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Research in Houston

Science Explorer records 240 research institutions in Houston, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Rice University, Baylor College of Medicine and University of Houston.

Research institutions
240
15 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
376k
▼ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
12.4M
32.8 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
17.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record

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 Houston?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Baylor College of MedicineUniversity 78,420 #219
2The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterHospital / health system 75,758 #362
3University of HoustonUniversity 54,970 #361
4Rice UniversityUniversity 39,827 #163
5The University of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonUniversity 32,422 #532
6Houston MethodistHospital / health system 8,140 #1,507
7Texas Medical CenterHospital / health system 4,944 #4,797
8Baker Hughes (United States)Company 4,633 #6,827
9Shell (United States)Company 3,172 #11,621
10Schlumberger (United States)Company 3,113 #13,696
11University of Houston - Clear LakeUniversity 3,006 #4,539
12ConocoPhillips (United States)Company 2,840 #7,826
13Texas Southern UniversityUniversity 2,289 #7,755
14Memorial HermannHospital / health system 2,272 #4,071
15University of Houston - DowntownUniversity 2,070 #8,827
16Fusion (United States)Company 2,004 #16,112
17Marathon Oil (United States)Company 1,633 #14,708
18Harris Health SystemHospital / health system 1,267 #15,569
19St. John's SchoolUniversity 1,187 #12,397
20Core Laboratories (United States)Company 1,042 #6,549
21Phillips 66 (United States)Company 1,014 #22,718 all time
22ABS Consulting (United States)Company 957 #7,445
23Baylor GeneticsResearch facility 950 #6,797
24Welch FoundationNonprofit 896 #10,806
25Occidental Petroleum (United States)Company 843 #17,130
26Menninger ClinicHospital / health system 825 #10,181 all time
27Arnold VenturesInstitution 779 #13,690 all time
28NACE InternationalNonprofit 738 #25,299 all time
29Marcus (United States)Company 668 #8,808 all time
30Halliburton (United States)Company 665 #16,347
31University of St. Thomas - TexasUniversity 658 #12,975
32KBR (United States)Company 609 #10,308
33Brown FoundationInstitution 573 #8,116
34Houston Museum of Natural ScienceArchive 572 #10,980 all time
35South Texas College of LawUniversity 546 #25,656 all time
36Center for Clinical StudiesNonprofit 489 #17,735
37Houston Christian UniversityUniversity 487 #15,992 all time
38Houston Independent School DistrictUniversity 478 #10,316
39Oceaneering International (United States)Company 471 #13,870
40Engie (United States)Company 453 #18,930
41American Bureau of ShippingNonprofit 452 #25,161 all time
42Weatherford (United States)Company 445 #11,573 all time
43Houston Fertility InstituteHospital / health system 434 #19,868
44Stress Engineering Services (United States)Company 429 #24,693 all time
45Tenaris (United States)Company 415 #16,032
46Kidney AssociatesInstitution 415 #20,419
47Golder Associates (United States)Company 374 #23,866 all time
48HOPE ClinicHospital / health system 373 #9,871
49McDermott International (United States)Company 337 #8,914 all time
50Houston Institute for Clinical ResearchResearch facility 336 #13,526
51Colorectal Surgical AssociatesInstitution 322 #22,689 all time
52Fugro (United States)Company 313 #29,004 all time
53United Space Alliance (USA)Company 306 #25,106 all time
54North American UniversityUniversity 304 #23,102 all time
55Montrose CenterInstitution 302 #17,401 all time
56Texas Orthopedic HospitalHospital / health system 298 #17,170 all time
57Lone Star CollegeUniversity 286 #19,542
58Retina Consultants of TexasHospital / health system 284 #20,679
59Essa Pharma (United States)Company 270 #22,093 all time
60Retina Research FoundationNonprofit 268 #17,087 all time

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.

How concentrated the city is

The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.

Baylor College of Medicine: 22.7%The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center: 21.9%University of Houston: 15.9%Rice University: 11.5%56 others listed: 28.0%23%largest
Baylor College of Medicine78k · 22.7%The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center76k · 21.9%University of Houston55k · 15.9%Rice University40k · 11.5%56 others listed97k · 28.0%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which fields of science does Houston work in?

