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World Rugby

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World rank, all time
#35,234
of 42,892
Rank in Ireland
#119
of 152
Research works
250
▼ 16% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.3k
13.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
27%
world 28%

What does World Rugby specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Health Sciences takes 2.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Health SciencesDomain · 21.6 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: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.58× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringDentistry: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.46× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.90× its world share, 19 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.88× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.49× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.19× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.45× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.91× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.39× 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.

Who are the top researchers at World Rugby?

Ranked on the composite score, Colin W Fuller, L. B. T. Houghton and Ethel Lega-Weekes lead among researchers whose main affiliation is World Rugby.

  1. 1 Colin W Fuller · #158,606 worldwide 199 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 L. B. T. Houghton · #396,534 worldwide 6 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Ethel Lega-Weekes · #493,667 worldwide 0 citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at World Rugby

Which keywords describe research at World Rugby?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, 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 2022–2025 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 24 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 24 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology13▲ 9.5×13 topics
  2. Injury Prevention8▲ 183×4 topics
  3. Athletic Training7▲ 208×2 topics
  4. Prevention7▲ 46×3 topics
  5. Risk Factors7▲ 18×4 topics
  6. Muscle Injuries6▲ 283×1 topic
  7. Sports Injury6▲ 283×1 topic
  8. Recovery5▲ 126×2 topics
  9. Concussion4▲ 285×1 topic
  10. Encephalopathy4▲ 181×1 topic
  11. High-Intensity Interval Training3▲ 70×2 topics
  12. Resistance Training3▲ 82×2 topics
  13. Performance Analysis2▲ 33×1 topic
  14. Training Load2▲ 110×1 topic
  15. Qualitative Research2▲ 8.0×4 topics
  16. Customer Experience2▲ 35×2 topics
  17. Expert Performance1▲ 150×1 topic
  18. Impulse Buying1▲ 69×1 topic
  19. Motor Imagery1▲ 30×1 topic
  20. Multichannel Retailing1▲ 69×1 topic
  21. Management1▲ 4.3×4 topics
  22. Quality of Life1▲ 2.4×4 topics
  23. Late Antiquity1▲ 54×2 topics
  24. Vibration Control1▲ 48×2 topics

Which research topics does World Rugby publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Sports injuries and prevention, Traumatic Brain Injury Research, Sports Performance and Training and Sport Psychology and Performance.

Sports injuries and prev…6Sports injuries and prevention: 6 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury R…4Traumatic Brain Injury Research: 4 fractional worksSports Performance and Training: 2 fractional worksSport Psychology and Performance: 1 fractional worksConsumer Retail Behavior…1Consumer Retail Behavior Studies: 1 fractional worksCardiovascular Effects of Exercise: 1 fractional worksVehicle Noise and Vibration Control: 1 fractional worksDiverse Approaches in Healthcare and Education Studies: 1 fractional worksClassical Antiquity Studies: 0 fractional worksAI in Service Interactions: 0 fractional works
Orthopedics and Sports MedicineEpidemiologyDevelopmental and Educational PsychologyMarketing5 others

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

  1. 1 Sports injuries and preventionOrthopedics and Sports Medicine 6 works
  2. 2 Traumatic Brain Injury ResearchEpidemiology 4 works
  3. 3 Sports Performance and TrainingOrthopedics and Sports Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Sport Psychology and PerformanceDevelopmental and Educational Psychology 1 works
  5. 5 Consumer Retail Behavior StudiesMarketing 1 works
  6. 6 Cardiovascular Effects of ExerciseCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Vehicle Noise and Vibration ControlAutomotive Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Diverse Approaches in Healthcare and Education StudiesPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  9. 9 Classical Antiquity StudiesAnthropology 0 works
  10. 10 AI in Service InteractionsArtificial Intelligence 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 available26.8%not open73.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has World Rugby's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% 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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