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Texas Southern University

In research, Texas Southern University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#9,586 of 12,888 worldwide), Social Sciences (#7,837 of 10,521 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#9,337 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,236
of 28,054 · #13,200 all time
Rank in United States
#1,376
of 4,192
Research works
2.3k
▼ 10% vs 2013–17
Citations
31k
13.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is Texas Southern University 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
Physical SciencesDomain #9,586 of 12,888 14.5%99 #10763
Social SciencesDomain #7,837 of 10,521 14.9%93 #8193
Health SciencesDomain #9,337 of 11,982 10.9%74 #11993
MedicineField #8,383 of 10,443 10.0%62 #11182

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Texas Southern University 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#10,763 #9,586
  2. Social Sciences#8,193 #7,837
  3. Health Sciences#11,993 #9,337
  4. Medicine#11,182 #8,383
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

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: 0.49× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.73× its world share, 29 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.58× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.10× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5.69× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.06× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.20× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.99× its world share, 24 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.80× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.80× its world share, 38 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.90× its world share, 14 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.44× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.64× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.74× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.18× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.01× its world share, 62 worksMedicineNursing: 1.37× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.90× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.64× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.11× its world share, 11 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.96× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.91× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.05× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.41× its world share, 56 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 5.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Texas Southern University?

Ranked on the composite score, Robert D. Bullard, Dong Liang and Gregory H. Maddox lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Texas Southern University.

  1. 1 Robert D. Bullard United States · #19,736 worldwide 544 citations · 42 works
  2. 2 Dong Liang United States · #169,736 worldwide 156 citations · 31 works
  3. 3 Gregory H. Maddox United States · #230,690 worldwide 79 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 S. Srinivasan United States · #287,339 worldwide 130 citations · 42 works
  5. 5 Mahmoud A. Saleh United States · #372,424 worldwide 102 citations · 28 works
  6. 6 Xuemin Chen United States · #513,262 worldwide 154 citations · 81 works
  7. 7 Ruthe Winegarten United States · #562,465 worldwide 0 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Lei Yu United States · #845,214 worldwide 148 citations · 74 works
  9. 9 Bernard W. Downs United States · #888,250 worldwide 26 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Cary D. Wintz United States · #917,667 worldwide 5 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Texas Southern University

Which keywords describe research at Texas Southern University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Oxidative Stress, Inflammation, Pharmacokinetics, Cancer Therapy, Antioxidant, Particulate Matter, Health Effects and Neighborhood Effects.

▲ 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. Inflammation16▲ 2.4×46 topics
  2. Oxidative Stress15▲ 2.9×38 topics
  3. Epidemiology11▼ 0.86×40 topics
  4. Machine Learning10◆ 1.02×21 topics
  5. Cancer8▲ 1.94×26 topics
  6. Mental Health8▲ 1.73×19 topics
  7. Antioxidant8▲ 3.6×26 topics
  8. Cancer Therapy8▲ 4.3×14 topics
  9. Pharmacokinetics8▲ 9.3×11 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease7▲ 2.0×19 topics
  11. Health Effects7▲ 3.6×12 topics
  12. Risk Factors6▲ 1.84×14 topics
  13. Particulate Matter5▲ 11×2 topics
  14. Regulation5▲ 2.9×11 topics
  15. Metabolism5▲ 2.9×18 topics
  16. Neighborhood Effects5▲ 13×3 topics
  17. Global Burden of Disease4▲ 5.4×4 topics
  18. Democracy4▲ 3.7×6 topics
  19. Intelligent Transportation Systems4▲ 8.5×4 topics
  20. Public Opinion4▲ 10×4 topics
  21. Hypertension4▲ 4.2×11 topics
  22. Medicinal Chemistry4▲ 4.4×3 topics
  23. Mutation4▲ 6.5×2 topics
  24. Youth Violence4▲ 27×3 topics
  25. Immune System4▲ 4.9×6 topics
  26. Air Pollution4▲ 9.0×1 topic
  27. Fine Particulate Air Pollution4▲ 12×1 topic
  28. Molecular Docking4▲ 8.8×2 topics
  29. Neuroprotective4▲ 7.3×7 topics
  30. Drug Target Identification3▲ 11×1 topic
  31. Racial Disparities3▲ 21×3 topics
  32. User Satisfaction3▲ 5.4×3 topics
  33. Virtual Screening3▲ 11×1 topic
  34. Criminal Behavior3▲ 23×2 topics
  35. Tumor Suppression3▲ 13×2 topics
  36. Traffic Flow3▲ 8.7×2 topics
  37. Fuel Consumption3▲ 11×2 topics
  38. Instructional Design3▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Eco-Driving3▲ 16×1 topic
  40. Travel Behavior3▲ 8.9×2 topics

Which research topics does Texas Southern University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Air Quality and Health Impacts, Computational Drug Discovery Methods, Vehicle emissions and performance and Crime Patterns and Interventions.

Air Quality and Health I…4Air Quality and Health Impacts: 4 fractional worksComputational Drug Disco…3Computational Drug Discovery Methods: 3 fractional worksVehicle emissions and performance: 3 fractional worksCrime Patterns and Interventions: 2 fractional worksTransportation Planning and Optimization: 2 fractional worksCancer-related Molecular Pathways: 2 fractional worksElectoral Systems and Political Participation: 2 fractional worksGlaucoma and retinal dis…2Glaucoma and retinal disorders: 2 fractional worksInflammatory mediators and NSAID effects: 2 fractional worksAir Quality Monitoring and Forecasting: 2 fractional works
Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisComputational Theory and MathematicsAutomotive EngineeringSociology and Political Science6 others

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

  1. 1 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 4 works
  2. 2 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 3 works
  3. 3 Vehicle emissions and performance Automotive Engineering 3 works
  4. 4 Crime Patterns and Interventions Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  5. 5 Transportation Planning and Optimization Transportation 2 works
  6. 6 Cancer-related Molecular Pathways Oncology 2 works
  7. 7 Electoral Systems and Political Participation Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  8. 8 Glaucoma and retinal disorders Ophthalmology 2 works
  9. 9 Inflammatory mediators and NSAID effects Pharmacology 2 works
  10. 10 Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting Environmental Engineering 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 available36.3%not open63.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.7%domestic only85.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Texas Southern University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 10% 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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