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Texas Medical Center

In research, Texas Medical Center stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,409 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#1,239 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#4,797
of 22,385 · #2,149 all time
Rank in United States
#662
of 3,332
Research works
4.9k
▲ 9% vs 2018-21
Citations
192k
38.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.04×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
25%
world 40%
International
7%
world 18%
Texas Medical Center

What is Texas Medical Center known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #1,409 of 9,902 12.0%140 #1008
MedicineField #1,239 of 8,541 11.6%130 #871

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Texas Medical Center 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 Medical Center work in?

In 2022-now, 63% of research at Texas Medical Center is in Health Sciences, 21% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (58%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (12%), Social Sciences (6%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 160 fractional works · 62.6% of its workMedicine: 149 fractional works · 58.4% of its workSurgery: 24 fractional works · 9.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 12 fractional works · 4.8% of its workNeurology: 10 fractional works · 3.9% of its workOncology: 9 fractional works · 3.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 8 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEpidemiology: 8 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 8 fractional works · 3.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 7 fractional works · 2.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOphthalmology: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRheumatology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDermatology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransplantation: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 53 fractional works · 21.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 32 fractional works · 12.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 20 fractional works · 7.7% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 10 fractional works · 3.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 9 fractional works · 3.4% of its workImmunology: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 27 fractional works · 10.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 15 fractional works · 5.9% of its workHealth: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 15 fractional works · 6.0% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 2.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKTexas MedicalCenter255fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences21%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences63%Social Sciences10%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine14958.4%
    2. Health Professions83.0%
    3. Nursing20.9%
    4. Dentistry10.3%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3212.4%
    2. Neuroscience103.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology93.4%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences31.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
    1. Social Sciences155.9%
    2. Arts and Humanities41.6%
    3. Psychology31.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.8%
    5. Decision Sciences20.7%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    1. Engineering72.8%
    2. Computer Science52.1%
    3. Environmental Science10.3%
    4. Physics and Astronomy10.2%
    5. Chemistry00.2%
    6. Mathematics00.2%
    7. Materials Science00.2%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
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: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.33× its world share, 32 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.39× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.31× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.77× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.27× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.19× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.13× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.04× its world share, 149 worksMedicineNursing: 1.78× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.56× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.74× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.39× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 15 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology3.39×9 works
  2. Medicine3.04×149 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.33×32 works
  4. Neuroscience2.31×10 works
  5. Nursing1.78×2 works
  6. Health Professions1.13×8 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.77×1 works
  8. Decision Sciences0.74×2 works
  9. Dentistry0.63×1 works
  10. Veterinary0.56×0 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.56×4 works
  12. Social Sciences0.47×15 works
  13. Psychology0.39×3 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.36×2 works
  15. Computer Science0.27×5 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.23×3 works
  17. Engineering0.19×7 works
  18. Mathematics0.16×0 works
  19. Chemistry0.12×0 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.10×1 works
  21. Environmental Science0.07×1 works
  22. Materials Science0.05×0 works
  23. Business, Management and Accounting0.05×0 works
  24. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Texas Medical Center?

Ranked on the quality score, Amy Sisson, Lara Ouellette and Howard B. Cotler lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Texas Medical Center.

  1. 1 Amy Sisson United States · #701,573 worldwide 995 citations · 36 works
  2. 2 Lara Ouellette United States · #797,742 worldwide 482 citations · 41 works
  3. 3 Howard B. Cotler United States · #846,912 worldwide 2.4k citations · 39 works
  4. 4 Barbara E. Murray United States · #1,119,408 worldwide 2.9k citations · 29 works
  5. 5 Joseph N. Corrieré United States · #1,384,929 worldwide 3.7k citations · 117 works
  6. 6 Anna Steinberger United States · #1,485,679 worldwide 4.6k citations · 133 works
  7. 7 Mouer Wang United States · #1,668,804 worldwide 2.4k citations · 50 works
  8. 8 Charles R. Denham United States · #1,714,560 worldwide 4.4k citations · 91 works
  9. 9 William E. Walker United States · #1,873,029 worldwide 3.3k citations · 123 works
  10. 10 Winson Soo-Hoo United States · #1,893,290 worldwide 94 citations · 315 works
All ranked researchers at Texas Medical Center

What are the most cited papers from Texas Medical Center?

