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Houston Advanced Research Center

In research, Houston Advanced Research Center stands highest in Physical Sciences (#8,639 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#16,787
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#3,486
of 7,310
Research works
374
▼ 43% vs 2018-21
Citations
11k
30.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.24×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
34%
world 40%
International
35%
world 18%
Houston Advanced Research Center

What is Houston Advanced Research Center known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #8,639 of 17,446 9.2%280

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Houston Advanced Research Center 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Houston Advanced Research Center work in?

In all years, 75% of research at Houston Advanced Research Center is in Physical Sciences, 9% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Physics and Astronomy (27%), Engineering (15%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (11%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 280 fractional works · 74.8% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 103 fractional works · 27.5% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 64 fractional works · 17.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 15 fractional works · 3.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 13 fractional works · 3.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRadiation: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 56 fractional works · 14.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 13 fractional works · 3.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 8 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 2.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 41 fractional works · 10.9% of its workGeophysics: 20 fractional works · 5.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 9 fractional works · 2.5% of its workOceanography: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 40 fractional works · 10.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 12 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 7 fractional works · 2.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 13 fractional works · 3.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 8 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 8 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpectroscopy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 8 fractional works · 2.1% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeometry and Topology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 35 fractional works · 9.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 17 fractional works · 4.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 11 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPlant Science: 8 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 33 fractional works · 8.7% of its workMedicine: 27 fractional works · 7.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 27 fractional works · 7.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 14 fractional works · 3.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKHouston AdvancedResearch Center374fractional works, all years
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences75%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences7%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Physics and Astronomy10327.5%
    2. Engineering5614.9%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences4110.9%
    4. Environmental Science4010.7%
    5. Computer Science133.5%
    6. Chemistry82.1%
    7. Energy82.1%
    8. Materials Science61.7%
    9. Mathematics41.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering20.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology174.6%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences112.9%
    3. Neuroscience41.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    1. Medicine277.3%
    2. Health Professions51.2%
    3. Nursing10.2%
    4. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Social Sciences143.8%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance61.6%
    3. Arts and Humanities30.8%
    4. Psychology20.5%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.4%
    6. Decision Sciences10.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.34× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.27× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.69× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.21× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.76× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.21× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.82× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 2.51× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.68× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 2.07× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 1.96× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science2.82×2 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.69×0 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy2.51×1 works
  4. Neuroscience2.27×1 works
  5. Nursing2.07×0 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.96×0 works
  7. Medicine1.68×6 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.34×1 works
  9. Chemistry1.21×0 works
  10. Engineering1.21×3 works
  11. Energy0.76×0 works
  12. Health Professions0.70×0 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.46×0 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.40×0 works
  15. Social Sciences0.31×1 works
  16. Computer Science0.29×0 works
  17. Psychology0.25×0 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.22×0 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.17×0 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.13×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Houston Advanced Research Center?

Ranked on the quality score, S. Kelley, Jorge L. Lopez and Sarah Wilkinson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Houston Advanced Research Center.

  1. 1 S. Kelley United States · #1,099,632 worldwide 2.2k citations · 34 works
  2. 2 Jorge L. Lopez United States · #1,284,515 worldwide 4.3k citations · 125 works
  3. 3 Sarah Wilkinson United States · #3,398,405 worldwide 157 citations · 35 works
  4. 4 Carlos Gamarra United States · #3,666,927 worldwide 532 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Priscilla Weeks United States · #4,277,952 worldwide 466 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Walter Kessinger United States · #4,485,104 worldwide 637 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Wolf-Heinrich Schmidt United States · #4,688,239 worldwide 10 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Birnur Buzcu‐Guven United States · #5,126,245 worldwide 381 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Stephanie Glenn United States · #5,135,259 worldwide 99 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 H. Pois United States · #5,155,611 worldwide 443 citations · 39 works
All ranked researchers at Houston Advanced Research Center

What are the most cited papers from Houston Advanced Research Center?

