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Research in Galway

Science Explorer records 24 research institutions in Galway, Ireland. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway and COPE Galway.

Research institutions
24
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
27k
▼ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
576k
21.6 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
21.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Galway

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 Galway?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of GalwayUniversity 24,908 #946
2Galway-Mayo Institute of TechnologyUniversity 487 #13,069 all time
3COPE GalwayInstitution 355 #10,539
4Galway ClinicHospital / health system 222 #30,232 all time
5Wood Group KennyCompany 118 not ranked
6Trials Methodology Research NetworkResearch facility 116 not ranked
7Hewlett Packard Enterprise (Ireland)Company 114 not ranked
8Aerogen (Ireland)Company 71 not ranked
9Xperi (Ireland)Company 63 not ranked
10ÉireComposites (Ireland)Company 25 not ranked
11CroíNonprofit 24 not ranked
12Orbsen Therapeutics (Ireland)Company 21 not ranked
13Bon Secours Hospital GalwayHospital / health system 18 not ranked
14Crospon (Ireland)Company 3 not ranked
15Celtrak (Ireland)Company 3 not ranked
16Vornia Biomaterials (Ireland)Company 3 not ranked
17Galway Education CentreArchive 3 not ranked
18Aquila Bioscience (Ireland)Company 3 not ranked
19Smartbay IrelandResearch facility 2 not ranked
20Oran Pre-Cast (Ireland)Company 1 not ranked
21Brigit's GardenNonprofit 1 not ranked
22EmployAbility GalwayNonprofit 1 not ranked
23BaboroInstitution 0 not ranked
24Cell Stress DiscoveriesResearch facility 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.

Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway: 93.8%Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: 1.8%COPE Galway: 1.3%Galway Clinic: 0.8%18 others listed: 2.2%94%largest
Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway25k · 93.8%Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology487 · 1.8%COPE Galway355 · 1.3%Galway Clinic222 · 0.8%18 others listed590 · 2.2%

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

Which fields of science does Galway work in?

In 2022-now, 34% of research in Galway is in Health Sciences, 30% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (29%), Social Sciences (11%), Engineering (9%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 1,951 fractional works · 34.2% of its workMedicine: 1,638 fractional works · 28.7% of its workSurgery: 284 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 165 fractional works · 2.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 133 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 108 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEpidemiology: 88 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOncology: 87 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 76 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysiology: 76 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 53 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 47 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 34 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 33 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 28 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 28 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 26 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInternal Medicine: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 52 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 259 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 156 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 33 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1,710 fractional works · 30.0% of its workEngineering: 529 fractional works · 9.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 126 fractional works · 2.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 88 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 51 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 50 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 32 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 28 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 26 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 423 fractional works · 7.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 159 fractional works · 2.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 83 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems: 60 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 45 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 341 fractional works · 6.0% of its workEcology: 68 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 47 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 44 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 39 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 38 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 31 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 96 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeometry and Topology: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematical Physics: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 84 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOceanography: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPaleontology: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 83 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 34 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 31 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 52 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 50 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 31 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,328 fractional works · 23.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 622 fractional works · 10.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 250 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEducation: 85 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 74 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGender Studies: 31 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 31 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 26 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 63 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychology: 228 fractional works · 4.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 91 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 56 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 31 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 196 fractional works · 3.4% of its workHistory: 43 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 41 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhilosophy: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 127 fractional works · 2.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 35 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMarketing: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 94 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 78 fractional works · 1.4% of its workFinance: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 61 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 31 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 721 fractional works · 12.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 376 fractional works · 6.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 185 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGenetics: 62 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCancer Research: 45 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiotechnology: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 32 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 157 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPlant Science: 42 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAquatic Science: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 36 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 106 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 47 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 69 fractional works · 1.2% of its workImmunology: 48 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKGalway5,710fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences30%Health Sciences34%Social Sciences23%

