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Research in Houston

Science Explorer records 11 research institutions in Houston. The largest by output are Waste Management (United States), APA Corporation (United States) and Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Research institutions
11
Research works
856
▼ 17% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
9.7%
record average 16.5%

A city carries no overall standing here. The composite 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
1Waste Management (United States)Company 527 #20,171 all time
2APA Corporation (United States)Company 116 not ranked
3Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer CenterHospital / health system 64 not ranked
4Kinder Morgan (United States)Company 53 not ranked
5EOG Resources (United States)Company 39 not ranked
6K&L Gates (United States)Company 34 not ranked
7ToxStrategies LLC (United States)Company 10 not ranked
8NRG Energy (United States)Company 6 not ranked
9Crown Castle International (United States)Company 4 not ranked
10Sysco (United States)Company 1 not ranked
11Gillson Longenbaugh FoundationNonprofit 0 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. 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.

Waste Management (United States): 61.7%APA Corporation (United States): 13.6%Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center: 7.5%Kinder Morgan (United States): 6.2%6 others listed: 11.0%62%largest
Waste Management (United States)527 · 61.7%APA Corporation (United States)116 · 13.6%Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center64 · 7.5%Kinder Morgan (United States)53 · 6.2%6 others listed94 · 11.0%

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

Which keywords describe research in Houston?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Health Effects, Hydraulic Fracturing, Environmental Impact, Waste Management, Fracture Propagation, Shale Gas Reservoirs, Recycling and Shale Gas.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Environmental Impact6▲ 3.9×17 topics
  2. Health Effects5▲ 9.7×9 topics
  3. Hydraulic Fracturing4▲ 44×2 topics
  4. Fracture Propagation4▲ 66×1 topic
  5. Shale Gas Reservoirs4▲ 66×1 topic
  6. Waste Management4▲ 9.9×4 topics
  7. Recycling4▲ 10×3 topics
  8. Shale Gas3▲ 28×2 topics
  9. Toxicity3▲ 7.8×5 topics
  10. Environmental Impacts3▲ 12×3 topics
  11. CO2 Sequestration2▲ 14×3 topics
  12. Mudstones2▲ 35×1 topic
  13. Pore Structure2▲ 22×1 topic
  14. Global Distribution2▲ 37×2 topics
  15. Optimization2▲ 5.1×4 topics
  16. Radionuclides2▲ 64×2 topics
  17. Exposure Pathways2▲ 55×2 topics
  18. Municipal Solid Waste2▲ 40×2 topics
  19. Bioremediation2▲ 16×4 topics
  20. Reactive Transport2▲ 40×2 topics
  21. Wastewater Treatment2▲ 8.6×6 topics
  22. Adsorption2▲ 9.4×3 topics
  23. Data Assimilation2▲ 12×1 topic
  24. Ensemble Kalman Filter2▲ 18×1 topic
  25. Environmental Exposure2▲ 18×2 topics
  26. Life Cycle Assessment2▲ 6.8×3 topics
  27. Metal Recovery2▲ 9.1×2 topics
  28. Surfactants2▲ 19×2 topics
  29. Carbon Dioxide Capture2▲ 20×2 topics
  30. E-Waste2▲ 19×1 topic
  31. Hazardous Substances2▲ 19×1 topic
  32. Tectonics2▲ 15×3 topics
  33. Soil Contamination2▲ 67×2 topics
  34. Developing Countries1▲ 16×1 topic
  35. Drilling Fluids1▲ 27×1 topic
  36. Finite Element Analysis1▲ 6.8×2 topics
  37. Ionizing Radiation1▲ 22×2 topics
  38. Landfill1▲ 36×1 topic
  39. Raman Spectroscopy1▲ 7.8×2 topics
  40. Well Integrity1▲ 27×1 topic

What research is done in Houston?

Hydraulic Fracturing and…4Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 4 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 2 fractional worksReservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 2 fractional worksRecycling and Waste Management Techniques: 2 fractional worksDrilling and Well Engineering: 1 fractional worksMunicipal Solid Waste Management: 1 fractional worksRadioactive contaminatio…1Radioactive contamination and transfer: 1 fractional worksCarbon Dioxide Capture Technologies: 1 fractional worksSeismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques: 1 fractional worksNuclear and radioactivit…1Nuclear and radioactivity studies: 1 fractional works
Mechanical EngineeringMechanics of MaterialsOcean EngineeringIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 4 works
  2. 2 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 2 works
  3. 3 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 2 works
  4. 4 Recycling and Waste Management Techniques Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 2 works
  5. 5 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Municipal Solid Waste Management Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Radioactive contamination and transfer Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  8. 8 Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques Geophysics 1 works
  10. 10 Nuclear and radioactivity studies Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 1 works

Research output over time

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