicide Research FoundationNonprofit 154 #30,270 all time
11Griffith College CorkUniversity 123 #33,924 all time
12Cork County CouncilGovernment institution 105 not ranked
13Alimentary Health (Ireland)Company 81 not ranked
14Farran Technology (Ireland)Company 44 not ranked
15DELL (Ireland)Company 43 not ranked
16SensL (Ireland)Company 34 not ranked
17Eli Lilly (Ireland)Company 28 not ranked
18Stryker (Ireland)Company 26 not ranked
19I WishNonprofit 20 not ranked
20Shellfish Ireland (Ireland)Company 19 not ranked
21Marigot (Ireland)Company 17 not ranked
22Cork City CouncilGovernment institution 17 not ranked
23Fota Wildlife ParkNonprofit 10 not ranked
24Alcon (Ireland)Company 10 not ranked
25Cork’s Technology NetworkNonprofit 7 not ranked
26Lifetime LabArchive 6 not ranked
27Reprodoc (Ireland)Company 6 not ranked
28Atlantia Food Clinical TrialsResearch facility 5 not ranked
29BioMarin (Ireland)Company 5 not ranked
30Red Hat (Ireland)Company 4 not ranked
31Agilent Technologies (Ireland)Company 4 not ranked
32RediCare (Ireland)Company 4 not ranked
33Blackrock Castle ObservatoryResearch facility 3 not ranked
34Irish Hydrodata (Ireland)Company 3 not ranked
35ServusNet Informatics (Ireland)Company 3 not ranked
36Johnson Controls (Ireland)Company 2 not ranked
37Recordati (Ireland)Company 1 not ranked
38St Nicholas TrustNonprofit 1 not ranked
39Solvotrin Innovations (Ireland)Company 0 not ranked
40Cork Alliance CentreInstitution 0 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.

University College Cork: 83.4%Munster Technological University: 5.6%Infant: 2.3%APC Microbiome Institute: 2.0%34 others listed: 6.7%83%largest
University College Cork34k · 83.4%Munster Technological University2,284 · 5.6%Infant925 · 2.3%APC Microbiome Institute818 · 2.0%34 others listed2,716 · 6.7%

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

Which fields of science does Cork work in?

In 2022-now, 33% of research in Cork is in Health Sciences, 27% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (26%), Social Sciences (13%), Engineering (11%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 2,882 fractional works · 32.8% of its workMedicine: 2,289 fractional works · 26.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 263 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSurgery: 206 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 181 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhysiology: 147 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEpidemiology: 147 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOncology: 136 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 122 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 110 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 94 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 82 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 71 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 60 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 59 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 53 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 52 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 48 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 45 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 44 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 42 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGastroenterology: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHematology: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 126 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 437 fractional works · 5.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 270 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacy: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 53 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 94 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 82 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 47 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPeriodontics: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2,407 fractional works · 27.4% of its workEngineering: 943 fractional works · 10.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 352 fractional works · 4.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 165 fractional works · 1.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 69 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 68 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 52 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 47 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 38 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 495 fractional works · 5.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 172 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems: 91 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 83 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 52 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 430 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEcology: 106 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 71 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 49 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 49 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 130 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 72 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 113 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 55 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 38 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 98 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOceanography: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 47 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 73 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 55 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 40 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 49 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemical Engineering: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2,288 fractional works · 26.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,106 fractional works · 12.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 415 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEducation: 169 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 138 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSafety Research: 55 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 46 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 67 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 416 fractional works · 4.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 186 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 105 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 49 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 45 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 296 fractional works · 3.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 65 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory: 49 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhilosophy: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMusic: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 50 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 201 fractional works · 2.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 50 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 42 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMarketing: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 190 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 143 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFinance: 38 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 79 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 1,215 fractional works · 13.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 556 fractional works · 6.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 323 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGenetics: 109 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiotechnology: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 73 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 336 fractional works · 3.8% of its workFood Science: 146 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPlant Science: 63 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 44 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 194 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 78 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 40 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 88 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 60 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 42 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKCork8,791fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences27%Health Sciences33%Social Sciences26%

