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U N I VE R SI T Y COLLEG E DU BL I N
CR E AT I NG VA LU E FROM K NOW L EDGE
Academic Impact
In academia, as in society, success is often
measured by how often people are talking
about or referring to your work.
Over the last 10 years, UCD researchers
doubled the annual number of publications
produced. In this time period, UCD has come
from having publication impact below world
average in 2003 to 56% above world average
in 2013.
UCD researchers have produced a number
of publications that are highly cited or
referenced.
UCD Ranks
No.
1 globally
in Agricultural Science
citation impact at large scale
(> 500 papers)
Essential Science Indicators Thomson
Reuters InCites™ (2009-2013)
As an example of academic impact,
Professor Des Higgins has over 100,000
total citations; making him the most cited
Irish researcher, and one of the most cited
researchers in the world, for his work on
DNA sequence comparisons.
More than
70 scientific
publications by
UCD researchers
have been cited
over 200 times.
Professors
Des Higgins and
Colm O’Donnell
are in the top 1%
most highly cited
researchers
worldwide (2014)
UCD Academic impact relative to the world*
1999–2013
56%
1.6
1.5
Above world average in
publication impact in 2013
1.4
1.3
1.2
These highly cited studies have
emerged from across the full range
of scientific areas and highlight
the world-class research taking
place at UCD.
1.1
1.0
2009–2013
2008–2012
2007–2011
2006–2010
2005–2009
2004–2008
2003–2007
2002–2006
2001–2005
2000–2004
1999–2003
0.9
0.8
0.7
0.6
FIVE YEAR CYCLES
* Source Thompson Reuters InCites May 2014
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