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Cork University Hospital

In research, Cork University Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#1,561 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,973 of 11,982 worldwide) and Surgery (#1,525 of 1,816 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Geriatrics and Gerontology — Geriatrics and Gerontology is 28.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,549
of 28,054 · #5,197 all time
Rank in Ireland
#17
of 79
Research works
3.6k
▲ 20% vs 2013–17
Citations
70k
19.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
44%
world 28%

What is Cork University Hospital 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
MedicineField #1,561 of 10,443 9.7%497 #1520
Health SciencesDomain #1,973 of 11,982 9.7%563 #1474
SurgerySubfield #1,525 of 1,816 6.5%67 #1485

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Cork University Hospital 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. Medicine#1,520 #1,561
  2. Health Sciences#1,474 #1,973
  3. Surgery#1,485 #1,525
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 Cork University Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Geriatrics and Gerontology takes 28.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Geriatrics and GerontologySubfield · 20.8 works28×
← 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: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.88× its world share, 32 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.40× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.01× its world share, 11 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.28× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.49× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 4.35× its world share, 15 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.46× its world share, 45 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.75× its world share, 497 worksMedicineNursing: 1.89× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.60× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.52× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Cork University Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Eugène McFadden, Derek G. Power and Michael M. Maher lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Cork University Hospital.

  1. 1 Eugène McFadden Ireland · #63,194 worldwide 465 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Derek G. Power Ireland · #85,326 worldwide 165 citations · 37 works
  3. 3 Michael M. Maher Ireland · #117,803 worldwide 122 citations · 36 works
  4. 4 Marcus P. Kennedy Ireland · #171,823 worldwide 74 citations · 30 works
  5. 5 George Shorten Ireland · #176,218 worldwide 155 citations · 40 works
  6. 6 Eugene Dempsey Ireland · #283,558 worldwide 119 citations · 48 works
  7. 7 Séamus O’Reilly Ireland · #306,965 worldwide 122 citations · 59 works
  8. 8 Áine Merwick Ireland · #323,743 worldwide 62 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 John Coulter Ireland · #342,436 worldwide 46 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Caroline Joyce Ireland · #416,516 worldwide 82 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Cork University Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Cork University Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Mortality, Quality of Life, Inflammation, Elderly Patients, Surgery, Guidelines and Rehabilitation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology74▲ 2.7×106 topics
  2. Inflammation42▲ 3.0×55 topics
  3. Quality of Life39▲ 3.9×38 topics
  4. Mortality32▲ 8.0×12 topics
  5. Treatment28▲ 3.3×36 topics
  6. Risk Factors26▲ 3.5×24 topics
  7. Diagnosis26▲ 4.0×34 topics
  8. Elderly Patients24▲ 21×4 topics
  9. Guidelines22▲ 7.0×12 topics
  10. Management22▲ 4.1×27 topics
  11. Surgery22▲ 8.9×11 topics
  12. Chemotherapy21▲ 4.4×23 topics
  13. Rehabilitation21▲ 7.6×9 topics
  14. Public Health20▲ 2.0×27 topics
  15. Aging19▲ 5.2×11 topics
  16. Complications19▲ 5.6×16 topics
  17. Primary Care19▲ 7.1×14 topics
  18. Radiotherapy18▲ 6.9×12 topics
  19. Clinical Practice Guidelines18▲ 4.7×14 topics
  20. Prevention16▲ 5.6×12 topics
  21. Clinical Trials16▲ 3.4×18 topics
  22. Mortality Risk14▲ 8.5×4 topics
  23. Elderly13▲ 7.8×6 topics
  24. Quality Improvement12▲ 9.3×8 topics
  25. Ethical Considerations12▲ 5.2×8 topics
  26. Autoantibodies11▲ 7.1×8 topics
  27. Physical Performance11▲ 18×2 topics
  28. Health Outcomes11▲ 6.0×7 topics
  29. Frailty11▲ 33×1 topic
  30. Geriatric Assessment11▲ 23×1 topic
  31. Medical Education11▲ 6.2×10 topics
  32. Mutation Analysis11▲ 22×2 topics
  33. Pulmonary Infections11▲ 28×2 topics
  34. Pain Management11▲ 6.8×7 topics
  35. Microbiota10▲ 7.0×3 topics
  36. Cystic Fibrosis10▲ 21×2 topics
  37. Bronchiectasis10▲ 51×1 topic
  38. CFTR10▲ 51×1 topic
  39. Inappropriate Medication Use10▲ 33×1 topic
  40. Polypharmacy10▲ 33×1 topic

Which research topics does Cork University Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Frailty in Older Adults, Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances, Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes and Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes.

Frailty in Older Adults11Frailty in Older Adults: 11 fractional worksCystic Fibrosis Research…10Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances: 10 fractional worksPharmaceutical Practices…10Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes: 10 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …8Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 8 fractional worksHip and Femur Fractures: 8 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Care Studies: 7 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-…6Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 6 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 6 fractional worksAnesthesia and Pain Management: 6 fractional worksPelvic floor disorders t…6Pelvic floor disorders treatments: 6 fractional works
Geriatrics and GerontologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgery3 others

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

  1. 1 Frailty in Older Adults Geriatrics and Gerontology 11 works
  2. 2 Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 10 works
  3. 3 Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Geriatrics and Gerontology 10 works
  4. 4 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 8 works
  5. 5 Hip and Femur Fractures Surgery 8 works
  6. 6 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 7 works
  7. 7 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 6 works
  8. 8 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  9. 9 Anesthesia and Pain Management Surgery 6 works
  10. 10 Pelvic floor disorders treatments Rheumatology 6 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 available44.2%not open55.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.3%domestic only82.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Cork University Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% 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.

Other research institutions in Cork

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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.