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Lero

In research, Lero stands highest in Physical Sciences (#16,182 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#27,315
of 42,892
Rank in Ireland
#89
of 152
Research works
167
▼ 54% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.2k
25.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
36.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

What is Lero 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
Physical SciencesDomain #16,182 of 21,541 50.7%126

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Lero 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).

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: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 5.37× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.44× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.99× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 9.14× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.50× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.00× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 9.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Lero?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Requirements Engineering, Machine Learning, Agile Software Development, Empirical Studies, Code Clone Detection, Refactoring, Model-Based Development and Autonomic Computing.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Requirements Engineering33▲ 297×3 topics
  2. Machine Learning26▲ 7.2×23 topics
  3. Agile Software Development20▲ 398×1 topic
  4. Empirical Studies20▲ 398×1 topic
  5. Code Clone Detection19▲ 249×1 topic
  6. Refactoring19▲ 249×1 topic
  7. Model-Based Development14▲ 221×2 topics
  8. Autonomic Computing13▲ 258×1 topic
  9. Self-Adaptive Systems13▲ 258×1 topic
  10. Open Source Software12▲ 138×2 topics
  11. Distributed Systems10▲ 25×5 topics
  12. Crowdsourcing10▲ 96×3 topics
  13. Innovation9▲ 6.0×2 topics
  14. Collaboration9▲ 82×2 topics
  15. Community-Based Innovation9▲ 359×1 topic
  16. User-Generated Content9▲ 64×1 topic
  17. Deep Learning7▲ 2.1×24 topics
  18. Knowledge Sharing7▲ 26×5 topics
  19. Semantic Web Services7▲ 46×2 topics
  20. Anomaly Detection6▲ 22×3 topics
  21. QoS-Aware Middleware6▲ 58×1 topic
  22. Service-Oriented Computing6▲ 58×1 topic
  23. Supply Chain Management6▲ 6.6×8 topics
  24. Log Analysis5▲ 88×1 topic
  25. Performance Prediction5▲ 54×1 topic
  26. Software Development5▲ 48×2 topics
  27. Metamodeling4▲ 53×2 topics
  28. Trust4▲ 9.1×3 topics
  29. Domain-Specific Languages4▲ 100×1 topic
  30. Model-Driven Engineering4▲ 100×1 topic
  31. Motivation4▲ 7.0×3 topics
  32. Business Process Management3▲ 51×1 topic
  33. Intrinsic Motivation3▲ 22×3 topics
  34. Workflow Mining3▲ 51×1 topic
  35. Strategic Alliances3▲ 19×2 topics
  36. Offshoring3▲ 78×1 topic
  37. Outsourcing3▲ 78×1 topic
  38. Model Checking3▲ 16×3 topics
  39. Architecture-Based Approach3▲ 55×1 topic
  40. Software Reliability Modeling3▲ 55×1 topic

Which research topics does Lero publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cultural Industries and Urban Development, Leadership, Behavior, and Decision-Making Studies, Software System Performance and Reliability and Software Engineering Research.

Cultural Industries and …0Cultural Industries and Urban Development: 0 fractional worksLeadership, Behavior, an…0Leadership, Behavior, and Decision-Making Studies: 0 fractional worksSoftware System Performance and Reliability: 0 fractional worksSoftware Engineering Research: 0 fractional worksWater Quality Monitoring Technologies: 0 fractional worksService-Oriented Architecture and Web Services: 0 fractional worksAdversarial Robustness in Machine Learning: 0 fractional worksStochastic Gradient Opti…0Stochastic Gradient Optimization Techniques: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Neural Network Applications: 0 fractional worksScientific Computing and Data Management: 0 fractional works
Urban StudiesManagement Science and Operations ResearchComputer Networks and CommunicationsInformation Systems4 others

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

  1. 1 Cultural Industries and Urban DevelopmentUrban Studies 0 works
  2. 2 Leadership, Behavior, and Decision-Making StudiesManagement Science and Operations Research 0 works
  3. 3 Software System Performance and ReliabilityComputer Networks and Communications 0 works
  4. 4 Software Engineering ResearchInformation Systems 0 works
  5. 5 Water Quality Monitoring TechnologiesWater Science and Technology 0 works
  6. 6 Service-Oriented Architecture and Web ServicesInformation Systems 0 works
  7. 7 Adversarial Robustness in Machine LearningArtificial Intelligence 0 works
  8. 8 Stochastic Gradient Optimization TechniquesArtificial Intelligence 0 works
  9. 9 Advanced Neural Network ApplicationsComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition 0 works
  10. 10 Scientific Computing and Data ManagementInformation Systems and Management 0 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 available34.1%not open65.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors51.9%domestic only48.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Lero's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 54% lower than in 2013–2017.

201020152020
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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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