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Research in Plano

Science Explorer records 23 research institutions in Plano, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Plano Cancer Institute, Heart Hospital Baylor Plano and Huawei Technologies (United States).

Research institutions
23
5 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
4k
▲ 18% vs 2018-21
Citations
69k
17.5 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
12.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Plano

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 Plano?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Huawei Technologies (United States)Company 889 #16,930
2Plano Cancer InstituteResearch facility 757 #8,824
3Ericsson (United States)Company 547 #19,709
4Texas Back InstituteHospital / health system 413 #22,072
5Heart Hospital Baylor PlanoHospital / health system 396 #12,163
6Collin CollegeUniversity 289 #26,019 all time
7Plano Orthopedic Sports Medicine & Spine CenterHospital / health system 163 #30,236 all time
8Estech Systems (United States)Company 156 #27,617 all time
9Alliance Data (United States)Company 148 #19,039 all time
10Microfab Technologies (United States)Company 112 not ranked
11Martingale Research (United States)Company 29 not ranked
12Research Advocacy NetworkNonprofit 22 not ranked
13Integer (United States)Company 11 not ranked
14Paws & Claws Animal Hospital and Holistic Pet CenterHospital / health system 11 not ranked
15JCPenney (United States)Company 8 not ranked
16Plano Public Library SystemArchive 7 not ranked
171 CP Place (United States)Hospital / health system 4 not ranked
18Data One Global (United States)Company 2 not ranked
19Brains4Drones (United States)Company 2 not ranked
20Engin-Ic (United States)Company 2 not ranked
21Clinical Investigations of TexasResearch facility 1 not ranked
22AIM at Melanoma FoundationNonprofit 1 not ranked
23Ribbon Communications (United States)Company 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.

Huawei Technologies (United States): 22.4%Plano Cancer Institute: 19.1%Ericsson (United States): 13.8%Texas Back Institute: 10.4%19 others listed: 34.4%22%largest
Huawei Technologies (United States)889 · 22.4%Plano Cancer Institute757 · 19.1%Ericsson (United States)547 · 13.8%Texas Back Institute413 · 10.4%19 others listed1,365 · 34.4%

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

Which fields of science does Plano work in?

In 2022-now, 43% of research in Plano is in Physical Sciences, 42% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (39%), Computer Science (19%), Engineering (19%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 390 fractional works · 42.6% of its workComputer Science: 178 fractional works · 19.4% of its workInformation Systems: 46 fractional works · 5.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 45 fractional works · 4.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 42 fractional works · 4.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 20 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSignal Processing: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHardware and Architecture: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 170 fractional works · 18.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 72 fractional works · 7.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 37 fractional works · 4.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 11 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMedia Technology: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMaterials Science: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 381 fractional works · 41.6% of its workMedicine: 356 fractional works · 38.9% of its workSurgery: 90 fractional works · 9.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 75 fractional works · 8.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 30 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEpidemiology: 30 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 20 fractional works · 2.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 12 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOncology: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Informatics: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInternal Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 22 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 115 fractional works · 12.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 38 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 12 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEducation: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 25 fractional works · 2.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 15 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 15 fractional works · 1.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 13 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhilosophy: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 30 fractional works · 3.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 15 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKPlano917fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences43%Health Sciences42%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. Computer Science17819.4%
    2. Engineering17018.6%
    3. Physics and Astronomy101.1%
    4. Environmental Science91.0%
    5. Materials Science70.8%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences60.7%
    7. Mathematics40.5%
    8. Energy30.3%
    9. Chemistry20.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Medicine35638.9%
    2. Health Professions222.4%
    3. Dentistry10.2%
    4. Nursing10.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Social Sciences384.1%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting252.7%
    3. Decision Sciences151.7%
    4. Psychology151.7%
    5. Arts and Humanities131.4%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance101.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology151.7%
    2. Neuroscience80.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology40.4%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences30.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Plano strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Plano is most concentrated in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Computer Networks and Communications (7.3× the world share in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine).

