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Research in Lubbock

Science Explorer records 15 research institutions in Lubbock, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Texas Tech University, University Medical Center and Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.

Research institutions
15
5 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
69k
▲ 9% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.6M
23.6 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
16.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Lubbock

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 Lubbock?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Texas Tech UniversityUniversity 47,273 #562
2University Medical CenterHospital / health system 10,928 #1,719
3Texas Tech University Health Sciences CenterUniversity 8,878 #6,400
4Lubbock Christian UniversityUniversity 661 #18,041
5III-N Technology (United States)Company 466 #9,257
6HEM Technologies (United States)Company 217 #24,851 all time
7Covenant Medical CenterHospital / health system 111 not ranked
8Texas Tech University SystemUniversity 52 not ranked
9Covenant Health SystemHospital / health system 51 not ranked
10Southwest Regional Wound Care CenterHospital / health system 51 not ranked
11Covenant Children's HospitalHospital / health system 16 not ranked
12X-Fab (United States)Company 3 not ranked
13The Parenting CottageNonprofit 2 not ranked
14CH FoundationInstitution 1 not ranked
15LIFE/RUN Center for Independent LivingNonprofit 1 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.

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.

Texas Tech University: 68.8%University Medical Center: 15.9%Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center: 12.9%Lubbock Christian University: 1.0%11 others listed: 1.4%69%largest
Texas Tech University47k · 68.8%University Medical Center11k · 15.9%Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center8,878 · 12.9%Lubbock Christian University661 · 1.0%11 others listed971 · 1.4%

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

Which fields of science does Lubbock work in?

In 2022-now, 38% of research in Lubbock is in Health Sciences, 24% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (33%), Social Sciences (11%), Engineering (9%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 5,038 fractional works · 37.7% of its workMedicine: 4,458 fractional works · 33.3% of its workSurgery: 602 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEpidemiology: 372 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 333 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 316 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 310 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPhysiology: 270 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOncology: 261 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNeurology: 169 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 141 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 127 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 115 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 112 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRheumatology: 105 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 99 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 99 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 98 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 85 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 70 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 66 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 63 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 62 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 60 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 50 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 49 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 43 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 42 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 42 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 38 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 30 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInternal Medicine: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 133 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 408 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 224 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 40 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 108 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNursing: 87 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 66 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 58 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 54 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3,146 fractional works · 23.5% of its workEngineering: 1,181 fractional works · 8.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 265 fractional works · 2.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 213 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 105 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 92 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 87 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 66 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 66 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 60 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 60 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 55 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 29 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 45 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 538 fractional works · 4.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 198 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems: 103 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 57 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 52 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 29 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science Applications: 27 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 38 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 482 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEcology: 97 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 79 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 72 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 62 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 32 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 29 fractional works · 0.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 29 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 81 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 220 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 121 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomaterials: 41 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 204 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 66 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 56 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 82 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 164 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 80 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 30 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 53 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 153 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 52 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeophysics: 32 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 69 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 121 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics and Probability: 32 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 89 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnergy: 51 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 44 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 33 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 3,142 fractional works · 23.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,448 fractional works · 10.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 429 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEducation: 267 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 173 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGender Studies: 88 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 67 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 62 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 56 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 55 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 49 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 39 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 38 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 89 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 713 fractional works · 5.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 298 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 213 fractional works · 1.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 95 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 64 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 32 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 350 fractional works · 2.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 82 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhilosophy: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMusic: 33 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 32 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 29 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHistory: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 76 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 266 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAccounting: 56 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 51 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 50 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 48 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 27 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 256 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 192 fractional works · 1.4% of its workFinance: 38 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 109 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 43 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 39 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 2,049 fractional works · 15.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 953 fractional works · 7.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 508 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGenetics: 174 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCancer Research: 77 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 52 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiotechnology: 30 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 111 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 568 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPlant Science: 217 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 70 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 65 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 59 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 53 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 31 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 39 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 302 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 115 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 70 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 48 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 69 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 177 fractional works · 1.3% of its workImmunology: 110 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMicrobiology: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 39 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 49 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKLubbock13kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences24%Health Sciences38%Social Sciences23%

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. Health Sciences5,03837.7%
    1. Medicine4,45833.3%
    2. Health Professions4083.1%
    3. Nursing870.6%
    4. Veterinary580.4%
    5. Dentistry260.2%
    1. Engineering1,1818.8%
    2. Computer Science5384.0%
    3. Environmental Science4823.6%
    4. Materials Science2201.6%
    5. Physics and Astronomy2041.5%
    6. Chemistry1641.2%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1531.1%
    8. Mathematics1210.9%
    9. Energy510.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering330.2%
  3. Social Sciences3,14223.5%
    1. Social Sciences1,44810.8%
    2. Psychology7135.3%
    3. Arts and Humanities3502.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting2662.0%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2561.9%
    6. Decision Sciences1090.8%
  4. Life Sciences2,04915.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology9537.1%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences5684.2%
    3. Neuroscience3022.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology1771.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics490.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Lubbock strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Lubbock is most concentrated in Internal Medicine, Music and Small Animals (3.6× the world share in Internal Medicine).

