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Research in Letterkenny

Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in Letterkenny, Ireland. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Letterkenny Institute of Technology.

Research institutions
2
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
649
▼ 24% vs 2018-21
Citations
8.4k
13.0 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
13.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1974-2026
53 years on the record
Letterkenny

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 Letterkenny?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Letterkenny Institute of TechnologyUniversity 359 #16,119
2St. Conal's Psychiatric HospitalHospital / health system 43 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.

Which fields of science does Letterkenny work in?

In 2022-now, 44% of research in Letterkenny is in Health Sciences, 29% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (41%), Computer Science (14%), Engineering (11%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 74 fractional works · 43.9% of its workMedicine: 69 fractional works · 40.7% of its workSurgery: 12 fractional works · 7.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 7 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 6 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workOncology: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 49 fractional works · 29.3% of its workComputer Science: 24 fractional works · 14.0% of its workInformation Systems: 6 fractional works · 3.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 5 fractional works · 3.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 3.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHardware and Architecture: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 19 fractional works · 11.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 34 fractional works · 20.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 7.9% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 10 fractional works · 6.1% of its workManagement Information Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 8 fractional works · 4.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 11 fractional works · 6.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKLetterkenny169fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences29%Health Sciences44%Social Sciences20%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine6940.7%
    2. Health Professions42.6%
    3. Veterinary00.2%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    5. Nursing00.1%
    1. Computer Science2414.0%
    2. Engineering1911.2%
    3. Environmental Science42.1%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.7%
    5. Physics and Astronomy10.5%
    6. Chemistry00.2%
    7. Energy00.2%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    9. Mathematics00.1%
    10. Materials Science00.0%
    1. Social Sciences137.9%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting106.1%
    3. Psychology84.5%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.9%
    5. Arts and Humanities10.7%
    6. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology53.0%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences42.4%
    3. Neuroscience10.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.6%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in Letterkenny?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Guidelines, Epidemiology, Mortality, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Risk Factors, Anomaly Detection and Cybersecurity.

▲ 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. Epidemiology14▲ 2.0×50 topics
  2. Machine Learning11▲ 1.92×31 topics
  3. Deep Learning11▲ 1.84×31 topics
  4. Guidelines7▲ 8.8×10 topics
  5. Mortality7▲ 7.1×11 topics
  6. Risk Factors6▲ 3.5×19 topics
  7. Security5▲ 4.2×11 topics
  8. Healthcare5▲ 2.4×10 topics
  9. Treatment5▲ 2.2×16 topics
  10. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 4.9×11 topics
  11. Internet of Things4▲ 3.0×9 topics
  12. Social Capital4▲ 5.0×8 topics
  13. Supply Chain Management4▲ 2.8×7 topics
  14. Diagnosis4▲ 2.6×13 topics
  15. Management4▲ 3.0×14 topics
  16. Anomaly Detection4▲ 7.8×3 topics
  17. Big Data4▲ 2.3×7 topics
  18. Complications4▲ 4.4×10 topics
  19. Cybersecurity4▲ 8.8×4 topics
  20. Postoperative Complications4▲ 17×2 topics
  21. Cardiac Risk4▲ 27×1 topic
  22. IoT Security4▲ 6.8×3 topics
  23. Perioperative4▲ 27×1 topic
  24. Pathogenesis3▲ 3.5×9 topics
  25. Entrepreneurship3▲ 4.4×5 topics
  26. Chronic Pain3▲ 7.6×5 topics
  27. Prevention3▲ 3.9×8 topics
  28. Privacy3▲ 5.8×3 topics
  29. Surgery3▲ 4.8×6 topics
  30. Neoadjuvant Therapy3▲ 6.8×4 topics
  31. Distributed Systems3▲ 9.0×5 topics
  32. Clinical Guidelines2▲ 4.9×7 topics
  33. Inflammatory Bowel Disease2▲ 13×3 topics
  34. Intrusion Detection2▲ 10×2 topics
  35. Decentralization2▲ 6.8×2 topics
  36. DDoS Attacks2▲ 12×1 topic
  37. Network Security2▲ 11×1 topic
  38. Immunology2▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy2▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Smart Contracts2▲ 7.8×1 topic

What research is done in Letterkenny?

Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 4 fractional worksNetwork Security and Intrusion Detection: 2 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Ap…2Blockchain Technology Applications and Security: 2 fractional worksInflammatory Bowel Disease: 2 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 2 fractional worksFinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance: 2 fractional worksAirway Management and In…1Airway Management and Intubation Techniques: 1 fractional worksSoftware System Performance and Reliability: 1 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments: 1 fractional worksSustainable Building Des…1Sustainable Building Design and Assessment: 1 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineComputer Networks and CommunicationsInformation SystemsGenetics5 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  2. 2 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 2 works
  3. 3 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 2 works
  4. 4 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 2 works
  5. 5 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 2 works
  6. 6 FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance Management Information Systems 2 works
  7. 7 Airway Management and Intubation Techniques Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Software System Performance and Reliability Computer Networks and Communications 1 works
  9. 9 Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Oncology 1 works
  10. 10 Sustainable Building Design and Assessment Building and Construction 1 works

Research output over time

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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 counting10%20%30%Letterkenny10.3% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 25.6% in 2015.

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