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Royal Irish Academy

In research, Royal Irish Academy stands highest in Social Sciences (#15,641 of 16,945 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#41,273
of 42,892
Rank in Ireland
#150
of 152
Research works
246
▼ 27% vs 2013–17
Citations
758
3.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
27%
world 28%

What is Royal Irish Academy 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
Social SciencesDomain #15,641 of 16,945 9.7%181

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Royal Irish Academy 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: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 3.38× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 2.00× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.65× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 1.16× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 9.80× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.90× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.08× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.60× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 9.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Royal Irish Academy?

Ranked on the composite score, Patrick Maume, Alan D. Falconer and William Robert Fearon lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Royal Irish Academy.

  1. 1 Patrick Maume Ireland · #165,210 worldwide 38 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 Alan D. Falconer Ireland · #900,948 worldwide 3 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 William Robert Fearon Ireland · #1,238,083 worldwide 11 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Royal Irish Academy

Which keywords describe research at Royal Irish Academy?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Identity, Nationalism, Ethnicity, Literature, History, Conflict, Consociationalism and Northern Ireland.

▲ 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 31 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 31 words, with their numbers
  1. Identity6▲ 25×10 topics
  2. Nationalism4▲ 30×4 topics
  3. Ethnicity3▲ 28×3 topics
  4. Literature3▲ 19×8 topics
  5. History3▲ 14×8 topics
  6. Conflict3▲ 59×2 topics
  7. Consociationalism3▲ 749×1 topic
  8. Northern Ireland3▲ 749×1 topic
  9. Colonialism3▲ 18×5 topics
  10. Religion2▲ 17×6 topics
  11. Culture2▲ 14×6 topics
  12. Globalization2▲ 3.1×7 topics
  13. Gender2▲ 11×4 topics
  14. Society2▲ 31×4 topics
  15. Modernism2▲ 251×2 topics
  16. Art1▲ 49×2 topics
  17. Democracy1▲ 12×3 topics
  18. Devolution1▲ 294×2 topics
  19. Lexicography1▲ 46×3 topics
  20. Cultural Transmission1▲ 46×2 topics
  21. Race1▲ 34×3 topics
  22. Education1▲ 2.0×2 topics
  23. British Army1▲ 431×1 topic
  24. Christian-Muslim Relations1▲ 113×1 topic
  25. Counterinsurgency1▲ 307×1 topic
  26. Gospel Translation1▲ 135×1 topic
  27. Language1▲ 13×2 topics
  28. Philosophy1▲ 7.1×2 topics
  29. Sustainability1▲ 1.31×7 topics
  30. Wales1▲ 514×1 topic
  31. Welsh literature1▲ 514×1 topic

Which research topics does Royal Irish Academy publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Irish and British Studies, Historical and Linguistic Studies, Military History and Strategy and Historical Studies of British Isles.

Irish and British Studies3Irish and British Studies: 3 fractional worksHistorical and Linguistic Studies: 1 fractional worksMilitary History and Strategy: 1 fractional worksHistorical Studies of British Isles: 1 fractional worksModernist Literature and Criticism: 1 fractional worksDiverse Musicological Studies: 1 fractional worksMusic Therapy and Health1Music Therapy and Health: 1 fractional worksLinguistics and language evolution: 1 fractional worksTheater, Performance, and Music History: 1 fractional worksSamuel Beckett and Modernism: 1 fractional works
Sociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International RelationsHistoryLiterature and Literary Theory3 others

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

  1. 1 Irish and British Studies Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  2. 2 Historical and Linguistic Studies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  3. 3 Military History and Strategy Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  4. 4 Historical Studies of British Isles History 1 works
  5. 5 Modernist Literature and Criticism Literature and Literary Theory 1 works
  6. 6 Diverse Musicological Studies Music 1 works
  7. 7 Music Therapy and Health Social Psychology 1 works
  8. 8 Linguistics and language evolution Language and Linguistics 1 works
  9. 9 Theater, Performance, and Music History Music 1 works
  10. 10 Samuel Beckett and Modernism Literature and Literary Theory 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 available26.7%not open73.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.6%domestic only83.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Royal Irish Academy's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 27% 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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