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Texas Biomedical Research Institute

In research, Texas Biomedical Research Institute stands highest in Health Sciences (#995 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#1,085 of 8,541 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,352 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Infectious Diseases and Immunology and Microbiology (Infectious Diseases is 25.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#4,504
of 22,385 · #2,157 all time
Rank in United States
#627
of 3,332
Research works
2.8k
▼ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
100k
36.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.16×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
37%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
Texas Biomedical Research Institute

What is Texas Biomedical Research Institute known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #995 of 9,902 16.2%86 #713
MedicineField #1,085 of 8,541 16.6%82 #699
Life SciencesDomain #1,352 of 6,403 10.8%65 #1441

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Texas Biomedical Research Institute 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

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

  1. Health Sciences#713 #995
  2. Medicine#699 #1,085
  3. Life Sciences#1,441 #1,352
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does Texas Biomedical Research Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 47% of research at Texas Biomedical Research Institute is in Health Sciences, 39% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (45%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (15%), Immunology and Microbiology (14%). It does 2.8× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Health Sciences: 98 fractional works · 47.3% of its workMedicine: 93 fractional works · 45.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 36 fractional works · 17.5% of its workEpidemiology: 20 fractional works · 9.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmall Animals: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 81 fractional works · 39.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 31 fractional works · 15.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 18 fractional works · 8.7% of its workGenetics: 7 fractional works · 3.2% of its workCancer Research: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 28 fractional works · 13.7% of its workImmunology: 17 fractional works · 8.2% of its workParasitology: 7 fractional works · 3.3% of its workVirology: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 13 fractional works · 6.4% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 21 fractional works · 10.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 14 fractional works · 6.6% of its workEcology: 8 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKTexas BiomedicalResearch…206fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences39%Physical Sciences10%Health Sciences47%Social Sciences3%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine9345.0%
    2. Nursing20.9%
    3. Veterinary20.9%
    4. Health Professions10.6%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3115.3%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology2813.7%
    3. Neuroscience136.4%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences73.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
    1. Environmental Science146.6%
    2. Engineering31.4%
    3. Chemistry20.8%
    4. Computer Science10.5%
    5. Mathematics00.2%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    7. Materials Science00.2%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    1. Psychology52.5%
    2. Social Sciences20.8%
    3. Arts and Humanities00.0%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.0%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Texas Biomedical Research Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Infectious Diseases takes 25.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 36.1 works26×
  2. Immunology and MicrobiologyField · 28.4 works14×
← 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: 0.73× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.86× its world share, 32 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 13.65× its world share, 28 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.96× its world share, 13 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.85× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.33× its world share, 14 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.34× its world share, 93 worksMedicineNursing: 1.81× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 6.29× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.80× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 13.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology13.65×28 works
  2. Veterinary6.29×2 works
  3. Neuroscience3.96×13 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.86×32 works
  5. Medicine2.34×93 works
  6. Nursing1.81×2 works
  7. Environmental Science1.33×14 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.85×1 works
  9. Psychology0.80×5 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.73×7 works
  11. Chemistry0.53×2 works
  12. Health Professions0.23×1 works
  13. Mathematics0.20×0 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.13×0 works
  15. Engineering0.10×3 works
  16. Computer Science0.07×1 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.06×0 works
  18. Dentistry0.06×0 works
  19. Social Sciences0.06×2 works
  20. Materials Science0.05×0 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.01×0 works
  22. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Texas Biomedical Research Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Luis Martínez‐Sobrido, Chengjin Ye and Jordi Bertran Torrelles lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Texas Biomedical Research Institute.

  1. 1 Luis Martínez‐Sobrido United States · #37,264 worldwide 22k citations · 511 works
  2. 2 Chengjin Ye United States · #57,332 worldwide 4.5k citations · 155 works
  3. 3 Jordi Bertran Torrelles United States · #93,334 worldwide 8.3k citations · 200 works
  4. 4 Ricardo Carrion United States · #117,002 worldwide 6.7k citations · 86 works
  5. 5 Shalini Nair United States · #139,896 worldwide 6.7k citations · 79 works
  6. 6 John Blangero United States · #152,804 worldwide 75k citations · 1,163 works
  7. 7 Rebeca Rico-Hesse United States · #170,975 worldwide 5.7k citations · 37 works
  8. 8 Laura A. Almasy United States · #207,284 worldwide 37k citations · 654 works
  9. 9 Robert E. Lanford United States · #213,530 worldwide 15k citations · 202 works
  10. 10 Ian H. Cheeseman United States · #228,085 worldwide 2.8k citations · 82 works
All ranked researchers at Texas Biomedical Research Institute

What are the most cited papers from Texas Biomedical Research Institute?

