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Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

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World rank, all time
#31,347
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#6,628
of 7,310
Research works
123
▼ 26% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.4k
19.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
35%
world 40%
International
20%
world 18%
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

Which fields of science does Texas Commission on Environmental Quality work in?

In all years, 73% of research at Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is in Physical Sciences, 12% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (46%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (12%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (8%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 90 fractional works · 73.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 56 fractional works · 45.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 25 fractional works · 20.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 8 fractional works · 6.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 7 fractional works · 5.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 5 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPollution: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 15 fractional works · 12.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 11 fractional works · 8.8% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 9 fractional works · 7.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workChemical Health and Safety: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 15 fractional works · 12.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 7.9% of its workCancer Research: 5 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 10 fractional works · 7.9% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 5.9% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 6.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKTexas Commissionon Environmental…123fractional works, all years
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences73%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences7%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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. Environmental Science5645.7%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences1512.0%
    3. Engineering97.4%
    4. Computer Science22.0%
    5. Chemical Engineering21.6%
    6. Materials Science21.5%
    7. Energy21.5%
    8. Physics and Astronomy11.1%
    9. Chemistry00.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology107.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences43.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.4%
    4. Neuroscience00.1%
    1. Medicine75.9%
    2. Health Professions21.7%
    3. Veterinary00.2%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Social Sciences43.5%
    2. Decision Sciences11.1%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.1%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.7%
    5. Psychology00.3%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.1%
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: 1.70× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.13× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemical Engineering: 3.78× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.89× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5.14× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.08× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 7.61× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.98× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 7.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 16 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science7.61×7 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences5.14×1 works
  3. Chemical Engineering3.78×0 works
  4. Energy3.08×0 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.13×2 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.70×1 works
  7. Decision Sciences0.98×0 works
  8. Computer Science0.89×1 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.59×0 works
  10. Medicine0.49×2 works
  11. Social Sciences0.39×1 works
  12. Engineering0.34×1 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.28×0 works
  14. Chemistry0.24×0 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.13×0 works
  16. Health Professions0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Texas Commission on Environmental Quality?

Ranked on the quality score, R. Nadkarni, Stanley O. Aniagu and Bright C. Dornblaser lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

  1. 1 R. Nadkarni United States · #1,503,458 worldwide 456 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Stanley O. Aniagu United States · #1,595,024 worldwide 975 citations · 32 works
  3. 3 Bright C. Dornblaser United States · #2,296,220 worldwide 495 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Mark Estes United States · #2,418,339 worldwide 975 citations · 64 works
  5. 5 Roberta L. Grant United States · #2,758,826 worldwide 955 citations · 51 works
  6. 6 Michael Honeycutt United States · #3,195,192 worldwide 712 citations · 33 works
  7. 7 George W. Bomar United States · #3,505,632 worldwide 158 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Joseph T. Haney United States · #4,328,904 worldwide 188 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Tina M. Petersen United States · #4,692,301 worldwide 109 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

What are the most cited papers from Texas Commission on Environmental Quality?

