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Galveston College

In research, Galveston College stands highest in Medicine (#9,215 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,683 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#23,033
of 28,054 · #15,589 all time
Rank in United States
#3,442
of 4,192
Research works
1.1k
▲ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
22k
19.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
23%
world 28%

What is Galveston College 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 #9,215 of 10,443 6.7%73 #7047
Health SciencesDomain #10,683 of 11,982 6.3%82 #8780

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Galveston College 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).

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: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.23× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.92× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.10× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.17× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.20× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 2.50× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.18× its world share, 73 worksMedicineNursing: 2.30× its world share, 1 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.68× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.91× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 7 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 Galveston College?

Ranked on the composite score, Marshall Z. Schwartz and Greta Oppe lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Galveston College.

  1. 1 Marshall Z. Schwartz United States · #884,062 worldwide 21 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 Greta Oppe United States · #1,061,788 worldwide 5 citations · 44 works
All ranked researchers at Galveston College

Which keywords describe research at Galveston College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Management, Vaccine, Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, Aging and Primary Care.

▲ 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. Epidemiology22▲ 4.8×57 topics
  2. Public Health8▲ 4.8×14 topics
  3. Management7▲ 7.2×13 topics
  4. Diagnosis6▲ 5.8×14 topics
  5. Vaccine6▲ 13×8 topics
  6. Pathogenesis6▲ 10×10 topics
  7. Quality of Life6▲ 3.3×20 topics
  8. Inflammation6▲ 2.2×25 topics
  9. Aging5▲ 8.1×8 topics
  10. Primary Care5▲ 11×9 topics
  11. Biomarkers5▲ 5.7×9 topics
  12. Immune Response5▲ 6.7×10 topics
  13. Health Disparities4▲ 14×5 topics
  14. Risk Factors4▲ 3.4×12 topics
  15. Treatment4▲ 2.9×12 topics
  16. Diabetes4▲ 6.7×6 topics
  17. Depression4▲ 3.6×8 topics
  18. Social Support4▲ 5.6×5 topics
  19. Mortality Risk4▲ 13×5 topics
  20. Social Relationships4▲ 33×2 topics
  21. Neuroimaging3▲ 10×3 topics
  22. Pathophysiology3▲ 9.6×5 topics
  23. Alzheimer's Disease3▲ 9.6×4 topics
  24. Health Equity3▲ 9.0×3 topics
  25. Quality Improvement3▲ 13×5 topics
  26. Cognitive Decline3▲ 20×2 topics
  27. Dementia3▲ 25×1 topic
  28. Mild Cognitive Impairment3▲ 28×1 topic
  29. Immunity3▲ 5.5×6 topics
  30. Chronic Disease3▲ 13×2 topics
  31. Loneliness3▲ 32×1 topic
  32. Socioeconomic Inequalities3▲ 32×1 topic
  33. Patient Activation2▲ 63×1 topic
  34. Rehabilitation2▲ 5.3×4 topics
  35. Self-Management2▲ 35×1 topic
  36. Resuscitation2▲ 15×2 topics
  37. Children2▲ 8.3×4 topics
  38. Vaccine Development2▲ 7.4×6 topics
  39. Ebola Virus2▲ 63×1 topic
  40. Sepsis2▲ 10×2 topics

Which research topics does Galveston College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Health disparities and outcomes, Diabetes Management and Education and Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research.

Dementia and Cognitive I…3Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 3 fractional worksHealth disparities and o…3Health disparities and outcomes: 3 fractional worksDiabetes Management and …2Diabetes Management and Education: 2 fractional worksViral Infections and Out…2Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 2 fractional worksBurn Injury Management and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksViral Infections and Vectors: 2 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …1SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 1 fractional worksEosinophilic Esophagitis1Eosinophilic Esophagitis: 1 fractional worksUrticaria and Related Conditions: 1 fractional worksSimulation-Based Education in Healthcare: 1 fractional works
Psychiatry and Mental healthHealthEndocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismInfectious Diseases4 others

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

  1. 1 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 3 works
  2. 2 Health disparities and outcomes Health 3 works
  3. 3 Diabetes Management and Education Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 2 works
  4. 4 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 2 works
  5. 5 Burn Injury Management and Outcomes Epidemiology 2 works
  6. 6 Viral Infections and Vectors Infectious Diseases 2 works
  7. 7 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 1 works
  8. 8 Eosinophilic Esophagitis Surgery 1 works
  9. 9 Urticaria and Related Conditions Rheumatology 1 works
  10. 10 Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare Physiology 1 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 available23.2%not open76.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.4%domestic only93.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Galveston College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% 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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