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Met Éireann

In research, Met Éireann stands highest in Physical Sciences (#16,201 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#31,150
of 34,923
Rank in Ireland
#93
of 109
Research works
208
▲ 28% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.7k
17.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
49%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
Met Éireann

What is Met Éireann 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 #16,201 of 17,446 8.5%153

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Met Éireann 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 Met Éireann work in?

In 2022-now, 75% of research at Met Éireann is in Physical Sciences, 13% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (39%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (21%), Engineering (8%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 33 fractional works · 75.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 17 fractional works · 38.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 10 fractional works · 22.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 5.2% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 9 fractional works · 21.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 7 fractional works · 16.6% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 8.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 5.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 12.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 8.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 6.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKMet Éireann44fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences75%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences13%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science1738.7%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences921.1%
    3. Engineering48.0%
    4. Computer Science35.7%
    5. Chemical Engineering00.7%
    6. Chemistry00.4%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.4%
    8. Energy00.0%
    1. Social Sciences24.5%
    2. Arts and Humanities13.0%
    3. Psychology12.3%
    4. Decision Sciences12.0%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.7%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences36.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.2%
    3. Neuroscience01.0%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Medicine12.7%
    2. Health Professions00.8%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 1.31× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.16× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.74× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 13.47× its world share, 9 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.53× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 7.79× its world share, 17 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.05× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.08× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 13.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences13.47×9 works
  2. Environmental Science7.79×17 works
  3. Chemical Engineering2.16×0 works
  4. Decision Sciences2.08×1 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.31×3 works
  6. Arts and Humanities1.05×1 works
  7. Psychology0.76×1 works
  8. Computer Science0.74×2 works
  9. Neuroscience0.62×0 works
  10. Engineering0.53×4 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.43×0 works
  12. Social Sciences0.35×2 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.34×0 works
  14. Health Professions0.32×0 works
  15. Chemistry0.24×0 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.23×1 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.17×0 works
  18. Medicine0.14×1 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.08×0 works
  20. Energy0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Met Éireann?

Ranked on the quality score, Catriona Duffy, A. McDonald and Séamus Walsh lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Met Éireann.

  1. 1 Catriona Duffy Ireland · #2,051,714 worldwide 423 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 A. McDonald Ireland · #2,302,960 worldwide 888 citations · 33 works
  3. 3 Séamus Walsh Ireland · #2,413,758 worldwide 616 citations · 35 works
  4. 4 J. R. Bates Ireland · #2,741,839 worldwide 1.3k citations · 26 works
  5. 5 Klara Finkele Ireland · #3,105,972 worldwide 623 citations · 29 works
  6. 6 Ray McGrath Ireland · #3,170,452 worldwide 1.8k citations · 45 works
  7. 7 Mary Curley Ireland · #3,174,854 worldwide 442 citations · 31 works
  8. 8 Geoffrey Bessardon Ireland · #3,268,454 worldwide 302 citations · 29 works
  9. 9 D. L. Fitzgerald Ireland · #3,418,758 worldwide 1.9k citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Eoin Whelan Ireland · #3,463,173 worldwide 910 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Met Éireann

What are the most cited papers from Met Éireann?

The most cited paper from Met Éireann is "Daily dataset of 20th‐century surface air temperature and precipitation series for the European Climate Assessment" (Albert Klein Tank et al., 2002), with 1,803 citations. Next come "Future extreme events in European climate: an exploration of regional climate model projections" (1,438) and "EC-Earth V2.2: description and validation of a new seamless earth system prediction model" (737).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Daily dataset of 20th‐century surface air temperature and precipitation series for the European Climate Assessment Albert Klein Tank et al. · International Journal of Climatology Oct 2002 1,803
2 Future extreme events in European climate: an exploration of regional climate model projections Martin Beniston, David B. Stephenson, Ole B. Christensen et al. · Climatic Change Open access 21 Mar 2007 1,438
3 EC-Earth V2.2: description and validation of a new seamless earth system prediction model Wilco Hazeleger, Xiao-Fan Wang, Camiel A. Severijns et al. · Climate Dynamics Open access 6 Dec 2011 737
4 EC-Earth Wilco Hazeleger et al. · Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Open access 7 Jun 2010 578
5 The HARMONIE–AROME Model Configuration in the ALADIN–HIRLAM NWP System Lisa Bengtsson et al. · Monthly Weather Review Open access 9 Feb 2017 577
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Which keywords describe research at Met Éireann?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Global Warming, Remote Sensing, Ocean Circulation, Extreme Events, Hydrological Cycle, Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate Modeling.

