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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

In research, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center stands highest in Health Sciences (#669 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#613 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,029 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Emergency Medicine — Emergency Medicine is 5.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,073
of 28,054 · #2,545 all time
Rank in United States
#319
of 4,192
Research works
8.9k
▲ 31% vs 2013–17
Citations
176k
19.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

What is Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center 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
Health SciencesDomain #669 of 11,982 10.5%1,411 #898
MedicineField #613 of 10,443 10.3%1,281 #1000
Life SciencesDomain #1,029 of 7,800 16.1%332 #1210
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,310 of 3,579 14.8%202 #1228
SurgerySubfield #666 of 1,816 8.8%190 #936
Social SciencesDomain #5,714 of 10,521 11.1%223 #4254
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,219 of 2,175 16.0%114 #1088
EpidemiologySubfield #618 of 976 10.0%109 #990
PhysiologySubfield #350 of 548 21.8%65 #535
Health ProfessionsField #1,339 of 1,928 10.3%94 #1220

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 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. Health Sciences#898 #669
  2. Medicine#1,000 #613
  3. Life Sciences#1,210 #1,029
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,228 #1,310
  5. Surgery#936 #666
  6. Social Sciences#4,254 #5,714
  7. Molecular Biology#1,088 #1,219
  8. Epidemiology#990 #618
  9. Physiology#535 #350
  10. Health Professions#1,220 #1,339
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.

What does Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Emergency Medicine takes 5.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Emergency MedicineSubfield · 29.4 works5.9×
← 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: 0.19× its world share, 19 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.85× its world share, 202 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.01× its world share, 42 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.71× its world share, 57 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.74× its world share, 13 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.30× its world share, 10 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 15 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 28 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.16× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.75× its world share, 8 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.74× its world share, 94 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.25× its world share, 1,281 worksMedicineNursing: 2.04× its world share, 20 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.70× its world share, 8 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.20× its world share, 12 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.36× its world share, 16 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.68× its world share, 105 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 75 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.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Donald E. Wesson, Phillip S. Sizer and Steven F. Sawyer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.

  1. 1 Donald E. Wesson · #183,636 worldwide 146 citations · 32 works
  2. 2 Phillip S. Sizer · #237,640 worldwide 73 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Steven F. Sawyer · #262,176 worldwide 265 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 James E. Heavner · #289,124 worldwide 93 citations · 38 works
  5. 5 V. Daniel Castracane · #439,528 worldwide 137 citations · 40 works
  6. 6 Gilbert Berdine · #553,086 worldwide 43 citations · 39 works
  7. 7 Kenneth Nugent · #598,369 worldwide 91 citations · 79 works
  8. 8 Ebtesam Islam · #783,359 worldwide 22 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Sameer Islam · #794,329 worldwide 27 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Hawa Edriss · #872,423 worldwide 9 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

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

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Diagnosis, Inflammation, 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 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology256▲ 3.1×130 topics
  2. Inflammation113▲ 2.6×81 topics
  3. Treatment103▲ 4.2×49 topics
  4. Diagnosis86▲ 4.5×41 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress86▲ 2.6×56 topics
  6. Risk Factors85▲ 3.8×34 topics
  7. Quality of Life74▲ 2.5×52 topics
  8. Mental Health73▲ 2.4×36 topics
  9. Depression68▲ 3.8×24 topics
  10. Cancer62▲ 2.2×50 topics
  11. Public Health59▲ 1.98×50 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Disease54▲ 2.4×36 topics
  13. Management52▲ 3.2×29 topics
  14. Metabolic Syndrome51▲ 3.1×22 topics
  15. Guidelines46▲ 4.8×13 topics
  16. Complications46▲ 4.4×17 topics
  17. Neurological Disorders45▲ 3.9×20 topics
  18. Clinical Trials44▲ 3.2×19 topics
  19. Immunotherapy44▲ 3.0×18 topics
  20. Obesity43▲ 2.8×25 topics
  21. Chemotherapy39▲ 2.7×25 topics
  22. Clinical Practice Guidelines37▲ 3.4×14 topics
  23. Genetics37▲ 2.6×23 topics
  24. Biomarkers37▲ 2.6×18 topics
  25. Mortality37▲ 3.1×13 topics
  26. Diabetes36▲ 3.6×22 topics
  27. Neuroinflammation32▲ 5.4×6 topics
  28. Heart Failure32▲ 3.6×13 topics
  29. Genetic Mutations32▲ 3.6×23 topics
  30. Surgical Management31▲ 3.6×20 topics
  31. Prevalence30▲ 3.6×15 topics
  32. Neuroprotection30▲ 4.1×17 topics
  33. Pathophysiology29▲ 4.8×11 topics
  34. Cognitive Therapy28▲ 13×4 topics
  35. Neuroscience26▲ 4.3×11 topics
  36. Neuroimaging26▲ 4.6×11 topics
  37. Psychiatry20▲ 42×4 topics
  38. Psychoanalysis20▲ 12×3 topics
  39. Adolescence20▲ 21×3 topics
  40. Emotions20▲ 21×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Psychological Treatments and Disorders, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, Aging, Health, and Disability and Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research.

Psychological Treatments…19Psychological Treatments and Disorders: 19 fractional worksAlzheimer's disease rese…12Alzheimer's disease research and treatments: 12 fractional worksAging, Health, and Disability: 11 fractional worksCannabis and Cannabinoid Research: 10 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism D…9Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 9 fractional worksDiet and metabolism studies: 9 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 9 fractional worksAttention Deficit Hypera…9Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: 9 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 9 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 9 fractional works
Clinical PsychologyPhysiologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthPharmacology5 others

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

  1. 1 Psychological Treatments and DisordersClinical Psychology 19 works
  2. 2 Alzheimer's disease research and treatmentsPhysiology 12 works
  3. 3 Aging, Health, and DisabilityPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 11 works
  4. 4 Cannabis and Cannabinoid ResearchPharmacology 10 works
  5. 5 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and ManagementInternal Medicine 9 works
  6. 6 Diet and metabolism studiesPhysiology 9 works
  7. 7 Atrial Fibrillation Management and OutcomesCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 9 works
  8. 8 Attention Deficit Hyperactivity DisorderPsychiatry and Mental health 9 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 and healthcare impactsOncology 9 works
  10. 10 Liver Disease Diagnosis and TreatmentEpidemiology 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 31% 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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