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The University of Texas at San Antonio

In research, The University of Texas at San Antonio stands highest in Health Sciences (#629 of 11,982 worldwide), Social Sciences (#740 of 10,521 worldwide) and Health Professions (#137 of 1,928 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Linguistics and Language, Statistics and Probability and Safety Research — Linguistics and Language is 5.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#996
of 28,054 · #896 all time
Rank in United States
#175
of 4,192
Research works
21k
▲ 14% vs 2013–17
Citations
488k
23.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

What is The University of Texas at San Antonio 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 #629 of 11,982 20.0%629 #1104
Social SciencesDomain #740 of 10,521 28.2%1,041 #552
Health ProfessionsField #137 of 1,928 26.3%108 #698
Physical SciencesDomain #1,082 of 12,888 20.5%1,552 #820
Social SciencesField #718 of 6,365 31.2%494 #425
Computer ScienceField #546 of 4,667 30.8%449 #335
MedicineField #1,263 of 10,443 17.9%495 #1308
Life SciencesDomain #1,338 of 7,800 15.7%359 #1271
EngineeringField #1,199 of 6,636 16.0%540 #976
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #545 of 2,578 35.4%158 #381

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where The University of Texas at San Antonio 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#1,104 #629
  2. Social Sciences#552 #740
  3. Health Professions#698 #137
  4. Physical Sciences#820 #1,082
  5. Social Sciences#425 #718
  6. Computer Science#335 #546
  7. Medicine#1,308 #1,263
  8. Life Sciences#1,271 #1,338
  9. Engineering#976 #1,199
  10. Sociology and Political Science#381 #545
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 The University of Texas at San Antonio specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Linguistics and Language takes 5.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Linguistics and LanguageSubfield · 21.3 works5.2×
  2. Statistics and ProbabilitySubfield · 27.7 works3.6×
  3. Safety ResearchSubfield · 28.6 works2.9×
← 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: 0.29× its world share, 49 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.89× its world share, 171 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.90× its world share, 32 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.65× its world share, 96 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.88× its world share, 11 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.18× its world share, 15 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.63× its world share, 92 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.61× its world share, 449 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.04× its world share, 59 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.45× its world share, 15 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.01× its world share, 540 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.74× its world share, 131 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.76× its world share, 95 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.63× its world share, 69 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.13× its world share, 90 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.73× its world share, 13 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.15× its world share, 108 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.72× its world share, 495 worksMedicineNursing: 0.61× its world share, 11 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.05× its world share, 109 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.84× its world share, 97 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.33× its world share, 46 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.97× its world share, 74 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.03× its world share, 221 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.09× its world share, 494 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 2.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at The University of Texas at San Antonio?

Ranked on the composite score, Yongcan Cao, Kim‐Kwang Raymond Choo and Ravi Sandhu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is The University of Texas at San Antonio.

  1. 1 Yongcan Cao United States · #10,964 worldwide 981 citations · 53 works
  2. 2 Kim‐Kwang Raymond Choo United States · #19,261 worldwide 3.8k citations · 382 works
  3. 3 Ravi Sandhu United States · #23,014 worldwide 1.3k citations · 139 works
  4. 4 Banglin Chen United States · #25,063 worldwide 1.2k citations · 71 works
  5. 5 Dakai Zhu United States · #29,575 worldwide 387 citations · 45 works
  6. 6 Chunjiang Qian United States · #32,279 worldwide 663 citations · 61 works
  7. 7 Charles J. Wilson United States · #38,879 worldwide 485 citations · 42 works
  8. 8 Thomas R. Hester United States · #45,875 worldwide 203 citations · 71 works
  9. 9 Steven B. Robbins United States · #49,888 worldwide 406 citations · 44 works
  10. 10 John P. Bartkowski United States · #50,571 worldwide 252 citations · 40 works
All ranked researchers at The University of Texas at San Antonio

Which keywords describe research at The University of Texas at San Antonio?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Mental Health, IoT Security, Epidemiology, Language Policy, Bilingual Education and Security.

