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Baylor College of Medicine

In research, Baylor College of Medicine stands highest in Medicine (#68 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#96 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#84 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Transplantation, Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine — Transplantation is 7.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#337
of 28,054 · #222 all time
Rank in United States
#69
of 4,192
Research works
65k
▲ 16% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.7M
41.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is Baylor College of Medicine known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #68 of 10,443 15.2%4,915 #48
Health SciencesDomain #96 of 11,982 15.2%5,285 #62
Life SciencesDomain #84 of 7,800 22.2%1,794 #47
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #82 of 3,579 21.9%1,183 #38
SurgerySubfield #56 of 1,816 14.0%688 #26
Molecular BiologySubfield #104 of 2,175 22.8%625 #41
NeuroscienceField #59 of 1,168 23.2%314 #46
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #60 of 1,144 14.4%438 #35
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #45 of 738 14.0%322 #27
EpidemiologySubfield #73 of 976 14.7%387 #33

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Baylor College of Medicine sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#48 #68
  2. Health Sciences#62 #96
  3. Life Sciences#47 #84
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#38 #82
  5. Surgery#26 #56
  6. Molecular Biology#41 #104
  7. Neuroscience#46 #59
  8. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#35 #60
  9. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#27 #45
  10. Epidemiology#33 #73
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Baylor College of Medicine specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Transplantation takes 7.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. TransplantationSubfield · 25.3 works7.1×
  2. Obstetrics and GynecologySubfield · 109.9 works4.8×
  3. Reproductive MedicineSubfield · 81.8 works4.5×
  4. Endocrine and Autonomic SystemsSubfield · 30.1 works4.4×
  5. Emergency MedicineSubfield · 84.8 works4.3×
  6. GeneticsSubfield · 90.8 works4.1×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 50 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.76× its world share, 1,183 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.74× its world share, 221 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.41× its world share, 314 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.92× its world share, 26 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.23× its world share, 28 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 47 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 162 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.16× its world share, 64 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 14 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 10 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 17 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.39× its world share, 15 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.42× its world share, 301 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.18× its world share, 4,915 worksMedicineNursing: 1.12× its world share, 44 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.96× its world share, 10 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 22 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 11 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 15 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.35× its world share, 60 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.30× its world share, 318 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 183 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Baylor College of Medicine?

Ranked on the composite score, Salim S. Virani, Peter J. Hotez and Richard A. Gibbs lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Baylor College of Medicine.

  1. 1 Salim S. Virani · #125 worldwide 3.9k citations · 163 works
  2. 2 Peter J. Hotez · #152 worldwide 5.1k citations · 122 works
  3. 3 Richard A. Gibbs · #1,118 worldwide 2.9k citations · 183 works
  4. 4 Michael Ittmann · #1,550 worldwide 2.3k citations · 92 works
  5. 5 Chad J. Creighton · #1,651 worldwide 1.8k citations · 101 works
  6. 6 Donna M. Muzny · #1,787 worldwide 3.4k citations · 79 works
  7. 7 David A. Wheeler · #2,355 worldwide 2k citations · 75 works
  8. 8 Biykem Bozkurt · #2,643 worldwide 1.4k citations · 85 works
  9. 9 Jeffrey A. Towbin · #2,687 worldwide 1.6k citations · 123 works
  10. 10 Hani Jneid · #2,732 worldwide 1.3k citations · 95 works
All ranked researchers at Baylor College of Medicine

Which keywords describe research at Baylor College of Medicine?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Diagnosis, Treatment, Immunotherapy, Cardiovascular Disease, Oxidative Stress and Cancer.

▲ 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 institution'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. Epidemiology873▲ 2.7×131 topics
  2. Inflammation434▲ 2.6×82 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress287▲ 2.2×59 topics
  4. Treatment284▲ 2.9×52 topics
  5. Diagnosis262▲ 3.5×41 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease252▲ 2.8×38 topics
  7. Cancer249▲ 2.3×53 topics
  8. Quality of Life240▲ 2.1×51 topics
  9. Risk Factors222▲ 2.5×36 topics
  10. Immunotherapy218▲ 3.8×19 topics
  11. Metabolic Syndrome208▲ 3.2×23 topics
  12. Management201▲ 3.2×31 topics
  13. Chemotherapy178▲ 3.2×25 topics
  14. Public Health170▲ 1.46×56 topics
  15. Genetics170▲ 3.0×25 topics
  16. Neurological Disorders165▲ 3.6×20 topics
  17. Heart Failure163▲ 4.7×13 topics
  18. Genetic Mutations158▲ 4.5×23 topics
  19. Clinical Trials144▲ 2.7×19 topics
  20. Biomarkers144▲ 2.6×17 topics
  21. Prognostic Factors140▲ 4.0×14 topics
  22. Depression140▲ 1.98×23 topics
  23. Clinical Practice Guidelines138▲ 3.2×14 topics
  24. Guidelines136▲ 3.6×13 topics
  25. Mortality131▲ 2.8×13 topics
  26. Obesity129▲ 2.1×24 topics
  27. Gene Expression128▲ 2.6×19 topics
  28. Complications127▲ 3.2×17 topics
  29. Diabetes123▲ 3.1×20 topics
  30. Pathogenesis121▲ 3.0×24 topics
  31. Surgical Management116▲ 3.5×20 topics
  32. Echocardiography108▲ 5.0×8 topics
  33. Tumor Microenvironment106▲ 3.0×8 topics
  34. Radiotherapy106▲ 3.4×13 topics
  35. Surgery101▲ 3.6×12 topics
  36. Prenatal Diagnosis96▲ 8.2×7 topics
  37. Thrombosis90▲ 4.0×7 topics
  38. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes88▲ 5.9×6 topics
  39. Genetic Variants86▲ 6.2×7 topics
  40. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation71▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does Baylor College of Medicine publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Congenital Heart Disease Studies, Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices, CAR-T cell therapy research and Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics.

Congenital Heart Disease…49Congenital Heart Disease Studies: 49 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory S…49Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 49 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 45 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 40 fractional worksGenomics and Rare Diseases: 38 fractional worksTransplantation: Methods and Outcomes: 35 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Health Research: 34 fractional worksDiversity and Career in …34Diversity and Career in Medicine: 34 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 33 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 33 fractional works
EpidemiologyBiomedical EngineeringOncologyCancer Research4 others

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

  1. 1 Congenital Heart Disease StudiesEpidemiology 49 works
  2. 2 Mechanical Circulatory Support DevicesBiomedical Engineering 49 works
  3. 3 CAR-T cell therapy researchOncology 45 works
  4. 4 Cancer Genomics and DiagnosticsCancer Research 40 works
  5. 5 Genomics and Rare DiseasesGenetics 38 works
  6. 6 Transplantation: Methods and OutcomesSurgery 35 works
  7. 7 Neonatal Respiratory Health ResearchPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 34 works
  8. 8 Diversity and Career in MedicineGender Studies 34 works
  9. 9 Cancer Immunotherapy and BiomarkersOncology 33 works
  10. 10 Liver Disease Diagnosis and TreatmentEpidemiology 33 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available35.5%not open64.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.6%domestic only88.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Baylor College of Medicine's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% higher than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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