Irish and British Studies
Irish and British Studies is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 23k research works in it since 1950. 10.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the ethnic conflict in Northern Ireland, exploring topics such as consociationalism, paramilitarism, the peace process, identity, nationalism, transition, ethnicity, and reconciliation.
- Northern Ireland
- Conflict
- Consociationalism
- Paramilitarism
- Peace Process
- Identity
- Nationalism
- Transition
- Ethnicity
- Reconciliation
- Research works
- 23k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 2.4k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 10.4% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
- -21% the tick is no change
- Largest producer
United Kingdom
34% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Which countries lead Irish and British Studies research?
By volume, the United Kingdom and the United States publish the most (795 and 492 works in 2022-now).
By volume, 2022-now
- 1
United Kingdom
795 works
- 2
United States
492 works
- 3
Ireland
460 works
- 4
France
174 works
- 5
Australia
92 works
- 6
Canada
84 works
- 7
Spain
66 works
- 8
India
58 works
- 9
China
52 works
- 10
Germany
42 works
How concentrated that is
The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Irish and British Studies research?
By volume in 2022-now, Queen's University Belfast publishes the most Irish and British Studies research, followed by University College Dublin and Trinity College Dublin.
By volume, 2022-now
- 1
Queen's University BelfastUnited Kingdom
96 works
- 2
University College DublinIreland
89 works
- 3
Trinity College DublinIreland
84 works
- 4
National University of Ireland, MaynoothIreland
62 works
- 5
University College CorkIreland
57 works
- 6
Dublin City UniversityIreland
43 works
- 7
Film IndependentUnited States
41 works
- 8
University of LimerickIreland
40 works
- 9
University of UlsterUnited Kingdom
39 works
- 10
University of OxfordUnited Kingdom
32 works
Who are the leading researchers in Irish and British Studies?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Irish and British Studies include George Davey Smith and Peter John Barnes.
- 1
George Davey Smith
United Kingdom
435k citations
- 2
Peter John Barnes
United Kingdom
225k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Irish and British Studies research done?
The largest centres of Irish and British Studies research in 2022-now are Dublin (Ireland), Belfast (United Kingdom), London (United Kingdom) and Maynooth (Ireland). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Maynooth, Coleraine and Belfast.
Largest cities, 2022-now
- 1
DublinIreland
258 works
- 2
BelfastUnited Kingdom
98 works
- 3
LondonUnited Kingdom
94 works
- 4
MaynoothIreland
62 works
- 5
CorkIreland
60 works
- 6
Los AngelesUnited States
44 works
- 7
ParisFrance
41 works
- 8
GlasgowUnited Kingdom
39 works
- 9
ColeraineUnited Kingdom
39 works
- 10
OxfordUnited Kingdom
37 works
Where it is the local speciality
- MaynoothIE · 61.6 works203×
- ColeraineGB · 38.5 works99×
- BelfastGB · 97.7 works88×
- DublinIE · 258.0 works60×
- CorkIE · 60.4 works60×
- LimerickIE · 29.6 works55×
- GalwayIE · 32.4 works49×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Irish and British Studies than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Irish and British Studies?
Among universities, judged by research, University of Liverpool, Queen's University Belfast and University College Dublin score highest, combining citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
Universities only. The score blends citation excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.
Every institution in Irish and British Studies, country by countryIs Irish and British Studies research growing?
Output in 2022-2025 was 21% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2018.
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 Irish and British Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.012% in 2024.
Fractional works of Irish and British Studies over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.
How much of it reaches the world top 10%
Year by year.
Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.
Which topics inside it are moving
Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.
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