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 61.6 works7.3×
  2. Computer Networks and CommunicationsSubfield · 39.5 works5.5×
← 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: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.28× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.35× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.51× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.52× its world share, 157 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.46× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.30× its world share, 157 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.20× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.23× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.30× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.45× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.96× its world share, 20 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.97× its world share, 304 worksMedicineNursing: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.42× its world share, 10 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.93× its world share, 24 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.74× its world share, 14 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.51× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.48× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 35 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 2.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Computer Science2.52×157 works
  2. Medicine1.97×304 works
  3. Decision Sciences1.74×14 works
  4. Engineering1.30×157 works
  5. Health Professions0.96×20 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting0.93×24 works
  7. Neuroscience0.51×7 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.51×9 works
  9. Psychology0.48×12 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.46×6 works
  11. Physics and Astronomy0.45×8 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.42×10 works
  13. Veterinary0.38×0 works
  14. Dentistry0.37×1 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.35×3 works
  16. Social Sciences0.34×35 works
  17. Mathematics0.30×3 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.28×12 works
  19. Materials Science0.23×6 works
  20. Energy0.20×2 works
  21. Environmental Science0.20×8 works
  22. Nursing0.20×1 works
  23. Chemistry0.16×2 works
  24. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.10×0 works
  25. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.06×2 works
  26. Chemical Engineering0.01×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Plano?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Heart Failure, Degenerative Disc Disease, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, Machine Learning, Spinal Fusion, Energy Efficiency and Low Back Pain.

▲ 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. Deep Learning70▲ 2.2×67 topics
  2. Machine Learning52▲ 1.71×60 topics
  3. Epidemiology42◆ 1.15×83 topics
  4. Heart Failure32▲ 7.9×12 topics
  5. Energy Efficiency32▲ 3.8×18 topics
  6. Risk Factors30▲ 3.0×27 topics
  7. Degenerative Disc Disease29▲ 33×2 topics
  8. Healthcare28▲ 2.6×19 topics
  9. Big Data27▲ 3.1×16 topics
  10. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention27▲ 21×4 topics
  11. Neural Networks26▲ 1.82×29 topics
  12. Spinal Fusion23▲ 26×2 topics
  13. Guidelines23▲ 5.2×13 topics
  14. Low Back Pain23▲ 15×2 topics
  15. Echocardiography22▲ 8.7×8 topics
  16. Clinical Outcomes21▲ 11×5 topics
  17. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement21▲ 31×1 topic
  18. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement21▲ 31×1 topic
  19. Security20▲ 3.3×17 topics
  20. Internet of Things20▲ 2.5×15 topics
  21. Myocardial Infarction20▲ 9.0×7 topics
  22. Thrombosis19▲ 7.5×6 topics
  23. Digital Repositories19▲ 58×2 topics
  24. Surgical Treatment18▲ 10×4 topics
  25. Spinal Surgery18▲ 25×2 topics
  26. 5G Networks18▲ 9.6×5 topics
  27. Intervertebral Disc17▲ 28×1 topic
  28. Lumbar Disc Degeneration17▲ 28×1 topic
  29. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation16▲ 23×2 topics
  30. Cardiogenic Shock16▲ 36×1 topic
  31. Left Ventricular Assist Device16▲ 36×1 topic
  32. Atherosclerosis15▲ 5.7×9 topics
  33. Cloud Computing15▲ 5.6×7 topics
  34. IoT Security14▲ 5.0×3 topics
  35. Wireless Networks13▲ 9.3×8 topics
  36. Dilated Cardiomyopathy12▲ 19×2 topics
  37. Anterior Cervical Discectomy12▲ 43×1 topic
  38. Cervical Spine Surgery12▲ 43×1 topic
  39. Semantic Web11▲ 13×5 topics
  40. Catheter Ablation11▲ 9.7×2 topics

What research is done in Plano?

Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 18 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 16 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory S…15Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 15 fractional worksCervical and Thoracic My…11Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy: 11 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 9 fractional worksResearch Data Management Practices: 9 fractional worksLibrary Science and Info…9Library Science and Information Systems: 9 fractional worksSoftware-Defined Networks and 5G: 8 fractional worksAdvanced Optical Network Technologies: 7 fractional worksSpinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques: 7 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePathology and Forensic MedicineBiomedical EngineeringSurgery3 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 18 works
  2. 2 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 16 works
  3. 3 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 15 works
  4. 4 Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy Surgery 11 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 9 works
  6. 6 Research Data Management Practices Information Systems 9 works
  7. 7 Library Science and Information Systems Information Systems 9 works
  8. 8 Software-Defined Networks and 5G Computer Networks and Communications 8 works
  9. 9 Advanced Optical Network Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 7 works
  10. 10 Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques Surgery 7 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%Plano12.3% 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 28.6% in 2016.

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