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Lone Star College Kingwood

In research, Lone Star College Kingwood stands highest in Medicine (#8,844 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,620 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 8.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#23,598
of 28,054 · #29,130 all time
Rank in United States
#3,543
of 4,192
Research works
223
▲ 409% vs 2013–17
Citations
1k
4.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
27%
world 28%

What is Lone Star College Kingwood 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 #8,844 of 10,443 3.8%83 —
Health SciencesDomain #10,620 of 11,982 3.7%87 #19942

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Lone Star College Kingwood 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).

What does Lone Star College Kingwood specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 8.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 22.4 works8.2×
← 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: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.87× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.27× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.48× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.22× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.00× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 4.95× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.39× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.67× its world share, 83 worksMedicineNursing: 3.97× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Energy, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Lone Star College Kingwood?

Ranked on the composite score, William Yarberry lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Lone Star College Kingwood.

  1. 1 William Yarberry United States · #1,375,692 worldwide 3 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Lone Star College Kingwood

Which keywords describe research at Lone Star College Kingwood?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Complications, Treatment, Management, Surgical Management, Laparoscopic Surgery and Prognosis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology15▲ 3.2×44 topics
  2. Diagnosis9▲ 8.2×24 topics
  3. Treatment8▲ 5.4×16 topics
  4. Complications7▲ 12×10 topics
  5. Management6▲ 6.0×17 topics
  6. Sustainability5▲ 1.87×6 topics
  7. Risk Factors4▲ 3.3×10 topics
  8. Renewable Energy4▲ 2.5×4 topics
  9. Surgical Management4▲ 7.9×10 topics
  10. Chemotherapy4▲ 4.5×13 topics
  11. Laparoscopic Surgery4▲ 27×4 topics
  12. Prognosis4▲ 9.4×7 topics
  13. Children3▲ 12×5 topics
  14. EROI3▲ 84×1 topic
  15. Fossil Fuels3▲ 61×1 topic
  16. Pathophysiology3▲ 9.2×4 topics
  17. Surgery3▲ 7.7×5 topics
  18. Immunotherapy3▲ 3.7×9 topics
  19. Guidelines3▲ 5.1×9 topics
  20. Neuroprotection3▲ 6.6×6 topics
  21. Revascularization3▲ 14×3 topics
  22. Critical Care2▲ 8.8×5 topics
  23. Prophylaxis2▲ 15×3 topics
  24. Anticoagulant Therapy2▲ 15×4 topics
  25. Imaging2▲ 7.4×3 topics
  26. Cardiovascular Risk2▲ 5.8×5 topics
  27. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention2▲ 14×4 topics
  28. Postoperative Complications2▲ 14×2 topics
  29. Ischemic Stroke2▲ 11×4 topics
  30. Palliative Treatment2▲ 26×2 topics
  31. Peritoneal Adhesions2▲ 94×1 topic
  32. Small Bowel Obstruction2▲ 94×1 topic
  33. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement2▲ 24×1 topic
  34. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement2▲ 24×1 topic
  35. Stroke Prevention2▲ 14×2 topics
  36. Angioplasty2▲ 26×2 topics
  37. Bacteremia2▲ 21×2 topics
  38. Combustion2▲ 25×2 topics
  39. Endoscopic Stenting2▲ 33×1 topic
  40. Esophageal Perforation2▲ 33×1 topic

Which research topics does Lone Star College Kingwood publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Energy and Sustainability Research, Intestinal and Peritoneal Adhesions, Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments and Esophageal and GI Pathology.

Global Energy and Sustai…3Global Energy and Sustainability Research: 3 fractional worksIntestinal and Peritonea…2Intestinal and Peritoneal Adhesions: 2 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 2 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathology: 2 fractional worksGastrointestinal disorders and treatments: 2 fractional worksCoal and Coke Industries Research: 2 fractional worksRenal and Vascular Pathologies: 2 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Ma…2Acute Ischemic Stroke Management: 2 fractional worksBariatric Surgery and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksInfective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management: 2 fractional works
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentSurgeryCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineFuel Technology2 others

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

  1. 1 Global Energy and Sustainability Research Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 3 works
  2. 2 Intestinal and Peritoneal Adhesions Surgery 2 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 2 works
  5. 5 Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments Surgery 2 works
  6. 6 Coal and Coke Industries Research Fuel Technology 2 works
  7. 7 Renal and Vascular Pathologies Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 2 works
  9. 9 Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes Surgery 2 works
  10. 10 Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Epidemiology 2 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 available26.8%not open73.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.4%domestic only92.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Lone Star College Kingwood's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 409% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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