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Health Service Executive

In research, Health Service Executive stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,971 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#4,848 of 10,443 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#8,082 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Health Professions and Clinical Psychology — General Health Professions is 9.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,070
of 28,054 · #14,623 all time
Rank in Ireland
#29
of 79
Research works
969
▲ 72% vs 2013–17
Citations
12k
12.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
66%
world 28%

What is Health Service Executive 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
Health SciencesDomain #2,971 of 11,982 14.6%197 #4079
MedicineField #4,848 of 10,443 14.6%130 #7213
Social SciencesDomain #8,082 of 10,521 16.6%82 #10438

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Health Service Executive 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. Health Sciences#4,079 #2,971
  2. Medicine#7,213 #4,848
  3. Social Sciences#10,438 #8,082
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 Health Service Executive specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Health Professions takes 9.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 40.4 works9.7×
  2. Clinical PsychologySubfield · 28.9 works9.1×
← 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: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.99× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.90× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.89× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.38× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.65× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 7.51× its world share, 60 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.23× its world share, 130 worksMedicineNursing: 2.16× its world share, 3 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.37× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.49× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.78× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.71× its world share, 44 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.65× its world share, 25 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 7.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Health Service Executive?

Ranked on the composite score, Howard Johnson, Mary O’Mahony and D Whyte lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Health Service Executive.

  1. 1 Howard Johnson Ireland · #251,925 worldwide 115 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Mary O’Mahony Ireland · #409,289 worldwide 54 citations · 39 works
  3. 3 D Whyte Ireland · #607,621 worldwide 35 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Edwin B. Dunphy Ireland · #858,640 worldwide 15 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Tom O’Brien Ireland · #868,189 worldwide 3 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 John F. Cronin Ireland · #875,679 worldwide 20 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Sarah Clarke Ireland · #1,071,676 worldwide 24 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 SUSAN MORRISSEY Ireland · #1,336,828 worldwide 6 citations · 79 works
  9. 9 Eamon Keenan Ireland · #1,347,392 worldwide 26 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Paul L. Harding Ireland · #1,370,719 worldwide 8 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Health Service Executive

Which keywords describe research at Health Service Executive?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Health, Epidemiology, Primary Care, Mental Health, Quality of Life, COVID-19, Patient Satisfaction and Depression.

▲ 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. Epidemiology35▲ 2.9×69 topics
  2. Public Health27▲ 6.0×31 topics
  3. Mental Health23▲ 5.1×28 topics
  4. Quality of Life20▲ 4.7×30 topics
  5. Primary Care19▲ 17×12 topics
  6. COVID-1916▲ 4.0×17 topics
  7. Depression14▲ 5.2×15 topics
  8. Patient Satisfaction12▲ 12×8 topics
  9. Health Disparities11▲ 14×7 topics
  10. Risk Factors11▲ 3.3×23 topics
  11. Social Support11▲ 6.6×12 topics
  12. Mortality10▲ 6.0×10 topics
  13. Prevalence10▲ 8.0×12 topics
  14. Pandemic9▲ 2.9×8 topics
  15. Chronic Disease Management9▲ 16×5 topics
  16. Healthcare9▲ 2.7×13 topics
  17. Resilience9▲ 6.2×8 topics
  18. Infectious Diseases9▲ 8.7×6 topics
  19. Adolescents8▲ 7.6×7 topics
  20. Anxiety8▲ 5.8×10 topics
  21. Mortality Risk8▲ 11×6 topics
  22. Quality Improvement8▲ 13×7 topics
  23. Ethical Considerations8▲ 7.3×7 topics
  24. Comorbidity8▲ 22×4 topics
  25. Psychiatric Disorders8▲ 19×4 topics
  26. Health Services7▲ 27×2 topics
  27. Psychological Distress7▲ 8.9×4 topics
  28. Evidence-Based Practice7▲ 17×7 topics
  29. Healthcare Workers7▲ 8.9×4 topics
  30. Chronic Conditions6▲ 29×2 topics
  31. Emotion Regulation6▲ 6.2×7 topics
  32. Integrated Care6▲ 46×2 topics
  33. Health Equity6▲ 6.9×4 topics
  34. Quality of Care6▲ 22×4 topics
  35. Elderly6▲ 7.4×4 topics
  36. Coping Strategies6▲ 7.3×3 topics
  37. Digital Divide6▲ 7.0×3 topics
  38. Patient Care5▲ 15×4 topics
  39. Collaborative Practice5▲ 40×2 topics
  40. Healthcare Outcomes5▲ 31×2 topics

Which research topics does Health Service Executive publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes, Chronic Disease Management Strategies, Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation and Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes.

Pharmaceutical Practices…5Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes: 5 fractional worksChronic Disease Manageme…5Chronic Disease Management Strategies: 5 fractional worksTelemedicine and Telehealth Implementation: 4 fractional worksGeriatric Care and Nursing Homes: 4 fractional worksInterprofessional Education and Collaboration: 3 fractional worksHealth Policy Implementation Science: 3 fractional worksFamily and Disability Support Research: 3 fractional worksMental Health and Patien…3Mental Health and Patient Involvement: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 3 fractional works
Geriatrics and GerontologyEpidemiologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthGeneral Health Professions2 others

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

  1. 1 Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Geriatrics and Gerontology 5 works
  2. 2 Chronic Disease Management Strategies Epidemiology 5 works
  3. 3 Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  4. 4 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes General Health Professions 4 works
  5. 5 Interprofessional Education and Collaboration General Health Professions 3 works
  6. 6 Health Policy Implementation Science General Health Professions 3 works
  7. 7 Family and Disability Support Research Clinical Psychology 3 works
  8. 8 Mental Health and Patient Involvement General Health Professions 3 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 3 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 3 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 available66.0%not open34.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.0%domestic only77.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Health Service Executive's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 72% 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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