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Texas Department of Transportation

In research, Texas Department of Transportation stands highest in Engineering (#4,881 of 6,636 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#10,314 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Transportation and Civil and Structural Engineering — Transportation is 35.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,195
of 28,054 · #14,619 all time
Rank in United States
#2,151
of 4,192
Research works
1.4k
▲ 35% vs 2013–17
Citations
24k
17.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
21%
world 28%

What is Texas Department of Transportation 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
EngineeringField #4,881 of 6,636 11.4%101 #3769
Physical SciencesDomain #10,314 of 12,888 13.3%136 #9568

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Texas Department of Transportation 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).

What does Texas Department of Transportation specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Transportation takes 35.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. TransportationSubfield · 24.6 works36×
  2. Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield · 34.8 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: 0.37× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.23× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.09× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.26× its world share, 101 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.21× its world share, 23 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.65× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.66× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.13× its world share, 5 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.92× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.40× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.24× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.35× its world share, 35 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Texas Department of Transportation?

Ranked on the composite score, Cindy Estakhri, حسین میرزایی and David Schrank lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Texas Department of Transportation.

  1. 1 Cindy Estakhri United States · #243,648 worldwide 114 citations · 34 works
  2. 2 حسین میرزایی United States · #298,465 worldwide 0 citations · 35 works
  3. 3 David Schrank United States · #412,183 worldwide 68 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Tom Scullion United States · #645,431 worldwide 153 citations · 86 works
  5. 5 Dar Hao Chen United States · #688,086 worldwide 35 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Fujie Zhou United States · #776,671 worldwide 102 citations · 48 works
  7. 7 Cesar Quiroga United States · #791,086 worldwide 32 citations · 36 works
  8. 8 Kay Fitzpatrick United States · #795,553 worldwide 157 citations · 79 works
  9. 9 Andrew Wimsatt United States · #803,469 worldwide 32 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Feng Hong United States · #827,751 worldwide 33 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Texas Department of Transportation

Which keywords describe research at Texas Department of Transportation?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Driver Behavior, Deep Learning, Spatial Analysis, Injury Severity, Road Safety, Traffic Accidents, Risk Factors and Intelligent Transportation Systems.

▲ 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. Deep Learning24▲ 3.4×15 topics
  2. Driver Behavior18▲ 110×2 topics
  3. Risk Factors15▲ 6.4×4 topics
  4. Spatial Analysis14▲ 76×2 topics
  5. Injury Severity14▲ 84×2 topics
  6. Road Safety14▲ 169×1 topic
  7. Traffic Accidents14▲ 150×1 topic
  8. Intelligent Transportation Systems13▲ 43×4 topics
  9. Traffic Flow13▲ 58×2 topics
  10. Transportation12▲ 32×3 topics
  11. Physical Activity12▲ 12×3 topics
  12. Health Impact Assessment12▲ 68×2 topics
  13. Travel Behavior12▲ 61×2 topics
  14. Active Travel12▲ 82×1 topic
  15. Built Environment12▲ 82×1 topic
  16. Convolutional Neural Networks10▲ 6.7×3 topics
  17. Urban Traffic10▲ 41×3 topics
  18. Defect Detection10▲ 37×2 topics
  19. Life Cycle Assessment10▲ 18×5 topics
  20. Image Processing10▲ 11×2 topics
  21. Crack Detection10▲ 65×1 topic
  22. Pavement10▲ 65×1 topic
  23. Service Quality10▲ 17×2 topics
  24. User Satisfaction10▲ 23×2 topics
  25. Public Transport9▲ 77×1 topic
  26. Route Choice9▲ 80×1 topic
  27. Recycled Materials9▲ 39×2 topics
  28. Neural Networks9▲ 2.8×6 topics
  29. Environmental Impact9▲ 2.5×16 topics
  30. Rheology8▲ 21×2 topics
  31. Nanomaterials8▲ 3.7×2 topics
  32. Asphalt8▲ 118×1 topic
  33. Bitumen Modification8▲ 118×1 topic
  34. Short-Term Forecasting8▲ 26×1 topic
  35. Spatio-Temporal Data8▲ 58×1 topic
  36. Environmental Impacts8▲ 13×5 topics
  37. Autonomous Vehicles7▲ 15×4 topics
  38. Ridesharing5▲ 47×1 topic
  39. Shared Autonomous Vehicles5▲ 47×1 topic
  40. Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control5▲ 59×1 topic

Which research topics does Texas Department of Transportation publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Traffic and Road Safety, Urban Transport and Accessibility, Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring and Transportation Planning and Optimization.

Traffic and Road Safety: 14 fractional worksUrban Transport and Accessibility: 12 fractional worksInfrastructure Maintenan…10Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring: 10 fractional worksTransportation Planning …9Transportation Planning and Optimization: 9 fractional worksAsphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation: 8 fractional worksTraffic Prediction and Management Techniques: 8 fractional worksTransportation and Mobil…5Transportation and Mobility Innovations: 5 fractional worksTraffic control and management: 5 fractional worksHuman-Automation Interaction and Safety: 4 fractional worksTransportation Safety and Impact Analysis: 3 fractional works
Safety, Risk, Reliability and QualityTransportationCivil and Structural EngineeringBuilding and Construction3 others

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

  1. 1 Traffic and Road Safety Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 14 works
  2. 2 Urban Transport and Accessibility Transportation 12 works
  3. 3 Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring Civil and Structural Engineering 10 works
  4. 4 Transportation Planning and Optimization Transportation 9 works
  5. 5 Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation Civil and Structural Engineering 8 works
  6. 6 Traffic Prediction and Management Techniques Building and Construction 8 works
  7. 7 Transportation and Mobility Innovations Automotive Engineering 5 works
  8. 8 Traffic control and management Control and Systems Engineering 5 works
  9. 9 Human-Automation Interaction and Safety Social Psychology 4 works
  10. 10 Transportation Safety and Impact Analysis Civil and Structural Engineering 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 available21.1%not open78.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.8%domestic only86.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Texas Department of Transportation's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 35% 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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