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Houston Methodist

In research, Houston Methodist stands highest in Health Sciences (#568 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#531 of 8,541 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#966 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Surgery (Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 13.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#1,507
of 22,385 · #911 all time
Rank in United States
#316
of 3,332
Research works
8.1k
▲ 34% vs 2018-21
Citations
250k
30.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.04×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
41%
world 40%
International
19%
world 18%
Houston Methodist

What is Houston Methodist known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #568 of 9,902 13.4%1,169 #407
MedicineField #531 of 8,541 13.5%1,117 #377
Life SciencesDomain #966 of 6,403 16.1%297 #641
SurgerySubfield #331 of 1,532 13.3%178 #295
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #169 of 736 14.3%225 #185
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #717 of 2,964 17.5%193 #506
Physical SciencesDomain #3,877 of 10,670 12.2%120 #1980
Molecular BiologySubfield #704 of 1,880 17.0%103 #559
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #450 of 1,037 15.4%96 #348
EpidemiologySubfield #456 of 927 12.5%76 #426

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Houston Methodist 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 of those standings moved

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

  1. Health Sciences#407 #568
  2. Medicine#377 #531
  3. Life Sciences#641 #966
  4. Surgery#295 #331
  5. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#185 #169
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#506 #717
  7. Physical Sciences#1,980 #3,877
  8. Molecular Biology#559 #704
  9. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#348 #450
  10. Epidemiology#426 #456
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does Houston Methodist work in?

In 2022-now, 71% of research at Houston Methodist is in Health Sciences, 18% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (68%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (12%), Engineering (4%). It does 3.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 1,353 fractional works · 71.4% of its workMedicine: 1,293 fractional works · 68.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 260 fractional works · 13.7% of its workSurgery: 207 fractional works · 10.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 118 fractional works · 6.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 106 fractional works · 5.6% of its workOncology: 89 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEpidemiology: 88 fractional works · 4.6% of its workNeurology: 44 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPhysiology: 38 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 35 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 28 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 26 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 21 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 20 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRheumatology: 18 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 17 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHepatology: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNephrology: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransplantation: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInternal Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDermatology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 49 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 25 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNursing: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 338 fractional works · 17.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 218 fractional works · 11.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 117 fractional works · 6.2% of its workCancer Research: 33 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGenetics: 26 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCell Biology: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiotechnology: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiophysics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMolecular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 62 fractional works · 3.3% of its workImmunology: 54 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 47 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 139 fractional works · 7.3% of its workEngineering: 78 fractional works · 4.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 65 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 23 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 19 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 65 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 21 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 17 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKHouston Methodist1,894fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences18%Physical Sciences7%Health Sciences71%Social Sciences3%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Sciences1,35371.4%
    1. Medicine1,29368.3%
    2. Health Professions492.6%
    3. Nursing50.2%
    4. Dentistry40.2%
    5. Veterinary20.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21811.5%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology623.3%
    3. Neuroscience472.5%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences70.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics40.2%
    1. Engineering784.1%
    2. Environmental Science231.2%
    3. Computer Science150.8%
    4. Materials Science110.6%
    5. Mathematics40.2%
    6. Chemistry40.2%
    7. Physics and Astronomy30.1%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
    1. Social Sciences211.1%
    2. Psychology170.9%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance120.6%
    4. Arts and Humanities80.4%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting50.3%
    6. Decision Sciences20.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Houston Methodist specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 13.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 260.1 works13×
  2. Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSubfield · 106.2 works6.2×
  3. SurgerySubfield · 207.1 works4.7×
  4. OncologySubfield · 89.2 works4.2×
  5. ImmunologySubfield · 54.2 works4.2×
← 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: 0.08× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.16× its world share, 218 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.24× its world share, 62 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.52× its world share, 47 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.60× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.13× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 15 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.27× its world share, 78 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.25× its world share, 23 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 11 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.20× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.46× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.99× its world share, 50 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.55× its world share, 1,293 worksMedicineNursing: 0.49× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.61× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.28× its world share, 12 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.30× its world share, 17 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 21 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.55×1,293 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology3.24×62 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.16×218 works
  4. Neuroscience1.52×47 works
  5. Health Professions0.99×50 works
  6. Veterinary0.61×2 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.60×4 works
  8. Nursing0.49×5 works
  9. Dentistry0.46×4 works
  10. Psychology0.30×17 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.28×12 works
  12. Engineering0.27×78 works
  13. Environmental Science0.25×23 works
  14. Mathematics0.20×4 works
  15. Materials Science0.17×11 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.14×8 works
  17. Chemistry0.13×4 works
  18. Decision Sciences0.12×2 works
  19. Computer Science0.10×15 works
  20. Social Sciences0.09×21 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.08×7 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.08×5 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.07×3 works

Who are the top researchers at Houston Methodist?

Ranked on the quality score, James M. Musser, Sherif F. Nagueh and Khurram Nasir lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Houston Methodist.

