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IBM Research - Ireland

In research, IBM Research - Ireland stands highest in Physical Sciences (#9,031 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science — Artificial Intelligence is 15.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,677
of 28,054 · #19,136 all time
Rank in Ireland
#47
of 79
Research works
533
▼ 39% vs 2013–17
Citations
9.3k
17.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
44%
world 28%

What is IBM Research - Ireland 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
Physical SciencesDomain #9,031 of 12,888 24.9%63 #11453

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where IBM Research - Ireland 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).

What does IBM Research - Ireland specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Artificial Intelligence takes 15.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Artificial IntelligenceSubfield · 31.4 works16×
  2. Computer ScienceField · 48.9 works7.7×
← 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.02× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 7.68× its world share, 49 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.55× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.84× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.46× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.36× its world share, 6 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 4.16× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 7.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at IBM Research - Ireland?

Ranked on the composite score, Francesco Calabrese, Yufang Hou and Kostas Katrinis lead among researchers whose main affiliation is IBM Research - Ireland.

  1. 1 Francesco Calabrese Ireland · #118,078 worldwide 276 citations · 63 works
  2. 2 Yufang Hou Ireland · #243,488 worldwide 188 citations · 39 works
  3. 3 Kostas Katrinis Ireland · #306,954 worldwide 94 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Adi Botea Ireland · #365,433 worldwide 107 citations · 27 works
  5. 5 Bradley Eck Ireland · #515,806 worldwide 46 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Mathieu Sinn Ireland · #601,016 worldwide 47 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Fabio Pinelli Ireland · #863,988 worldwide 71 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Elizabeth Daly Ireland · #956,568 worldwide 73 citations · 37 works
  9. 9 Julien Monteil Ireland · #1,043,331 worldwide 45 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Christian Pinto Ireland · #1,148,537 worldwide 45 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at IBM Research - Ireland

Which keywords describe research at IBM Research - Ireland?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Neural Networks, Machine Learning, Big Data, Distributed Systems, Data Integration, Security and Machine Translation.

▲ 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. Deep Learning15▲ 5.5×29 topics
  2. Machine Learning14▲ 5.1×37 topics
  3. Neural Networks12▲ 9.2×15 topics
  4. Big Data7▲ 9.0×11 topics
  5. Distributed Systems5▲ 37×4 topics
  6. Data Integration5▲ 35×3 topics
  7. Security4▲ 8.2×5 topics
  8. Machine Translation4▲ 31×1 topic
  9. Word Representation4▲ 43×1 topic
  10. Data Mining4▲ 6.7×6 topics
  11. Resource Management4▲ 29×2 topics
  12. Semantic Web4▲ 50×3 topics
  13. Anomaly Detection4▲ 15×3 topics
  14. Neural Machine Translation3▲ 39×1 topic
  15. Statistical Machine Translation3▲ 39×1 topic
  16. Workflow Management3▲ 55×2 topics
  17. Energy Efficiency3▲ 3.9×5 topics
  18. Natural Language Processing3▲ 15×3 topics
  19. Quantum Information3▲ 29×2 topics
  20. Surveillance3▲ 13×4 topics
  21. Time Series3▲ 19×2 topics
  22. Differential Privacy3▲ 44×1 topic
  23. Federated Learning3▲ 44×1 topic
  24. Knowledge Management3▲ 5.7×2 topics
  25. Biomedical Ontologies2▲ 120×1 topic
  26. Cloud Computing2▲ 11×2 topics
  27. Deep Neural Networks2▲ 28×3 topics
  28. Entanglement2▲ 20×3 topics
  29. Text Mining2▲ 23×1 topic
  30. High-Dimensional Data2▲ 19×2 topics
  31. High-Performance Computing2▲ 35×2 topics
  32. IoT Security2▲ 8.7×3 topics
  33. Quantum Algorithms2▲ 53×1 topic
  34. Quantum Computation2▲ 53×1 topic
  35. Adversarial Examples2▲ 55×1 topic
  36. MapReduce2▲ 45×1 topic
  37. Robustness2▲ 55×1 topic
  38. Virtualization2▲ 34×1 topic
  39. Bioinformatics2▲ 23×4 topics
  40. Representation Learning2▲ 19×2 topics

Which research topics does IBM Research - Ireland publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Topic Modeling, Natural Language Processing Techniques, Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data and Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies.

Topic Modeling4Topic Modeling: 4 fractional worksNatural Language Process…3Natural Language Processing Techniques: 3 fractional worksPrivacy-Preserving Techn…3Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data: 3 fractional worksBiomedical Text Mining a…2Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies: 2 fractional worksQuantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture: 2 fractional worksAdversarial Robustness in Machine Learning: 2 fractional worksCloud Computing and Reso…2Cloud Computing and Resource Management: 2 fractional worksAnomaly Detection Techniques and Applications: 2 fractional worksDistributed and Parallel Computing Systems: 2 fractional worksQuantum Information and …2Quantum Information and Cryptography: 2 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceMolecular BiologyInformation SystemsComputer Networks and Communications

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

  1. 1 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 4 works
  2. 2 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 3 works
  3. 3 Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data Artificial Intelligence 3 works
  4. 4 Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies Molecular Biology 2 works
  5. 5 Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  6. 6 Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  7. 7 Cloud Computing and Resource Management Information Systems 2 works
  8. 8 Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  9. 9 Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems Computer Networks and Communications 2 works
  10. 10 Quantum Information and Cryptography Artificial Intelligence 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 available43.6%not open56.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors51.8%domestic only48.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has IBM Research - Ireland's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 39% lower 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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