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Research in Maynooth

Science Explorer records 1 research institutions in Maynooth, Ireland. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are National University of Ireland, Maynooth.

Research institutions
1
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
10k
▲ 15% vs 2018-21
Citations
190k
18.2 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
21.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1962-2026
65 years on the record
Maynooth

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 Maynooth?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1National University of Ireland, MaynoothUniversity 10,423 #1,255

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 Maynooth work in?

In 2022-now, 53% of research in Maynooth is in Social Sciences, 30% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (30%), Arts and Humanities (10%), Engineering (10%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 1,400 fractional works · 53.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 795 fractional works · 30.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 282 fractional works · 10.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 141 fractional works · 5.4% of its workEducation: 115 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGender Studies: 35 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLaw: 34 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAnthropology: 29 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety Research: 24 fractional works · 0.9% of its workUrban Studies: 19 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCultural Studies: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Administration: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 270 fractional works · 10.3% of its workHistory: 55 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhilosophy: 44 fractional works · 1.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 36 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArcheology: 31 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 31 fractional works · 1.2% of its workReligious studies: 19 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClassics: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMusic: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 160 fractional works · 6.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 67 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 36 fractional works · 1.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 29 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 19 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 90 fractional works · 3.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 27 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 57 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 39 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFinance: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 28 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 790 fractional works · 30.1% of its workEngineering: 256 fractional works · 9.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 76 fractional works · 2.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 40 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 26 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 25 fractional works · 0.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 21 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMedia Technology: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 213 fractional works · 8.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 59 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 31 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 31 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems: 30 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoftware: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 120 fractional works · 4.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 40 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 57 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 23 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 40 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrochemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 37 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOceanography: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 29 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistics and Probability: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 19 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 240 fractional works · 9.1% of its workMedicine: 161 fractional works · 6.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 28 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEpidemiology: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSurgery: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 33 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 74 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 51 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 195 fractional works · 7.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 73 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 42 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGenetics: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiophysics: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 63 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPlant Science: 21 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInsect Science: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 41 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 33 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMaynooth2,626fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences30%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences53%

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. Social Sciences1,40053.3%
    1. Social Sciences79530.3%
    2. Arts and Humanities27010.3%
    3. Psychology1606.1%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting903.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance572.2%
    6. Decision Sciences281.1%
    1. Engineering2569.8%
    2. Computer Science2138.1%
    3. Environmental Science1204.6%
    4. Physics and Astronomy572.2%
    5. Chemistry401.5%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences371.4%
    7. Mathematics291.1%
    8. Materials Science190.7%
    9. Energy160.6%
    10. Chemical Engineering30.1%
    1. Medicine1616.1%
    2. Health Professions742.8%
    3. Nursing30.1%
    4. Veterinary10.0%
    5. Dentistry10.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology732.8%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences632.4%
    3. Neuroscience411.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology170.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Maynooth strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Maynooth is most concentrated in History, Archeology and Anthropology (6.7× the world share in History).