The most cited paper from Texas Biomedical Research Institute is "The mutational constraint spectrum quantified from variation in 141,456 humans" (Konrad J. Karczewski et al., 2020), with 10,422 citations. Next come "Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology" (4,954) and "Multipoint Quantitative-Trait Linkage Analysis in General Pedigrees" (3,078).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The mutational constraint spectrum quantified from variation in 141,456 humans Konrad J. Karczewski et al. · Nature Open access177 authors 27 May 2020 10,422
2 Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology The LifeLines Cohort Study et al. · Nature Open access487 authors 10 Feb 2015 4,954
3 Multipoint Quantitative-Trait Linkage Analysis in General Pedigrees Laura A. Almasy, John Blangero · The American Journal of Human Genetics Open access May 1998 3,078
4 Restriction isotyping of human apolipoprotein E by gene amplification and cleavage with HhaI. James E. Hixson, D.T. Vernier · Journal of Lipid Research Open access Mar 1990 2,963
5 Production of infectious hepatitis C virus in tissue culture from a cloned viral genome Takaji Wakita, Thomas Pietschmann, Takanobu Kato et al. · Nature Medicine Open access 12 Jun 2005 2,753
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Texas Biomedical Research Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Vaccine, Immune Response, Pathogenesis, Pandemic, SARS-CoV-2, Diagnosis and ACE2 Receptor.

▲ 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-now 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. Epidemiology46▲ 5.7×47 topics
  2. Vaccine34▲ 41×9 topics
  3. Immune Response29▲ 25×19 topics
  4. Pathogenesis20▲ 19×12 topics
  5. Pandemic17▲ 8.4×5 topics
  6. SARS-CoV-216▲ 25×5 topics
  7. Diagnosis14▲ 7.3×13 topics
  8. ACE2 Receptor13▲ 29×2 topics
  9. Treatment13▲ 5.3×14 topics
  10. Genetic Diversity12▲ 13×5 topics
  11. Immunity12▲ 14×8 topics
  12. Coronavirus12▲ 29×2 topics
  13. Mutation11▲ 30×4 topics
  14. Vaccine Development10▲ 19×9 topics
  15. Viral Transmission10▲ 35×3 topics
  16. Disease Burden10▲ 64×2 topics
  17. antibody9▲ 46×1 topic
  18. spike protein9▲ 46×1 topic
  19. Drug Resistance9▲ 15×5 topics
  20. Immunomodulation8▲ 31×2 topics
  21. Public Health8▲ 2.8×15 topics
  22. Mycobacterium tuberculosis8▲ 68×1 topic
  23. Tuberculosis8▲ 72×1 topic
  24. Immune Regulation7▲ 32×4 topics
  25. Invasive Species7▲ 7.9×3 topics
  26. Molecular Phylogeny7▲ 20×3 topics
  27. Antibodies7▲ 58×2 topics
  28. Disease Risk7▲ 50×2 topics
  29. Helminth Infections7▲ 77×2 topics
  30. Innate Immunity7▲ 9.8×8 topics
  31. Ecosystem6▲ 29×1 topic
  32. Parasites6▲ 104×1 topic
  33. Global Epidemiology6▲ 69×2 topics
  34. Schistosomiasis6▲ 106×1 topic
  35. Soil-Transmitted Helminths6▲ 106×1 topic
  36. Antiretroviral Therapy6▲ 18×6 topics
  37. Ebola Virus6▲ 103×1 topic
  38. Outbreak6▲ 76×1 topic
  39. Evolution5▲ 9.4×4 topics
  40. Genomics5▲ 8.0×4 topics

Which research topics does Texas Biomedical Research Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, Parasite Biology and Host Interactions and Parasites and Host Interactions.

SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 9 fractional worksTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 8 fractional worksParasite Biology and Hos…6Parasite Biology and Host Interactions: 6 fractional worksParasites and Host Inter…6Parasites and Host Interactions: 6 fractional worksViral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 6 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 4 fractional worksMarine Bivalve and Aquac…4Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies: 4 fractional worksRespiratory viral infections research: 4 fractional worksMycobacterium research and diagnosis: 4 fractional worksInfluenza Virus Research Studies: 4 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesEcologyParasitologyGlobal and Planetary Change1 others

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

  1. 1 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 9 works
  2. 2 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 8 works
  3. 3 Parasite Biology and Host Interactions Ecology 6 works
  4. 4 Parasites and Host Interactions Parasitology 6 works
  5. 5 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 6 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 4 works
  7. 7 Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies Global and Planetary Change 4 works
  8. 8 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 4 works
  9. 9 Mycobacterium research and diagnosis Epidemiology 4 works
  10. 10 Influenza Virus Research Studies Epidemiology 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 available37.3%not open62.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.3%domestic only85.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Texas Biomedical Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 6% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Texas Biomedical Research Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00070% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%Texas Biomedical Research Institute0.00071% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Texas Biomedical Research Institute over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%Texas Biomedical Research Institute15.1% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 20.0% in 2000.

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