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Galway Clinic

In research, Galway Clinic stands highest in Medicine (#9,524 of 14,558 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#11,054 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#30,232
of 34,923
Rank in Ireland
#88
of 109
Research works
222
▼ 43% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.3k
10.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.86×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
45%
world 40%
International
22%
world 18%
Galway Clinic

What is Galway Clinic known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
MedicineField #9,524 of 14,558 6.2%166
Health SciencesDomain #11,054 of 16,688 6.4%177

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Galway Clinic 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Galway Clinic work in?

In 2022-now, 80% of research at Galway Clinic is in Health Sciences, 11% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (76%), Physics and Astronomy (6%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (4%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 37 fractional works · 79.8% of its workMedicine: 35 fractional works · 75.9% of its workSurgery: 7 fractional works · 14.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 5 fractional works · 10.9% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 6.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 6.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 4.2% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 10.9% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 5.9% of its workRadiation: 2 fractional works · 4.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInstrumentation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 5.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKGalway Clinic46fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences11%Health Sciences80%Social Sciences4%

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 institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 14 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine3575.9%
    2. Health Professions23.4%
    3. Nursing00.5%
    1. Physics and Astronomy35.9%
    2. Engineering23.7%
    3. Materials Science01.0%
    4. Computer Science00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology24.1%
    2. Neuroscience00.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    1. Psychology12.0%
    2. Social Sciences11.5%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.77× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 2.66× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.29× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.95× its world share, 35 worksMedicineNursing: 0.98× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 14 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.95×35 works
  2. Physics and Astronomy2.66×3 works
  3. Health Professions1.29×2 works
  4. Nursing0.98×0 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.77×2 works
  6. Psychology0.64×1 works
  7. Neuroscience0.46×0 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.34×0 works
  9. Materials Science0.29×0 works
  10. Engineering0.25×2 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology0.17×0 works
  12. Social Sciences0.12×1 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.06×0 works
  14. Computer Science0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Galway Clinic?

Ranked on the quality score, Sean Gillespie, Michael Martyn and Edel P. Kavanagh lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Galway Clinic.

  1. 1 Sean Gillespie Ireland · #5,371,395 worldwide 136 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Michael Martyn Ireland · #5,708,456 worldwide 135 citations · 41 works
  3. 3 Edel P. Kavanagh Ireland · #5,899,094 worldwide 409 citations · 53 works
  4. 4 Peter Woulfe Ireland · #6,170,796 worldwide 539 citations · 73 works
All ranked researchers at Galway Clinic

What are the most cited papers from Galway Clinic?

The most cited paper from Galway Clinic is "Preterm delivery" (Michael M. Slattery, John Joseph Morrison, 2002), with 638 citations. Next come "Lack of an association or an inverse association between low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol and mortality in the elderly: a systematic review" (361) and "Ocean Acidification and Human Health" (352).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Preterm delivery Michael M. Slattery, John Joseph Morrison · The Lancet Nov 2002 638
2 Lack of an association or an inverse association between low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol and mortality in the elderly: a systematic review Uffe Ravnskov, David M. Diamond, Rokura Hama et al. · BMJ Open ReviewOpen access Jun 2016 361
3 Ocean Acidification and Human Health Laura J. Falkenberg, R. G. J. Bellerby, Sean D. Connell et al. · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Open access 24 Jun 2020 352
4 Awake prone positioning for COVID-19 acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure:a randomised, controlled, multinational, open-label meta-trial Ehrmann, S. (Stephan) et al. · LillOA (Université de Lille (University Of Lille)) 164 authors Dec 2021 218
5 Meta-analysis confirms BCL2 is an independent prognostic marker in breast cancer Grace M. Callagy, Mark Webber, Paul D.P. Pharoah et al. · BMC Cancer Open access 29 May 2008 194
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Galway Clinic?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Guidelines, Risk Factors, Complications, Mortality, Endovascular Repair, Chronic Pain, Diagnosis and Epidemiology.

▲ 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 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. Epidemiology4▲ 1.99×17 topics
  2. Guidelines4▲ 17×7 topics
  3. Risk Factors4▲ 7.2×10 topics
  4. Complications3▲ 15×10 topics
  5. Mortality3▲ 12×7 topics
  6. Endovascular Repair3▲ 71×3 topics
  7. Chronic Pain2▲ 23×4 topics
  8. Inflammation2▲ 2.5×18 topics
  9. Diagnosis2▲ 5.3×7 topics
  10. Treatment2▲ 3.6×10 topics
  11. Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 7.0×7 topics
  12. Echocardiography2▲ 14×3 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 3.1×11 topics
  14. Clinical Trials2▲ 5.5×5 topics
  15. Surgery2▲ 9.6×5 topics
  16. Aortic Aneurysm2▲ 49×2 topics
  17. Clinical Guidelines2▲ 11×4 topics
  18. Global Burden2▲ 6.1×4 topics
  19. Management2▲ 4.0×4 topics
  20. Screening2▲ 33×2 topics
  21. Laparoscopic Surgery1▲ 26×2 topics
  22. Prevention1▲ 7.4×4 topics
  23. Aortic Dissection1▲ 68×1 topic
  24. Bicuspid Aortic Valve1▲ 68×1 topic
  25. Biomechanics1▲ 9.4×3 topics
  26. Medical Imaging1▲ 5.2×5 topics
  27. Neoadjuvant Therapy1▲ 12×3 topics
  28. Pain Management1▲ 12×4 topics
  29. Aneurysm Rupture1▲ 81×1 topic
  30. Aneurysm Screening1▲ 81×1 topic
  31. Elderly Patients1▲ 16×4 topics
  32. Matrix Metalloproteinases1▲ 19×2 topics
  33. Mortality Risk1▲ 11×3 topics
  34. Patient Outcomes1▲ 43×3 topics
  35. Perioperative Care1▲ 22×3 topics
  36. Psychological Factors1▲ 12×2 topics
  37. Cardiac Risk1▲ 31×1 topic
  38. Dosimetry1▲ 34×1 topic
  39. Perioperative1▲ 31×1 topic
  40. Radiotherapy Physics1▲ 56×1 topic

Which research topics does Galway Clinic publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches, Aortic aneurysm repair treatments, Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques and Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes.

Aortic Disease and Treat…1Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches: 1 fractional worksAortic aneurysm repair t…1Aortic aneurysm repair treatments: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Radiotherapy Techniques: 1 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …1Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 1 fractional worksClinical practice guidel…1Clinical practice guidelines implementation: 1 fractional worksMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 1 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 1 fractional worksRadiation Detection and …1Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies: 1 fractional worksAppendicitis Diagnosis and Management: 1 fractional worksHernia repair and management: 1 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineRadiationCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health4 others

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

  1. 1 Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  2. 2 Aortic aneurysm repair treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  3. 3 Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques Radiation 1 works
  4. 4 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  5. 5 Clinical practice guidelines implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  6. 6 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 1 works
  7. 7 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 1 works
  8. 8 Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies Radiation 1 works
  9. 9 Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management Emergency Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Hernia repair and management Surgery 1 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 available45.0%not open55.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.6%domestic only78.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Galway Clinic's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 43% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Galway Clinic as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00013% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Galway Clinic0.00012% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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