  1. Internal MedicineSubfield · 26.5 works3.6×
  2. MusicSubfield · 30.9 works3.2×
  3. Small AnimalsSubfield · 45.8 works3.1×
  4. VeterinaryField · 49.8 works3.1×
  5. GastroenterologySubfield · 39.4 works2.8×
  6. Emergency MedicineSubfield · 76.9 works2.6×
← 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: 0.89× its world share, 504 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.32× its world share, 835 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.30× its world share, 155 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.37× its world share, 264 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.01× its world share, 42 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.67× its world share, 28 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.77× its world share, 144 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.51× its world share, 469 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.72× its world share, 134 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.42× its world share, 46 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.60× its world share, 1,066 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.72× its world share, 427 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.46× its world share, 190 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.74× its world share, 104 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.67× its world share, 177 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.42× its world share, 24 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.18× its world share, 368 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.73× its world share, 3,956 worksMedicineNursing: 1.31× its world share, 76 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.08× its world share, 50 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.92× its world share, 314 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.63× its world share, 241 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.82× its world share, 94 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.91× its world share, 231 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.77× its world share, 640 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.86× its world share, 1,298 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary3.08×50 works
  2. Psychology1.77×640 works
  3. Medicine1.73×3,956 works
  4. Neuroscience1.37×264 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.32×835 works
  6. Nursing1.31×76 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology1.30×155 works
  8. Health Professions1.18×368 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.01×42 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.92×314 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.91×231 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.89×504 works
  13. Social Sciences0.86×1,298 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.82×94 works
  15. Chemistry0.77×144 works
  16. Mathematics0.74×104 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.72×134 works
  18. Environmental Science0.72×427 works
  19. Chemical Engineering0.67×28 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.67×177 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.63×241 works
  22. Engineering0.60×1,066 works
  23. Computer Science0.51×469 works
  24. Materials Science0.46×190 works
  25. Energy0.42×46 works
  26. Dentistry0.42×24 works

Which keywords describe research in Lubbock?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Mental Health, Risk Factors, Treatment, Oxidative Stress, Diagnosis and Depression.

▲ 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. Epidemiology908▲ 1.70×137 topics
  2. Inflammation434▲ 1.53×83 topics
  3. Mental Health359▲ 1.88×44 topics
  4. Machine Learning346▼ 0.78×85 topics
  5. Treatment324▲ 1.99×51 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress322▲ 1.47×61 topics
  7. Risk Factors316▲ 2.1×37 topics
  8. Climate Change294▼ 0.81×102 topics
  9. Public Health267▲ 1.37×64 topics
  10. Quality of Life262▲ 1.36×57 topics
  11. Diagnosis258▲ 2.1×41 topics
  12. Depression248▲ 2.1×25 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease237▲ 1.55×39 topics
  14. Globalization236◆ 0.90×114 topics
  15. Cancer235▲ 1.30×57 topics
  16. Metabolic Syndrome209▲ 1.93×24 topics
  17. Obesity189▲ 1.83×28 topics
  18. Management166▲ 1.56×33 topics
  19. Immunotherapy157▲ 1.63×19 topics
  20. Neurological Disorders156▲ 2.0×20 topics
  21. Genetics148▲ 1.57×27 topics
  22. Clinical Trials146▲ 1.64×19 topics
  23. Guidelines146▲ 2.3×13 topics
  24. Social Support144▲ 2.0×18 topics
  25. Chemotherapy142▲ 1.49×25 topics
  26. Biomarkers139▲ 1.49×18 topics
  27. Meta-Analysis137▲ 1.74×19 topics
  28. Complications133▲ 2.0×17 topics
  29. Clinical Practice Guidelines128▲ 1.74×14 topics
  30. Diabetes124▲ 1.84×22 topics
  31. Heart Failure124▲ 2.1×14 topics
  32. Mortality123▲ 1.62×13 topics
  33. Aging118▲ 1.63×18 topics
  34. Resilience114▲ 1.74×15 topics
  35. Prevalence113▲ 2.1×15 topics
  36. Adolescents106▲ 2.2×11 topics
  37. Neuroinflammation103▲ 2.7×6 topics
  38. Neuroprotection97▲ 2.1×17 topics
  39. Neuroscience96▲ 2.3×19 topics
  40. Cognitive Therapy73▲ 4.8×4 topics

What research is done in Lubbock?

Psychological Treatments…38Psychological Treatments and Disorders: 38 fractional worksDiet and metabolism stud…37Diet and metabolism studies: 37 fractional worksAlzheimer's disease research and treatments: 28 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 28 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 26 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 26 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 26 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis …25Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 25 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Analysis: 25 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 24 fractional works
Clinical PsychologyPhysiologyHealth InformaticsInternal Medicine4 others

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

  1. 1 Psychological Treatments and Disorders Clinical Psychology 38 works
  2. 2 Diet and metabolism studies Physiology 37 works
  3. 3 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 28 works
  4. 4 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 28 works
  5. 5 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 26 works
  6. 6 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 26 works
  7. 7 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 26 works
  8. 8 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 25 works
  9. 9 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 25 works
  10. 10 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 24 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%Lubbock16.4% 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 25.7% in 2016.

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