In 2022-now, 47% of research in Houston is in Health Sciences, 24% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (43%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (11%), Engineering (11%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 27k fractional works · 46.8% of its workMedicine: 25k fractional works · 43.3% of its workSurgery: 3,096 fractional works · 5.4% of its workOncology: 2,880 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2,501 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEpidemiology: 1,768 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1,411 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1,388 fractional works · 2.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1,224 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHematology: 956 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysiology: 954 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNeurology: 779 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 750 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 738 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 654 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 605 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 541 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 474 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRheumatology: 396 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 354 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 295 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 288 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 287 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 268 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 250 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 227 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 210 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 167 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 156 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 156 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 156 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 143 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 891 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 1,617 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 908 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 183 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 126 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 400 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 204 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 164 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 40 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 170 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 45 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 14k fractional works · 23.7% of its workEngineering: 6,171 fractional works · 10.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 1,364 fractional works · 2.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1,078 fractional works · 1.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 860 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 849 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 427 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 372 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 332 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 216 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 201 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 130 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 342 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 2,057 fractional works · 3.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 834 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 297 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 273 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems: 259 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 136 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 258 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1,128 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 218 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 211 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 171 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 152 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 376 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1,103 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 305 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 264 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiation: 168 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 153 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 214 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 990 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 596 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomaterials: 130 fractional works · 0.2% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 122 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 142 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 867 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeophysics: 465 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 140 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 261 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 499 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 230 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 269 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 431 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 171 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 260 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 253 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 212 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 42 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 135 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 9,547 fractional works · 16.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6,187 fractional works · 10.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 3,407 fractional works · 5.9% of its workGenetics: 1,017 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCancer Research: 852 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCell Biology: 281 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 159 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 117 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 353 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 1,512 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 570 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 350 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 278 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 313 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1,208 fractional works · 2.1% of its workImmunology: 1,006 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 202 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 495 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPlant Science: 180 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 315 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 145 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 7,466 fractional works · 13.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 3,142 fractional works · 5.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1,029 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEducation: 487 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 321 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 246 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 245 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 154 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 659 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychology: 1,866 fractional works · 3.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 831 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 446 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 286 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 175 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 129 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 742 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhilosophy: 163 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 130 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 449 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 719 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 600 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 119 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 663 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 145 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 138 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 123 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 257 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 333 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 144 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 189 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKHouston58kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences17%Physical Sciences24%Health Sciences47%Social Sciences13%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine25k43.3%
    2. Health Professions1,6172.8%
    3. Nursing2040.4%
    4. Dentistry1700.3%
    5. Veterinary450.1%
    1. Engineering6,17110.7%
    2. Computer Science2,0573.6%
    3. Environmental Science1,1282.0%
    4. Physics and Astronomy1,1031.9%
    5. Materials Science9901.7%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences8671.5%
    7. Chemistry4990.9%
    8. Mathematics4310.7%
    9. Energy2530.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering1350.2%
  1. Life Sciences9,54716.6%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6,18710.7%
    2. Neuroscience1,5122.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology1,2082.1%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4950.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1450.3%
  2. Social Sciences7,46613.0%
    1. Social Sciences3,1425.5%
    2. Psychology1,8663.2%
    3. Arts and Humanities7421.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance7191.2%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting6631.2%
    6. Decision Sciences3330.6%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Houston strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Houston is most concentrated in Hematology, Genetics and Ocean Engineering (5.6× the world share in Hematology).

  1. HematologySubfield · 858.7 works5.6×
  2. GeneticsSubfield · 676.2 works4.9×
  3. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 1,221.1 works4.6×
  4. OncologySubfield · 2,503.5 works4.4×
  5. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 760.2 works3.5×
  6. TransplantationSubfield · 75.4 works3.3×
  7. AgingSubfield · 38.5 works3.1×
  8. Internal MedicineSubfield · 89.2 works2.9×
← 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: 0.18× its world share, 438 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.98× its world share, 5,354 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.04× its world share, 1,038 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.59× its world share, 1,308 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.71× its world share, 127 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.66× its world share, 118 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.56× its world share, 442 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.45× its world share, 1,781 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.98× its world share, 780 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.48× its world share, 223 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.73× its world share, 5,538 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.39× its world share, 984 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.50× its world share, 876 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.63× its world share, 378 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.85× its world share, 963 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.61× its world share, 151 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.07× its world share, 1,427 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.24× its world share, 22k worksMedicineNursing: 0.70× its world share, 175 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.54× its world share, 37 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.45× its world share, 659 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.37× its world share, 599 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.59× its world share, 287 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.61× its world share, 664 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.07× its world share, 1,650 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 2,828 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 2.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine2.24×22k works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology2.04×1,038 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.98×5,354 works
  4. Neuroscience1.59×1,308 works
  5. Health Professions1.07×1,427 works
  6. Psychology1.07×1,650 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.98×780 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy0.85×963 works
  9. Engineering0.73×5,538 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.71×127 works
  11. Nursing0.70×175 works
  12. Chemical Engineering0.66×118 works
  13. Mathematics0.63×378 works
  14. Dentistry0.61×151 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.61×664 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.59×287 works
  17. Chemistry0.56×442 works
  18. Veterinary0.54×37 works
  19. Materials Science0.50×876 works
  20. Energy0.48×223 works
  21. Computer Science0.45×1,781 works
  22. Arts and Humanities0.45×659 works
  23. Social Sciences0.44×2,828 works
  24. Environmental Science0.39×984 works
  25. Business, Management and Accounting0.37×599 works
  26. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.18×438 works

