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Houston Forensic Science Center

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Research works
45
▲ 1665% vs 2013–17
Citations
389
8.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
28%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Houston Forensic Science Center is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.38× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.14× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.41× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 32.64× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 2.50× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.48× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.79× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.88× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.58× its world share, 5 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 2.03× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 1.10× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.72× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 32.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Houston Forensic Science Center?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Method Validation, Drug Analysis, Forensic Toxicology, Digital Forensics, Neurological Disorders, Liquid Chromatography, Mortality Risk and Mass Spectrometry.

▲ 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. Method Validation6▲ 187×3 topics
  2. Drug Analysis5▲ 558×1 topic
  3. Forensic Toxicology5▲ 365×1 topic
  4. Deep Learning2▲ 2.3×5 topics
  5. Neurological Disorders2▲ 7.1×3 topics
  6. Digital Forensics2▲ 155×2 topics
  7. Inflammation2▲ 2.0×2 topics
  8. Liquid Chromatography2▲ 29×2 topics
  9. Mass Spectrometry2▲ 19×5 topics
  10. Mortality Risk2▲ 20×2 topics
  11. Cancer Risk2▲ 16×2 topics
  12. Chiral Separation2▲ 33×1 topic
  13. Gas Chromatography2▲ 33×1 topic
  14. Neuroprotection2▲ 10×2 topics
  15. Cannabinoid Receptors2▲ 129×1 topic
  16. Endocannabinoid System2▲ 129×1 topic
  17. Green Analytical Chemistry2▲ 40×2 topics
  18. Innovation2▲ 4.0×3 topics
  19. Ancient DNA1▲ 51×1 topic
  20. Genomic Analysis1▲ 10×1 topic
  21. Neurobiology1▲ 8.4×3 topics
  22. Pharmaceutical Analysis1▲ 96×1 topic
  23. Security1▲ 6.9×2 topics
  24. Validation1▲ 30×1 topic
  25. Classification1▲ 7.5×3 topics
  26. Epilepsy1▲ 21×2 topics
  27. Substance Use Disorders1▲ 39×2 topics
  28. Therapeutic Targets1▲ 12×2 topics
  29. Alcohol1▲ 77×1 topic
  30. Cloud Computing1▲ 9.0×1 topic
  31. Liver Disease1▲ 18×1 topic
  32. Poison Control Centers1▲ 106×1 topic
  33. Psychiatric Disorders1▲ 16×2 topics
  34. Toxic Exposure Surveillance1▲ 106×1 topic
  35. Antiepileptic Drugs1▲ 22×1 topic
  36. Computational Text Analysis1▲ 264×1 topic
  37. Copy-Move Forgery1▲ 120×1 topic
  38. Image Forgery Detection1▲ 120×1 topic
  39. Immigrant1▲ 44×1 topic
  40. Public Procurement1▲ 210×1 topic

Which research topics does Houston Forensic Science Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis, Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research, Forensic and Genetic Research and Poisoning and overdose treatments.

Forensic Toxicology and …2Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis: 2 fractional worksCannabis and Cannabinoid Research: 1 fractional worksForensic and Genetic Research: 1 fractional worksPoisoning and overdose treatments: 1 fractional worksAlcohol Consumption and Health Effects: 1 fractional worksDigital and Cyber Forensics: 1 fractional worksHistory of Computing Tec…0History of Computing Technologies: 0 fractional worksForensic Fingerprint Det…0Forensic Fingerprint Detection Methods: 0 fractional worksE-Learning and COVID-190E-Learning and COVID-19: 0 fractional worksAquatic Invertebrate Eco…0Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior: 0 fractional works
ToxicologyPharmacologyGeneticsEmergency Medicine6 others

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

  1. 1 Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis Toxicology 2 works
  2. 2 Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research Pharmacology 1 works
  3. 3 Forensic and Genetic Research Genetics 1 works
  4. 4 Poisoning and overdose treatments Emergency Medicine 1 works
  5. 5 Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects Pathology and Forensic Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 Digital and Cyber Forensics Information Systems 1 works
  7. 7 History of Computing Technologies Computer Science Applications 0 works
  8. 8 Forensic Fingerprint Detection Methods Safety Research 0 works
  9. 9 E-Learning and COVID-19 Education 0 works
  10. 10 Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior Ecology 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 available27.7%not open72.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.2%domestic only92.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Houston Forensic Science Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1665% 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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