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RIKEN vs Trinity College Dublin

On research quality in 2022-now, RIKEN ranks #306 in the world and Trinity College Dublin #308, of 22,385 institutions. RIKEN stands higher in 9 of the 18 fields both publish in, Trinity College Dublin in 9.

Research profiles alike: -0.17different shapes of research, whatever their size. How it is measured

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RIKEN

Japan · Wako

World rank, 2022-now
#306
#245 all time
Works, 2022-now
5.3k
fractional
Top-10% rate
11.5%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
43%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Structural Biology, Computational Mathematics, Condensed Matter Physics.

Trinity College Dublin

Ireland · Dublin

World rank, 2022-now
#308
#308 all time
Works, 2022-now
9.8k
fractional
Top-10% rate
12.4%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
42%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Geriatrics and Gerontology, Classics, Medical Terminology.

Who leads, measure by measure?

Trinity College Dublin leads on 4 of 8 measures: output, top-10% rate, international co-authorship and growth. RIKEN leads on 3 of 8 measures: research quality, excellence for its fields and citations per work. The two are level on open access.

RIKEN 31 level4 Trinity College Dublin
  1. #306Research qualityworld rank of 22,385 institutions, 2022-now#308
  2. 1.16×Excellence for its fieldsits top-10% rate against what its topics predict; 1.00× is as expected1.09×
  3. 5.3kOutputfractional works, 2022-now9.8k
  4. 11.5%Top-10% rateshare of its works among the world's most cited12.4%
  5. 33.8Citations per workall time, per fractional work27.1
  6. 43%Open accessof its works free to read, all time42%
  7. 26%Internationalof its works written with co-authors abroad, all time27%
  8. -10%Growthworks in 2022-25 against 2018-21; half a bar is no change-3%

A rank is drawn as its standing: the longer the bar, the nearer the top. Anything else is drawn against the larger of the two, and two values a hair apart are called level. Quality, excellence and the top-10% rate are explained in the methodology.

Who leads in each field?

RIKEN stands higher in 9 of 18 fields, Trinity College Dublin in 9. RIKEN leads most in Physics and Astronomy (#48 against #360); Trinity College Dublin leads most in Environmental Science (#588 against #802). Each bar is that side's standing among all institutions ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

RIKEN 99 Trinity College Dublin
  1. #331Agricultural and Biological Sciences#753
  2. -Arts and Humanities#235
  3. #162Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#546
  4. -Business, Management and Accounting#425
  5. #184Chemistry-
  6. #188Computer Science#401
  7. -Economics, Econometrics and Finance#291
  8. #385Engineering#394
  9. #802Environmental Science#588
  10. -Health Professions#251
  11. #191Immunology and Microbiology#188
  12. #177Materials Science#237
  13. #175Mathematics-
  14. #394Medicine#369
  15. #136Neuroscience#271
  16. #48Physics and Astronomy#360
  17. -Psychology#264
  18. -Social Sciences#294

Standing is the percentile of world rank within each field, 2022-now; the printed number is the rank itself. A dash means the field is too small there to rank. How sides are compared.

The numbers behind each field

Click a heading to sort. The side that does better in a pair of columns is shaded: a lower rank, a higher rate, more works.

Field RIKEN rankTrinity College Dublin rank RIKEN top 10%Trinity College Dublin top 10% RIKEN worksTrinity College Dublin works
Agricultural and Biological Sciences #331 #753 12.8% 15.6% 152 96
Arts and Humanities - #235 - 12.5% - 499
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology #162 #546 10.2% 11.0% 766 373
Business, Management and Accounting - #425 - 19.2% - 154
Chemistry #184 - 11.1% - 185 -
Computer Science #188 #401 12.0% 10.4% 525 468
Economics, Econometrics and Finance - #291 - 16.0% - 208
Engineering #385 #394 10.4% 12.2% 571 785
Environmental Science #802 #588 8.5% 12.5% 94 261
Health Professions - #251 - 10.8% - 444
Immunology and Microbiology #191 #188 13.0% 15.0% 73 140
Materials Science #177 #237 8.5% 13.4% 372 242
Mathematics #175 - 13.0% - 92 -
Medicine #394 #369 14.5% 11.8% 418 2.5k
Neuroscience #136 #271 11.4% 13.4% 216 251
Physics and Astronomy #48 #360 12.3% 14.2% 899 188
Psychology - #264 - 12.2% - 441
Social Sciences - #294 - 12.9% - 1.1k

Where does each put its research?

