Question 1

What is Texas Back Institute known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, Texas Back Institute stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,309 of 16,688 worldwide), Medicine (#4,759 of 14,558 worldwide) and Surgery (#1,213 of 3,248 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery, Medicine and Health Sciences (Surgery is 18.7× its share of world research).

Question 2

How does Texas Back Institute rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Texas Back Institute ranks #22,072 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#15,633 all time), and #3,279 of 3,332 in the United States.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Texas Back Institute?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, John J. Regan, Fred Harden Geisler and Ralph F. Rashbaum lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Texas Back Institute.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Texas Back Institute?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from Texas Back Institute is "A comprehensive classification of thoracic and lumbar injuries" (F. Magerl, Max Aebi, S. D. Gertzbein et al., 1994), with 2,077 citations. Next come "A Prospective, Randomized, Multicenter Food and Drug Administration Investigational Device Exemptions Study of Lumbar Total Disc Replacement With the CHARITÉ™ Artificial Disc Versus Lumbar Fusion" (588) and "Results of the prospective, randomized, controlled multicenter Food and Drug Administration investigational device exemption study of the ProDisc-C total disc replacement versus anterior discectomy and fusion for the treatment of 1-level symptomatic cervical disc disease" (561).

Question 5

Which research topics does Texas Back Institute publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology, Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy, Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques and Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Texas Back Institute?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Degenerative Disc Disease, Spinal Fusion, Low Back Pain, Clinical Outcomes, Surgical Treatment, Spinal Surgery, Intervertebral Disc and Lumbar Disc Degeneration.

Question 7

Which fields of science does Texas Back Institute work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 89% of research at Texas Back Institute is in Health Sciences, 8% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (87%), Engineering (7%), Health Professions (2%). It does 3.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Question 8

Is Texas Back Institute's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 18% lower than in 2018-2021.