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Research in McAllen

Science Explorer records 5 research institutions in McAllen, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are South Texas College.

Research institutions
5
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
342
▲ 29% vs 2018-21
Citations
4k
11.7 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
7.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1953-2026
74 years on the record
McAllen

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Which research institutions are in McAllen?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1South Texas CollegeUniversity 277 #15,655
2Valley Retina InstituteResearch facility 47 not ranked
3South Texas Institutes of HealthHospital / health system 16 not ranked
4Advocacy Alliance Center of TexasNonprofit 2 not ranked
5Vannie E. Cook Jr. Cancer FoundationNonprofit 0 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.

South Texas College: 81.0%Valley Retina Institute: 13.7%South Texas Institutes of Health: 4.7%Advocacy Alliance Center of Texas: 0.6%81%largest
South Texas College277 · 81.0%Valley Retina Institute47 · 13.7%South Texas Institutes of Health16 · 4.7%Advocacy Alliance Center of Texas2 · 0.6%

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

Which fields of science does McAllen work in?

In 2022-now, 30% of research in McAllen is in Health Sciences, 28% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (27%), Social Sciences (13%), Engineering (11%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Health Sciences: 30 fractional works · 29.7% of its workMedicine: 27 fractional works · 26.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 27 fractional works · 27.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 12.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 6.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 5.1% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 24 fractional works · 24.3% of its workEngineering: 11 fractional works · 10.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 4.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 18 fractional works · 18.3% of its workNeuroscience: 8 fractional works · 7.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 7 fractional works · 6.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 6.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKMcAllen99fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences18%Physical Sciences24%Health Sciences30%Social Sciences28%

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. Medicine2726.8%
    2. Health Professions21.8%
    3. Nursing10.7%
    4. Dentistry00.3%
    1. Social Sciences1312.8%
    2. Psychology76.7%
    3. Arts and Humanities55.1%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.8%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting11.0%
    6. Decision Sciences00.3%
    1. Engineering1110.8%
    2. Computer Science44.5%
    3. Mathematics21.9%
    4. Environmental Science21.8%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences21.6%
    6. Materials Science11.4%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.8%
    8. Energy10.7%
    9. Chemical Engineering10.6%
    10. Chemistry00.2%
    1. Neuroscience87.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology76.6%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences43.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in McAllen?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Attention Lapses, Mind Wandering, Pragmatism, Epidemiology, Mental Health, Migration and Truth.

▲ 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. Education7▲ 3.9×11 topics
  2. Epidemiology6▲ 1.64×33 topics
  3. Attention Lapses4▲ 332×1 topic
  4. Mind Wandering4▲ 332×1 topic
  5. Mental Health4▲ 2.8×13 topics
  6. Identity3▲ 4.2×6 topics
  7. Pragmatism3▲ 122×2 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease3▲ 2.5×12 topics
  9. Inflammation3▲ 1.36×18 topics
  10. Globalization3▲ 1.42×10 topics
  11. Gender2▲ 4.7×5 topics
  12. Migration2▲ 7.2×3 topics
  13. Colonialism2▲ 5.0×4 topics
  14. Democracy2▲ 6.7×2 topics
  15. Feminism2▲ 7.8×3 topics
  16. Risk Factors2▲ 2.1×12 topics
  17. Truth2▲ 71×2 topics
  18. Literature2▲ 4.1×3 topics
  19. Innovation2▲ 2.1×6 topics
  20. Race2▲ 18×2 topics
  21. Clinical Trials2▲ 3.0×8 topics
  22. Dewey2▲ 464×1 topic
  23. Philosophy2▲ 4.5×1 topic
  24. Philosophy of Science2▲ 62×2 topics
  25. Chicano2▲ 185×1 topic
  26. Latino2▲ 185×1 topic
  27. Meta-Analysis2▲ 3.2×5 topics
  28. Stability Analysis2▲ 11×2 topics
  29. Politics2▲ 6.0×4 topics
  30. Well-being2▲ 3.9×3 topics
  31. Adaptive Control1▲ 10×5 topics
  32. Emotion Regulation1▲ 4.5×5 topics
  33. Engineering Education1▲ 16×3 topics
  34. Fractional Order Control1▲ 91×1 topic
  35. Intersectionality1▲ 7.4×4 topics
  36. PID Controller1▲ 36×1 topic
  37. Nonlinear Systems1▲ 5.8×3 topics
  38. Nursing Education1▲ 9.0×2 topics
  39. Robotic Manipulators1▲ 12×2 topics
  40. Teacher Education1▲ 9.1×2 topics

What research is done in McAllen?

Mind wandering and atten…4Mind wandering and attention: 4 fractional worksPragmatism in Philosophy…2Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education: 2 fractional worksLatin American and Latin…2Latin American and Latino Studies: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Control Systems Design: 1 fractional worksPhilosophy, Science, and History: 1 fractional worksPhilosophy and History of Science: 1 fractional worksEducation and Critical Thinking Development: 1 fractional worksCritical Race Theory in Education: 1 fractional worksPsychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction: 1 fractional worksGeological Modeling and Analysis: 1 fractional works
Cognitive NeurosciencePhilosophyCultural StudiesControl and Systems Engineering5 others

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

  1. 1 Mind wandering and attention Cognitive Neuroscience 4 works
  2. 2 Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education Philosophy 2 works
  3. 3 Latin American and Latino Studies Cultural Studies 2 works
  4. 4 Advanced Control Systems Design Control and Systems Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Philosophy, Science, and History History and Philosophy of Science 1 works
  6. 6 Philosophy and History of Science History and Philosophy of Science 1 works
  7. 7 Education and Critical Thinking Development Education 1 works
  8. 8 Critical Race Theory in Education Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  9. 9 Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction Social Psychology 1 works
  10. 10 Geological Modeling and Analysis Geochemistry and Petrology 1 works

Research output over time

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