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Texas Center for Infectious Disease

In research, Texas Center for Infectious Disease stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,700 of 16,688 worldwide), Life Sciences (#2,973 of 11,023 worldwide) and Medicine (#4,524 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#11,764
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#2,449
of 7,310
Research works
333
▲ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
14k
43.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.24×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
69%
world 40%
International
18%
world 18%
Texas Center for Infectious Disease

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
Health SciencesDomain #3,700 of 16,688 18.5%160
Life SciencesDomain #2,973 of 11,023 10.5%148
MedicineField #4,524 of 14,558 18.3%148

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Texas Center for Infectious Disease work in?

In 2022-now, 51% of research at Texas Center for Infectious Disease is in Health Sciences, 38% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (48%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (19%), Immunology and Microbiology (13%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Health Sciences: 33 fractional works · 51.4% of its workMedicine: 31 fractional works · 48.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 9 fractional works · 14.1% of its workEpidemiology: 8 fractional works · 12.6% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 5.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 25 fractional works · 38.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 19.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 11.7% of its workEndocrinology: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 8 fractional works · 13.2% of its workImmunology: 4 fractional works · 6.3% of its workMicrobiology: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 7.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKTexas Center forInfectious…65fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences38%Physical Sciences8%Health Sciences51%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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine3148.4%
    2. Health Professions11.7%
    3. Veterinary00.7%
    4. Dentistry00.4%
    5. Nursing00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1219.2%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology813.2%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences22.9%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics11.5%
    5. Neuroscience11.5%
    1. Environmental Science11.9%
    2. Engineering11.7%
    3. Computer Science11.0%
    4. Physics and Astronomy10.9%
    5. Chemistry10.9%
    6. Materials Science00.7%
    7. Mathematics00.3%
    1. Social Sciences12.2%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.3%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
    4. Psychology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.62× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.60× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 13.09× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.94× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.35× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.93× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.52× its world share, 31 worksMedicineNursing: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 5.44× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× 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, 13.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology13.09×8 works
  2. Veterinary5.44×0 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics4.35×1 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.60×12 works
  5. Medicine2.52×31 works
  6. Neuroscience0.94×1 works
  7. Dentistry0.93×0 works
  8. Health Professions0.63×1 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.62×2 works
  10. Chemistry0.58×1 works
  11. Nursing0.47×0 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy0.43×1 works
  13. Environmental Science0.39×1 works
  14. Mathematics0.23×0 works
  15. Materials Science0.20×0 works
  16. Social Sciences0.17×1 works
  17. Computer Science0.13×1 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.13×0 works
  19. Engineering0.12×1 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.04×0 works
  21. Psychology0.04×0 works

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

Ranked on the quality score, Karl E. Klose, Soo Chan Lee and Sarah E. Hardison lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Texas Center for Infectious Disease.

  1. 1 Karl E. Klose United States · #285,273 worldwide 9.1k citations · 131 works
  2. 2 Soo Chan Lee United States · #388,447 worldwide 4.2k citations · 115 works
  3. 3 Sarah E. Hardison United States · #560,945 worldwide 2.9k citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Stephen P. Saville United States · #569,294 worldwide 4.1k citations · 42 works
  5. 5 Sara S. K. Koenig United States · #592,670 worldwide 7.4k citations · 31 works
  6. 6 Mark Eppinger United States · #787,463 worldwide 4.2k citations · 95 works
  7. 7 Jeffrey R. Barker United States · #867,852 worldwide 2k citations · 41 works
  8. 8 Ashok Kumar Chaturvedi United States · #958,975 worldwide 2.1k citations · 40 works
  9. 9 Xhavit Zogaj United States · #1,304,928 worldwide 2.3k citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Chiung-Yu Hung United States · #1,428,770 worldwide 3.7k citations · 101 works
All ranked researchers at Texas Center for Infectious Disease

What are the most cited papers from Texas Center for Infectious Disease?