  1. 1 James M. Musser United States · #20,333 worldwide 50k citations · 567 works
  2. 2 Sherif F. Nagueh United States · #29,501 worldwide 50k citations · 427 works
  3. 3 Khurram Nasir United States · #33,322 worldwide 91k citations · 1,344 works
  4. 4 Joy Wolfram United States · #36,980 worldwide 20k citations · 154 works
  5. 5 David R. Beers United States · #44,992 worldwide 9.3k citations · 108 works
  6. 6 Jenny C. Chang United States · #46,110 worldwide 25k citations · 670 works
  7. 7 Helen Y. Wang United States · #71,371 worldwide 8.5k citations · 73 works
  8. 8 Sonia Villapol United States · #73,454 worldwide 9k citations · 120 works
  9. 9 Rong‐Fu Wang United States · #81,422 worldwide 13k citations · 191 works
  10. 10 William A. Zoghbi United States · #85,150 worldwide 42k citations · 527 works
All ranked researchers at Houston Methodist

What are the most cited papers from Houston Methodist?

The most cited paper from Houston Methodist is "Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles 2018 (MISEV2018): a position statement of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles and update of the MISEV2014 guidelines" (Clotilde Théry et al., 2018), with 11,535 citations. Next come "Principles of nanoparticle design for overcoming biological barriers to drug delivery" (6,967) and "Recommendations for the Evaluation of Left Ventricular Diastolic Function by Echocardiography: An Update from the American Society of Echocardiography and the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging" (6,811).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles 2018 (MISEV2018): a position statement of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles and update of the MISEV2014 guidelines Clotilde Théry et al. · Journal of Extracellular Vesicles Open access382 authors 23 Nov 2018 11,535
2 Principles of nanoparticle design for overcoming biological barriers to drug delivery Elvin Blanco, Haifa Shen, Mauro Ferrari · Nature Biotechnology Open access Sep 2015 6,967
3 Recommendations for the Evaluation of Left Ventricular Diastolic Function by Echocardiography: An Update from the American Society of Echocardiography and the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging Sherif F. Nagueh, Otto Armin Smiseth, Christopher P. Appleton et al. · Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography Open access 30 Mar 2016 6,811
4 Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) Daniel J. Klionsky et al. · Autophagy Open access2,467 authors 2 Jan 2016 6,023
5 Ranibizumab for Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration Philip J. Rosenfeld, David M. Brown, Jeffrey S. Heier et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 4 Oct 2006 5,931
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Houston Methodist?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Myocardial Infarction, Heart Failure, Epidemiology, Echocardiography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Coronary Artery Disease, Cardiac Imaging and Guidelines.

▲ 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-now 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. Epidemiology173▲ 2.3×117 topics
  2. Inflammation106▲ 2.6×78 topics
  3. Myocardial Infarction103▲ 23×7 topics
  4. Heart Failure96▲ 11×13 topics
  5. Echocardiography89▲ 17×8 topics
  6. Risk Factors87▲ 4.2×31 topics
  7. Magnetic Resonance Imaging84▲ 17×7 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease80▲ 3.7×35 topics
  9. Coronary Artery Disease79▲ 36×3 topics
  10. Obesity75▲ 5.1×21 topics
  11. Cancer75▲ 2.9×48 topics
  12. Diagnosis70▲ 4.0×37 topics
  13. Cardiac Imaging70▲ 31×3 topics
  14. Treatment70▲ 3.0×42 topics
  15. Immunotherapy69▲ 5.1×19 topics
  16. Guidelines67▲ 7.5×13 topics
  17. Radiation Exposure64▲ 34×2 topics
  18. Atherosclerosis62▲ 12×11 topics
  19. Cardiovascular Risk Assessment62▲ 41×2 topics
  20. Computed Tomography Angiography60▲ 48×1 topic
  21. Myocardial Perfusion60▲ 48×1 topic
  22. Oxidative Stress58▲ 1.87×50 topics
  23. Public Health58▲ 2.1×44 topics
  24. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement52▲ 38×1 topic
  25. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement52▲ 38×1 topic
  26. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention44▲ 17×4 topics
  27. Tumor Microenvironment42▲ 4.9×8 topics
  28. Cardiovascular Risk42▲ 7.0×9 topics
  29. Complications36▲ 3.9×17 topics
  30. Chamber Quantification36▲ 24×1 topic
  31. Diastolic Function36▲ 24×1 topic
  32. Stroke Prevention32▲ 14×2 topics
  33. Cancer Immunotherapy31▲ 11×3 topics
  34. Catheter Ablation30▲ 13×2 topics
  35. Anticoagulant Therapy28▲ 12×4 topics
  36. Prophylaxis27▲ 11×3 topics
  37. Revascularization27▲ 9.0×4 topics
  38. Tumor Regression26▲ 12×2 topics
  39. Endovascular Repair26▲ 16×3 topics
  40. Dilated Cardiomyopathy26▲ 20×2 topics

Which research topics does Houston Methodist publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics, Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors and Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors.

Cardiac Imaging and Diag…60Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 60 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 52 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 36 fractional worksCardiovascular Health and Risk Factors: 21 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 20 fractional worksCoronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 19 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 18 fractional worksCardiovascular Disease and Adiposity: 18 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 18 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 17 fractional works
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryOncology1 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 60 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 52 works
  3. 3 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 36 works
  4. 4 Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 21 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 20 works
  6. 6 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 19 works
  7. 7 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 18 works
  8. 8 Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 18 works
  9. 9 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 18 works
  10. 10 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 17 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 available40.8%not open59.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.4%domestic only80.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Houston Methodist's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 34% higher 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 Methodist as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0072% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Houston Methodist0.0077% in 202519801990200020102020

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

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Houston Methodist14.3% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 21.7% in 2001.

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