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Research in Houma

Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in Houma, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Cardiovascular Institute of the South.

Research institutions
2
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
2.3k
▲ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
114k
48.9 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
32.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Houma

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Houma?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Cardiovascular Institute of the SouthInstitution 2,250 #1,096
2Terrebonne Parish LibraryArchive 7 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

Which fields of science does Houma work in?

In 2022-now, 62% of research in Houma is in Health Sciences, 21% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (59%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (16%), Engineering (5%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 342 fractional works · 61.7% of its workMedicine: 327 fractional works · 59.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 129 fractional works · 23.2% of its workSurgery: 50 fractional works · 9.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 27 fractional works · 4.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 23 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEpidemiology: 13 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPhysiology: 11 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOncology: 10 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 10 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 9 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Informatics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInternal Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransplantation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 12 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPharmacy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 114 fractional works · 20.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 90 fractional works · 16.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 65 fractional works · 11.8% of its workGenetics: 10 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCancer Research: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCell Biology: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 11 fractional works · 1.9% of its workImmunology: 10 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 9 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 66 fractional works · 11.9% of its workEngineering: 27 fractional works · 4.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 20 fractional works · 3.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 11 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 10 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomaterials: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 32 fractional works · 5.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKHouma554fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences21%Physical Sciences12%Health Sciences62%Social Sciences6%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine32759.0%
    2. Health Professions122.2%
    3. Nursing20.3%
    4. Veterinary10.1%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology9016.3%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology111.9%
    3. Neuroscience91.7%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences30.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    1. Engineering274.9%
    2. Environmental Science112.0%
    3. Materials Science101.8%
    4. Computer Science91.6%
    5. Physics and Astronomy30.5%
    6. Chemistry20.4%
    7. Mathematics20.3%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.3%
    9. Energy00.1%
    1. Social Sciences111.9%
    2. Psychology71.3%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance61.1%
    4. Decision Sciences50.8%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting30.5%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Houma strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Houma is most concentrated in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Surgery (22.0× the world share in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine).

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 113.9 works22×
  2. Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSubfield · 21.4 works4.8×
  3. SurgerySubfield · 46.3 works4.0×
  4. Molecular BiologySubfield · 57.3 works3.8×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.99× its world share, 79 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.91× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.03× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.20× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.35× its world share, 26 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.39× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.52× its world share, 9 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.91× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.08× its world share, 292 worksMedicineNursing: 0.63× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.97× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.51× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.37× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.08×292 works
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.99×79 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology1.91×10 works
  4. Neuroscience1.03×8 works
  5. Decision Sciences0.97×5 works
  6. Health Professions0.91×12 works
  7. Veterinary0.66×0 works
  8. Nursing0.63×2 works
  9. Materials Science0.52×9 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.51×5 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.49×1 works
  12. Environmental Science0.39×10 works
  13. Psychology0.37×6 works
  14. Engineering0.35×26 works
  15. Chemistry0.22×2 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.22×2 works
  17. Computer Science0.20×8 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.20×2 works
  19. Mathematics0.20×1 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.17×3 works
  21. Social Sciences0.16×10 works
  22. Dentistry0.14×0 works
  23. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.10×2 works
  24. Energy0.06×0 works
  25. Arts and Humanities0.06×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Houma?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Myocardial Infarction, Heart Failure, Cardiovascular Disease, Echocardiography, Guidelines, Atherosclerosis, Cardiac Imaging and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.

▲ 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-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Myocardial Infarction41▲ 31×7 topics
  2. Heart Failure41▲ 16×13 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease38▲ 6.0×34 topics
  4. Echocardiography33▲ 21×8 topics
  5. Guidelines31▲ 12×8 topics
  6. Atherosclerosis28▲ 18×12 topics
  7. Cardiac Imaging27▲ 41×3 topics
  8. Obesity25▲ 5.8×18 topics
  9. Inflammation24▲ 2.1×63 topics
  10. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention24▲ 32×4 topics
  11. Magnetic Resonance Imaging19▲ 14×5 topics
  12. Coronary Artery Disease18▲ 27×3 topics
  13. Risk Factors17▲ 2.8×17 topics
  14. Dilated Cardiomyopathy16▲ 43×2 topics
  15. Diagnosis16▲ 3.1×17 topics
  16. Genetic Mutations16▲ 6.6×12 topics
  17. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement16▲ 40×1 topic
  18. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement16▲ 40×1 topic
  19. Cardiovascular Risk Assessment15▲ 34×2 topics
  20. Radiation Exposure15▲ 28×2 topics
  21. Catheter Ablation15▲ 22×2 topics
  22. Computed Tomography Angiography15▲ 41×1 topic
  23. Coronary Stents15▲ 62×1 topic
  24. Myocardial Perfusion15▲ 41×1 topic
  25. Myocardial Revascularization15▲ 62×1 topic
  26. Cardiovascular Risk15▲ 8.5×7 topics
  27. Arrhythmias14▲ 28×2 topics
  28. Chamber Quantification14▲ 32×1 topic
  29. Diastolic Function14▲ 32×1 topic
  30. Sudden Cardiac Death13▲ 28×2 topics
  31. Atrial Fibrillation12▲ 22×2 topics
  32. Transcriptional Regulation12▲ 13×9 topics
  33. Extracellular Matrix12▲ 11×7 topics
  34. Regenerative Medicine11▲ 8.1×5 topics
  35. Cardiomyopathies11▲ 68×1 topic
  36. Myosin11▲ 68×1 topic
  37. Acute Coronary Syndromes11▲ 51×1 topic
  38. ST-Segment Elevation11▲ 51×1 topic
  39. Stroke Prevention10▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Genetic Testing10▲ 16×3 topics

What research is done in Houma?

Cardiac Valve Diseases a…15Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 15 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diag…14Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 14 fractional worksCoronary Interventions a…14Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 14 fractional worksCardiovascular Function …14Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 14 fractional worksAcute Myocardial Infarction Research: 10 fractional worksCardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies: 10 fractional worksPluripotent Stem Cells R…8Pluripotent Stem Cells Research: 8 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 8 fractional worksCardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias: 7 fractional worksCongenital heart defects research: 6 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSurgeryMolecular Biology

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 15 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 14 works
  3. 3 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 14 works
  4. 4 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 14 works
  5. 5 Acute Myocardial Infarction Research Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 10 works
  6. 6 Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 10 works
  7. 7 Pluripotent Stem Cells Research Molecular Biology 8 works
  8. 8 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 8 works
  9. 9 Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 7 works
  10. 10 Congenital heart defects research Molecular Biology 6 works

Research output over time

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting20%40%60%Houma27.0% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 43.5% in 1998.

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