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Mary Immaculate College

In research, Mary Immaculate College stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,750 of 10,521 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,269 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Education — Education is 7.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,286
of 28,054 · #28,397 all time
Rank in ??
#341
of 692
Research works
501
▲ 152% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.5k
6.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
29.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
44%
world 28%

What is Mary Immaculate College 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
Social SciencesDomain #3,750 of 10,521 31.1%149 #6515
Social SciencesField #2,269 of 6,365 36.1%90 #4340

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Mary Immaculate College 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 Mary Immaculate College specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Education takes 7.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EducationSubfield · 39.4 works7.0×
← 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: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 2.64× its world share, 8 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.37× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 1.25× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 2.00× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 5.79× its world share, 31 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.02× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.33× its world share, 24 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.88× its world share, 90 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 5.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Mary Immaculate College?

Ranked on the composite score, Déirdre Ní Chróinín and Christiane Schönfeld lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Mary Immaculate College.

  1. 1 Déirdre Ní Chróinín ?? · #635,518 worldwide 78 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Christiane Schönfeld ?? · #873,640 worldwide 2 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Mary Immaculate College

Which keywords describe research at Mary Immaculate College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Identity, Nationalism, Ethnicity, Conflict, Northern Ireland, Gender, Social Justice and Colonialism.

▲ 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. Identity20▲ 15×12 topics
  2. Nationalism18▲ 21×9 topics
  3. Ethnicity12▲ 18×5 topics
  4. Globalization11▲ 3.0×19 topics
  5. Conflict10▲ 34×1 topic
  6. Northern Ireland10▲ 462×1 topic
  7. Gender10▲ 9.8×18 topics
  8. Social Justice9▲ 8.8×14 topics
  9. Mental Health9▲ 3.2×19 topics
  10. Academic Achievement8▲ 26×9 topics
  11. Colonialism8▲ 9.2×11 topics
  12. Education8▲ 2.6×19 topics
  13. Secularism7▲ 35×4 topics
  14. Educational Technology6▲ 3.0×12 topics
  15. Professional Development6▲ 18×8 topics
  16. History6▲ 4.9×11 topics
  17. Teacher Professional Development6▲ 21×2 topics
  18. Technology Integration6▲ 11×3 topics
  19. Diversity6▲ 18×5 topics
  20. Inclusion6▲ 22×4 topics
  21. Reflective Practice6▲ 17×4 topics
  22. Religious Identity6▲ 49×2 topics
  23. Professional Learning Communities5▲ 64×2 topics
  24. Child Development5▲ 6.9×3 topics
  25. Literature5▲ 5.4×10 topics
  26. Well-being5▲ 7.5×9 topics
  27. Educational Leadership5▲ 22×2 topics
  28. Resilience5▲ 5.8×7 topics
  29. Teacher Education5▲ 22×5 topics
  30. Qualitative Research Methods5▲ 71×1 topic
  31. Teacher Identity5▲ 73×1 topic
  32. Physical Education5▲ 21×2 topics
  33. Religion5▲ 5.6×9 topics
  34. Self-Regulation5▲ 14×4 topics
  35. Youth Engagement4▲ 11×3 topics
  36. Health Promotion4▲ 7.5×3 topics
  37. Multiculturalism4▲ 11×3 topics
  38. Cosmopolitanism4▲ 18×3 topics
  39. Cultural Politics4▲ 30×3 topics
  40. Social Cognition4▲ 12×5 topics

Which research topics does Mary Immaculate College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Irish and British Studies, Teacher Education and Leadership Studies, Early Childhood Education and Development and Religious Education and Schools.

Irish and British Studies10Irish and British Studies: 10 fractional worksTeacher Education and Leadership Studies: 5 fractional worksEarly Childhood Education and Development: 4 fractional worksReligious Education and Schools: 3 fractional worksEducation Systems and Policy: 3 fractional worksHistorical Studies of British Isles: 3 fractional worksPhysical Education and P…3Physical Education and Pedagogy: 3 fractional worksCollaborative Teaching and Inclusion: 3 fractional worksFamily and Disability Support Research: 3 fractional worksReligious Tourism and Spaces: 2 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceEducationHistoryPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation2 others

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

  1. 1 Irish and British Studies Sociology and Political Science 10 works
  2. 2 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 5 works
  3. 3 Early Childhood Education and Development Education 4 works
  4. 4 Religious Education and Schools Education 3 works
  5. 5 Education Systems and Policy Education 3 works
  6. 6 Historical Studies of British Isles History 3 works
  7. 7 Physical Education and Pedagogy Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 3 works
  8. 8 Collaborative Teaching and Inclusion Education 3 works
  9. 9 Family and Disability Support Research Clinical Psychology 3 works
  10. 10 Religious Tourism and Spaces Geography, Planning and Development 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 available43.7%not open56.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.1%domestic only91.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Mary Immaculate College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 152% 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.