Not who is better, but what each side chooses to work on. A country or institution that puts twice the world's share of its research into a field sits at 2×, whatever its size.

  1. Physics and Astronomy8.4× 1.0×
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.1× 0.8×
  3. Chemistry2.6× 0.7×
  4. Mathematics1.7× 0.5×
  5. Materials Science2.3× 0.8×
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.7× 0.3×
  7. Chemical Engineering1.1× 0.5×
  8. Computer Science1.4× 0.7×
  9. Neuroscience2.9× 1.8×
  10. Engineering0.8× 0.6×
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.0× 0.8×
  12. Energy0.7× 0.6×
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.1× 1.0×
  14. Veterinary0.6× 0.6×
  15. Immunology and Microbiology1.6× 1.7×
  16. Environmental Science0.4× 0.7×
  17. Decision Sciences0.5× 0.8×
  18. Nursing0.5× 0.8×
  19. Medicine0.5× 1.5×
  20. Psychology0.5× 1.6×
  21. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.2× 1.1×
  22. Dentistry0.2× 1.3×
  23. Social Sciences0.1× 1.0×
  24. Business, Management and Accounting0.0× 0.5×
  25. Health Professions0.1× 1.9×
  26. Arts and Humanities0.1× 2.0×
RIKENTrinity College Dublin

Location quotient in 2022-now: the share of each side's research in the field over the world's share. 1× is the world's balance; the axis runs from a quarter of it to four times. Fields where RIKEN leans further are at the top, Trinity College Dublin's at the bottom. How research profiles are compared.

What is each known for?

The keywords that describe each side's research, by fractional works in 2022-now and weighted toward what it does more of than the world.

RIKEN

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's
All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Deep Learning237▲ 1.30×78 topics
  2. Machine Learning226▲ 1.28×74 topics
  3. Neural Networks121▲ 1.48×33 topics
  4. Entanglement117▲ 15×4 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress116▲ 1.32×60 topics
  6. Nanoparticles114▲ 1.71×41 topics
  7. Biomedical Applications113▲ 1.80×35 topics
  8. Superconductivity111▲ 12×9 topics
  9. Gene Expression100▲ 3.0×20 topics
  10. Molecular Dynamics98▲ 10×6 topics
  11. Spintronics88▲ 13×4 topics
  12. Biosensors84▲ 3.2×12 topics
  13. Electronic Structure81▲ 8.5×8 topics
  14. Quantum Information74▲ 12×3 topics
  15. Topological Order73▲ 29×2 topics
  16. Tomography72▲ 7.7×5 topics
  17. Renormalization Group68▲ 23×2 topics
  18. Electronic Structure Calculations64▲ 19×2 topics
  19. Quantum Simulation61▲ 14×2 topics
  20. Quantum Computing61▲ 11×4 topics
  21. Nucleosynthesis58▲ 22×3 topics
  22. Topological Insulators57▲ 23×2 topics
  23. Superconducting Circuits56▲ 15×2 topics
  24. Spectroscopy55▲ 6.2×10 topics
  25. Lattice QCD54▲ 17×2 topics
  26. Quantum53▲ 13×2 topics
  27. Computation52▲ 14×2 topics
  28. Cryptography52▲ 8.2×2 topics
  29. Metrology51▲ 16×1 topic
  30. Photon51▲ 16×1 topic
  31. Nonlinear Optics50▲ 8.9×4 topics
  32. Spin Dynamics49▲ 23×2 topics
  33. Cuprate Superconductors48▲ 27×1 topic
  34. High-Temperature Superconductivity48▲ 27×1 topic
  35. Electron Spin48▲ 25×1 topic
  36. Semiconductor Quantum Dots48▲ 25×1 topic
  37. Transcription Factors47▲ 6.9×5 topics
  38. Small-Angle Scattering46▲ 17×2 topics
  39. Quantum Spin Hall Effect46▲ 25×1 topic
  40. Superconductors46▲ 25×1 topic

