City · Ireland
Research in Dublin
Science Explorer records 351 research institutions in Dublin, Ireland. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University College Dublin, Trinity College Dublin and Dublin City University.
- Research institutions
- 351 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 180k ▲ 28% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 20.9% 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 Dublin?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University College DublinUniversity | 45,953 | #326 | |
| 2 | Trinity College DublinUniversity | 41,849 | #397 | |
| 3 | Dublin City UniversityUniversity | 16,473 | #1,154 | |
| 4 | Royal College of Surgeons in IrelandUniversity | 7,220 | #2,157 | |
| 5 | St. James's HospitalHospital / health system | 5,844 | #4,451 | |
| 6 | St. Vincent's University HospitalHospital / health system | 4,686 | #5,109 | |
| 7 | Technological University DublinUniversity | 4,576 | #2,146 | |
| 8 | National University of IrelandUniversity | 4,424 | #6,502 | |
| 9 | Beaumont HospitalHospital / health system | 4,089 | #7,106 | |
| 10 | Mater Misericordiae University HospitalHospital / health system | 3,841 | #7,798 | |
| 11 | Tallaght University HospitalHospital / health system | 3,064 | #9,464 | |
| 12 | Dublin Institute For Advanced StudiesResearch facility | 2,036 | #7,980 | |
| 13 | Centre for Research in Engineering Surface TechnologyInstitution | 1,552 | #18,635 | |
| 14 | Children's Health Ireland at CrumlinHospital / health system | 1,522 | #8,903 | |
| 15 | Royal Victoria Eye and Ear HospitalHospital / health system | 1,211 | #20,609 | |
| 16 | National Maternity HospitalHospital / health system | 1,193 | #14,850 | |
| 17 | Temple Street Children's University HospitalHospital / health system | 1,083 | #16,533 | |
| 18 | Economic and Social Research InstituteNonprofit | 1,035 | #16,390 | |
| 19 | Rotunda HospitalHospital / health system | 988 | #17,601 | |
| 20 | The ArkArchive | 974 | #18,039 | |
| 21 | Health Service ExecutiveHospital / health system | 969 | #10,070 | |
| 22 | Mental Health CommissionGovernment institution | 920 | #18,306 all time | |
| 23 | Medtronic (Ireland)Company | 917 | #17,698 | |
| 24 | Department of HealthGovernment institution | 856 | #13,970 | |
| 25 | eBay (Ireland)Company | 691 | #22,839 | |
| 26 | Coombe Women & Infants University HospitalHospital / health system | 686 | #14,355 | |
| 27 | National College of IrelandUniversity | 635 | #19,652 | |
| 28 | St. Patrick's HospitalHospital / health system | 634 | #22,740 all time | |
| 29 | Health Research BoardGovernment institution | 624 | #16,907 | |
| 30 | Connolly Hospital BlanchardstownHospital / health system | 616 | #25,027 | |
| 31 | Dublin Dental University HospitalHospital / health system | 598 | #13,082 | |
| 32 | BH Consulting (Ireland)Company | 579 | #20,817 | |
| 33 | IBM Research - IrelandResearch facility | 533 | #16,677 | |
| 34 | St Michael’s HospitalHospital / health system | 522 | #17,947 | |
| 35 | Science Foundation IrelandNonprofit | 475 | #5,630 | |
| 36 | Advanced Materials and BioEngineering ResearchResearch facility | 471 | #5,202 | |
| 37 | Mallinckrodt (Ireland)Company | 429 | #13,547 all time | |
| 38 | Food for Health IrelandResearch facility | 420 | #13,538 | |
| 39 | Central Bank of IrelandInstitution | 407 | #29,836 all time | |
| 40 | National Instruments (Ireland)Company | 334 | #24,955 all time | |
| 41 | Dublin Business SchoolUniversity | 328 | #23,545 | |
| 42 | IBAT CollegeUniversity | 302 | #16,403 all time | |
| 43 | Institute of Public HealthGovernment institution | 300 | #20,634 | |
| 44 | 22q11 IrelandNonprofit | 289 | #12,530 all time | |
| 45 | Geological Survey of IrelandGovernment institution | 274 | #23,283 all time | |
| 46 | Arts CouncilGovernment institution | 266 | #38,117 all time | |
| 47 | Health and Safety AuthorityHospital / health system | 261 | #14,755 | |
| 48 | Sports Surgery ClinicHospital / health system | 258 | #24,363 | |
| 49 | World RugbyInstitution | 250 | #35,234 all time | |
| 50 | Royal Irish AcademyFunder | 246 | #41,273 all time | |
| 51 | Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and TechnologyUniversity | 244 | #17,020 | |
| 52 | Rape Crisis Network IrelandNonprofit | 240 | #27,676 | |
| 53 | Merrion Fertility ClinicHospital / health system | 236 | #27,629 | |
| 54 | Molecular Medicine IrelandNonprofit | 231 | #25,071 all time | |
| 55 | Electricity Supply Board (Ireland)Company | 224 | #36,387 all time | |
| 56 | Clarity Centre for Sensor Web TechnologiesResearch facility | 221 | #21,521 all time | |
| 57 | I-Form Advanced Manufacturing Research CentreResearch facility | 216 | #11,530 | |
| 58 | Met ÉireannInstitution | 208 | #15,942 all time | |
| 59 | National Rehabilitation HospitalHospital / health system | 195 | #36,663 all time | |
| 60 | National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and TrainingResearch facility | 188 | #18,731 all time |
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 Dublin46k · 26.9%Trinity College Dublin42k · 24.5%Dublin City University16k · 9.6%Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland7,220 · 4.2%56 others listed59k · 34.8%
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
What is Dublin strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Dublin is most concentrated in Geriatrics and Gerontology, Research and Theory and Public Administration (4.4× the world share in Geriatrics and Gerontology).
