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Houston Health and Human Services Department

In research, Houston Health and Human Services Department stands highest in Health Sciences (#14,118 of 20,462 worldwide) and Medicine (#15,826 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#30,058
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#6,438
of 8,685
Research works
256
▼ 15% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.5k
13.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
47%
world 28%

What is Houston Health and Human Services Department 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
Health SciencesDomain #14,118 of 20,462 16.4%158
MedicineField #15,826 of 17,978 14.0%121

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Houston Health and Human Services Department 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: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.49× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.57× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.01× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.93× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.41× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 2.08× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.79× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.52× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.69× its world share, 30 worksMedicineNursing: 1.44× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.21× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 4.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Houston Health and Human Services Department?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, COVID-19, Biosensors, SARS-CoV-2, Viral Load, Public Health, Diagnostics and wastewater surveillance.

▲ 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. Epidemiology9▲ 4.0×48 topics
  2. COVID-197▲ 8.6×10 topics
  3. Biosensors6▲ 18×3 topics
  4. Public Health5▲ 5.6×20 topics
  5. SARS-CoV-25▲ 25×5 topics
  6. Viral Load5▲ 101×2 topics
  7. Diagnostics4▲ 71×1 topic
  8. wastewater surveillance4▲ 194×1 topic
  9. Vaccine3▲ 12×9 topics
  10. Mental Health3▲ 3.1×10 topics
  11. Infectious Diseases2▲ 13×6 topics
  12. Inflammation2▲ 1.92×17 topics
  13. Risk Factors2▲ 3.5×17 topics
  14. Antiretroviral Therapy2▲ 24×4 topics
  15. Pandemic2▲ 3.6×6 topics
  16. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 3.2×15 topics
  17. Immune Response2▲ 5.8×10 topics
  18. Metabolic Syndrome2▲ 4.0×10 topics
  19. Immunity2▲ 7.4×4 topics
  20. Depression2▲ 3.1×8 topics
  21. Pathogenesis2▲ 5.2×6 topics
  22. Modeling1▲ 9.3×1 topic
  23. Mortality Rates1▲ 24×2 topics
  24. transmission dynamics1▲ 32×1 topic
  25. Lithium-ion Batteries1▲ 5.4×2 topics
  26. Medical Imaging1▲ 4.5×4 topics
  27. Anxiety1▲ 4.3×5 topics
  28. HIV1▲ 25×2 topics
  29. HIV Transmission1▲ 28×1 topic
  30. Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification1▲ 35×1 topic
  31. Paper-Based Microfluidics1▲ 35×1 topic
  32. Preexposure Prophylaxis1▲ 43×1 topic
  33. Viral Transmission1▲ 14×2 topics
  34. ACE2 Receptor1▲ 8.0×2 topics
  35. Chronic Disease1▲ 10×3 topics
  36. Healthcare Workers1▲ 7.5×3 topics
  37. Risk Perception1▲ 7.3×5 topics
  38. Substance Abuse1▲ 26×2 topics
  39. Battery Management Systems1▲ 11×1 topic
  40. Thermal Runaway1▲ 11×1 topic

Which research topics does Houston Health and Human Services Department publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, Biosensors and Analytical Detection and HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions.

SARS-CoV-2 detection and…4SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing: 4 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological studies: 1 fractional worksBiosensors and Analytical Detection: 1 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technologies Research: 1 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 1 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …1SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 1 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 1 fractional worksHIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk: 1 fractional worksAdvanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques: 1 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesModeling and SimulationBiomedical EngineeringAutomotive Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing Infectious Diseases 4 works
  2. 2 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 1 works
  3. 3 Biosensors and Analytical Detection Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 1 works
  5. 5 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 1 works
  7. 7 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 1 works
  8. 8 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 1 works
  9. 9 HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Epidemiology 1 works
  10. 10 Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques Molecular Biology 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 available47.3%not open52.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.9%domestic only89.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Houston Health and Human Services Department's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% lower 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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