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Trinity College

In research, Trinity College stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,409 of 10,521 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#7,627 of 12,888 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,414 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Arts and Humanities — Arts and Humanities is 4.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,902
of 28,054 · #4,780 all time
Rank in Canada
#120
of 403
Research works
2.5k
▲ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
47k
18.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is Trinity College 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
Social SciencesDomain #4,409 of 10,521 15.8%187 #2146
Physical SciencesDomain #7,627 of 12,888 9.1%125 #7199
Health SciencesDomain #8,414 of 11,982 17.6%86 #5903
Social SciencesField #5,158 of 6,365 12.4%75 #3250
MedicineField #8,538 of 10,443 17.5%71 #7610

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Trinity College 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. Social Sciences#2,146 #4,409
  2. Physical Sciences#7,199 #7,627
  3. Health Sciences#5,903 #8,414
  4. Social Sciences#3,250 #5,158
  5. Medicine#7,610 #8,538
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 Trinity College specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Arts and Humanities takes 4.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Arts and HumanitiesField · 53.5 works4.1×
← 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: 0.40× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.90× its world share, 22 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.96× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.93× its world share, 14 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.19× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.79× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.85× its world share, 30 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.71× its world share, 48 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.51× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.55× its world share, 9 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.83× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.85× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.01× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.81× its world share, 71 worksMedicineNursing: 0.86× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.81× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 4.09× its world share, 54 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.11× its world share, 16 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.18× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.66× its world share, 16 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.49× its world share, 21 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.31× its world share, 75 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Trinity College?

Ranked on the composite score, Bryan Ward‐Perkins, Seán Freyne and John Bryan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Trinity College.

  1. 1 Bryan Ward‐Perkins Canada · #123,899 worldwide 139 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 Seán Freyne Canada · #188,520 worldwide 21 citations · 33 works
  3. 3 John Bryan Canada · #468,791 worldwide 0 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Harold Hartley Canada · #552,024 worldwide 43 citations · 29 works
  5. 5 R. D. Dawe Canada · #634,694 worldwide 4 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 John Nolland Canada · #678,010 worldwide 5 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Bede Rundle Canada · #716,640 worldwide 15 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 Emil Alphonse Werner Canada · #781,422 worldwide 47 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 C. J. Hamson Canada · #790,092 worldwide 5 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 D. J. Conacher Canada · #804,572 worldwide 10 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Trinity College

Which keywords describe research at Trinity College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Religion, Nationalism, Identity, Philosophy, History, Globalization, Deep Learning and Politics.

▲ 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. Deep Learning19▲ 1.23×49 topics
  2. Globalization18▲ 1.99×40 topics
  3. Machine Learning17◆ 1.15×47 topics
  4. Religion15▲ 7.0×24 topics
  5. Epidemiology15▼ 0.82×70 topics
  6. Nationalism14▲ 6.8×14 topics
  7. Inflammation14▲ 1.46×57 topics
  8. Identity13▲ 4.0×27 topics
  9. History12▲ 3.9×23 topics
  10. Sustainability12◆ 1.08×32 topics
  11. Philosophy11▲ 5.5×19 topics
  12. Literature9▲ 3.8×21 topics
  13. Gender9▲ 3.7×20 topics
  14. Healthcare9▲ 1.72×17 topics
  15. Culture8▲ 3.3×15 topics
  16. Innovation8▲ 1.63×20 topics
  17. Politics8▲ 6.3×8 topics
  18. Human Rights8▲ 1.63×25 topics
  19. Democracy7▲ 4.6×9 topics
  20. Ethics7▲ 3.3×18 topics
  21. Colonialism7▲ 3.3×17 topics
  22. Feminism6▲ 4.5×10 topics
  23. Secularism6▲ 12×4 topics
  24. Ethnicity5▲ 3.1×9 topics
  25. Society5▲ 5.9×6 topics
  26. Memory4▲ 4.0×9 topics
  27. Medicine4▲ 11×5 topics
  28. Race4▲ 8.2×8 topics
  29. Theology4▲ 9.2×6 topics
  30. Conflict4▲ 5.3×5 topics
  31. Postcolonialism4▲ 6.9×8 topics
  32. Public Sphere4▲ 15×2 topics
  33. Atheism4▲ 31×1 topic
  34. Pluralism4▲ 18×1 topic
  35. Demography3▲ 16×2 topics
  36. Psychoanalysis3▲ 8.6×5 topics
  37. Transition3▲ 7.6×4 topics
  38. Alchemy3▲ 19×3 topics
  39. Late Antiquity3▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Metaphysics3▲ 16×4 topics

Which research topics does Trinity College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Religion and Society Interactions, Classical Antiquity Studies, Irish and British Studies and Biblical Studies and Interpretation.

Religion and Society Int…4Religion and Society Interactions: 4 fractional worksClassical Antiquity Stud…3Classical Antiquity Studies: 3 fractional worksIrish and British Studies: 3 fractional worksBiblical Studies and Interpretation: 2 fractional worksClassical Philosophy and Thought: 2 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare: 2 fractional worksSeismic and Structural Analysis of Tall Buildings: 2 fractional worksNeural Networks and Appl…2Neural Networks and Applications: 2 fractional worksHistory of Science and Medicine: 2 fractional worksHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 2 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceAnthropologyReligious studiesPhilosophy4 others

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

  1. 1 Religion and Society Interactions Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  2. 2 Classical Antiquity Studies Anthropology 3 works
  3. 3 Irish and British Studies Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  4. 4 Biblical Studies and Interpretation Religious studies 2 works
  5. 5 Classical Philosophy and Thought Philosophy 2 works
  6. 6 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Health Information Management 2 works
  7. 7 Seismic and Structural Analysis of Tall Buildings Civil and Structural Engineering 2 works
  8. 8 Neural Networks and Applications Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  9. 9 History of Science and Medicine History and Philosophy of Science 2 works
  10. 10 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 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 available40.0%not open60.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors49.0%domestic only51.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Trinity College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% 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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