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Research in The Woodlands

Science Explorer records 9 research institutions in The Woodlands, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Huntsman (United States), The US Oncology Network and Lexicon Pharmaceuticals (United States).

Research institutions
9
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
2.3k
▲ 21% vs 2018-21
Citations
70k
30.3 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
13.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1955-2026
72 years on the record
The Woodlands

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 The Woodlands?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Huntsman (United States)Company 672 #13,826
2Lexicon Pharmaceuticals (United States)Company 565 #19,689
3Houston Advanced Research CenterNonprofit 374 #16,787 all time
4The US Oncology NetworkInstitution 295 #18,617
5Opexa Therapeutics (United States)Company 193 #25,074 all time
6Chevron Phillips Chemical (United States)Company 173 #28,886 all time
7EpiCypher (United States)Company 23 not ranked
8American Society of Pediatric NephrologyNonprofit 5 not ranked
9Sigma Genosys (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.

Huntsman (United States): 29.2%Lexicon Pharmaceuticals (United States): 24.6%Houston Advanced Research Center: 16.3%The US Oncology Network: 12.8%5 others listed: 17.2%29%largest
Huntsman (United States)672 · 29.2%Lexicon Pharmaceuticals (United States)565 · 24.6%Houston Advanced Research Center374 · 16.3%The US Oncology Network295 · 12.8%5 others listed395 · 17.2%

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

Which fields of science does The Woodlands work in?

In 2022-now, 34% of research in The Woodlands is in Health Sciences, 30% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (30%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (10%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (10%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 158 fractional works · 34.3% of its workMedicine: 138 fractional works · 30.0% of its workOncology: 24 fractional works · 5.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 16 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 11 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 10 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSurgery: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysiology: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHematology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFamily Practice: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 17 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 10 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 137 fractional works · 29.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 46 fractional works · 10.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 40 fractional works · 8.7% of its workFinance: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 40 fractional works · 8.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 10 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 9 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSafety Research: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 16 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAccounting: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 15 fractional works · 3.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 9 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 15 fractional works · 3.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 102 fractional works · 22.1% of its workEngineering: 34 fractional works · 7.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 28 fractional works · 6.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 16 fractional works · 3.4% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 11 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workChemistry: 10 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 9 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCatalysis: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 63 fractional works · 13.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 45 fractional works · 9.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 28 fractional works · 6.0% of its workGenetics: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCancer Research: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workImmunology: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKThe Woodlands459fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences22%Health Sciences34%Social Sciences30%

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. Medicine13830.0%
    2. Health Professions173.6%
    3. Nursing20.5%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance4610.1%
    2. Social Sciences408.7%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting163.5%
    4. Arts and Humanities153.3%
    5. Psychology153.2%
    6. Decision Sciences51.1%
    1. Engineering347.4%
    2. Computer Science286.1%
    3. Environmental Science112.3%
    4. Chemistry102.1%
    5. Materials Science92.0%
    6. Chemical Engineering20.5%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.5%
    8. Mathematics20.5%
    9. Physics and Astronomy20.4%
    10. Energy10.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology459.8%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology71.5%
    3. Neuroscience61.4%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences40.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is The Woodlands strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in The Woodlands is most concentrated in Economics and Econometrics, Economics, Econometrics and Finance and Oncology (6.1× the world share in Economics and Econometrics).

  1. Economics and EconometricsSubfield · 36.4 works6.1×
  2. Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField · 41.8 works5.2×
  3. OncologySubfield · 20.2 works4.8×
← 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: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.77× its world share, 35 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.37× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.84× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.89× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.37× its world share, 8 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.58× its world share, 17 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.48× its world share, 27 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.47× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.66× its world share, 9 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.52× its world share, 15 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.66× its world share, 120 worksMedicineNursing: 1.25× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.18× its world share, 13 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.13× its world share, 14 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.33× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5.20× its world share, 42 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.06× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.50× its world share, 24 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 5.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance5.20×42 works
  2. Chemical Engineering1.89×2 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.77×35 works
  4. Medicine1.66×120 works
  5. Health Professions1.52×15 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.37×5 works
  7. Chemistry1.37×8 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.33×5 works
  9. Nursing1.25×2 works
  10. Arts and Humanities1.18×13 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting1.13×14 works
  12. Psychology1.06×12 works
  13. Neuroscience0.84×5 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.82×1 works
  15. Materials Science0.66×9 works
  16. Computer Science0.58×17 works
  17. Social Sciences0.50×24 works
  18. Engineering0.48×27 works
  19. Environmental Science0.47×9 works
  20. Mathematics0.44×2 works
  21. Veterinary0.44×0 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.38×2 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.24×2 works
  24. Energy0.21×1 works
  25. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.19×3 works
  26. Dentistry0.05×0 works