- Geriatrics and GerontologySubfield · 156.2 works4.4×
- Research and TheorySubfield · 29.6 works3.5×
- Public AdministrationSubfield · 57.0 works3.2×
- ClassicsSubfield · 60.0 works3.1×
- MusicSubfield · 70.1 works2.6×
- HistorySubfield · 264.3 works2.5×
← 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.
Which keywords describe research in Dublin?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Inflammation, Nationalism, Public Health, Identity, Mental Health and Transition.
- Northern Ireland
- Peace Process
- Reconciliation
- Ethical Considerations
- Surgery
- Anxiety
- Gender
- Clinical Practice Guidelines
- Aging
- Ethnicity
- Primary Care
- Diagnosis
- Depression
- Nationalism
- Identity
- Risk Factors
- Mental Health
- Public Health
- Inflammation
- Deep Learning
- Epidemiology
- Machine Learning
- Quality of Life
- Globalization
- Climate Change
- Treatment
- Sustainability
- Healthcare
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Mortality
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Management
- Clinical Trials
- Conflict
- Colonialism
- Transition
- Prevalence
- Neoliberalism
- Paramilitarism
- Consociationalism
▲ 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
- Epidemiology1,791▲ 1.38×139 topics
- Deep Learning981◆ 0.88×85 topics
- Machine Learning960◆ 0.90×94 topics
- Inflammation918▲ 1.35×83 topics
- Quality of Life823▲ 1.75×59 topics
- Public Health779▲ 1.64×70 topics
- Globalization748▲ 1.16×150 topics
- Mental Health715▲ 1.49×46 topics
- Climate Change694▼ 0.79×116 topics
- Risk Factors595▲ 1.65×37 topics
- Treatment587▲ 1.48×52 topics
- Identity584▲ 2.5×72 topics
- Sustainability578▼ 0.73×119 topics
- Nationalism518▲ 3.4×32 topics
- Healthcare482▲ 1.31×37 topics
- Depression479▲ 1.67×26 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease466▲ 1.28×39 topics
- Diagnosis433▲ 1.42×41 topics
- Mortality404▲ 2.1×13 topics
- Primary Care376▲ 3.0×15 topics
- Metabolic Syndrome365▲ 1.37×24 topics
- Ethnicity351▲ 2.9×24 topics
- Management348▲ 1.36×40 topics
- Aging335▲ 1.91×19 topics
- Clinical Trials334▲ 1.52×19 topics
- Clinical Practice Guidelines320▲ 1.79×14 topics
- Conflict314▲ 5.9×11 topics
- Gender303▲ 1.71×55 topics
- Colonialism298▲ 1.92×47 topics
- Anxiety297▲ 1.92×12 topics
- Transition291▲ 9.6×6 topics
- Surgery276▲ 2.4×12 topics
- Prevalence275▲ 2.1×15 topics
- Ethical Considerations264▲ 2.4×21 topics
- Neoliberalism258▲ 2.2×27 topics
- Reconciliation239▲ 43×2 topics
- Paramilitarism236▲ 36×2 topics
- Peace Process236▲ 36×2 topics
- Consociationalism234▲ 59×1 topic
- Northern Ireland234▲ 59×1 topic
What research is done in Dublin?
Sociology and Political ScienceEconomics and EconometricsGeriatrics and GerontologyClinical Psychology6 others
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Irish and British StudiesSociology and Political Science 234 works
- 2 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeEconomics and Econometrics 99 works
- 3 Frailty in Older AdultsGeriatrics and Gerontology 93 works
- 4 COVID-19 and Mental HealthClinical Psychology 84 works
- 5 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and EducationHealth Informatics 75 works
- 6 Geriatric Care and Nursing HomesGeneral Health Professions 75 works
- 7 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical OutcomesCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 71 works
- 8 Nutrition and Health in AgingPhysiology 71 works
- 9 Ethics and Social Impacts of AISafety Research 71 works
- 10 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment ResearchPsychiatry and Mental health 70 works
Research output over time
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