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Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

In research, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland stands highest in Health Sciences (#474 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#422 of 10,443 worldwide) and Surgery (#364 of 1,816 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Rehabilitation and Hematology — Rehabilitation is 6.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,157
of 28,054 · #1,981 all time
Rank in Ireland
#9
of 79
Research works
7.2k
▲ 50% vs 2013–17
Citations
195k
27.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
54%
world 28%

What is Royal College of Surgeons in 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
Health SciencesDomain #474 of 11,982 17.3%1,172 #497
MedicineField #422 of 10,443 16.6%1,022 #519
SurgerySubfield #364 of 1,816 15.6%194 #590
Life SciencesDomain #1,707 of 7,800 17.7%209 #1387
Social SciencesDomain #3,514 of 10,521 25.2%170 #3407
Health ProfessionsField #714 of 1,928 21.3%133 #697
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #506 of 1,144 14.0%97 #702
General Health ProfessionsSubfield #468 of 916 20.6%82 #586
Social SciencesField #3,479 of 6,365 29.4%69 #4045
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,086 of 3,579 15.2%136 #1694

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Royal College of Surgeons in 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#497 #474
  2. Medicine#519 #422
  3. Surgery#590 #364
  4. Life Sciences#1,387 #1,707
  5. Social Sciences#3,407 #3,514
  6. Health Professions#697 #714
  7. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#702 #506
  8. General Health Professions#586 #468
  9. Social Sciences#4,045 #3,479
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,694 #2,086
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Rehabilitation takes 6.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. RehabilitationSubfield · 21.4 works6.4×
  2. HematologySubfield · 27.6 works5.5×
← 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: 0.07× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.56× its world share, 136 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.50× its world share, 25 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.26× its world share, 34 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.59× its world share, 9 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.48× its world share, 12 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 39 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.16× its world share, 13 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.22× its world share, 13 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.75× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.08× its world share, 133 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.24× its world share, 1,022 worksMedicineNursing: 1.24× its world share, 10 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.22× its world share, 10 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.31× its world share, 11 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.31× its world share, 66 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 69 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland?

Ranked on the composite score, Jochen H.M. Prehn, Alice Stanton and Ronán Conroy lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.

  1. 1 Jochen H.M. Prehn Ireland · #14,157 worldwide 864 citations · 55 works
  2. 2 Alice Stanton Ireland · #22,742 worldwide 523 citations · 41 works
  3. 3 Ronán Conroy Ireland · #34,984 worldwide 348 citations · 51 works
  4. 4 H. Humphreys Ireland · #40,869 worldwide 297 citations · 59 works
  5. 5 Catherine M. Greene Ireland · #47,767 worldwide 239 citations · 50 works
  6. 6 Annette T. Byrne Ireland · #48,925 worldwide 399 citations · 33 works
  7. 7 Kieran C. Murphy Ireland · #49,601 worldwide 338 citations · 37 works
  8. 8 Norman Delanty Ireland · #53,259 worldwide 276 citations · 37 works
  9. 9 Desmond J. Fitzgerald Ireland · #59,506 worldwide 390 citations · 39 works
  10. 10 Fergal J. O’Brien Ireland · #65,031 worldwide 469 citations · 70 works
All ranked researchers at Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

Which keywords describe research at Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Quality of Life, Guidelines, Risk Factors, Medical Education, Mortality and Primary Care.

▲ 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. Epidemiology169▲ 2.6×118 topics
  2. Inflammation103▲ 3.0×79 topics
  3. Quality of Life74▲ 3.1×47 topics
  4. Risk Factors60▲ 3.4×34 topics
  5. Treatment58▲ 2.9×46 topics
  6. Public Health52▲ 2.2×42 topics
  7. Mortality48▲ 5.0×13 topics
  8. Diagnosis46▲ 3.0×38 topics
  9. Guidelines46▲ 6.0×12 topics
  10. Cancer44▲ 2.0×46 topics
  11. Clinical Practice Guidelines44▲ 4.9×14 topics
  12. Complications42▲ 5.1×17 topics
  13. Management41▲ 3.2×29 topics
  14. Depression40▲ 2.8×22 topics
  15. Medical Education40▲ 9.4×11 topics
  16. Primary Care40▲ 6.4×14 topics
  17. Surgery38▲ 6.7×10 topics
  18. Cardiovascular Disease38▲ 2.1×33 topics
  19. Metabolic Syndrome35▲ 2.6×23 topics
  20. Chemotherapy34▲ 3.0×24 topics
  21. Angiogenesis32▲ 6.0×13 topics
  22. Clinical Trials32▲ 2.9×19 topics
  23. Patient Satisfaction30▲ 5.9×9 topics
  24. Diabetes29▲ 3.6×20 topics
  25. Prevention29▲ 4.2×16 topics
  26. Neoadjuvant Therapy28▲ 7.3×5 topics
  27. Rehabilitation27▲ 4.1×12 topics
  28. Radiotherapy26▲ 4.0×13 topics
  29. Metastasis25▲ 4.5×12 topics
  30. Extracellular Matrix24▲ 8.2×7 topics
  31. Robotic Surgery24▲ 10.0×5 topics
  32. Matrix Metalloproteinases23▲ 10×5 topics
  33. Reflective Practice23▲ 7.4×6 topics
  34. Laparoscopic Surgery22▲ 12×4 topics
  35. Clinical Outcomes21▲ 6.0×6 topics
  36. Postoperative Complications20▲ 9.1×4 topics
  37. Faculty Development19▲ 15×2 topics
  38. Patient Safety18▲ 7.6×6 topics
  39. Competency-Based Education18▲ 12×2 topics
  40. Assessment Methods18▲ 9.8×2 topics

Which research topics does Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Innovations in Medical Education, Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes, Surgical Simulation and Training and Protease and Inhibitor Mechanisms.

Innovations in Medical E…17Innovations in Medical Education: 17 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …16Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 16 fractional worksSurgical Simulation and …15Surgical Simulation and Training: 15 fractional worksProtease and Inhibitor M…12Protease and Inhibitor Mechanisms: 12 fractional worksPharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes: 11 fractional worksStroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 10 fractional worksEsophageal Cancer Resear…9Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment: 9 fractional worksSimulation-Based Education in Healthcare: 9 fractional worksBreast Cancer Treatment Studies: 9 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare …8COVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 8 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryCancer Research4 others

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

  1. 1 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 17 works
  2. 2 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 16 works
  3. 3 Surgical Simulation and Training Surgery 15 works
  4. 4 Protease and Inhibitor Mechanisms Cancer Research 12 works
  5. 5 Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Geriatrics and Gerontology 11 works
  6. 6 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 10 works
  7. 7 Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment Surgery 9 works
  8. 8 Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare Physiology 9 works
  9. 9 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 9 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 8 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 available53.6%not open46.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.4%domestic only67.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 50% 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.

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