Which keywords describe research in Houston?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Prognostic Factors, Immunotherapy, Chemotherapy, Inflammation, Cancer, Radiotherapy and Tumor Microenvironment.

▲ 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. Epidemiology3,672▲ 1.60×140 topics
  2. Inflammation1,954▲ 1.59×83 topics
  3. Immunotherapy1,803▲ 4.3×19 topics
  4. Machine Learning1,679◆ 0.87×94 topics
  5. Chemotherapy1,676▲ 4.1×25 topics
  6. Cancer1,570▲ 2.0×58 topics
  7. Prognostic Factors1,548▲ 6.2×14 topics
  8. Quality of Life1,308▲ 1.57×58 topics
  9. Treatment1,267▲ 1.81×52 topics
  10. Oxidative Stress1,261▲ 1.33×63 topics
  11. Risk Factors1,212▲ 1.91×37 topics
  12. Diagnosis1,020▲ 1.90×41 topics
  13. Tumor Microenvironment1,001▲ 3.9×8 topics
  14. Radiotherapy963▲ 4.2×13 topics
  15. Clinical Practice Guidelines952▲ 3.0×14 topics
  16. Clinical Trials896▲ 2.3×19 topics
  17. Biomarkers855▲ 2.1×18 topics
  18. Gene Expression807▲ 2.2×20 topics
  19. Genetic Mutations793▲ 3.1×23 topics
  20. Cancer Therapy742▲ 2.3×20 topics
  21. Targeted Therapy676▲ 5.3×5 topics
  22. Lymphoma671▲ 7.3×4 topics
  23. Cancer Immunotherapy619▲ 7.0×3 topics
  24. Breast Cancer607▲ 4.2×11 topics
  25. Neoadjuvant Therapy547▲ 4.0×5 topics
  26. Tumor Regression527▲ 8.2×2 topics
  27. CO2 Sequestration514▲ 4.5×4 topics
  28. Hematopoietic Stem Cells507▲ 10×3 topics
  29. Rituximab506▲ 6.1×4 topics
  30. Hydraulic Fracturing442▲ 7.2×2 topics
  31. Genomic Instability430▲ 6.6×3 topics
  32. Leukemia416▲ 8.7×2 topics
  33. Drilling Fluids407▲ 13×1 topic
  34. Well Integrity407▲ 13×1 topic
  35. Fracture Propagation401▲ 12×1 topic
  36. Shale Gas Reservoirs401▲ 12×1 topic
  37. CAR T Cells398▲ 9.5×1 topic
  38. Chimeric Antigen Receptor398▲ 9.5×1 topic
  39. AML393▲ 14×1 topic
  40. Acute Myeloid Leukemia393▲ 14×1 topic

What research is done in Houston?

  1. 1 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 369 works
  2. 2 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 360 works
  3. 3 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 360 works
  4. 4 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research Hematology 356 works
  5. 5 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 354 works
  6. 6 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 301 works
  7. 7 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 285 works
  8. 8 Oil and Gas Production Techniques Ocean Engineering 234 works
  9. 9 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research Genetics 220 works
  10. 10 Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pathology and Forensic Medicine 212 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 counting10%20%30%Houston15.7% 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 27.3% in 2008.

Questions people ask

What are the best universities in Houston for research?

Science Explorer records 240 research institutions in Houston, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Rice University, Baylor College of Medicine and University of Houston.

Which research institutions are in Houston?
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