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. Health Sciences2,88232.8%
    1. Medicine2,28926.0%
    2. Health Professions4375.0%
    3. Nursing941.1%
    4. Dentistry470.5%
    5. Veterinary150.2%
    1. Engineering94310.7%
    2. Computer Science4955.6%
    3. Environmental Science4304.9%
    4. Materials Science1301.5%
    5. Physics and Astronomy1131.3%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences981.1%
    7. Chemistry730.8%
    8. Energy550.6%
    9. Mathematics490.6%
    10. Chemical Engineering220.2%
  2. Social Sciences2,28826.0%
    1. Social Sciences1,10612.6%
    2. Psychology4164.7%
    3. Arts and Humanities2963.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting2012.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1902.2%
    6. Decision Sciences790.9%
  3. Life Sciences1,21513.8%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5566.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3363.8%
    3. Neuroscience1942.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology881.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics420.5%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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×
← 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: 0.77× its world share, 282 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.18× its world share, 483 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.97× its world share, 75 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.33× its world share, 166 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.32× its world share, 36 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.70× its world share, 19 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.52× its world share, 62 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.71× its world share, 423 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.63× its world share, 76 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.68× its world share, 48 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.74× its world share, 853 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.96× its world share, 365 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.41× its world share, 111 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.49× its world share, 44 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.58× its world share, 98 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.08× its world share, 40 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.92× its world share, 389 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.36× its world share, 2,016 worksMedicineNursing: 2.13× its world share, 80 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.23× its world share, 13 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.15× its world share, 256 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.74× its world share, 183 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.81× its world share, 60 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.08× its world share, 178 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.56× its world share, 365 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.00× its world share, 970 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 2.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing2.13×80 works
  2. Health Professions1.92×389 works
  3. Psychology1.56×365 works
  4. Medicine1.36×2,016 works
  5. Neuroscience1.33×166 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.32×36 works
  7. Veterinary1.23×13 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.18×483 works
  9. Arts and Humanities1.15×256 works
  10. Dentistry1.08×40 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.08×178 works
  12. Social Sciences1.00×970 works
  13. Immunology and Microbiology0.97×75 works
  14. Environmental Science0.96×365 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.81×60 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.77×282 works
  17. Engineering0.74×853 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.74×183 works
  19. Computer Science0.71×423 works
  20. Chemical Engineering0.70×19 works
  21. Energy0.68×48 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.63×76 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.58×98 works
  24. Chemistry0.52×62 works
  25. Mathematics0.49×44 works
  26. Materials Science0.41×111 works

Which keywords describe research in Cork?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology480▲ 1.37×130 topics
  2. Inflammation298▲ 1.59×82 topics
  3. Machine Learning256◆ 0.87×80 topics
  4. Climate Change237◆ 0.99×101 topics
  5. Quality of Life217▲ 1.71×56 topics
  6. Deep Learning212▼ 0.70×75 topics
  7. Public Health205▲ 1.60×66 topics
  8. Sustainability193◆ 0.90×88 topics
  9. Mental Health190▲ 1.51×44 topics
  10. Renewable Energy188▲ 1.48×44 topics
  11. Globalization172◆ 0.99×115 topics
  12. Depression168▲ 2.2×22 topics
  13. Risk Factors159▲ 1.65×36 topics
  14. Identity157▲ 2.5×56 topics
  15. Healthcare144▲ 1.44×31 topics
  16. Metabolic Syndrome142▲ 1.99×24 topics
  17. Clinical Trials141▲ 2.4×19 topics
  18. Gut Microbiota140▲ 4.6×7 topics
  19. Treatment138▲ 1.29×50 topics
  20. Metabolic Health136▲ 7.8×3 topics
  21. Microbial Communities131▲ 3.4×10 topics
  22. Nationalism124▲ 3.1×28 topics
  23. Inflammatory Diseases116▲ 6.9×6 topics
  24. Immune Responses116▲ 9.2×3 topics
  25. Metagenomic Analysis113▲ 11×1 topic
  26. Short-Chain Fatty Acids113▲ 11×1 topic
  27. Probiotics106▲ 5.0×6 topics
  28. Anxiety98▲ 2.3×11 topics
  29. Primary Care95▲ 2.9×15 topics
  30. Microbiota95▲ 5.0×7 topics
  31. Ethical Considerations85▲ 2.8×18 topics
  32. Transition78▲ 10×5 topics
  33. Conflict72▲ 5.0×9 topics
  34. Prebiotics70▲ 8.5×2 topics
  35. Immune Modulation64▲ 6.9×3 topics
  36. Reconciliation61▲ 41×2 topics
  37. Consociationalism60▲ 60×1 topic
  38. Northern Ireland60▲ 60×1 topic
  39. Gut Health58▲ 11×1 topic
  40. Lactic Acid Bacteria58▲ 11×1 topic

What research is done in Cork?

  1. 1 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 98 works
  2. 2 Irish and British Studies Sociology and Political Science 56 works
  3. 3 Probiotics and Fermented Foods Food Science 50 works
  4. 4 Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Geriatrics and Gerontology 42 works
  5. 5 Diet and metabolism studies Physiology 40 works
  6. 6 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 26 works
  7. 7 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 26 works
  8. 8 Nutritional Studies and Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 26 works
  9. 9 Tryptophan and brain disorders Biological Psychiatry 24 works
  10. 10 Proteins in Food Systems Food Science 24 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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%Cork21.1% 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 31.9% in 2016.

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