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Science in Ireland

Ireland ranks #43 of 192 countries on research quality in 2022–2025 (#36 all time), with 57k research works and 20.9% of them in the world's top 10%.

World rank, 2022–2025
#43
of 192 · #36 all time
Works, 2022–2025
57k
▲ 26% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate
20.9%
record average 16.5%
In the world top 100
0
5 in the top 1,000
Open access
42%
world 63%

What is Ireland strongest at in science?

On research quality in 2022–2025, Ireland ranks highest in Medicine (#33 of 155), Social Sciences (#38 of 151) and Education (#29 of 115). Relative to its size it is most specialised in Geriatrics and Gerontology, Medical Terminology and Research and Theory.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
MedicineField #33 of 155 15.5%15,134 Institutions
Social SciencesField #38 of 151 25.6%7,540 Institutions
EducationSubfield #29 of 115 35.2%1,187 Institutions
Health ProfessionsField #33 of 108 20.2%2,709 Institutions
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #30 of 97 23.1%1,047 Institutions
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #38 of 122 23.1%2,702 Institutions
EngineeringField #43 of 134 19.3%5,606 Institutions
General Health ProfessionsSubfield #28 of 86 19.7%1,694 Institutions
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #42 of 126 30.7%2,043 Institutions
SurgerySubfield #30 of 88 13.8%1,964 Institutions
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #37 of 108 22.4%2,928 Institutions
PsychologyField #38 of 109 23.6%2,751 Institutions

Where its research is concentrated

Location quotient: how much more — or less — of each node it does than its size predicts. Drawn around 1×, where “twice the world share” and “half of it” are the same distance apart in opposite directions. A volume reading, which on a country axis is largely population and industrial structure.

  1. Geriatrics and GerontologySubfield · 319.2 works5.2×
  2. Medical TerminologySubfield · 5.9 works3.5×
  3. Research and TheorySubfield · 50.5 works3.5×
  4. Public AdministrationSubfield · 97.4 works3.2×
  5. General PsychologySubfield · 18.7 works3.2×
  6. MusicSubfield · 126.9 works2.7×
  7. EquineSubfield · 19.9 works2.7×
  8. ClassicsSubfield · 90.9 works2.7×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.76× its world share, 2,043 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.97× its world share, 2,928 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.00× its world share, 573 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.15× its world share, 1,058 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.88× its world share, 176 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.55× its world share, 110 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.66× its world share, 587 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.85× its world share, 3,735 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.67× its world share, 598 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.58× its world share, 304 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.66× its world share, 5,606 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.86× its world share, 2,426 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.52× its world share, 1,021 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.66× its world share, 441 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.67× its world share, 841 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.77× its world share, 212 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.81× its world share, 2,709 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.39× its world share, 15k worksMedicineNursing: 1.31× its world share, 363 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.07× its world share, 160 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.40× its world share, 2,301 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.71× its world share, 1,289 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.98× its world share, 540 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.06× its world share, 1,292 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.59× its world share, 2,751 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.05× its world share, 7,540 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 2.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research in Ireland?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Inflammation, Identity, Public Health, Nationalism, Mental Health and Transition.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this country'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. Epidemiology3,010▲ 1.34×139 topics
  2. Machine Learning1,661◆ 0.89×96 topics
  3. Deep Learning1,660▼ 0.85×85 topics
  4. Inflammation1,586▲ 1.34×83 topics
  5. Quality of Life1,380▲ 1.69×60 topics
  6. Climate Change1,372◆ 0.90×125 topics
  7. Public Health1,344▲ 1.63×74 topics
  8. Mental Health1,266▲ 1.52×48 topics
  9. Globalization1,262◆ 1.13×163 topics
  10. Sustainability1,158▼ 0.84×126 topics
  11. Identity1,040▲ 2.5×75 topics
  12. Risk Factors1,027▲ 1.65×37 topics
  13. Treatment944▲ 1.37×52 topics
  14. Nationalism874▲ 3.3×32 topics
  15. Healthcare856▲ 1.34×41 topics
  16. Depression854▲ 1.71×26 topics
  17. Cardiovascular Disease822▲ 1.30×39 topics
  18. Diagnosis700▲ 1.33×41 topics
  19. Mortality681▲ 2.1×13 topics
  20. Primary Care641▲ 3.0×15 topics
  21. Metabolic Syndrome631▲ 1.37×24 topics
  22. Aging623▲ 2.0×19 topics
  23. Clinical Trials610▲ 1.60×19 topics
  24. Ethnicity608▲ 2.8×25 topics
  25. Clinical Practice Guidelines536▲ 1.74×14 topics
  26. Anxiety535▲ 1.99×12 topics
  27. Gender532▲ 1.73×57 topics
  28. Conflict529▲ 5.7×11 topics
  29. Transition509▲ 9.7×6 topics
  30. Colonialism495▲ 1.84×48 topics
  31. Guidelines493▲ 1.87×13 topics
  32. Ethical Considerations479▲ 2.5×21 topics
  33. Surgery440▲ 2.2×12 topics
  34. Reconciliation421▲ 44×2 topics
  35. Paramilitarism418▲ 36×2 topics
  36. Peace Process418▲ 36×2 topics
  37. Consociationalism416▲ 60×1 topic
  38. Northern Ireland416▲ 60×1 topic
  39. Mortality Risk390▲ 2.9×6 topics
  40. Elderly Patients378▲ 4.0×4 topics

How many world-class institutions does Ireland hold?