  1. HistorySubfield · 50.2 works6.7×
  2. ArcheologySubfield · 30.6 works4.4×
  3. AnthropologySubfield · 26.5 works4.1×
← 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: 0.50× its world share, 55 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.53× its world share, 66 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.62× its world share, 14 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.94× its world share, 36 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.02× its world share, 37 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.06× its world share, 191 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.75× its world share, 27 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.62× its world share, 13 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.66× its world share, 230 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.80× its world share, 92 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.20× its world share, 16 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.93× its world share, 26 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.96× its world share, 50 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.06× its world share, 65 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.31× its world share, 139 worksMedicineNursing: 0.24× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.56× its world share, 238 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.13× its world share, 84 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.13× its world share, 25 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.07× its world share, 53 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.98× its world share, 140 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.42× its world share, 711 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities3.56×238 works
  2. Social Sciences2.42×711 works
  3. Psychology1.98×140 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting1.13×84 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.13×25 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.07×53 works
  7. Computer Science1.06×191 works
  8. Health Professions1.06×65 works
  9. Chemistry1.02×37 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy0.96×50 works
  11. Neuroscience0.94×36 works
  12. Mathematics0.93×26 works
  13. Environmental Science0.80×92 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.75×27 works
  15. Engineering0.66×230 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.62×14 works
  17. Energy0.62×13 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.53×66 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.50×55 works
  20. Veterinary0.35×1 works
  21. Medicine0.31×139 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.30×2 works
  23. Nursing0.24×3 works
  24. Materials Science0.20×16 works
  25. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.16×1 works
  26. Dentistry0.08×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Maynooth?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Identity, Nationalism, Globalization, Ethnicity, Conflict, Transition, Reconciliation and 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-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. Identity142▲ 7.5×49 topics
  2. Globalization138▲ 2.7×86 topics
  3. Nationalism123▲ 10×26 topics
  4. Climate Change102▲ 1.43×82 topics
  5. Human Rights91▲ 3.4×49 topics
  6. Ethnicity80▲ 8.2×13 topics
  7. Renewable Energy77▲ 2.0×34 topics
  8. Mental Health75▲ 1.99×38 topics
  9. Conflict72▲ 17×9 topics
  10. Sustainability69◆ 1.07×66 topics
  11. Education69▲ 1.52×73 topics
  12. Transition65▲ 28×6 topics
  13. Neoliberalism63▲ 6.7×21 topics
  14. Consociationalism62▲ 203×1 topic
  15. Northern Ireland62▲ 203×1 topic
  16. Reconciliation62▲ 138×2 topics
  17. Gender61▲ 4.3×43 topics
  18. Public Health60▲ 1.58×42 topics
  19. History59▲ 3.2×43 topics
  20. Colonialism57▲ 4.6×32 topics
  21. Ethics55▲ 4.1×37 topics
  22. Religion55▲ 4.5×34 topics
  23. Social Justice50▲ 3.2×29 topics
  24. Democracy40▲ 4.3×16 topics
  25. Control Strategies40▲ 11×5 topics
  26. Cultural Identity40▲ 3.0×16 topics
  27. Literature38▲ 2.6×41 topics
  28. Global Warming36▲ 3.2×14 topics
  29. Philosophy35▲ 3.0×30 topics
  30. Power Take-Off35▲ 64×1 topic
  31. Wave Energy35▲ 64×1 topic
  32. Feminism30▲ 3.9×18 topics
  33. Inclusion28▲ 7.2×6 topics
  34. Intersectionality27▲ 5.5×11 topics
  35. Lifelong Learning26▲ 4.8×9 topics
  36. Religious Identity26▲ 16×6 topics
  37. Cosmopolitanism24▲ 8.4×8 topics
  38. Cultural History23▲ 7.4×10 topics
  39. Judicial Review22▲ 9.7×5 topics
  40. Theology21▲ 8.7×5 topics

What research is done in Maynooth?

Irish and British Studies56Irish and British Studies: 56 fractional worksWave and Wind Energy Sys…32Wave and Wind Energy Systems: 32 fractional worksEuropean and Internation…18European and International Law Studies: 18 fractional worksHistorical Studies of British Isles: 15 fractional worksGlobal Educational Policies and Reforms: 14 fractional worksCultural Industries and Urban Development: 12 fractional worksClassical Antiquity Studies: 12 fractional worksLinguistics and language evolution: 12 fractional worksHealth disparities and outcomes: 10 fractional worksCriminal Justice and Corrections Analysis: 10 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceOcean EngineeringPolitical Science and International RelationsHistory4 others

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

  1. 1 Irish and British Studies Sociology and Political Science 56 works
  2. 2 Wave and Wind Energy Systems Ocean Engineering 32 works
  3. 3 European and International Law Studies Political Science and International Relations 18 works
  4. 4 Historical Studies of British Isles History 15 works
  5. 5 Global Educational Policies and Reforms Political Science and International Relations 14 works
  6. 6 Cultural Industries and Urban Development Urban Studies 12 works
  7. 7 Classical Antiquity Studies Anthropology 12 works
  8. 8 Linguistics and language evolution Language and Linguistics 12 works
  9. 9 Health disparities and outcomes Health 10 works
  10. 10 Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis Sociology and Political Science 10 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%Maynooth17.4% 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 32.4% in 2016.

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