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Rusal (Ireland)

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Research works
12
▼ 12% vs 2018-21
Citations
109
9.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
1.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
29%
world 40%
International
33%
world 18%
Rusal (Ireland)

Not ranked overall: Rusal (Ireland) is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Rusal (Ireland) work in?

In all years, 79% of research at Rusal (Ireland) is in Physical Sciences, 14% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (45%), Environmental Science (21%), Social Sciences (10%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 9 fractional works · 78.8% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 45.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 21.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 5.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 2.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 2.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 21.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 13.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 8.2% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 4.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMetals and Alloys: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 2.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 13.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 9.9% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 4.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 2.8% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 2.8% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 6.8% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 0 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workALL ITS WORKRusal (Ireland)12fractional works, all years
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences79%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences14%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 11 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering545.4%
    2. Environmental Science221.0%
    3. Materials Science18.2%
    4. Computer Science02.8%
    5. Energy01.4%
    1. Social Sciences19.9%
    2. Decision Sciences02.8%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance01.0%
    1. Health Professions04.2%
    2. Medicine02.6%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.7%
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: 0.85× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Engineering: 2.70× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.04× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMedicine: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksMedicineEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.84× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 2.56× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 6 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.84×0 works
  2. Engineering2.70×1 works
  3. Social Sciences2.56×1 works
  4. Environmental Science2.04×0 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.85×0 works
  6. Medicine0.36×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Rusal (Ireland)?

The most cited paper from Rusal (Ireland) is "Chemistry of bauxite residue neutralisation and aspects to implementation" (Luke J. Kirwan, A Hartshorn, James B. McMonagle et al., 2013), with 103 citations. Next come "In-situ synchrotron diffraction study of the hydrothermal transformation of goethite to hematite in sodium aluminate solutions" (52) and "A simulation model for the management and expansion of extended port terminal operations" (48).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Chemistry of bauxite residue neutralisation and aspects to implementation Luke J. Kirwan, A Hartshorn, James B. McMonagle et al. · International Journal of Mineral Processing 20 Jan 2013 103
2 In-situ synchrotron diffraction study of the hydrothermal transformation of goethite to hematite in sodium aluminate solutions John G. Murray, Liam Kirwan, Mitch Loan et al. · Hydrometallurgy 23 Jun 2008 52
3 A simulation model for the management and expansion of extended port terminal operations Radu Cimpeanu, Mel T. Devine, Conor S. O’Brien · Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review Open access 4 Jan 2017 48
4 Characterisation of various Jamaican bauxite ores by quantitative Rietveld X-ray powder diffraction and 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy Luke J. Kirwan, Francis A. Deeney, Gerard M. Croke et al. · International Journal of Mineral Processing 26 Nov 2008 21
5 Investigating bauxite residue flocculation by hydroxamate and polyacrylate flocculants utilising the focussed beam reflectance measurement probe Luke J. Kirwan · International Journal of Mineral Processing 13 Nov 2008 16
All 21 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Rusal (Ireland) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Legal and Regulatory Analysis, Military Technology and Strategies, Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies and Bauxite Residue and Utilization.

Legal and Regulatory Analysis: 0 fractional worksMilitary Technology and Strategies: 0 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, an…0Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 0 fractional worksBauxite Residue and Util…0Bauxite Residue and Utilization: 0 fractional worksMetal Extraction and Bio…0Metal Extraction and Bioleaching: 0 fractional worksIron and Steelmaking Pro…0Iron and Steelmaking Processes: 0 fractional worksEnvironmental and biological studies: 0 fractional worksPrenatal Screening and Diagnostics: 0 fractional worksTumors and Oncological Cases: 0 fractional worksForest Management and Policy: 0 fractional works
TransportationAerospace EngineeringSociology and Political ScienceMechanical Engineering5 others

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

  1. 1 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 0 works
  2. 2 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  3. 3 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  4. 4 Bauxite Residue and Utilization Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  5. 5 Metal Extraction and Bioleaching Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 Iron and Steelmaking Processes Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Environmental and biological studies Ecology 0 works
  8. 8 Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 0 works
  9. 9 Tumors and Oncological Cases Pathology and Forensic Medicine 0 works
  10. 10 Forest Management and Policy Global and Planetary Change 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 available28.9%not open71.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.3%domestic only66.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Rusal (Ireland)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 12% lower 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 Rusal (Ireland) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000031% in 2023.

0.000050%0.00010%0.00015%Rusal (Ireland)0.000012% in 20241990200020102020

Fractional works of Rusal (Ireland) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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