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Southwestern Medical Center

In research, Southwestern Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#750 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#996 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#976 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology — Oncology is 4.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,979
of 28,054 · #2,204 all time
Rank in ??
#18
of 692
Research works
5.2k
▲ 55% vs 2013–17
Citations
134k
25.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
39%
world 28%

What is Southwestern Medical Center 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 #750 of 10,443 14.1%770 #1012
Health SciencesDomain #996 of 11,982 14.3%813 #1264
Life SciencesDomain #976 of 7,800 17.7%287 #860
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #878 of 3,579 17.9%190 #791
SurgerySubfield #809 of 1,816 12.4%112 #899
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,015 of 2,175 17.8%106 #873
Physical SciencesDomain #6,103 of 12,888 12.9%84 #7480
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #694 of 1,144 14.5%71 #894
Social SciencesDomain #8,012 of 10,521 15.6%75 #10965
OncologySubfield #640 of 772 14.5%66 #1034

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Southwestern Medical Center 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#1,012 #750
  2. Health Sciences#1,264 #996
  3. Life Sciences#860 #976
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#791 #878
  5. Surgery#899 #809
  6. Molecular Biology#873 #1,015
  7. Physical Sciences#7,480 #6,103
  8. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#894 #694
  9. Social Sciences#10,965 #8,012
  10. Oncology#1,034 #640
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 Southwestern Medical Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 4.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 65.9 works4.7×
← 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: 0.12× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.82× its world share, 190 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.79× its world share, 35 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.51× its world share, 51 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.84× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.44× its world share, 9 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 11 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.17× its world share, 33 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.17× its world share, 11 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.41× its world share, 12 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.05× its world share, 35 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.18× its world share, 770 worksMedicineNursing: 0.92× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.64× its world share, 17 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.77× its world share, 29 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 20 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Southwestern Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Immunotherapy, Inflammation, Chemotherapy, Treatment, Cancer, Prognostic Factors and Oxidative Stress.

▲ 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. Epidemiology118▲ 2.4×121 topics
  2. Inflammation68▲ 2.6×76 topics
  3. Treatment49▲ 3.2×47 topics
  4. Immunotherapy49▲ 5.5×19 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress48▲ 2.3×48 topics
  6. Cancer47▲ 2.8×44 topics
  7. Chemotherapy45▲ 5.1×23 topics
  8. Risk Factors40▲ 2.9×35 topics
  9. Quality of Life38▲ 2.1×48 topics
  10. Diagnosis35▲ 3.0×36 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease35▲ 2.5×33 topics
  12. Prognostic Factors32▲ 5.8×14 topics
  13. Clinical Practice Guidelines30▲ 4.4×14 topics
  14. Metabolic Syndrome30▲ 2.9×22 topics
  15. Tumor Microenvironment30▲ 5.3×8 topics
  16. Management29▲ 3.0×28 topics
  17. Genetic Mutations28▲ 5.1×22 topics
  18. Obesity28▲ 2.9×25 topics
  19. Clinical Trials27▲ 3.2×19 topics
  20. Radiotherapy27▲ 5.5×13 topics
  21. Heart Failure27▲ 4.9×12 topics
  22. Neurological Disorders25▲ 3.4×20 topics
  23. Biomarkers23▲ 2.6×17 topics
  24. Cancer Therapy23▲ 3.2×17 topics
  25. Insulin Resistance22▲ 3.9×9 topics
  26. Guidelines22▲ 3.8×13 topics
  27. Gene Expression21▲ 2.8×19 topics
  28. Clinical Guidelines20▲ 5.5×9 topics
  29. Precision Medicine19▲ 3.3×8 topics
  30. Cell Death18▲ 6.3×6 topics
  31. Prognosis18▲ 4.3×9 topics
  32. Hepatocellular Carcinoma18▲ 6.8×3 topics
  33. Neoadjuvant Therapy18▲ 6.0×5 topics
  34. Surgical Management17▲ 3.4×19 topics
  35. Mitochondrial Dysfunction16▲ 4.3×10 topics
  36. Echocardiography16▲ 4.6×8 topics
  37. Targeted Therapy16▲ 5.6×5 topics
  38. Molecular Characterization15▲ 6.8×6 topics
  39. Breast Cancer15▲ 5.0×11 topics
  40. Survival12▲ 7.3×4 topics

Which research topics does Southwestern Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging and Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques.

Liver Disease Diagnosis …9Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 9 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…9Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 9 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 9 fractional worksAdvanced Radiotherapy Techniques: 8 fractional worksHepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis: 8 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 7 fractional worksEconomic and Financial Impacts of Cancer: 7 fractional worksTransplantation: Methods…7Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes: 7 fractional worksRNA modifications and cancer: 6 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury Research: 6 fractional works
EpidemiologyOncologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingRadiation5 others

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

  1. 1 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 9 works
  2. 2 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 9 works
  3. 3 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 9 works
  4. 4 Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques Radiation 8 works
  5. 5 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Hepatology 8 works
  6. 6 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 7 works
  7. 7 Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer Economics and Econometrics 7 works
  8. 8 Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes Surgery 7 works
  9. 9 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 6 works
  10. 10 Traumatic Brain Injury Research Epidemiology 6 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 available39.2%not open60.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.1%domestic only83.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Southwestern Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 55% 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.