⚡ Science and Research in Ireland

Science and research platforms help scholars find academic papers, share their work, track citations, manage research profiles, and access preprints, patents, and data from a wide range of disciplines.

Ireland is a Western European country with a population of over 5.1 million people.

According to our data, science and research platforms are detected on 0.07% of websites from Ireland.

Statistics based on 16K+ analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top science and research platforms in Ireland in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is ResearchGate with an impressive share of 50%, followed by Google Scholar with 41.7% and ORCID with 16.7%.

ResearchGate 50%
Google Scholar 41.7%
ORCID 16.7%
Academia 8.3%

🚀 Highlights

Here is a list of the top platforms that are more popular in Ireland than worldwide.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

1. ResearchGate ^(-1)
3. ORCID ^(-1)
4. Academia ^(-1)

✨ Best Science and Research Platforms

Below is a more detailed list of 4 science and research platforms used on sites from Ireland, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	ResearchGate Berlin, Germany A social networking platform for scientists and researchers that enables them to share publications, collaborate with peers, and engage in academic discussions online. Free	50%
2	Google Scholar Mountain View, California, United States A free academic search engine that indexes peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts, and court cases from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, and universities. Free	41.7%
3	ORCID Bethesda, Maryland, United States An open, non-proprietary registry that provides unique persistent identifiers for researchers and scholars, enabling them to distinguish their identity and connect their work across systems. Free	16.7%
4	Academia San Francisco, California, United States A social networking platform for academics that enables users to share research papers, build professional profiles, and connect with other researchers worldwide. Free$$$	8.3%

👉 See Also

🌎 Science and Research in other countries

🗃️ About This Data

We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
This report is based on the analysis of 16,396 websites from Ireland.
We currently track the presence of 9 science and research platforms across the web.
Of these, 4 were detected on websites from Ireland.
Statistics were last calculated on September 18, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.