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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

In research, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center stands highest in Medicine (#2,199 of 8,541 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,638 of 9,902 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#3,595 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Emergency Medicine (Emergency Medicine is 5.7× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#6,400
of 22,385 · #4,013 all time
Rank in United States
#847
of 3,332
Research works
8.9k
▲ 25% vs 2018-21
Citations
176k
19.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.81×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
41%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

What is Texas Tech University Health Sciences 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
MedicineField #2,199 of 8,541 8.4%1,281 #2072
Health SciencesDomain #2,638 of 9,902 8.4%1,411 #2414
Life SciencesDomain #3,595 of 6,403 10.0%332 #1995
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,700 of 2,964 9.4%202 #1421
SurgerySubfield #974 of 1,532 7.9%190 #1411
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,318 of 1,880 9.6%114 #1345
EpidemiologySubfield #674 of 927 7.9%109 #1165
PsychologyField #1,705 of 2,121 13.5%105 #2290
PhysiologySubfield #480 of 587 13.3%65 #811
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #857 of 1,037 6.9%100 #1274

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Texas Tech University Health Sciences 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 of those standings moved

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

  1. Medicine#2,072 #2,199
  2. Health Sciences#2,414 #2,638
  3. Life Sciences#1,995 #3,595
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,421 #1,700
  5. Surgery#1,411 #974
  6. Molecular Biology#1,345 #1,318
  7. Epidemiology#1,165 #674
  8. Psychology#2,290 #1,705
  9. Physiology#811 #480
  10. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#1,274 #857
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center work in?

In 2022-now, 69% of research at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center is in Health Sciences, 16% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (63%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (10%), Psychology (5%). It does 3.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 1,565 fractional works · 68.8% of its workMedicine: 1,423 fractional works · 62.6% of its workSurgery: 212 fractional works · 9.3% of its workEpidemiology: 122 fractional works · 5.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 111 fractional works · 4.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 97 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 89 fractional works · 3.9% of its workOncology: 89 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPhysiology: 71 fractional works · 3.1% of its workNeurology: 51 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 47 fractional works · 2.1% of its workRheumatology: 40 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 38 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 33 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPharmacology: 32 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 32 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 32 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 30 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 29 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDermatology: 26 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHematology: 25 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 20 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHepatology: 18 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGastroenterology: 18 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRehabilitation: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNephrology: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReproductive Medicine: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOphthalmology: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInternal Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 102 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 59 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacy: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 24 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 374 fractional works · 16.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 225 fractional works · 9.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 126 fractional works · 5.6% of its workGenetics: 33 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCancer Research: 24 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCell Biology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 65 fractional works · 2.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 22 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 46 fractional works · 2.0% of its workImmunology: 32 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMicrobiology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 23 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPlant Science: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workToxicology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 242 fractional works · 10.6% of its workPsychology: 112 fractional works · 4.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 69 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 18 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 83 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEducation: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 93 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEngineering: 31 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 23 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKTexas TechUniversity Healt…2,274fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences16%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences69%Social Sciences11%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Sciences1,56568.8%
    1. Medicine1,42362.6%
    2. Health Professions1024.5%
    3. Nursing241.1%
    4. Veterinary80.4%
    5. Dentistry80.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2259.9%
    2. Neuroscience652.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology462.0%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences231.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics150.6%
    1. Psychology1124.9%
    2. Social Sciences833.6%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance170.7%
    4. Arts and Humanities120.5%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting90.4%
    6. Decision Sciences80.4%
    1. Engineering311.4%
    2. Environmental Science170.8%
    3. Computer Science170.8%
    4. Chemistry100.5%
    5. Materials Science70.3%
    6. Mathematics40.2%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences30.1%
    8. Physics and Astronomy20.1%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    10. Energy00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Emergency Medicine takes 5.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Emergency MedicineSubfield · 31.6 works5.7×
← 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: 0.21× its world share, 23 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.86× its world share, 225 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.03× its world share, 46 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.76× its world share, 65 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.82× its world share, 15 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.29× its world share, 10 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 17 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 31 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 17 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.71× its world share, 8 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.70× its world share, 102 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.25× its world share, 1,423 worksMedicineNursing: 2.15× its world share, 24 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.64× its world share, 8 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.19× its world share, 12 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.35× its world share, 17 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.62× its world share, 112 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 83 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.25×1,423 works
  2. Veterinary2.64×8 works
  3. Nursing2.15×24 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology2.03×46 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.86×225 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.82×15 works
  7. Neuroscience1.76×65 works
  8. Health Professions1.70×102 works
  9. Psychology1.62×112 works
  10. Dentistry0.71×8 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.38×8 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.35×17 works
  13. Chemistry0.29×10 works
  14. Social Sciences0.29×83 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.21×23 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.19×12 works
  17. Mathematics0.17×4 works
  18. Environmental Science0.15×17 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.12×9 works
  20. Computer Science0.10×17 works
  21. Engineering0.09×31 works
  22. Materials Science0.09×7 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.08×3 works
  24. Chemical Engineering0.06×0 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.04×2 works
  26. Energy0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center?

Ranked on the quality score, C. Patrick Reynolds, Sanjay Kumar Srivastava and Eric J. MacLaughlin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.