Trinity College Dublin

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's
All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology547▲ 1.41×134 topics
  2. Inflammation330▲ 1.59×83 topics
  3. Quality of Life324▲ 2.3×55 topics
  4. Public Health235▲ 1.65×64 topics
  5. Mental Health218▲ 1.56×42 topics
  6. Globalization210◆ 1.10×113 topics
  7. Identity198▲ 2.8×58 topics
  8. Nationalism191▲ 4.4×30 topics
  9. Treatment172▲ 1.45×50 topics
  10. Depression171▲ 2.0×25 topics
  11. Aging164▲ 3.1×18 topics
  12. Risk Factors155▲ 1.45×37 topics
  13. Cancer147◆ 1.12×51 topics
  14. History130▲ 1.91×43 topics
  15. Diagnosis129▲ 1.42×40 topics
  16. Literature122▲ 2.3×50 topics
  17. Biomarkers121▲ 1.78×18 topics
  18. Ethnicity121▲ 3.3×17 topics
  19. Mortality120▲ 2.2×13 topics
  20. Chemotherapy114▲ 1.65×24 topics
  21. Primary Care108▲ 3.0×15 topics
  22. Clinical Practice Guidelines107▲ 2.0×14 topics
  23. Social Support106▲ 2.0×17 topics
  24. Anxiety102▲ 2.2×12 topics
  25. Conflict99▲ 6.2×9 topics
  26. Colonialism98▲ 2.1×42 topics
  27. Religion97▲ 2.1×33 topics
  28. Transition97▲ 11×6 topics
  29. Mortality Risk93▲ 4.0×6 topics
  30. Surgery88▲ 2.6×12 topics
  31. Reconciliation86▲ 52×2 topics
  32. Consociationalism84▲ 75×1 topic
  33. Elderly Patients84▲ 5.1×4 topics
  34. Northern Ireland84▲ 75×1 topic
  35. Neuroimaging80▲ 3.0×11 topics
  36. Elderly76▲ 3.2×7 topics
  37. Physical Performance67▲ 7.1×2 topics
  38. Geriatric Assessment52▲ 7.6×2 topics
  39. Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment51▲ 10×1 topic
  40. Frailty51▲ 10×1 topic

Size is fractional works in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of the side's work against its share of the world's. Each word links to the topic it comes from most.

How has their output grown?

Trinity College Dublin has out-published RIKEN every year since 2008, when it overtook it.

still counting1k2k3kTrinity College Dublin2,093 in 2025RIKEN1,144 in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works per year.

Their share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share, because all of science grows. Each line is a side as a percentage of every work published that year.

still counting0.025%0.050%0.075%Trinity College Dublin0.036% in 2025RIKEN0.019% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

The share of each side's works, year by year, that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. The average of all institutions is 10.0% (why not 10%).

still counting5%10%15%Trinity College Dublin11.8% in 2025RIKEN10.6% in 2025200020102020

A year with under 1% of the side's peak output is left out: a rate over a handful of papers says nothing. The latest years are still being cited.

Which publishes more research, RIKEN or Trinity College Dublin?

Trinity College Dublin publishes 1.8× as much research as RIKEN in 2022-now (9.8k against 5.3k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, RIKEN or Trinity College Dublin?

12.4% of Trinity College Dublin's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 11.5% for RIKEN.

Is RIKEN or Trinity College Dublin growing faster?

Output in 2022-25 was -3% against 2018-21 for Trinity College Dublin, and -10% for RIKEN.

Which has more open access research, RIKEN or Trinity College Dublin?

43% of RIKEN's research is free to read, against 42% of Trinity College Dublin's.

Who are the top researchers on each side?

The most cited researchers on each side, among those ranked.

RIKEN

  1. 1 Zhaomin Hou #41,242 worldwide 25k citations · 850 works
  2. 2 M. Ishihara #45,510 worldwide 19k citations · 223 works
  3. 3 Yasutomo Segawa #56,390 worldwide 28k citations · 576 works
  4. 4 Masayoshi Nishiura #64,753 worldwide 12k citations · 281 works
  5. 5 Koji Takio #76,650 worldwide 26k citations · 238 works

Trinity College Dublin

  1. 1 Daniel G. Bradley #7,738 worldwide 31k citations · 297 works
  2. 2 Jonathan N. Coleman #9,316 worldwide 104k citations · 519 works
  3. 3 Brian M. Lucey #10,768 worldwide 31k citations · 701 works
  4. 4 Luke A.J. O'Neill #12,097 worldwide 101k citations · 707 works
  5. 5 Kenneth R. Benoit #12,892 worldwide 12k citations · 826 works