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World Rugby

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World rank, all time
#19,076
of 34,923
Rank in Ireland
#60
of 109
Research works
250
▼ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.3k
13.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
27%
world 40%
International
29%
world 18%
World Rugby

Which fields of science does World Rugby work in?

In 2022-now, 62% of research at World Rugby is in Health Sciences, 25% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (55%), Engineering (8%), Psychology (7%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 24 fractional works · 62.1% of its workMedicine: 22 fractional works · 55.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 10 fractional works · 25.4% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 12.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 6.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 24.8% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 7.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 5.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 6.4% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 5.1% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 4 fractional works · 10.9% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 8.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKWorld Rugby39fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences11%Health Sciences62%Social Sciences25%

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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine2255.3%
    2. Health Professions36.6%
    3. Veterinary00.1%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Psychology37.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities26.4%
    3. Social Sciences25.1%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting13.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance12.7%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Engineering38.1%
    2. Computer Science11.9%
    3. Chemistry00.4%
    4. Materials Science00.4%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.8%
    2. Neuroscience00.3%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does World Rugby specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Medicine takes 2.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MedicineField · 21.8 works2.9×
  2. Health SciencesDomain · 24.4 works2.7×
← 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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.54× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.49× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.88× its world share, 22 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.78× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.20× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.05× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.27× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.31× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 2.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine2.88×22 works
  2. Health Professions2.49×3 works
  3. Psychology2.31×3 works
  4. Arts and Humanities2.20×2 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.27×1 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.05×1 works
  7. Veterinary0.78×0 works
  8. Engineering0.54×3 works
  9. Social Sciences0.41×2 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.33×1 works
  11. Chemistry0.27×0 works
  12. Computer Science0.25×1 works
  13. Neuroscience0.17×0 works
  14. Dentistry0.17×0 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.13×0 works
  16. Materials Science0.11×0 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.05×0 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at World Rugby?

Ranked on the quality score, Luke B. T. Houghton, Garreth Farrell and The Acting Editor lead among researchers whose main affiliation is World Rugby.

  1. 1 Luke B. T. Houghton Ireland · #1,024,817 worldwide 393 citations · 91 works
  2. 2 Garreth Farrell Ireland · #1,132,039 worldwide 423 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 The Acting Editor Ireland · #2,389,500 worldwide 3 citations · 50 works
  4. 4 Eleanor de Bruin Ireland · #5,253,003 worldwide 4 citations · 26 works
  5. 5 K DIBBLE Ireland · #5,355,867 worldwide 31 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at World Rugby

What are the most cited papers from World Rugby?

The most cited paper from World Rugby is "Consensus statement on concussion in sport: the 4th International Conference on Concussion in Sport held in Zurich, November 2012" (Paul Robert McCrory et al., 2013), with 2,596 citations. Next come "How much is too much? (Part 1) International Olympic Committee consensus statement on load in sport and risk of injury" (1,029) and "Concussion sans frontières" (909).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Consensus statement on concussion in sport: the 4th International Conference on Concussion in Sport held in Zurich, November 2012 Paul Robert McCrory et al. · British Journal of Sports Medicine Open access 11 Mar 2013 2,596
2 How much is too much? (Part 1) International Olympic Committee consensus statement on load in sport and risk of injury Torbjørn Soligard, Martin Peter Schwellnus, Juan Manuel Alonso et al. · British Journal of Sports Medicine Open access 17 Aug 2016 1,029
3 Concussion sans frontières Jiří Dvořák, Paul Robert McCrory, Mark Aubry et al. · British Journal of Sports Medicine May 2009 909
4 The Sport Concussion Assessment Tool 5th Edition (SCAT5): Background and rationale Ruben J. Echemendía et al. · British Journal of Sports Medicine Open access 26 Apr 2017 843
5 How much is too much? (Part 2) International Olympic Committee consensus statement on load in sport and risk of illness Martin Peter Schwellnus, Torbjørn Soligard, Juan Manuel Alonso et al. · British Journal of Sports Medicine Open access 17 Aug 2016 842
All 53 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at World Rugby?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Injury Prevention, Risk Factors, Athletic Training, Prevention, Muscle Injuries, Sports Injury and Recovery.

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

All 25 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology14▲ 9.1×13 topics
  2. Injury Prevention8▲ 172×4 topics
  3. Athletic Training7▲ 200×2 topics
  4. Prevention7▲ 43×3 topics
  5. Risk Factors7▲ 17×4 topics
  6. Muscle Injuries7▲ 272×1 topic
  7. Sports Injury7▲ 272×1 topic
  8. Recovery5▲ 117×2 topics
  9. Concussion5▲ 271×1 topic
  10. Encephalopathy5▲ 174×1 topic
  11. Resistance Training3▲ 88×2 topics
  12. High-Intensity Interval Training3▲ 73×2 topics
  13. Qualitative Research3▲ 9.1×4 topics
  14. Performance Analysis3▲ 36×1 topic
  15. Training Load3▲ 116×1 topic
  16. Expert Performance2▲ 169×1 topic
  17. Motor Imagery2▲ 39×1 topic
  18. Customer Experience2▲ 29×2 topics
  19. Impulse Buying1▲ 62×1 topic
  20. Management1▲ 4.3×4 topics
  21. Multichannel Retailing1▲ 62×1 topic
  22. Quality of Life1▲ 2.3×4 topics
  23. Identity1▲ 3.5×3 topics
  24. Late Antiquity1▲ 50×2 topics
  25. Vibration Control1▲ 40×2 topics

Which research topics does World Rugby publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Sports injuries and prevention, Traumatic Brain Injury Research, Sports Performance and Training and Sport Psychology and Performance.

Sports injuries and prev…7Sports injuries and prevention: 7 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury R…5Traumatic Brain Injury Research: 5 fractional worksSports Performance and T…3Sports Performance and Training: 3 fractional worksSport Psychology and Per…2Sport Psychology and Performance: 2 fractional worksConsumer Retail Behavior Studies: 1 fractional worksCardiovascular Effects of Exercise: 1 fractional worksVehicle Noise and Vibration Control: 1 fractional worksDental Trauma and Treatments: 1 fractional worksDiverse Approaches in Healthcare and Education Studies: 1 fractional worksInjury Epidemiology and Prevention: 1 fractional works
Orthopedics and Sports MedicineEpidemiologyDevelopmental and Educational PsychologyMarketing4 others

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

  1. 1 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 7 works
  2. 2 Traumatic Brain Injury Research Epidemiology 5 works
  3. 3 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 3 works
  4. 4 Sport Psychology and Performance Developmental and Educational Psychology 2 works
  5. 5 Consumer Retail Behavior Studies Marketing 1 works
  6. 6 Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Vehicle Noise and Vibration Control Automotive Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Dental Trauma and Treatments Emergency Medical Services 1 works
  9. 9 Diverse Approaches in Healthcare and Education Studies Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  10. 10 Injury Epidemiology and Prevention Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 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 available26.8%not open73.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.0%domestic only71.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has World Rugby's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% 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 World Rugby as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00025% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%World Rugby0.00022% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of World Rugby over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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