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I-Form Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre

In research, I-Form Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre stands highest in Engineering (#2,320 of 5,901 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#4,528 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Mechanical Engineering (Mechanical Engineering is 12.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#15,534
of 22,385 · #26,451 all time
Rank in Ireland
#37
of 52
Research works
216
▲ 71% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.3k
24.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.07×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
70%
world 40%
International
40%
world 18%
I-Form Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre

What is I-Form Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
EngineeringField #2,320 of 5,901 20.0%77 #3753
Physical SciencesDomain #4,528 of 10,670 19.7%105 #8368

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where I-Form Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre 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 I-Form Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre work in?

In 2022-now, 89% of research at I-Form Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre is in Physical Sciences, 4% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (65%), Materials Science (13%), Computer Science (4%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 113 fractional works · 89.0% of its workEngineering: 82 fractional works · 64.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 30 fractional works · 23.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 12 fractional works · 9.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 9 fractional works · 7.1% of its workMechanics of Materials: 7 fractional works · 5.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 6 fractional works · 5.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 6 fractional works · 4.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 5 fractional works · 3.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 17 fractional works · 13.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 11 fractional works · 8.6% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMetals and Alloys: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 4.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBioengineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 4.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKI-Form AdvancedManufacturing…127fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences89%Health Sciences4%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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering8264.7%
    2. Materials Science1713.3%
    3. Computer Science54.1%
    4. Environmental Science32.5%
    5. Energy21.3%
    6. Physics and Astronomy21.2%
    7. Chemical Engineering11.0%
    8. Chemistry10.5%
    9. Mathematics00.3%
    10. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting21.4%
    2. Social Sciences11.2%
    3. Decision Sciences10.9%
    4. Psychology00.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.0%
    1. Medicine32.6%
    2. Health Professions10.7%
    3. Nursing00.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.0%
    3. Neuroscience00.4%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does I-Form Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Mechanical Engineering takes 12.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Mechanical EngineeringSubfield · 29.5 works13×
← 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: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.71× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.80× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.53× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.46× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 4.31× its world share, 82 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.51× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 3.81× its world share, 17 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.95× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering4.31×82 works
  2. Materials Science3.81×17 works
  3. Chemical Engineering2.80×1 works
  4. Energy1.46×2 works
  5. Decision Sciences0.95×1 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.71×0 works
  7. Nursing0.64×0 works
  8. Computer Science0.53×5 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy0.53×2 works
  10. Environmental Science0.51×3 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.44×2 works
  12. Chemistry0.34×1 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.28×2 works
  14. Health Professions0.27×1 works
  15. Neuroscience0.24×0 works
  16. Mathematics0.22×0 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.20×1 works
  18. Medicine0.14×3 works
  19. Psychology0.11×0 works
  20. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.10×0 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.09×0 works
  22. Social Sciences0.09×2 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.08×0 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at I-Form Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre?

Ranked on the quality score, Christopher O’Hara and Corné Muilwijk lead among researchers whose main affiliation is I-Form Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre.

  1. 1 Christopher O’Hara Ireland · #1,290,700 worldwide 744 citations · 30 works
  2. 2 Corné Muilwijk Ireland · #3,837,067 worldwide 233 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at I-Form Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre

What are the most cited papers from I-Form Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre?

The most cited paper from I-Form Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre is "Additive-free MXene inks and direct printing of micro-supercapacitors" (Chuanfang John Zhang, Lorcan McKeon, Matthias P. Kremer et al., 2019), with 1,011 citations. Next come "A review on turbulent flow over rough surfaces: Fundamentals and theories" (377) and "Electrospinning of natural polymers for the production of nanofibres for wound healing applications" (359).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Additive-free MXene inks and direct printing of micro-supercapacitors Chuanfang John Zhang, Lorcan McKeon, Matthias P. Kremer et al. · Nature Communications Open access 17 Apr 2019 1,011
2 A review on turbulent flow over rough surfaces: Fundamentals and theories Mohammadreza Kadivar, David Tormey, Gerard J. McGranaghan · International Journal of Thermofluids Open access 2 Mar 2021 377
3 Electrospinning of natural polymers for the production of nanofibres for wound healing applications Adrian D. Juncos Bombin, Nicholas Dunne, Helen O. McCarthy · Materials Science and Engineering C 4 May 2020 359
4 In-situ sensing, process monitoring and machine control in Laser Powder Bed Fusion: A review R. McCann, Muhannad Ahmed Obeidi, Cian Hughes et al. · Additive manufacturing Open access 21 May 2021 345
5 Service Robots in the Healthcare Sector Jane Holland, Liz Kingston, C.T. McCarthy et al. · Robotics Open access 11 Mar 2021 326
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at I-Form Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mechanical Properties, Additive Manufacturing, Microstructure, Process Parameters, Material Characterization, Metallic Components, Selective Laser Melting and 3D Printing.

