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Texas Tech University System

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Research works
52
▲ 205% vs 2018-21
Citations
332
6.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
44%
world 40%
International
7%
world 18%
Texas Tech University System

Not ranked overall: Texas Tech University System is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Texas Tech University System work in?

In 2022-now, 40% of research at Texas Tech University System is in Health Sciences, 31% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (33%), Social Sciences (18%), Engineering (17%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 13 fractional works · 40.1% of its workMedicine: 11 fractional works · 33.5% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 8.8% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 5.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 4.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 31.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 18.3% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 7.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 4.6% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 7.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 9 fractional works · 26.5% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 17.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 7.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 5.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKTexas TechUniversity System33fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences26%Health Sciences40%Social Sciences31%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine1133.5%
    2. Health Professions25.3%
    3. Nursing01.3%
    1. Social Sciences618.3%
    2. Psychology27.0%
    3. Arts and Humanities14.1%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance01.5%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.3%
    1. Engineering617.2%
    2. Environmental Science13.6%
    3. Computer Science12.1%
    4. Physics and Astronomy11.8%
    5. Chemical Engineering00.8%
    6. Chemistry00.8%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences01.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
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: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.19× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.15× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.80× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.02× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.74× its world share, 11 worksMedicineNursing: 2.61× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.42× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.72× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.28× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.44× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 2.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing2.61×0 works
  2. Psychology2.28×2 works
  3. Chemical Engineering2.19×0 works
  4. Health Professions2.02×2 works
  5. Medicine1.74×11 works
  6. Social Sciences1.44×6 works
  7. Arts and Humanities1.42×1 works
  8. Engineering1.15×6 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy0.80×1 works
  10. Environmental Science0.72×1 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.72×0 works
  12. Chemistry0.49×0 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.48×0 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.34×0 works
  15. Computer Science0.27×1 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.22×0 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.16×0 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.13×0 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.11×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Texas Tech University System?

The most cited paper from Texas Tech University System is "Lycopene Inhibits the Growth of Human Androgen-Independent Prostate Cancer Cells In Vitro and in BALB/c Nude Mice" (Lili Tang, Taiyi Jin, Xiangbin Zeng et al., 2005), with 171 citations. Next come "Quantification of Aflatoxin-B1-N7-Guanine in Human Urine by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography and Isotope Dilution Tandem Mass Spectrometry1" (100) and "Small human islets comprised of moreβ-cells with higher insulin content than large islets" (76).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Lycopene Inhibits the Growth of Human Androgen-Independent Prostate Cancer Cells In Vitro and in BALB/c Nude Mice Lili Tang, Taiyi Jin, Xiangbin Zeng et al. · Journal of Nutrition Open access Feb 2005 171
2 Quantification of Aflatoxin-B1-N7-Guanine in Human Urine by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography and Isotope Dilution Tandem Mass Spectrometry1 Patricia A. Egner, John D. Groopman, Jia-Sheng Wang et al. · Chemical Research in Toxicology 11 Aug 2006 100
3 Small human islets comprised of moreβ-cells with higher insulin content than large islets Bilal Farhat, Akshay Almelkar, Karthik Ramachandran et al. · Islets Open access Mar 2013 76
4 Identification of QTLs for pod and kernel traits in cultivated peanut by bulked segregant analysis Michael Gomez Selvaraj, Manivannan Narayana, A. M. Schubert et al. · TSpace (University of Toronto) Open access 15 Apr 2009 68
5 The Flaws and Future of Islet Volume Measurements Han-Hung Huang, Stephen Harrington, Lisa Stehno‐Bittel · Cell Transplantation Open access 28 Jun 2018 58
All 67 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Texas Tech University System?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Chronic Kidney Disease, Treatment, High-Order Schemes, Turbulence Modeling, Air Quality, Metabolic Syndrome and Renal Function.

▲ 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 21 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology3▲ 2.5×11 topics
  2. Treatment2▲ 4.5×5 topics
  3. Chronic Kidney Disease2▲ 19×5 topics
  4. Inflammation2▲ 2.1×5 topics
  5. High-Order Schemes1▲ 66×1 topic
  6. Metabolic Syndrome1▲ 5.1×3 topics
  7. Turbulence Modeling1▲ 104×1 topic
  8. Air Quality1▲ 19×2 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease1▲ 2.8×5 topics
  10. Climate Change1▲ 1.22×2 topics
  11. Diagnosis1▲ 3.8×4 topics
  12. Management1▲ 4.2×3 topics
  13. Renal Function1▲ 34×2 topics
  14. Alternative Fuels1▲ 79×1 topic
  15. Aviation1▲ 124×1 topic
  16. Colonic Diverticulitis1▲ 167×1 topic
  17. Decellularization1▲ 92×1 topic
  18. Diverticulitis1▲ 167×1 topic
  19. Extracellular Matrix1▲ 17×1 topic
  20. Psychiatric Disorders1▲ 23×2 topics
  21. Social Media1▲ 2.2×4 topics

Which research topics does Texas Tech University System publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Diverticular Disease and Complications and Advanced Aircraft Design and Technologies.

Computational Fluid Dyna…1Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics: 1 fractional worksTissue Engineering and R…1Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine: 1 fractional worksDiverticular Disease and…1Diverticular Disease and Complications: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Aircraft Design…1Advanced Aircraft Design and Technologies: 1 fractional worksDiet and metabolism studies: 1 fractional worksRenal function and acid-base balance: 1 fractional worksSubstance Abuse Treatmen…1Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 1 fractional worksFluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis: 0 fractional worksLiver Diseases and Immunity: 0 fractional worksImpact of Technology on Adolescents: 0 fractional works
Computational MechanicsSurgeryGlobal and Planetary ChangePhysiology4 others

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

  1. 1 Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics Computational Mechanics 1 works
  2. 2 Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Surgery 1 works
  3. 3 Diverticular Disease and Complications Surgery 1 works
  4. 4 Advanced Aircraft Design and Technologies Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  5. 5 Diet and metabolism studies Physiology 1 works
  6. 6 Renal function and acid-base balance Nephrology 1 works
  7. 7 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 1 works
  8. 8 Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis Computational Mechanics 0 works
  9. 9 Liver Diseases and Immunity Hepatology 0 works
  10. 10 Impact of Technology on Adolescents Sociology and Political Science 0 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 available44.2%not open55.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.4%domestic only92.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Texas Tech University System's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 205% 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 Tech University System as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00012% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%Texas Tech University System0.00014% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Texas Tech University System over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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