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Research in Oranmore

Science Explorer records 1 research institutions in Oranmore, Ireland. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Marine Institute.

Research institutions
1
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
561
▲ 12% vs 2018-21
Citations
14k
24.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
20.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Oranmore

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Which research institutions are in Oranmore?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Marine InstituteFunder 561 #17,364

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 Oranmore work in?

In 2022-now, 73% of research in Oranmore is in Physical Sciences, 14% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (47%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (13%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (7%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 94 fractional works · 72.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 60 fractional works · 47.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 18 fractional works · 13.9% of its workEcology: 15 fractional works · 11.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 9 fractional works · 7.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 7 fractional works · 5.1% of its workPollution: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 17 fractional works · 13.1% of its workOceanography: 11 fractional works · 8.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 6.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 3.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 18 fractional works · 14.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 6.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 4.0% of its workAquatic Science: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 9.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 4.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 5 fractional works · 4.1% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 3.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedical Terminology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKOranmore128fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences73%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences9%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science6047.1%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences1713.1%
    3. Engineering86.5%
    4. Computer Science53.7%
    5. Materials Science21.4%
    6. Energy10.4%
    7. Mathematics00.3%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    10. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology86.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences54.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology32.7%
    4. Neuroscience10.7%
    1. Social Sciences64.9%
    2. Arts and Humanities21.6%
    3. Psychology21.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.5%
    5. Decision Sciences10.4%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    1. Medicine43.5%
    2. Health Professions10.5%
    3. Nursing00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Oranmore strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Oranmore is most concentrated in Environmental Science (9.7× the world share in Environmental Science).

  1. Environmental ScienceField · 53.1 works9.7×
← 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: 0.96× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.20× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.71× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.41× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 8.52× its world share, 15 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.40× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 9.71× its world share, 53 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 9.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science9.71×53 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences8.52×15 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology2.71×3 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.20×7 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.96×5 works
  6. Decision Sciences0.53×1 works
  7. Neuroscience0.51×1 works
  8. Arts and Humanities0.51×2 works
  9. Psychology0.48×2 works
  10. Computer Science0.41×4 works
  11. Engineering0.40×7 works
  12. Social Sciences0.34×5 works
  13. Mathematics0.31×0 works
  14. Chemical Engineering0.29×0 works
  15. Health Professions0.23×1 works
  16. Materials Science0.22×1 works
  17. Medicine0.19×4 works
  18. Nursing0.19×0 works
  19. Energy0.18×0 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.17×1 works
  21. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.11×0 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.10×0 works
  23. Chemistry0.09×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Oranmore?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Fisheries Sustainability, Trophic Cascades, Ecosystem Management, Marine Fisheries, Invasive Species, Aquaculture and Environmental Impact.

▲ 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. Climate Change37▲ 11×36 topics
  2. Fisheries Sustainability18▲ 163×2 topics
  3. Trophic Cascades12▲ 97×2 topics
  4. Ecosystem Management11▲ 145×1 topic
  5. Marine Fisheries11▲ 211×1 topic
  6. Environmental Impact10▲ 4.8×20 topics
  7. Invasive Species9▲ 17×9 topics
  8. Aquaculture8▲ 26×5 topics
  9. Conservation7▲ 13×9 topics
  10. Freshwater Biodiversity7▲ 90×2 topics
  11. Habitat Fragmentation7▲ 26×2 topics
  12. Conservation Challenges7▲ 121×1 topic
  13. Flow Regulation7▲ 121×1 topic
  14. Marine Environment7▲ 38×3 topics
  15. Sustainability6▲ 2.1×16 topics
  16. Population Dynamics6▲ 19×6 topics
  17. Biodiversity5▲ 5.5×11 topics
  18. Ecosystem Services5▲ 10×4 topics
  19. Ocean Acidification5▲ 47×3 topics
  20. Food Security4▲ 6.4×4 topics
  21. Global Warming4▲ 8.2×5 topics
  22. Marine Ecosystems4▲ 64×2 topics
  23. Bivalve Molluscs4▲ 112×1 topic
  24. Oyster Reefs4▲ 112×1 topic
  25. Harmful Algal Blooms4▲ 35×3 topics
  26. Acoustic Communication4▲ 52×2 topics
  27. Ocean Circulation4▲ 20×3 topics
  28. Ecology3▲ 15×4 topics
  29. Ecosystem-Based Management3▲ 77×1 topic
  30. Marine Spatial Planning3▲ 77×1 topic
  31. Anthropogenic Noise3▲ 82×1 topic
  32. Bleaching3▲ 70×1 topic
  33. Coral Reefs3▲ 70×1 topic
  34. Marine Mammals3▲ 82×1 topic
  35. Predator-Prey Interactions3▲ 30×2 topics
  36. Eutrophication3▲ 20×4 topics
  37. Benthic Communities3▲ 34×2 topics
  38. Fisheries3▲ 49×2 topics
  39. Holocene3▲ 19×3 topics
  40. Marine Biodiversity3▲ 34×2 topics

What research is done in Oranmore?

Marine and fisheries res…10Marine and fisheries research: 10 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 7 fractional worksMarine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies: 4 fractional worksCoral and Marine Ecosystems Studies: 3 fractional worksMarine animal studies overview: 3 fractional worksMarine and coastal ecosystems: 2 fractional worksAquaculture disease management and microbiota: 2 fractional worksCoastal and Marine Management: 2 fractional worksIsotope Analysis in Ecology: 2 fractional worksMarine Biology and Ecology Research: 2 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeNature and Landscape ConservationEcologyOceanography2 others

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

  1. 1 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 10 works
  2. 2 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 7 works
  3. 3 Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies Global and Planetary Change 4 works
  4. 4 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 3 works
  5. 5 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 3 works
  6. 6 Marine and coastal ecosystems Oceanography 2 works
  7. 7 Aquaculture disease management and microbiota Immunology 2 works
  8. 8 Coastal and Marine Management Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 2 works
  9. 9 Isotope Analysis in Ecology Ecology 2 works
  10. 10 Marine Biology and Ecology Research Oceanography 2 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%60%Oranmore14.2% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 40.9% in 2009.

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