▲ 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. Mechanical Properties25▲ 20×25 topics
  2. Additive Manufacturing23▲ 60×5 topics
  3. Microstructure21▲ 32×11 topics
  4. Process Parameters13▲ 93×3 topics
  5. Material Characterization11▲ 75×2 topics
  6. Sustainability11▲ 3.5×9 topics
  7. Metallic Components10▲ 122×1 topic
  8. Selective Laser Melting10▲ 122×1 topic
  9. Biomedical Applications10▲ 6.6×17 topics
  10. 3D Printing9▲ 33×4 topics
  11. Biomedical Engineering9▲ 52×2 topics
  12. Polymer Composites9▲ 27×4 topics
  13. Applications9▲ 25×4 topics
  14. Materials9▲ 29×2 topics
  15. Challenges8▲ 57×1 topic
  16. Fused Deposition Modeling8▲ 61×1 topic
  17. Heat Transfer6▲ 9.7×9 topics
  18. Laser Ablation5▲ 109×2 topics
  19. Nanoparticles5▲ 3.1×15 topics
  20. Numerical Simulation5▲ 13×7 topics
  21. Phase Stability5▲ 52×2 topics
  22. High-Entropy Alloys4▲ 70×1 topic
  23. Multi-Component Alloys4▲ 70×1 topic
  24. Tissue Engineering4▲ 5.1×9 topics
  25. Process Optimization4▲ 46×2 topics
  26. Residual Stress4▲ 54×2 topics
  27. Laser Welding4▲ 62×1 topic
  28. Welding4▲ 45×1 topic
  29. Gold Nanoparticles3▲ 33×2 topics
  30. Micromachining3▲ 57×2 topics
  31. Surface Chemistry3▲ 59×3 topics
  32. Martensitic Transformation3▲ 161×1 topic
  33. Shape Memory Alloys3▲ 161×1 topic
  34. Microstructure Evolution3▲ 31×4 topics
  35. Metal Nanoparticles3▲ 14×4 topics
  36. Surface Roughness3▲ 17×4 topics
  37. Microstructural Evolution3▲ 15×4 topics
  38. Colloids3▲ 143×1 topic
  39. Composite Materials3▲ 9.8×6 topics
  40. Liquid Environment3▲ 143×1 topic

Which research topics does I-Form Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes, Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies, High Entropy Alloys Studies and Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses.

Additive Manufacturing M…10Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes: 10 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 8 fractional worksHigh Entropy Alloys Studies: 4 fractional worksWelding Techniques and Residual Stresses: 4 fractional worksShape Memory Alloy Transformations: 3 fractional worksLaser-Ablation Synthesis…3Laser-Ablation Synthesis of Nanoparticles: 3 fractional worksLaser Material Processing Techniques: 2 fractional worksTitanium Alloys Microstructure and Properties: 2 fractional worksManufacturing Process and Optimization: 2 fractional worksBone Tissue Engineering Materials: 2 fractional works
Mechanical EngineeringAutomotive EngineeringMaterials ChemistryBiomedical Engineering2 others

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

  1. 1 Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes Mechanical Engineering 10 works
  2. 2 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 8 works
  3. 3 High Entropy Alloys Studies Mechanical Engineering 4 works
  4. 4 Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses Mechanical Engineering 4 works
  5. 5 Shape Memory Alloy Transformations Materials Chemistry 3 works
  6. 6 Laser-Ablation Synthesis of Nanoparticles Biomedical Engineering 3 works
  7. 7 Laser Material Processing Techniques Computational Mechanics 2 works
  8. 8 Titanium Alloys Microstructure and Properties Materials Chemistry 2 works
  9. 9 Manufacturing Process and Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 2 works
  10. 10 Bone Tissue Engineering Materials Biomedical Engineering 2 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 available69.8%not open30.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors40.5%domestic only59.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has I-Form Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 71% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is I-Form Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00038% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%I-Form Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre0.00045% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of I-Form Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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