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Texas A&M International University

In research, Texas A&M International University stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,316 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#3,618 of 6,365 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#7,936 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Accounting — Accounting is 7.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,915
of 28,054 · #9,020 all time
Rank in United States
#1,484
of 4,192
Research works
2k
▲ 7% vs 2013–17
Citations
50k
25.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

What is Texas A&M International University 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
Social SciencesDomain #4,316 of 10,521 20.8%313 #2123
Social SciencesField #3,618 of 6,365 19.1%126 #2080
Physical SciencesDomain #7,936 of 12,888 15.5%114 #9176
Business, Management and AccountingField #1,966 of 2,578 29.6%61 #1669

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Texas A&M International University 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. Social Sciences#2,123 #4,316
  2. Social Sciences#2,080 #3,618
  3. Physical Sciences#9,176 #7,936
  4. Business, Management and Accounting#1,669 #1,966
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 Texas A&M International University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Accounting takes 7.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. AccountingSubfield · 22.0 works7.5×
← 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: 0.26× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.24× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.41× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.97× its world share, 36 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.56× its world share, 40 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.79× its world share, 19 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.80× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.25× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.87× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.26× its world share, 24 worksMedicineNursing: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.58× its world share, 22 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.94× its world share, 61 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.59× its world share, 12 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5.37× its world share, 55 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.52× its world share, 37 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.06× its world share, 126 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 5.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Texas A&M International University?

Ranked on the composite score, Ned Kock, George R. G. Clarke and Jeffrey Cass lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Texas A&M International University.

  1. 1 Ned Kock United States · #162,778 worldwide 382 citations · 61 works
  2. 2 George R. G. Clarke United States · #184,855 worldwide 269 citations · 55 works
  3. 3 Jeffrey Cass United States · #455,478 worldwide 42 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Milton Mayfield United States · #629,510 worldwide 71 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Jacqueline Mayfield United States · #650,875 worldwide 76 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Stuart Davis United States · #780,908 worldwide 18 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Runchang Lin United States · #834,739 worldwide 46 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Haibo Wang United States · #957,060 worldwide 110 citations · 62 works
  9. 9 Seyed Mohammad Davachi United States · #1,009,948 worldwide 97 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 Rohitha Goonatilake United States · #1,187,057 worldwide 10 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Texas A&M International University

Which keywords describe research at Texas A&M International University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Corporate Governance, Economic Growth, Globalization, Mental Health, Financial Constraints, Firm Performance, Monetary Policy and Innovation.

▲ 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. Globalization23▲ 2.4×34 topics
  2. Corporate Governance21▲ 5.8×14 topics
  3. Economic Growth21▲ 5.1×17 topics
  4. Mental Health20▲ 2.9×25 topics
  5. Innovation15▲ 3.0×18 topics
  6. Financial Constraints12▲ 24×2 topics
  7. Social Media12▲ 1.78×13 topics
  8. Financial Performance11▲ 4.1×9 topics
  9. Firm Performance11▲ 13×4 topics
  10. Economic Development11▲ 2.8×13 topics
  11. Social Capital11▲ 4.2×11 topics
  12. Identity10▲ 2.9×22 topics
  13. Monetary Policy10▲ 8.4×8 topics
  14. Capital Structure10▲ 12×2 topics
  15. Gender9▲ 3.6×12 topics
  16. Mergers and Acquisitions9▲ 22×2 topics
  17. Investor Protection9▲ 24×1 topic
  18. Ownership Structure9▲ 24×1 topic
  19. Adaptation9▲ 6.3×6 topics
  20. Fiscal Policy9▲ 8.3×7 topics
  21. Technology8▲ 3.3×7 topics
  22. International Trade8▲ 11×4 topics
  23. Human Behavior8▲ 36×2 topics
  24. Neoliberalism8▲ 4.5×11 topics
  25. Income Tax6▲ 16×2 topics
  26. Profitability6▲ 11×3 topics
  27. Transport Infrastructure6▲ 16×2 topics
  28. Taxation6▲ 16×3 topics
  29. Infrastructure6▲ 10×1 topic
  30. Public Investment6▲ 22×1 topic
  31. Shareholder Value6▲ 12×3 topics
  32. Productivity6▲ 23×1 topic
  33. Social Cognition6▲ 7.5×3 topics
  34. Trade Liberalization6▲ 26×1 topic
  35. Criminal Behavior6▲ 29×2 topics
  36. Institutional Theory6▲ 13×3 topics
  37. Attractiveness6▲ 65×1 topic
  38. Content Analysis6▲ 9.6×5 topics
  39. Evolutionary Psychology6▲ 65×1 topic
  40. Developmental Trajectories6▲ 9.5×3 topics

Which research topics does Texas A&M International University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Corporate Finance and Governance, Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth, Global trade and economics and Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior.

Corporate Finance and Go…9Corporate Finance and Governance: 9 fractional worksFiscal Policy and Econom…6Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth: 6 fractional worksGlobal trade and economics6Global trade and economics: 6 fractional worksEvolutionary Psychology …6Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior: 6 fractional worksCorporate Social Responsibility Reporting: 5 fractional worksEvaluation and Performance Assessment: 4 fractional worksMultilingual Education a…4Multilingual Education and Policy: 4 fractional worksCrime Patterns and Interventions: 4 fractional worksSupply Chain Resilience and Risk Management: 4 fractional worksMarket Dynamics and Vola…4Market Dynamics and Volatility: 4 fractional works
AccountingEconomics and EconometricsGeneral Economics, Econometrics and FinanceExperimental and Cognitive Psychology4 others

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

  1. 1 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 9 works
  2. 2 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 6 works
  3. 3 Global trade and economics General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 6 works
  4. 4 Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 6 works
  5. 5 Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting Strategy and Management 5 works
  6. 6 Evaluation and Performance Assessment Management Science and Operations Research 4 works
  7. 7 Multilingual Education and Policy Linguistics and Language 4 works
  8. 8 Crime Patterns and Interventions Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  9. 9 Supply Chain Resilience and Risk Management Strategy and Management 4 works
  10. 10 Market Dynamics and Volatility Economics and Econometrics 4 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 available30.0%not open70.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.0%domestic only89.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Texas A&M International University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% 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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