The most cited paper from Texas Medical Center is "Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)" (Daniel J. Klionsky et al., 2016), with 6,023 citations. Next come "An RNA-Sequencing Transcriptome and Splicing Database of Glia, Neurons, and Vascular Cells of the Cerebral Cortex" (5,474) and "Doppler Tissue Imaging: A Noninvasive Technique for Evaluation of Left Ventricular Relaxation and Estimation of Filling Pressures" (3,041).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) Daniel J. Klionsky et al. · Autophagy Open access2,467 authors 2 Jan 2016 6,023
2 An RNA-Sequencing Transcriptome and Splicing Database of Glia, Neurons, and Vascular Cells of the Cerebral Cortex Ye Zhang, Kenian Chen, Steven A. Sloan et al. · Journal of Neuroscience Open access 3 Sep 2014 5,474
3 Doppler Tissue Imaging: A Noninvasive Technique for Evaluation of Left Ventricular Relaxation and Estimation of Filling Pressures Sherif F. Nagueh, Katherine J. Middleton, Helen A. Kopelen et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology Open access Nov 1997 3,041
4 Towards Definition, Clinical and Laboratory Criteria, and a Scoring System for Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation Fletcher B. Taylor, Cheng‐Hock Toh, Keith W. Hoots et al. · Thrombosis and Haemostasis 2001 2,316
5 The revised Ghent nosology for the Marfan syndrome: Table 1 Bart Loeys, Harry C. Dietz, Alan C. Braverman et al. · Journal of Medical Genetics Open access 30 Jun 2010 2,253
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Texas Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, Risk Factors, Global Access, Health Behavior, COVID-19 Vaccine, Vaccine Hesitancy and Immunotherapy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology20▲ 1.95×87 topics
  2. Inflammation10▲ 1.78×54 topics
  3. Risk Factors9▲ 3.2×21 topics
  4. Pathogenesis8▲ 6.2×17 topics
  5. Treatment8▲ 2.4×33 topics
  6. Immunotherapy7▲ 4.0×14 topics
  7. Cancer7▲ 2.0×31 topics
  8. Social Media7▲ 2.0×7 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress7▲ 1.57×31 topics
  10. Neurological Disorders6▲ 4.2×14 topics
  11. Chemotherapy6▲ 3.3×20 topics
  12. Guidelines6▲ 5.0×11 topics
  13. Diagnosis6▲ 2.4×24 topics
  14. Global Access6▲ 26×2 topics
  15. Health Behavior6▲ 22×2 topics
  16. COVID-19 Vaccine5▲ 30×1 topic
  17. Vaccine Hesitancy5▲ 33×1 topic
  18. Cardiovascular Disease5▲ 1.82×25 topics
  19. Heart Failure5▲ 4.4×8 topics
  20. Diabetes5▲ 3.7×10 topics
  21. Genetic Mutations5▲ 4.1×17 topics
  22. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention4▲ 13×4 topics
  23. Vaccine4▲ 4.3×9 topics
  24. Atherosclerosis4▲ 5.9×9 topics
  25. Echocardiography4▲ 6.0×8 topics
  26. Revascularization4▲ 11×3 topics
  27. Radiotherapy4▲ 4.0×9 topics
  28. Myocardial Infarction4▲ 6.5×6 topics
  29. Prognostic Factors4▲ 3.5×11 topics
  30. Neuroimaging4▲ 5.3×9 topics
  31. Neuroprotection4▲ 4.2×9 topics
  32. Prognosis4▲ 4.2×9 topics
  33. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation3▲ 17×2 topics
  34. Thrombosis3▲ 4.9×6 topics
  35. Immunosuppressive Therapy3▲ 6.0×5 topics
  36. Cardiogenic Shock3▲ 22×1 topic
  37. Ischemic Stroke3▲ 7.1×4 topics
  38. Left Ventricular Assist Device3▲ 22×1 topic
  39. Angioplasty3▲ 17×2 topics
  40. Endovascular Repair3▲ 12×3 topics

Which research topics does Texas Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy, Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices, Peripheral Artery Disease Management and Historical Medical Research and Treatments.

Vaccine Coverage and Hes…5Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 5 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 3 fractional worksPeripheral Artery Disease Management: 2 fractional worksHistorical Medical Research and Treatments: 2 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Management: 2 fractional worksStroke Rehabilitation an…2Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 2 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 2 fractional worksCerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis: 2 fractional worksTransplantation: Methods…2Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes: 2 fractional works
HealthBiomedical EngineeringSurgeryRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging4 others

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

  1. 1 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 5 works
  2. 2 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 3 works
  3. 3 Peripheral Artery Disease Management Surgery 2 works
  4. 4 Historical Medical Research and Treatments Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  5. 5 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 2 works
  6. 6 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 2 works
  7. 7 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 2 works
  8. 8 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis Neurology 2 works
  10. 10 Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes Surgery 2 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 available25.2%not open74.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.2%domestic only92.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Texas Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 9% 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 Medical Center as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00072% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Texas Medical Center0.0011% in 202519801990200020102020

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

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%Texas Medical Center12.2% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.8% in 2009.

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