The most cited paper from Texas Center for Infectious Disease is "Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America for the Treatment of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections in Adults and Children" (Catherine Liu, Arnold S. Bayer, Sara E. Cosgrove et al., 2011), with 4,237 citations. Next come "Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America for the Treatment of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections in Adults and Children: Executive Summary" (1,616) and "A simple and reproducible 96-well plate-based method for the formation of fungal biofilms and its application to antifungal susceptibility testing" (840).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America for the Treatment of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections in Adults and Children Catherine Liu, Arnold S. Bayer, Sara E. Cosgrove et al. · Clinical Infectious Diseases Open access 6 Jan 2011 4,237
2 Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America for the Treatment of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections in Adults and Children: Executive Summary Catherine Liu, Arnold S. Bayer, Sara E. Cosgrove et al. · Clinical Infectious Diseases Open access 9 Jan 2011 1,616
3 A simple and reproducible 96-well plate-based method for the formation of fungal biofilms and its application to antifungal susceptibility testing Christopher G. Pierce, Priya Uppuluri, Amanda R Tristan et al. · Nature Protocols 28 Aug 2008 840
4 The myeloid cells of the central nervous system parenchyma Richard M. Ransohoff, Astrid E. Cardona · Nature 9 Nov 2010 807
5 Candida biofilms on implanted biomaterials: a clinically significant problem Gordon Ramage, José Pedro Martínez, José Luis López-Ribot · FEMS Yeast Research 20 Jun 2006 581
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Texas Center for Infectious Disease?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology18▲ 6.8×45 topics
  2. Antifungal Therapy10▲ 170×3 topics
  3. Virulence Factors5▲ 51×6 topics
  4. Immunocompromised Patients5▲ 127×2 topics
  5. Biofilm Formation4▲ 103×2 topics
  6. Candidiasis4▲ 152×1 topic
  7. Fungal Pathogens4▲ 53×3 topics
  8. Invasive Fungal Infections4▲ 188×1 topic
  9. Antibiotic Resistance4▲ 17×9 topics
  10. Inflammation4▲ 3.1×19 topics
  11. Cryptococcal Disease4▲ 234×1 topic
  12. Histoplasmosis4▲ 234×1 topic
  13. Diagnosis4▲ 5.9×11 topics
  14. Vaccine3▲ 12×9 topics
  15. Immune Response3▲ 8.1×9 topics
  16. Innate Immunity3▲ 15×7 topics
  17. Pathogenesis3▲ 9.0×14 topics
  18. Vaccine Development3▲ 17×8 topics
  19. Treatment2▲ 3.1×12 topics
  20. Microbial Communities2▲ 8.1×3 topics
  21. Virulence2▲ 52×3 topics
  22. Antiretroviral Therapy2▲ 20×6 topics
  23. Immunity2▲ 7.6×6 topics
  24. Drug Resistance2▲ 8.9×4 topics
  25. Genomics2▲ 8.5×3 topics
  26. Host Defense2▲ 42×3 topics
  27. Infectious Diseases2▲ 7.3×5 topics
  28. Antimicrobial Peptides2▲ 50×2 topics
  29. Evolution2▲ 8.6×4 topics
  30. Gut Microbiota2▲ 6.9×3 topics
  31. Host-Pathogen Interactions2▲ 28×3 topics
  32. Microbiome2▲ 16×2 topics
  33. Virus2▲ 24×2 topics
  34. Cytokines1▲ 7.4×4 topics
  35. Healthcare-Associated Infections1▲ 17×4 topics
  36. Immune Modulation1▲ 20×2 topics
  37. Pathogenicity1▲ 30×3 topics
  38. Ecology1▲ 12×3 topics
  39. Extracellular Matrix1▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Membrane Proteins1▲ 27×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: Antifungal resistance and susceptibility, Fungal Infections and Studies, Nail Diseases and Treatments and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions.

Antifungal resistance an…4Antifungal resistance and susceptibility: 4 fractional worksFungal Infections and St…4Fungal Infections and Studies: 4 fractional worksNail Diseases and Treatments: 1 fractional worksBacteriophages and microbial interactions: 1 fractional worksAntimicrobial Peptides and Activities: 1 fractional worksBacterial biofilms and quorum sensing: 1 fractional worksVector-borne infectious diseases: 1 fractional worksEscherichia coli research studies: 1 fractional worksGut microbiota and health: 1 fractional worksCentral Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis: 1 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesEpidemiologyEcologyMicrobiology4 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 Nail Diseases and Treatments Epidemiology 1 works
  4. 4 Bacteriophages and microbial interactions Ecology 1 works
  5. 5 Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities Microbiology 1 works
  6. 6 Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing Molecular Biology 1 works
  7. 7 Vector-borne infectious diseases Parasitology 1 works
  8. 8 Escherichia coli research studies Endocrinology 1 works
  9. 9 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 1 works
  10. 10 Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis Emergency Medical Services 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Texas Center for Infectious Disease as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00024% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Texas Center for Infectious Disease0.00028% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Texas Center for Infectious Disease over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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