  1. 1 C. Patrick Reynolds United States · #133,014 worldwide 29k citations · 572 works
  2. 2 Sanjay Kumar Srivastava United States · #286,056 worldwide 20k citations · 578 works
  3. 3 Eric J. MacLaughlin United States · #375,188 worldwide 24k citations · 76 works
  4. 4 Arubala P. Reddy United States · #500,159 worldwide 6.6k citations · 127 works
  5. 5 Lisa A. Campbell United States · #505,908 worldwide 2.3k citations · 55 works
  6. 6 Sandesh Subramanya United States · #532,726 worldwide 1.2k citations · 73 works
  7. 7 Haoquan Wu United States · #700,100 worldwide 4.6k citations · 39 works
  8. 8 Michel Shami United States · #771,877 worldwide 791 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Sathish Sivaprakasam United States · #844,037 worldwide 5k citations · 66 works
  10. 10 Duke Appiah United States · #904,916 worldwide 2k citations · 137 works
All ranked researchers at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

What are the most cited papers from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center?

The most cited paper from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center is "Mortality In Sickle Cell Disease -- Life Expectancy and Risk Factors for Early Death" (Orah S. Platt, Donald J. Brambilla, Wendell F. Rosse et al., 1994), with 3,370 citations. Next come "Genetic meta-analysis of diagnosed Alzheimer’s disease identifies new risk loci and implicates Aβ, tau, immunity and lipid processing" (3,277) and "International Consensus Classification of Myeloid Neoplasms and Acute Leukemias: integrating morphologic, clinical, and genomic data" (2,906).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Mortality In Sickle Cell Disease -- Life Expectancy and Risk Factors for Early Death Orah S. Platt, Donald J. Brambilla, Wendell F. Rosse et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 9 Jun 1994 3,370
2 Genetic meta-analysis of diagnosed Alzheimer’s disease identifies new risk loci and implicates Aβ, tau, immunity and lipid processing Brian W. Kunkle et al. · Nature Genetics ReviewOpen access469 authors 28 Feb 2019 3,277
3 International Consensus Classification of Myeloid Neoplasms and Acute Leukemias: integrating morphologic, clinical, and genomic data Daniel A. Arber et al. · Blood Open access 29 Jun 2022 2,906
4 Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition) 1 Daniel J. Klionsky et al. · Autophagy Open access2,930 authors 2 Jan 2021 2,743
5 New insights into the genetic etiology of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias Céline Bellenguez et al. · Nature Genetics Open access1,266 authors Apr 2022 2,608
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Inflammation, Diagnosis, Risk Factors, Oxidative Stress, Depression and Quality of Life.

▲ 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. Epidemiology281▲ 3.1×132 topics
  2. Inflammation127▲ 2.6×81 topics
  3. Treatment112▲ 4.0×49 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress96▲ 2.6×59 topics
  5. Diagnosis94▲ 4.4×41 topics
  6. Risk Factors93▲ 3.7×34 topics
  7. Quality of Life79▲ 2.4×53 topics
  8. Mental Health78▲ 2.4×36 topics
  9. Depression74▲ 3.7×24 topics
  10. Cancer69▲ 2.2×51 topics
  11. Public Health66▲ 1.98×55 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Disease64▲ 2.5×36 topics
  13. Metabolic Syndrome58▲ 3.1×22 topics
  14. Management57▲ 3.2×30 topics
  15. Guidelines53▲ 5.0×13 topics
  16. Complications50▲ 4.4×17 topics
  17. Immunotherapy50▲ 3.0×19 topics
  18. Neurological Disorders49▲ 3.8×20 topics
  19. Obesity49▲ 2.8×25 topics
  20. Clinical Trials49▲ 3.2×19 topics
  21. Chemotherapy46▲ 2.8×25 topics
  22. Biomarkers42▲ 2.7×18 topics
  23. Diabetes42▲ 3.7×22 topics
  24. Clinical Practice Guidelines41▲ 3.2×14 topics
  25. Genetics40▲ 2.5×23 topics
  26. Mortality40▲ 3.1×13 topics
  27. Heart Failure38▲ 3.7×13 topics
  28. Neuroinflammation36▲ 5.5×6 topics
  29. Genetic Mutations35▲ 3.5×23 topics
  30. Surgical Management34▲ 3.7×20 topics
  31. Pathophysiology34▲ 5.1×11 topics
  32. Neuroprotection32▲ 3.9×17 topics
  33. Prevalence30▲ 3.3×15 topics
  34. Rehabilitation30▲ 3.4×12 topics
  35. Surgery30▲ 3.7×11 topics
  36. Cognitive Therapy29▲ 11×4 topics
  37. Neuroimaging28▲ 4.5×11 topics
  38. Psychiatry20▲ 37×4 topics
  39. Adolescence20▲ 20×3 topics
  40. Psychoanalysis20▲ 11×3 topics

Which research topics does Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Psychological Treatments and Disorders, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, Aging, Health, and Disability and Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research.

  1. 1 Psychological Treatments and Disorders Clinical Psychology 19 works
  2. 2 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 13 works
  3. 3 Aging, Health, and Disability Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 11 works
  4. 4 Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research Pharmacology 10 works
  5. 5 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 10 works
  6. 6 Diet and metabolism studies Physiology 10 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 10 works
  8. 8 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 10 works
  9. 9 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 9 works
  10. 10 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 9 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 available41.3%not open58.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.6%domestic only89.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 25% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Tech University Health Sciences Center as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.012% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center0.0075% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Texas Tech University Health Sciences 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center9.5% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.2% in 2011.

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