The most cited paper from Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is "Quantifying atmospheric methane emissions from the Haynesville, Fayetteville, and northeastern Marcellus shale gas production regions" (Jeff Peischl, Thomas B. Ryerson, K. C. Aikin et al., 2015), with 233 citations. Next come "Overview of the Second Texas Air Quality Study (TexAQS II) and the Gulf of Mexico Atmospheric Composition and Climate Study (GoMACCS)" (208) and "Quantifying Methane and Ethane Emissions to the Atmosphere From Central and Western U.S. Oil and Natural Gas Production Regions" (158).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Quantifying atmospheric methane emissions from the Haynesville, Fayetteville, and northeastern Marcellus shale gas production regions Jeff Peischl, Thomas B. Ryerson, K. C. Aikin et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres Open access 18 Feb 2015 233
2 Overview of the Second Texas Air Quality Study (TexAQS II) and the Gulf of Mexico Atmospheric Composition and Climate Study (GoMACCS) DAVID D. PARRISH, David T. Allen, T. S. Bates et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres Open access 16 Apr 2009 208
3 Quantifying Methane and Ethane Emissions to the Atmosphere From Central and Western U.S. Oil and Natural Gas Production Regions Jeff Peischl, Scott J. Eilerman, Jonathan A. Neuman et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres Open access 2 Jul 2018 158
4 Ozone production and its sensitivity to NO x and VOCs: results from the DISCOVER-AQ field experiment, Houston 2013 Gina M. Mazzuca, Xinrong Ren, Christopher P. Loughner et al. · Atmospheric chemistry and physics Open access 22 Nov 2016 158
5 Analysis of motor vehicle emissions in a Houston tunnel during the Texas Air Quality Study 2000 Gary McGaughey, Nimish R. Desai, David T. Allen et al. · Atmospheric Environment 10 Apr 2004 155
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Texas Commission on Environmental Quality?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Health Effects, Oxidative Stress, Particulate Matter, Mortality, Global Burden of Disease, Air Pollution, Exposure Assessment and Fine Particulate Air Pollution.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Health Effects17▲ 23×12 topics
  2. Oxidative Stress14▲ 6.0×11 topics
  3. Particulate Matter12▲ 84×2 topics
  4. Mortality11▲ 19×4 topics
  5. Global Burden of Disease11▲ 43×3 topics
  6. Air Pollution10▲ 76×2 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease10▲ 7.1×2 topics
  8. Exposure Assessment10▲ 104×1 topic
  9. Fine Particulate Air Pollution10▲ 104×1 topic
  10. Climate Change9▲ 2.9×31 topics
  11. Water Quality9▲ 17×9 topics
  12. Air Quality8▲ 36×3 topics
  13. Environmental Impact8▲ 5.0×17 topics
  14. Environmental Exposure8▲ 64×3 topics
  15. Toxicity8▲ 15×8 topics
  16. Atmospheric Aerosols7▲ 84×1 topic
  17. Black Carbon7▲ 84×1 topic
  18. Environmental Monitoring7▲ 18×5 topics
  19. Risk Assessment7▲ 9.1×5 topics
  20. Bioaccumulation6▲ 38×3 topics
  21. Biomonitoring6▲ 37×3 topics
  22. Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons5▲ 62×2 topics
  23. Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor5▲ 81×1 topic
  24. Brominated Flame Retardants5▲ 81×1 topic
  25. Comet Assay4▲ 78×1 topic
  26. Genotoxicity Testing4▲ 78×1 topic
  27. Satellite Observations4▲ 30×3 topics
  28. Heavy Metals4▲ 18×4 topics
  29. Emissions4▲ 15×3 topics
  30. Hydraulic Fracturing3▲ 23×2 topics
  31. Shale Gas3▲ 21×2 topics
  32. Atmospheric3▲ 47×1 topic
  33. Bisphenol A3▲ 72×1 topic
  34. Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals3▲ 72×1 topic
  35. Global Warming3▲ 7.5×7 topics
  36. Methane3▲ 47×1 topic
  37. Bioremediation3▲ 15×3 topics
  38. Environmental Health3▲ 25×2 topics
  39. Groundwater3▲ 24×3 topics
  40. IoT2▲ 9.6×2 topics

Which research topics does Texas Commission on Environmental Quality publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Air Quality and Health Impacts, Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics and Birth, Development, and Health.

Air Quality and Health I…1Air Quality and Health Impacts: 1 fractional worksAtmospheric chemistry and aerosols: 1 fractional worksAtmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics: 0 fractional worksBirth, Development, and Health: 0 fractional worksPotato Plant Research: 0 fractional worksHybrid Renewable Energy Systems: 0 fractional worksCloud Computing and Reso…0Cloud Computing and Resource Management: 0 fractional worksWater Quality and Pollution Assessment: 0 fractional worksWater Quality Monitoring Technologies: 0 fractional worksInformation Technology Governance and Strategy: 0 fractional works
Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisAtmospheric ScienceGlobal and Planetary ChangePediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health5 others

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

  1. 1 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 1 works
  2. 2 Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols Atmospheric Science 1 works
  3. 3 Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  4. 4 Birth, Development, and Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 0 works
  5. 5 Potato Plant Research Food Science 0 works
  6. 6 Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems Energy Engineering and Power Technology 0 works
  7. 7 Cloud Computing and Resource Management Information Systems 0 works
  8. 8 Water Quality and Pollution Assessment Water Science and Technology 0 works
  9. 9 Water Quality Monitoring Technologies Water Science and Technology 0 works
  10. 10 Information Technology Governance and Strategy Management Information Systems 0 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 available35.3%not open64.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.8%domestic only80.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Texas Commission on Environmental Quality's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 26% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Texas Commission on Environmental Quality as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000057% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%Texas Commission on Environmental Quality0.000030% in 202519801990200020102020

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