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Texas Center for Infectious Disease

In research, Texas Center for Infectious Disease stands highest in Life Sciences (#5,764 of 14,347 worldwide), Medicine (#12,634 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#14,967 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#14,681
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#3,209
of 8,685
Research works
333
▼ 9% vs 2013–17
Citations
14k
43.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
28.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
69%
world 28%

What is Texas Center for Infectious Disease known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Life SciencesDomain #5,764 of 14,347 27.3%148
MedicineField #12,634 of 17,978 30.1%148
Health SciencesDomain #14,967 of 20,462 30.0%160

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Texas Center for Infectious Disease 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).

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, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.65× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 11.08× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.11× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5.17× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.56× its world share, 27 worksMedicineNursing: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.20× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 11.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Texas Center for Infectious Disease?

Ranked on the composite score, Karl E. Klose, Bernard P. Arulanandam and Chiung-Yu Hung lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Texas Center for Infectious Disease.

  1. 1 Karl E. Klose United States · #384,413 worldwide 97 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Bernard P. Arulanandam United States · #477,182 worldwide 66 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Chiung-Yu Hung United States · #1,227,121 worldwide 30 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Texas Center for Infectious Disease

Which keywords describe research at Texas Center for Infectious Disease?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Antifungal Therapy, Immunocompromised Patients, Biofilm Formation, Candidiasis, Invasive Fungal Infections, Virulence Factors and Antibiotic Resistance.

▲ 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. Epidemiology15▲ 7.0×44 topics
  2. Antifungal Therapy9▲ 178×3 topics
  3. Immunocompromised Patients4▲ 140×2 topics
  4. Biofilm Formation4▲ 116×2 topics
  5. Candidiasis4▲ 169×1 topic
  6. Invasive Fungal Infections4▲ 208×1 topic
  7. Antibiotic Resistance4▲ 19×9 topics
  8. Virulence Factors4▲ 51×5 topics
  9. Fungal Pathogens4▲ 54×3 topics
  10. Cryptococcal Disease4▲ 238×1 topic
  11. Histoplasmosis4▲ 238×1 topic
  12. Inflammation3▲ 2.9×17 topics
  13. Diagnosis3▲ 5.9×10 topics
  14. Pathogenesis3▲ 10×13 topics
  15. Innate Immunity3▲ 16×7 topics
  16. Vaccine3▲ 12×8 topics
  17. Vaccine Development2▲ 18×8 topics
  18. Microbial Communities2▲ 9.3×3 topics
  19. Treatment2▲ 3.2×11 topics
  20. Virulence2▲ 60×3 topics
  21. Immune Response2▲ 6.3×7 topics
  22. Genomics2▲ 9.9×3 topics
  23. Antiretroviral Therapy2▲ 17×5 topics
  24. Gut Microbiota2▲ 8.1×3 topics
  25. Virus2▲ 29×2 topics
  26. Cytokines1▲ 9.1×4 topics
  27. Antimicrobial Peptides1▲ 52×2 topics
  28. Drug Resistance1▲ 8.6×4 topics
  29. Ecology1▲ 16×3 topics
  30. Evolution1▲ 9.8×3 topics
  31. Host Defense1▲ 43×3 topics
  32. Immunity1▲ 6.1×5 topics
  33. Infectious Diseases1▲ 7.5×5 topics
  34. Membrane Proteins1▲ 34×2 topics
  35. Metagenomics1▲ 25×2 topics
  36. Microbiome1▲ 18×2 topics
  37. Bacteriophage1▲ 47×1 topic
  38. Immune Modulation1▲ 22×2 topics
  39. Marine1▲ 47×1 topic
  40. Pathogenicity1▲ 35×3 topics

Which research topics does Texas Center for Infectious Disease publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Antifungal resistance and susceptibility, Fungal Infections and Studies, Bacteriophages and microbial interactions and Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities.

Antifungal resistance an…4Antifungal resistance and susceptibility: 4 fractional worksFungal Infections and St…4Fungal Infections and Studies: 4 fractional worksBacteriophages and microbial interactions: 1 fractional worksAntimicrobial Peptides and Activities: 1 fractional worksGut microbiota and health: 1 fractional worksBacterial biofilms and quorum sensing: 1 fractional worksEscherichia coli research studies: 1 fractional worksNail Diseases and Treatments: 1 fractional worksLipid Membrane Structure and Behavior: 1 fractional worksMalaria Research and Control: 1 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesEpidemiologyEcologyMicrobiology3 others

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

  1. 1 Antifungal resistance and susceptibility Infectious Diseases 4 works
  2. 2 Fungal Infections and Studies Epidemiology 4 works
  3. 3 Bacteriophages and microbial interactions Ecology 1 works
  4. 4 Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities Microbiology 1 works
  5. 5 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 1 works
  6. 6 Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing Molecular Biology 1 works
  7. 7 Escherichia coli research studies Endocrinology 1 works
  8. 8 Nail Diseases and Treatments Epidemiology 1 works
  9. 9 Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior Molecular Biology 1 works
  10. 10 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 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 available69.2%not open30.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.3%domestic only81.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Texas Center for Infectious Disease's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 9% lower 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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