Average quality and elite capacity disagree by construction, and both are worth knowing: the first is decided by a country’s whole institution population, the second counts the institutions it holds at the top. One square per institution.

101st to 500th2501st to 1,000th3

Bands are exclusive, so the squares add up to 5 — the institutions it holds in the world top 1,000 — and not to four times it.

Which universities in Ireland lead research?

University College Dublin, Trinity College Dublin and University College Cork rank highest in Ireland on research quality in 2022–2025.

0%20%40%mean 23.2867%fractional works (log) →share in the world top 10% →University College Dublin: 8,522, 24.5%Trinity College Dublin: 6,655, 23.2%University College Cork: 5,059, 23.2%University of Limerick: 3,376, 24.3%Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway: 3,817, 24.3%Dublin City University: 3,374, 27.4%National University of Ireland, Maynooth: 2,318, 21.6%Technological University Dublin: 1,873, 20.5%Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland: 1,641, 18.5%APC Microbiome Institute: 305, 42.0%Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority: 1,177, 26.3%St. James's Hospital: 959, 12.5%St. Vincent's University Hospital: 835, 10.4%Munster Technological University: 659, 21.8%Advanced Materials and BioEngineering Research: 195, 28.8%University College D…University of LimerickTrinity College DublinUniversity College C…
above the meannear itbelow it

One dot per institution in the list below. The upper left is the interesting corner.

  1. 1University College DublinUniversity · Dublin · #326 worldwide24.5% top 10% · 8.5k works
  2. 2Trinity College DublinUniversity · Dublin · #397 worldwide23.2% top 10% · 6.7k works
  3. 3University College CorkUniversity · Cork · #519 worldwide23.2% top 10% · 5.1k works
  4. 4University of LimerickUniversity · Limerick · #867 worldwide24.3% top 10% · 3.4k works
  5. 5Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of GalwayUniversity · Galway · #879 worldwide24.3% top 10% · 3.8k works
  6. 6Dublin City UniversityUniversity · Dublin · #1,154 worldwide27.4% top 10% · 3.4k works
  7. 7National University of Ireland, MaynoothUniversity · Maynooth · #1,804 worldwide21.6% top 10% · 2.3k works
  8. 8Technological University DublinUniversity · Dublin · #2,146 worldwide20.5% top 10% · 1.9k works
  9. 9Royal College of Surgeons in IrelandUniversity · Dublin · #2,157 worldwide18.5% top 10% · 1.6k works
  10. 10APC Microbiome InstituteResearch facility · Cork · #2,400 worldwide42.0% top 10% · 305 works
  11. 11Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development AuthorityResearch facility · Carlow · #2,987 worldwide26.3% top 10% · 1.2k works
  12. 12St. James's HospitalHospital / health system · Dublin · #4,451 worldwide12.5% top 10% · 959 works
  13. 13St. Vincent's University HospitalHospital / health system · Dublin · #5,109 worldwide10.4% top 10% · 835 works
  14. 14Munster Technological UniversityResearch facility · Cork · #5,144 worldwide21.8% top 10% · 659 works
  15. 15Advanced Materials and BioEngineering ResearchResearch facility · Dublin · #5,202 worldwide28.8% top 10% · 195 works

The track on each row is its top-10% rate; the tick is the world’s rate in this record, 16.5% — teal above it, red below.

All ranked institutions in Ireland

Who are the top researchers in Ireland?

Timothy G. Dinan, Michael Gill and John F. Cryan rank highest among researchers based in Ireland.

  1. 1 Timothy G. Dinan · #742 worldwide 3.1k citations · 126 works
  2. 2 Michael Gill · #1,031 worldwide 2.1k citations · 121 works
  3. 3 John F. Cryan · #1,527 worldwide 2.3k citations · 195 works
  4. 4 Colin Hill · #1,910 worldwide 2.5k citations · 103 works
  5. 5 Aiden Corvin · #2,827 worldwide 1.6k citations · 73 works
  6. 6 David Lewis · #6,218 worldwide 1.6k citations · 161 works
  7. 7 Gary Donohoe · #6,360 worldwide 1.5k citations · 56 works
  8. 8 Rob Kitchin · #6,436 worldwide 974 citations · 124 works
  9. 9 Erwin Schrödinger · #6,830 worldwide 616 citations · 65 works
  10. 10 Derek W. Morris · #7,761 worldwide 585 citations · 65 works
Top researchers in Ireland

Which cities in Ireland are research hubs?

  1. 1 Dublin Ireland 180k works
  2. 2 Cork Ireland 40k works
  3. 3 Galway Ireland 27k works
  4. 4 Limerick Ireland 20k works

How much of it is in the largest

The same cities as shares of everything these twelve account for.

Dublin: 67.4%Cork: 15.1%Galway: 10.0%Limerick: 7.6%67%largest
Dublin180k · 67.4%Cork40k · 15.1%Galway27k · 10.0%Limerick20k · 7.6%

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

How open and international is Ireland's research?

42% of its research is openly available (world: 40%), and 29% is written with international co-authors (world: 18%).

openly available41.8%not open58.2%

World: 63% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.6%domestic only71.4%

World: 22% is written across borders.

How has Ireland's research grown?

Output in 2018–2022 was 26% higher than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Research fields in Ireland