▲ 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. Deep Learning212▲ 1.73×73 topics
  2. Machine Learning193▲ 1.65×79 topics
  3. Epidemiology131◆ 0.93×126 topics
  4. Mental Health113▲ 2.2×34 topics
  5. Neural Networks82▲ 1.48×33 topics
  6. Globalization80◆ 1.13×60 topics
  7. Climate Change76▼ 0.79×67 topics
  8. Public Health65▲ 1.25×50 topics
  9. Healthcare60▲ 1.50×25 topics
  10. Security60▲ 2.6×21 topics
  11. Education59◆ 0.96×53 topics
  12. IoT Security52▲ 4.5×3 topics
  13. Data Mining48▲ 1.79×13 topics
  14. Internet of Things48▲ 1.53×17 topics
  15. Depression47▲ 1.51×23 topics
  16. Social Support46▲ 2.3×14 topics
  17. Student Engagement45▲ 3.1×13 topics
  18. Catalysis40▲ 1.70×26 topics
  19. Higher Education40▲ 2.0×20 topics
  20. Risk Management39▲ 2.2×13 topics
  21. Language Policy37▲ 7.4×3 topics
  22. Anomaly Detection36▲ 3.4×4 topics
  23. Multilingualism35▲ 5.9×3 topics
  24. Bilingual Education35▲ 8.3×2 topics
  25. Resilience35▲ 2.0×13 topics
  26. Engineering Education34▲ 11×4 topics
  27. STEM Education34▲ 2.1×9 topics
  28. Cybersecurity31▲ 3.6×4 topics
  29. Privacy28▲ 2.7×7 topics
  30. Security Analysis27▲ 4.3×4 topics
  31. Assessment Methods24▲ 6.0×3 topics
  32. Dynamic Analysis22▲ 5.0×2 topics
  33. Behavioral Analysis22▲ 5.2×2 topics
  34. Neighborhood Effects22▲ 5.6×3 topics
  35. Cultural Sustaining Pedagogy20▲ 13×1 topic
  36. Translanguaging20▲ 13×1 topic
  37. Android Malware19▲ 6.6×1 topic
  38. Permission Analysis19▲ 6.6×1 topic
  39. Differential Privacy18▲ 7.2×1 topic
  40. Federated Learning18▲ 7.2×1 topic

Which research topics does The University of Texas at San Antonio publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Multilingual Education and Policy, Advanced Malware Detection Techniques, Network Security and Intrusion Detection and Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data.

Multilingual Education a…20Multilingual Education and Policy: 20 fractional worksAdvanced Malware Detecti…19Advanced Malware Detection Techniques: 19 fractional worksNetwork Security and Intrusion Detection: 19 fractional worksPrivacy-Preserving Techn…18Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data: 18 fractional worksSecond Language Learning…15Second Language Learning and Teaching: 15 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Applications and Security: 15 fractional worksEngineering Education and Curriculum Development: 15 fractional worksAnomaly Detection Techni…14Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications: 14 fractional worksIoT and Edge/Fog Computing: 13 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 13 fractional works
Linguistics and LanguageSignal ProcessingComputer Networks and CommunicationsArtificial Intelligence4 others

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

  1. 1 Multilingual Education and Policy Linguistics and Language 20 works
  2. 2 Advanced Malware Detection Techniques Signal Processing 19 works
  3. 3 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 19 works
  4. 4 Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data Artificial Intelligence 18 works
  5. 5 Second Language Learning and Teaching Literature and Literary Theory 15 works
  6. 6 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 15 works
  7. 7 Engineering Education and Curriculum Development Media Technology 15 works
  8. 8 Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications Artificial Intelligence 14 works
  9. 9 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Computer Networks and Communications 13 works
  10. 10 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 13 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 available29.9%not open70.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.8%domestic only83.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has The University of Texas at San Antonio's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% 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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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.