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South East Technological University

In research, South East Technological University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,759 of 10,670 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#6,458 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#5,703
of 22,385 · #12,376 all time
Rank in Ireland
#15
of 52
Research works
341
▲ 153330% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.7k
5.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.01×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
66%
world 40%
International
31%
world 18%
South East Technological University

What is South East Technological University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #6,759 of 10,670 11.7%108 -
Social SciencesDomain #6,458 of 9,585 8.3%114 #11294

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where South East Technological University 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 South East Technological University work in?

In 2022-now, 36% of research at South East Technological University is in Social Sciences, 35% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (18%), Engineering (14%), Medicine (14%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 123 fractional works · 36.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 61 fractional works · 17.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 20 fractional works · 5.9% of its workEducation: 14 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSafety Research: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychology: 25 fractional works · 7.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 9 fractional works · 2.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 21 fractional works · 6.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAccounting: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 8 fractional works · 2.2% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 120 fractional works · 35.1% of its workEngineering: 48 fractional works · 14.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 9 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArchitecture: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 30 fractional works · 8.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 8 fractional works · 2.5% of its workInformation Systems: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 13 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 10 fractional works · 3.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 7 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMathematical Physics: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 61 fractional works · 17.9% of its workMedicine: 48 fractional works · 14.1% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 8 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 11 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 37 fractional works · 10.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 19 fractional works · 5.5% of its workPlant Science: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workFood Science: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSouth EastTechnological…340fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences35%Health Sciences18%Social Sciences36%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences6117.8%
    2. Psychology257.3%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting216.2%
    4. Arts and Humanities82.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance51.5%
    6. Decision Sciences41.2%
    1. Engineering4814.1%
    2. Computer Science308.8%
    3. Environmental Science133.9%
    4. Physics and Astronomy103.0%
    5. Mathematics72.0%
    6. Materials Science61.8%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.6%
    8. Chemistry10.4%
    9. Energy10.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.2%
    1. Medicine4814.1%
    2. Health Professions113.2%
    3. Veterinary10.3%
    4. Nursing10.3%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences195.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology113.2%
    3. Neuroscience51.3%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.7%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
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: 1.15× its world share, 19 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.59× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.82× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.96× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.13× its world share, 30 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.94× its world share, 48 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.78× its world share, 13 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.50× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.74× its world share, 7 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.37× its world share, 10 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.20× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.73× its world share, 48 worksMedicineNursing: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.49× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.77× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.93× its world share, 21 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.22× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.70× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.39× its world share, 25 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.41× its world share, 61 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 2.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary2.49×1 works
  2. Psychology2.39×25 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.96×2 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting1.93×21 works
  5. Mathematics1.74×7 works
  6. Social Sciences1.41×61 works
  7. Physics and Astronomy1.37×10 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.22×4 works
  9. Health Professions1.20×11 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.15×19 works
  11. Computer Science1.13×30 works
  12. Engineering0.94×48 works
  13. Neuroscience0.82×4 works
  14. Environmental Science0.78×13 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.77×8 works
  16. Medicine0.73×48 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.70×5 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.59×11 works
  19. Nursing0.55×1 works
  20. Materials Science0.50×6 works
  21. Chemical Engineering0.47×1 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.39×2 works
  23. Energy0.37×1 works
  24. Chemistry0.28×2 works
  25. Dentistry0.16×0 works
  26. Immunology and Microbiology0.12×0 works

Who are the top researchers at South East Technological University?

Ranked on the quality score, Cheryl M. Jekiel, Zach Roche and Tony Lyons lead among researchers whose main affiliation is South East Technological University.

  1. 1 Cheryl M. Jekiel Ireland · #3,056,325 worldwide 42 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Zach Roche Ireland · #3,532,831 worldwide 11 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Tony Lyons Ireland · #5,261,063 worldwide 212 citations · 40 works
All ranked researchers at South East Technological University

What are the most cited papers from South East Technological University?