▲ 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. Climate Change18▲ 15×37 topics
  2. Global Warming10▲ 55×10 topics
  3. Remote Sensing7▲ 13×15 topics
  4. Ocean Circulation6▲ 107×3 topics
  5. Extreme Events5▲ 131×2 topics
  6. Hydrological Cycle5▲ 114×2 topics
  7. Greenhouse Gas Emissions5▲ 41×3 topics
  8. Climate Modeling5▲ 142×1 topic
  9. Precipitation Extremes5▲ 142×1 topic
  10. Data Assimilation4▲ 62×4 topics
  11. Boundary Layer3▲ 53×2 topics
  12. Ensemble Kalman Filter3▲ 64×2 topics
  13. Convective Parameterization3▲ 108×1 topic
  14. Machine Learning3▲ 1.83×10 topics
  15. Mesoscale Modeling3▲ 108×1 topic
  16. Drought3▲ 59×2 topics
  17. Evapotranspiration3▲ 71×2 topics
  18. Hydrological2▲ 159×1 topic
  19. Hydrological Modeling2▲ 21×5 topics
  20. Monitoring2▲ 56×1 topic
  21. Vulnerability2▲ 17×4 topics
  22. Biomass Estimation2▲ 24×2 topics
  23. Climate2▲ 35×2 topics
  24. Satellite Observations2▲ 35×3 topics
  25. Hydrology1▲ 25×3 topics
  26. Sea Level Rise1▲ 26×3 topics
  27. Conservation1▲ 6.6×4 topics
  28. Environmental Monitoring1▲ 7.9×4 topics
  29. Indoor Air Quality1▲ 77×2 topics
  30. Nanophotonics1▲ 31×2 topics
  31. Risk Assessment1▲ 4.4×3 topics
  32. Global Change1▲ 11×4 topics
  33. Oceanic Modeling1▲ 77×1 topic
  34. Tidal Analysis1▲ 77×1 topic
  35. Validation1▲ 30×2 topics
  36. Phenology1▲ 34×1 topic
  37. Sea-Level Rise1▲ 21×3 topics
  38. Spatial Interpolation1▲ 58×2 topics
  39. Vegetation Monitoring1▲ 34×1 topic
  40. Museum Environments1▲ 118×1 topic

Which research topics does Met Éireann publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Climate variability and models, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Hydrology and Drought Analysis and Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes.

Climate variability and …5Climate variability and models: 5 fractional worksMeteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 3 fractional worksHydrology and Drought Analysis: 2 fractional worksOceanographic and Atmosp…1Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes: 1 fractional worksRemote Sensing in Agricu…1Remote Sensing in Agriculture: 1 fractional worksConservation Techniques …1Conservation Techniques and Studies: 1 fractional worksCryospheric studies and observations: 1 fractional worksPrecipitation Measurement and Analysis: 1 fractional worksNear-Field Optical Microscopy: 1 fractional worksAtmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics: 1 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeAtmospheric ScienceOceanographyEcology2 others

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

  1. 1 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 5 works
  2. 2 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 3 works
  3. 3 Hydrology and Drought Analysis Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  4. 4 Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes Oceanography 1 works
  5. 5 Remote Sensing in Agriculture Ecology 1 works
  6. 6 Conservation Techniques and Studies Conservation 1 works
  7. 7 Cryospheric studies and observations Atmospheric Science 1 works
  8. 8 Precipitation Measurement and Analysis Atmospheric Science 1 works
  9. 9 Near-Field Optical Microscopy Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 1 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 available48.6%not open51.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.9%domestic only76.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Met Éireann's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 28% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Met Éireann as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00013% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Met Éireann0.00017% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Met Éireann over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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