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 Sciences1,95134.2%
    1. Medicine1,63828.7%
    2. Health Professions2594.5%
    3. Nursing330.6%
    4. Dentistry100.2%
    5. Veterinary100.2%
    1. Engineering5299.3%
    2. Computer Science4237.4%
    3. Environmental Science3416.0%
    4. Mathematics961.7%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences841.5%
    6. Materials Science831.5%
    7. Physics and Astronomy520.9%
    8. Chemistry500.9%
    9. Energy310.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering210.4%
  3. Social Sciences1,32823.3%
    1. Social Sciences62210.9%
    2. Psychology2284.0%
    3. Arts and Humanities1963.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting1272.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance941.6%
    6. Decision Sciences611.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3766.6%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1572.8%
    3. Neuroscience1061.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology691.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics130.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in Galway?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Quality of Life, Risk Factors, Inflammation, Atherosclerosis and Guidelines.

▲ 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. Epidemiology257◆ 1.13×125 topics
  2. Deep Learning219◆ 1.11×73 topics
  3. Machine Learning200◆ 1.05×79 topics
  4. Inflammation149▲ 1.23×81 topics
  5. Climate Change148◆ 0.96×89 topics
  6. Quality of Life131▲ 1.59×53 topics
  7. Sustainability128◆ 0.92×77 topics
  8. Risk Factors118▲ 1.87×37 topics
  9. Public Health112▲ 1.35×55 topics
  10. Globalization105◆ 0.93×90 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease102▲ 1.56×36 topics
  12. Cancer101▲ 1.31×54 topics
  13. Mental Health100▲ 1.22×35 topics
  14. Renewable Energy91◆ 1.10×38 topics
  15. Healthcare89▲ 1.37×28 topics
  16. Oxidative Stress88◆ 0.94×58 topics
  17. Treatment88▲ 1.26×49 topics
  18. Identity86▲ 2.1×48 topics
  19. Depression82▲ 1.64×22 topics
  20. Guidelines76▲ 2.8×13 topics
  21. Mortality72▲ 2.2×13 topics
  22. Clinical Practice Guidelines71▲ 2.3×14 topics
  23. Diabetes68▲ 2.4×17 topics
  24. Atherosclerosis68▲ 4.2×11 topics
  25. Ethics66▲ 2.3×34 topics
  26. Nationalism64▲ 2.5×23 topics
  27. Complications60▲ 2.1×16 topics
  28. Aging58▲ 1.87×18 topics
  29. Primary Care53▲ 2.5×15 topics
  30. Ethical Considerations50▲ 2.5×18 topics
  31. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention46▲ 6.0×4 topics
  32. Regeneration42▲ 3.6×6 topics
  33. Transition39▲ 7.7×4 topics
  34. Conflict38▲ 4.1×9 topics
  35. Evidence-Based Practice38▲ 4.9×7 topics
  36. Consociationalism32▲ 49×1 topic
  37. Northern Ireland32▲ 49×1 topic
  38. Microbial Community31▲ 6.4×5 topics
  39. Coronary Stents31▲ 12×1 topic
  40. Myocardial Revascularization31▲ 12×1 topic

What research is done in Galway?

Irish and British Studies29Irish and British Studies: 29 fractional worksCoronary Interventions a…28Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 28 fractional worksAnaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production: 21 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 20 fractional worksMesenchymal stem cell research: 20 fractional worksPeripheral Artery Disease Management: 18 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 17 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases a…17Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 17 fractional worksHate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection: 15 fractional worksRespiratory Support and Mechanisms: 14 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceSurgeryBuilding and ConstructionRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging4 others

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

  1. 1 Irish and British Studies Sociology and Political Science 29 works
  2. 2 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 28 works
  3. 3 Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production Building and Construction 21 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 20 works
  5. 5 Mesenchymal stem cell research Genetics 20 works
  6. 6 Peripheral Artery Disease Management Surgery 18 works
  7. 7 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 17 works
  8. 8 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 17 works
  9. 9 Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection Artificial Intelligence 15 works
  10. 10 Respiratory Support and Mechanisms Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 14 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%Galway21.8% 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 30.9% in 2013.

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