University of LimerickUniversity

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Foundation: 1972

Mission: Its mission is to promote and advance learning and knowledge through teaching, research and scholarship in an environment which encourages innovation and upholds the principles of free enquiry and expression. Particular attention is paid to the generation of knowledge which is relevant to the needs of Ireland's continuing socio-economic development.

Vision: Information not localized

History: www.ul.ie

26th
Overall percentile
24th
Research percentile
50th
Innovation percentile
16th
Societal percentile

Evolution of the institution

The following data gives a quick reading on the scientific performance in the last years. The research ranking refers to the volume, impact and quality of the institution's research output. The innovation ranking is calculated on the number of patent applications of the institution and the citations that its research output receives from patents. Finally, the societal ranking is based on the number of pages of the institution's website and the number of backlinks and mentions from social networks.

Compared to its context

The result of the evaluation of the institution can be compared to obtain a view of the country, the region to which it belongs and the institutions of the world, placing it in their respective positions.

Compared to All sectors (percentiles)
Compared to Universities sector (percentiles)

Ranks by Subject areas/categories

We have divided the scientific output of the institution into 19 large areas of knowledge and the following table shows only the ranks in different territorial domains achieved by the institution in each of the areas. For an institution to have a presence in an area, it is necessary that it exceed in the last year a minimum output threshold equivalent to twice the percentage that this area represents in the world. If you need scientific indicators on these areas visit Scopus and/or SciVal.

 
AreaWorldWestern EuropeEU-27OECDIreland
Agricultural and Biological Sciences +660th250th206th467th4th
Arts and Humanities +740th319th246th620th6th
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 3165th1133rd1012th2271st16th
Business, Management and Accounting 660th260th187th464th7th
Chemistry 1341st472nd379th920th3rd
Computer Science 1680th576th477th1128th10th
Earth and Planetary Sciences 2962nd815th784th1633rd10th
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 689th265th207th457th5th
Energy 751st193rd154th428th4th
Engineering +1068th330th257th700th7th
Environmental Science 563rd144th111th307th2nd
Mathematics 1294th426th351st843rd6th
Medicine +2436th870th754th1736th12th
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 2125th690th626th1427th8th
Physics and Astronomy 1097th390th315th755th4th
Psychology 534th205th143rd472nd6th
Social Sciences +505th182nd133rd390th4th

Publishing profile

These are the journals used by the institution's researchers to publish their work in the last year. The size of each circle represents the value of the SJR of the publication, and its spatial position represents its subject matter.

This visualizatión allows you to identify the knowledge areas where the institution has published, recognize the prestige of the scientific journals in which the institution knowledge has been published, and identify predominant scientific communities.

Where is the institution located?

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