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Houston Methodist

In research, Houston Methodist stands highest in Medicine (#467 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#595 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#945 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. 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 13.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,936
of 28,054 · #1,545 all time
Rank in United States
#296
of 4,192
Research works
8.1k
▲ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
250k
30.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

What is Houston Methodist 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 #467 of 10,443 16.1%1,117 #450
Health SciencesDomain #595 of 11,982 16.4%1,169 #571
Life SciencesDomain #945 of 7,800 20.2%297 #797
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #101 of 738 16.6%225 #212
SurgerySubfield #457 of 1,816 16.9%178 #433
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,185 of 3,579 19.6%193 #849
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,104 of 2,175 21.9%103 #831
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #658 of 1,144 12.3%96 #419
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSubfield #330 of 569 17.2%95 #447
OncologySubfield #476 of 772 17.5%77 #425

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#450 #467
  2. Health Sciences#571 #595
  3. Life Sciences#797 #945
  4. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#212 #101
  5. Surgery#433 #457
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#849 #1,185
  7. Molecular Biology#831 #1,104
  8. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#419 #658
  9. Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging#447 #330
  10. Oncology#425 #476
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

What does Houston Methodist specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 13.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 224.6 works13×
  2. Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSubfield · 95.2 works6.4×
  3. SurgerySubfield · 177.9 works4.6×
  4. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 31.0 works4.3×
  5. ImmunologySubfield · 48.4 works4.3×
← 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, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.20× its world share, 193 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.31× its world share, 55 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.48× its world share, 40 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.66× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 13 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.27× its world share, 67 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.25× its world share, 21 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 10 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.20× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.42× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.03× its world share, 44 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.54× its world share, 1,117 worksMedicineNursing: 0.44× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.30× its world share, 11 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.28× its world share, 14 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 19 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.

Who are the top researchers at Houston Methodist?

Ranked on the composite score, Gustavo C. Román, Khurram Nasir and William L. Winters lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Houston Methodist.

  1. 1 Gustavo C. Román United States · #11,566 worldwide 556 citations · 49 works
  2. 2 Khurram Nasir United States · #12,065 worldwide 1.3k citations · 157 works
  3. 3 William L. Winters United States · #15,664 worldwide 832 citations · 43 works
  4. 4 Joseph C. Masdeu United States · #21,005 worldwide 386 citations · 56 works
  5. 5 William G. Ondo United States · #29,668 worldwide 408 citations · 41 works
  6. 6 Sherif F. Nagueh United States · #29,720 worldwide 465 citations · 62 works
  7. 7 Joshua D. Harris United States · #50,431 worldwide 223 citations · 58 works
  8. 8 Cooley Da United States · #60,278 worldwide 167 citations · 50 works
  9. 9 David S. Baskin United States · #60,646 worldwide 266 citations · 40 works
  10. 10 Izza Shahid United States · #102,165 worldwide 344 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Houston Methodist

Which keywords describe research at Houston Methodist?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Myocardial Infarction, Epidemiology, Heart Failure, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Echocardiography, 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 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology151▲ 2.3×113 topics
  2. Myocardial Infarction90▲ 24×7 topics
  3. Inflammation90▲ 2.6×78 topics
  4. Heart Failure82▲ 12×13 topics
  5. Risk Factors76▲ 4.2×29 topics
  6. Magnetic Resonance Imaging75▲ 18×7 topics
  7. Echocardiography74▲ 17×8 topics
  8. Coronary Artery Disease69▲ 36×3 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease67▲ 3.6×34 topics
  10. Cancer66▲ 3.0×46 topics
  11. Obesity64▲ 5.1×19 topics
  12. Cardiac Imaging63▲ 32×3 topics
  13. Treatment62▲ 3.1×41 topics
  14. Diagnosis61▲ 4.0×36 topics
  15. Immunotherapy61▲ 5.2×19 topics
  16. Guidelines59▲ 7.7×13 topics
  17. Radiation Exposure57▲ 35×2 topics
  18. Cardiovascular Risk Assessment55▲ 42×2 topics
  19. Computed Tomography Angiography54▲ 49×1 topic
  20. Myocardial Perfusion54▲ 49×1 topic
  21. Atherosclerosis53▲ 11×11 topics
  22. Public Health52▲ 2.2×40 topics
  23. Oxidative Stress51▲ 1.91×50 topics
  24. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement45▲ 38×1 topic
  25. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement45▲ 38×1 topic
  26. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention36▲ 16×4 topics
  27. Cardiovascular Risk36▲ 7.1×9 topics
  28. Tumor Microenvironment36▲ 4.9×8 topics
  29. Mortality34▲ 3.6×13 topics
  30. Complications34▲ 4.1×17 topics
  31. Chamber Quantification30▲ 24×1 topic
  32. Diastolic Function30▲ 24×1 topic
  33. Stroke Prevention29▲ 15×2 topics
  34. Catheter Ablation28▲ 14×2 topics
  35. Cancer Immunotherapy28▲ 11×3 topics
  36. Anticoagulant Therapy26▲ 13×4 topics
  37. Prophylaxis25▲ 12×3 topics
  38. Tumor Regression24▲ 13×2 topics
  39. Dilated Cardiomyopathy24▲ 21×2 topics
  40. Revascularization24▲ 9.3×3 topics

Which research topics does Houston Methodist publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics, Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors and Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair.

Cardiac Imaging and Diag…54Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 54 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 45 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 30 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 19 fractional worksCardiovascular Health and Risk Factors: 18 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 17 fractional worksInfective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management: 16 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 15 fractional worksCoronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 15 fractional worksCardiovascular Disease and Adiposity: 14 fractional works
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryEpidemiology1 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 54 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 45 works
  3. 3 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 30 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 19 works
  5. 5 Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 18 works
  6. 6 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 17 works
  7. 7 Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Epidemiology 16 works
  8. 8 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 15 works
  9. 9 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 15 works
  10. 10 Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 14 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Houston Methodist's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% 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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