The most cited paper from South East Technological University is "Review of battery thermal management systems in electric vehicles" (Foo Shen Hwang, Thomas Confrey, Colin J. Reidy et al., 2023), with 448 citations. Next come "AI and 6G Into the Metaverse: Fundamentals, Challenges and Future Research Trends" (187) and "miRNA Biogenesis and Regulation of Diseases: An Updated Overview" (149).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Review of battery thermal management systems in electric vehicles Foo Shen Hwang, Thomas Confrey, Colin J. Reidy et al. · Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews Open access 27 Dec 2023 448
2 AI and 6G Into the Metaverse: Fundamentals, Challenges and Future Research Trends Muhammad Zawish, Fayaz Ali Dharejo, Sunder Ali Khowaja et al. · IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society Open access 2024 187
3 miRNA Biogenesis and Regulation of Diseases: An Updated Overview Anchal Vishnoi, Sweta Rani · Methods in molecular biology Book chapter 28 Nov 2022 149
4 Advancing urban green and blue space contributions to public health Ruth Fiona Hunter, Mark J Nieuwenhuijsen, Carlo Fabian et al. · The Lancet Public Health Open access 24 Aug 2023 146
5 Mind the “Vaccine Fatigue” Zhaohui Su, Ali Cheshmehzangi, Dean McDonnell et al. · Frontiers in Immunology Open access 10 Mar 2022 96
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at South East Technological University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Ethnicity, Physical Activity, Conflict, Consociationalism, Northern Ireland, Identity and Nationalism.

▲ 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. Epidemiology15◆ 1.14×35 topics
  2. Mental Health14▲ 2.8×26 topics
  3. Sustainability12▲ 1.47×25 topics
  4. Machine Learning11◆ 1.00×36 topics
  5. Public Health9▲ 1.82×21 topics
  6. Identity9▲ 3.5×6 topics
  7. Internet of Things8▲ 2.8×11 topics
  8. Physical Activity8▲ 5.0×10 topics
  9. Ethnicity8▲ 6.2×4 topics
  10. Higher Education8▲ 4.3×12 topics
  11. Nationalism7▲ 4.8×4 topics
  12. Big Data7▲ 2.1×10 topics
  13. Healthcare7▲ 1.80×12 topics
  14. Risk Factors7▲ 1.86×14 topics
  15. Cardiovascular Disease7▲ 1.78×12 topics
  16. Depression7▲ 2.3×13 topics
  17. Supply Chain Management7▲ 2.2×11 topics
  18. Conflict7▲ 12×2 topics
  19. Consociationalism6▲ 159×1 topic
  20. Northern Ireland6▲ 159×1 topic
  21. Health Benefits6▲ 4.9×8 topics
  22. Entanglement5▲ 9.3×3 topics
  23. Injury Prevention5▲ 11×3 topics
  24. Exercise4▲ 10×2 topics
  25. Quantum Information4▲ 11×2 topics
  26. Cyber-Physical Systems4▲ 4.6×5 topics
  27. High-Intensity Interval Training4▲ 11×2 topics
  28. Resistance Training4▲ 13×2 topics
  29. Muscle Injuries4▲ 18×1 topic
  30. Sports Injury4▲ 18×1 topic
  31. Emotion Recognition4▲ 5.6×4 topics
  32. Physical Fitness4▲ 7.7×2 topics
  33. Evidence-Based Practice4▲ 7.8×3 topics
  34. Intervention Strategies3▲ 23×1 topic
  35. Sedentary Behavior3▲ 23×1 topic
  36. Bell Inequality3▲ 27×1 topic
  37. Decoherence3▲ 27×1 topic
  38. Special Education3▲ 16×2 topics
  39. Behavioral Interventions3▲ 12×2 topics
  40. Open Innovation3▲ 16×2 topics

Which research topics does South East Technological University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Irish and British Studies, Sports injuries and prevention, Physical Activity and Health and Quantum Mechanics and Applications.

Irish and British Studies6Irish and British Studies: 6 fractional worksSports injuries and prev…4Sports injuries and prevention: 4 fractional worksPhysical Activity and Health: 3 fractional worksQuantum Mechanics and Applications: 3 fractional worksSports Performance and T…3Sports Performance and Training: 3 fractional worksAutism Spectrum Disorder Research: 3 fractional worksHomotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology: 3 fractional worksBehavioral and Psycholog…3Behavioral and Psychological Studies: 3 fractional worksDigital Transformation in Industry: 3 fractional worksRelativity and Gravitational Theory: 2 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceOrthopedics and Sports MedicinePhysiologyAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics5 others

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

  1. 1 Irish and British Studies Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  2. 2 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 4 works
  3. 3 Physical Activity and Health Physiology 3 works
  4. 4 Quantum Mechanics and Applications Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 3 works
  5. 5 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 3 works
  6. 6 Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Cognitive Neuroscience 3 works
  7. 7 Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology Mathematical Physics 3 works
  8. 8 Behavioral and Psychological Studies Developmental and Educational Psychology 3 works
  9. 9 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 3 works
  10. 10 Relativity and Gravitational Theory Astronomy and Astrophysics 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 available65.9%not open34.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.6%domestic only69.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has South East Technological University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 153330% higher than in 2018-2021.

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