The most cited paper from Houston Advanced Research Center is "Tests of quantum gravity from observations of γ-ray bursts" (Giovanni Amelino-Camelia, John R. Ellis, Nick E. Mavromatos et al., 1998), with 1,456 citations. Next come "Probing the desert using gauge coupling unification" (748) and "Experimental Demonstration of Laser Oscillation without Population Inversion via Quantum Interference in Rb" (542).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Tests of quantum gravity from observations of γ-ray bursts Giovanni Amelino-Camelia, John R. Ellis, Nick E. Mavromatos et al. · Nature Open access Jun 1998 1,456
2 Probing the desert using gauge coupling unification John L. Ellis, S. Kelley, D.V. Nanopoulos · Physics Letters B May 1991 748
3 Experimental Demonstration of Laser Oscillation without Population Inversion via Quantum Interference in Rb Alexander S. Zibrov, Mikhail D. Lukin, Dmitri E. Nikonov et al. · Physical Review Letters 21 Aug 1995 542
4 Empirical equation for the index of refraction of seawater Xiaohong Iris Quan, Edward S. Fry · Applied Optics 20 Jun 1995 457
5 The Perfect Club Benchmarks: Effective Performance Evaluation of Supercomputers Matthew J. Berry et al. · The International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications Sep 1989 456
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Houston Advanced Research Center?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Dark Matter, Particle Physics, Quantum Gravity, Higgs Boson, High-Energy Collider, Quantum Entanglement, Black Holes and Field Theories.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Dark Matter30▲ 42×3 topics
  2. Particle Physics29▲ 62×2 topics
  3. Quantum Gravity23▲ 51×3 topics
  4. Climate Change23▲ 2.3×40 topics
  5. Higgs Boson22▲ 62×1 topic
  6. High-Energy Collider22▲ 62×1 topic
  7. Quantum Entanglement21▲ 56×2 topics
  8. Black Holes19▲ 36×2 topics
  9. Field Theories19▲ 73×1 topic
  10. Holographic19▲ 73×1 topic
  11. Sustainability18▲ 2.7×23 topics
  12. General Relativity13▲ 41×2 topics
  13. Supernovae13▲ 33×2 topics
  14. Cosmological Parameters13▲ 49×1 topic
  15. Dark Energy13▲ 42×1 topic
  16. Geophysical Imaging13▲ 46×2 topics
  17. Elastic Properties12▲ 34×2 topics
  18. Full-Waveform Tomography12▲ 67×1 topic
  19. Seismic Waveform Inversion12▲ 67×1 topic
  20. Shale Gas12▲ 24×2 topics
  21. Hydraulic Fracturing12▲ 26×2 topics
  22. Lattice QCD11▲ 23×2 topics
  23. Renormalization Group10▲ 28×2 topics
  24. QCD10▲ 34×1 topic
  25. charmonium10▲ 34×1 topic
  26. Satellite Observations9▲ 21×3 topics
  27. Emissions9▲ 12×3 topics
  28. Water Quality9▲ 5.8×6 topics
  29. Cosmology8▲ 23×4 topics
  30. Carbon Dioxide8▲ 16×2 topics
  31. Atmospheric8▲ 35×1 topic
  32. Methane8▲ 35×1 topic
  33. Cosmic Rays8▲ 30×2 topics
  34. Neutrinos8▲ 30×2 topics
  35. Tomography8▲ 7.3×3 topics
  36. Axions7▲ 62×1 topic
  37. WIMPs7▲ 62×1 topic
  38. Air Quality7▲ 9.6×4 topics
  39. Seismic Noise6▲ 34×1 topic
  40. Surface Wave6▲ 34×1 topic

Which research topics does Houston Advanced Research Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Smart Grid Energy Management, Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases, Urban and spatial planning and Medicinal Plants and Neuroprotection.

Smart Grid Energy Manage…1Smart Grid Energy Management: 1 fractional worksCholinesterase and Neuro…1Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases: 1 fractional worksUrban and spatial planning1Urban and spatial planning: 1 fractional worksMedicinal Plants and Neu…0Medicinal Plants and Neuroprotection: 0 fractional worksBioactive natural compounds: 0 fractional worksHydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 0 fractional worksEnhanced Oil Recovery Te…0Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques: 0 fractional worksAdvanced X-ray and CT Im…0Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging: 0 fractional worksDiabetic Foot Ulcer Asse…0Diabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and Management: 0 fractional worksScientific Computing and…0Scientific Computing and Data Management: 0 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringPharmacologyNature and Landscape ConservationComplementary and alternative medicine6 others

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

  1. 1 Smart Grid Energy Management Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  2. 2 Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases Pharmacology 1 works
  3. 3 Urban and spatial planning Nature and Landscape Conservation 1 works
  4. 4 Medicinal Plants and Neuroprotection Complementary and alternative medicine 0 works
  5. 5 Bioactive natural compounds Molecular Biology 0 works
  6. 6 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques Ocean Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Diabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 0 works
  10. 10 Scientific Computing and Data Management Information Systems and Management 0 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 available33.6%not open66.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors35.3%domestic only64.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Houston Advanced Research Center's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 43% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Houston Advanced Research Center as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000051% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Houston Advanced Research Center0.000051% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Houston Advanced Research Center over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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