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Texas Biomedical Research Institute

In research, Texas Biomedical Research Institute stands highest in Life Sciences (#2,249 of 7,800 worldwide), Medicine (#4,221 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,584 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Infectious Diseases — Infectious Diseases is 27.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,069
of 28,054 · #4,056 all time
Rank in United States
#700
of 4,192
Research works
2.8k
▲ 14% vs 2013–17
Citations
100k
36.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
30.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
37%
world 28%

What is Texas Biomedical Research Institute 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
Life SciencesDomain #2,249 of 7,800 28.7%65 #1632
MedicineField #4,221 of 10,443 33.3%82 #2372
Health SciencesDomain #5,584 of 11,982 32.9%86 #3107

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 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. Life Sciences#1,632 #2,249
  2. Medicine#2,372 #4,221
  3. Health Sciences#3,107 #5,584
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 Biomedical Research Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Infectious Diseases takes 27.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 32.0 works28×
← 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: 0.69× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.94× its world share, 26 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 11.64× its world share, 20 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 4.63× its world share, 13 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.81× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.63× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.61× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.51× its world share, 82 worksMedicineNursing: 1.91× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 5.62× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.90× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× 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, 11.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Texas Biomedical Research Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Gene B. Hubbard, Anthony G. Comuzzie and Henry C. McGill lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Texas Biomedical Research Institute.

  1. 1 Gene B. Hubbard United States · #25,939 worldwide 419 citations · 46 works
  2. 2 Anthony G. Comuzzie United States · #52,275 worldwide 496 citations · 45 works
  3. 3 Henry C. McGill United States · #67,253 worldwide 387 citations · 27 works
  4. 4 Robert E. Lanford United States · #74,727 worldwide 248 citations · 34 works
  5. 5 John Blangero United States · #81,198 worldwide 898 citations · 152 works
  6. 6 Laura A. Cox United States · #87,815 worldwide 158 citations · 36 works
  7. 7 Camille Sureau United States · #91,899 worldwide 155 citations · 30 works
  8. 8 David L. Rainwater United States · #94,820 worldwide 297 citations · 45 works
  9. 9 Joseph W. Goldzieher United States · #141,327 worldwide 266 citations · 70 works
  10. 10 Leonard R. Axelrod United States · #169,551 worldwide 156 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Texas Biomedical Research Institute

Which keywords describe research at Texas Biomedical Research Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, 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 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology39▲ 5.8×44 topics
  2. Vaccine29▲ 42×9 topics
  3. Immune Response24▲ 25×19 topics
  4. Pathogenesis18▲ 21×12 topics
  5. Pandemic16▲ 8.7×5 topics
  6. SARS-CoV-215▲ 26×5 topics
  7. Diagnosis13▲ 8.0×11 topics
  8. ACE2 Receptor12▲ 29×2 topics
  9. Treatment12▲ 5.8×12 topics
  10. Immunity11▲ 16×7 topics
  11. Genetic Diversity10▲ 14×5 topics
  12. Coronavirus10▲ 29×2 topics
  13. Mutation10▲ 31×2 topics
  14. Viral Transmission9▲ 36×3 topics
  15. Vaccine Development8▲ 20×8 topics
  16. antibody8▲ 47×1 topic
  17. spike protein8▲ 47×1 topic
  18. Inflammation8▲ 2.3×37 topics
  19. Drug Resistance7▲ 15×4 topics
  20. Mycobacterium tuberculosis7▲ 74×1 topic
  21. Tuberculosis7▲ 78×1 topic
  22. Public Health7▲ 2.7×13 topics
  23. Antibodies6▲ 64×2 topics
  24. Metabolic Syndrome6▲ 4.1×11 topics
  25. Innate Immunity5▲ 9.9×8 topics
  26. Antiretroviral Therapy5▲ 19×6 topics
  27. Ebola Virus5▲ 113×1 topic
  28. Outbreak5▲ 85×1 topic
  29. Evolution5▲ 11×4 topics
  30. Disease Burden5▲ 38×2 topics
  31. Genomics4▲ 9.1×4 topics
  32. Respiratory4▲ 26×2 topics
  33. Thrombosis4▲ 8.4×5 topics
  34. Virus4▲ 25×2 topics
  35. Immunomodulation4▲ 18×2 topics
  36. Vaccines4▲ 41×3 topics
  37. Immune Activation4▲ 28×2 topics
  38. Social Behavior4▲ 39×2 topics
  39. Infection4▲ 9.0×2 topics
  40. Pattern Recognition Receptors4▲ 17×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies.

SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 8 fractional worksTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 7 fractional worksViral Infections and Out…5Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 5 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…4COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 4 fractional worksInfluenza Virus Research Studies: 4 fractional worksMycobacterium research and diagnosis: 3 fractional worksRespiratory viral infect…3Respiratory viral infections research: 3 fractional worksViral Infections and Vectors: 3 fractional worksPrimate Behavior and Ecology: 3 fractional worksImmune responses and vaccinations: 3 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesEpidemiologySocial PsychologyImmunology

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

  1. 1 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 8 works
  2. 2 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 7 works
  3. 3 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 5 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 4 works
  5. 5 Influenza Virus Research Studies Epidemiology 4 works
  6. 6 Mycobacterium research and diagnosis Epidemiology 3 works
  7. 7 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 3 works
  8. 8 Viral Infections and Vectors Infectious Diseases 3 works
  9. 9 Primate Behavior and Ecology Social Psychology 3 works
  10. 10 Immune responses and vaccinations Immunology 3 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% 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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