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APC Microbiome Institute

In research, APC Microbiome Institute stands highest in Life Sciences (#1,040 of 7,800 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,756 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,669 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Food Science — Food Science is 11.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,400
of 28,054 · #3,239 all time
Rank in Ireland
#10
of 79
Research works
818
▲ 181% vs 2013–17
Citations
50k
61.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
42.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
76%
world 28%

What is APC Microbiome Institute known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Life SciencesDomain #1,040 of 7,800 43.2%165 #1231
Health SciencesDomain #2,756 of 11,982 42.9%108 #3879
MedicineField #2,669 of 10,443 42.9%84 #4270
Molecular BiologySubfield #583 of 2,175 40.8%71 #768
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,104 of 3,579 41.6%93 #1386

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where APC Microbiome Institute sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Life Sciences#1,231 #1,040
  2. Health Sciences#3,879 #2,756
  3. Medicine#4,270 #2,669
  4. Molecular Biology#768 #583
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,386 #1,104
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does APC Microbiome Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Food Science takes 11.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Food ScienceSubfield · 25.9 works11×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2.49× its world share, 36 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5.73× its world share, 93 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.12× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 4.84× its world share, 24 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.64× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.97× its world share, 15 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.96× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.73× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.43× its world share, 84 worksMedicineNursing: 10.70× its world share, 16 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.30× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.90× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 10.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at APC Microbiome Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Metabolic Health, Gut Microbiota, Microbial Communities, Inflammatory Diseases, Immune Responses, Metagenomic Analysis, Short-Chain Fatty Acids and Probiotics.

▲ 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 institution'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. Metabolic Health49▲ 82×3 topics
  2. Gut Microbiota49▲ 46×7 topics
  3. Microbial Communities45▲ 34×3 topics
  4. Inflammatory Diseases43▲ 77×2 topics
  5. Immune Responses42▲ 100×2 topics
  6. Metagenomic Analysis42▲ 123×1 topic
  7. Short-Chain Fatty Acids42▲ 123×1 topic
  8. Inflammation34▲ 5.4×47 topics
  9. Probiotics31▲ 44×6 topics
  10. Epidemiology27▲ 2.2×53 topics
  11. Microbiota26▲ 39×5 topics
  12. Prebiotics23▲ 81×2 topics
  13. Immune Modulation21▲ 66×3 topics
  14. Metabolic Syndrome21▲ 8.3×17 topics
  15. Clinical Trials20▲ 9.9×5 topics
  16. Gut Health20▲ 111×1 topic
  17. Lactic Acid Bacteria20▲ 111×1 topic
  18. Depression16▲ 6.2×13 topics
  19. Cancer Therapy16▲ 9.2×10 topics
  20. Weight Loss16▲ 31×2 topics
  21. Neurological Disorders15▲ 8.6×9 topics
  22. Oxidative Stress15▲ 3.0×22 topics
  23. Epilepsy Treatment14▲ 46×2 topics
  24. Alzheimer's Disease14▲ 16×5 topics
  25. Ketogenic Diet14▲ 46×1 topic
  26. Low-Carbohydrate Diet14▲ 51×1 topic
  27. Cytokines12▲ 14×6 topics
  28. Neuroinflammation12▲ 14×5 topics
  29. Neurobiology12▲ 15×8 topics
  30. Microglia11▲ 34×2 topics
  31. Genomics11▲ 12×7 topics
  32. Health Benefits11▲ 11×9 topics
  33. Pathogenesis10▲ 6.6×11 topics
  34. Immune Activation10▲ 40×2 topics
  35. Maternal Immune Activation10▲ 58×1 topic
  36. Schizophrenia10▲ 29×2 topics
  37. Tryptophan Metabolism10▲ 58×1 topic
  38. Microbiome9▲ 22×3 topics
  39. Metagenomics9▲ 32×3 topics
  40. Evolution9▲ 11×4 topics

Which research topics does APC Microbiome Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Gut microbiota and health, Probiotics and Fermented Foods, Diet and metabolism studies and Tryptophan and brain disorders.

Gut microbiota and health42Gut microbiota and health: 42 fractional worksProbiotics and Fermented Foods: 20 fractional worksDiet and metabolism studies: 14 fractional worksTryptophan and brain disorders: 10 fractional worksBacteriophages and micro…8Bacteriophages and microbial interactions: 8 fractional worksClostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research: 7 fractional worksGenomics and Phylogenetic Studies: 7 fractional worksStress Responses and Cortisol: 5 fractional worksGastrointestinal motility and disorders: 5 fractional worksInflammatory Bowel Disease: 5 fractional works
Molecular BiologyFood SciencePhysiologyBiological Psychiatry5 others

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

  1. 1 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 42 works
  2. 2 Probiotics and Fermented Foods Food Science 20 works
  3. 3 Diet and metabolism studies Physiology 14 works
  4. 4 Tryptophan and brain disorders Biological Psychiatry 10 works
  5. 5 Bacteriophages and microbial interactions Ecology 8 works
  6. 6 Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research Infectious Diseases 7 works
  7. 7 Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Molecular Biology 7 works
  8. 8 Stress Responses and Cortisol Behavioral Neuroscience 5 works
  9. 9 Gastrointestinal motility and disorders Gastroenterology 5 works
  10. 10 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 5 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available75.8%not open24.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors46.6%domestic only53.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has APC Microbiome Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 181% 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.

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