Which keywords describe research in The Woodlands?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cost of Care, Financial Toxicity, Chemotherapy, Clinical Trials, Targeted Therapy, Quality of Life, Economic Evaluation and Cost-effectiveness Analysis.

▲ 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. Machine Learning21▲ 1.40×38 topics
  2. Quality of Life17▲ 2.5×23 topics
  3. Chemotherapy16▲ 5.0×22 topics
  4. Clinical Trials16▲ 5.2×14 topics
  5. Cost of Care16▲ 113×1 topic
  6. Financial Toxicity16▲ 113×1 topic
  7. Artificial Intelligence12▲ 1.78×13 topics
  8. Immunotherapy11▲ 3.4×15 topics
  9. Targeted Therapy10▲ 10×5 topics
  10. Heart Failure10▲ 4.8×11 topics
  11. Biomarkers10▲ 3.0×11 topics
  12. Economic Evaluation9▲ 17×2 topics
  13. Cost-effectiveness Analysis9▲ 25×1 topic
  14. Health Utility Measures9▲ 25×1 topic
  15. Big Data9▲ 1.99×11 topics
  16. Breast Cancer8▲ 7.1×9 topics
  17. Glycemic Control8▲ 10×4 topics
  18. Catalysis8▲ 2.5×13 topics
  19. Clinical Guidelines8▲ 5.5×6 topics
  20. Metastasis8▲ 4.8×10 topics
  21. Genomic Analysis7▲ 6.2×7 topics
  22. Insulin Therapy7▲ 13×3 topics
  23. Ethics7▲ 3.0×9 topics
  24. Precision Medicine7▲ 3.0×8 topics
  25. Ovarian Cancer7▲ 15×3 topics
  26. Tumor Microenvironment7▲ 3.2×8 topics
  27. Type 2 Diabetes6▲ 5.9×6 topics
  28. Genomic Profiling6▲ 12×2 topics
  29. Surveillance6▲ 4.3×5 topics
  30. Chronic Disease Management6▲ 6.1×6 topics
  31. Cardiovascular Outcomes5▲ 21×1 topic
  32. Glucose Control5▲ 21×1 topic
  33. Metastatic Breast Cancer5▲ 19×2 topics
  34. Lexicography5▲ 12×3 topics
  35. Fairness5▲ 10×2 topics
  36. Transparency5▲ 7.1×2 topics
  37. Genomic Instability5▲ 8.9×3 topics
  38. Accountability4▲ 7.8×1 topic
  39. Algorithmic Bias4▲ 11×1 topic
  40. Cytoreductive Surgery4▲ 15×2 topics

What research is done in The Woodlands?

Economic and Financial I…15Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer: 15 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic…9Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 9 fractional worksDiabetes Treatment and M…5Diabetes Treatment and Management: 5 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 3 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 3 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 3 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 3 fractional worksOvarian cancer diagnosis and treatment: 3 fractional worksPharmaceutical Economics and Policy: 3 fractional worksBiosimilars and Bioanalytical Methods: 3 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsEndocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismPulmonary and Respiratory MedicinePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health4 others

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

  1. 1 Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer Economics and Econometrics 15 works
  2. 2 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 9 works
  3. 3 Diabetes Treatment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 5 works
  4. 4 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  5. 5 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  6. 6 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 3 works
  7. 7 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 3 works
  8. 8 Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment Reproductive Medicine 3 works
  9. 9 Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  10. 10 Biosimilars and Bioanalytical Methods Immunology 3 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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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 counting20%40%The Woodlands13.2% 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 39.9% in 1991.

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