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The University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center

In research, The University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center stands highest in Health Sciences (#373 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#368 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#374 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine — Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience is 5.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,028
of 28,054 · #508 all time
Rank in United States
#180
of 4,192
Research works
32k
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.3M
41.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

What is The University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science 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 #373 of 11,982 14.1%1,969 #139
MedicineField #368 of 10,443 13.4%1,735 #162
Life SciencesDomain #374 of 7,800 18.3%671 #170
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #462 of 3,579 18.4%398 #159
Health ProfessionsField #265 of 1,928 18.5%149 #107
Molecular BiologySubfield #405 of 2,175 19.9%248 #203
SurgerySubfield #355 of 1,816 12.3%229 #149
NeuroscienceField #278 of 1,168 17.2%154 #100
EpidemiologySubfield #250 of 976 15.1%157 #107
Social SciencesDomain #3,409 of 10,521 17.2%249 #1571

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where The University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science 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#139 #373
  2. Medicine#162 #368
  3. Life Sciences#170 #374
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#159 #462
  5. Health Professions#107 #265
  6. Molecular Biology#203 #405
  7. Surgery#149 #355
  8. Neuroscience#100 #278
  9. Epidemiology#107 #250
  10. Social Sciences#1,571 #3,409
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 Health Science Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience takes 5.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cellular and Molecular NeuroscienceSubfield · 52.7 works5.6×
  2. Critical Care and Intensive Care MedicineSubfield · 21.5 works4.8×
← 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: 0.14× its world share, 21 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.48× its world share, 398 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.77× its world share, 84 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.14× its world share, 154 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.38× its world share, 15 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.21× its world share, 10 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 19 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 36 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.18× its world share, 27 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 13 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.75× its world share, 55 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.88× its world share, 149 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.00× its world share, 1,735 worksMedicineNursing: 1.56× its world share, 23 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.58× its world share, 6 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.30× its world share, 19 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.29× its world share, 118 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 85 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, William McGuire, Thomas F. Patterson and Gregory R. Mundy lead among researchers whose main affiliation is The University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center.

  1. 1 William McGuire United States · #2,859 worldwide 1.1k citations · 104 works
  2. 2 Thomas F. Patterson United States · #4,551 worldwide 2.2k citations · 60 works
  3. 3 Gregory R. Mundy United States · #7,049 worldwide 981 citations · 84 works
  4. 4 Ralph A. DeFronzo United States · #7,399 worldwide 1.2k citations · 112 works
  5. 5 Frederick L. Grover United States · #16,840 worldwide 437 citations · 61 works
  6. 6 Gary M. Clark United States · #19,888 worldwide 686 citations · 41 works
  7. 7 Michael H. Crawford United States · #20,792 worldwide 835 citations · 187 works
  8. 8 James M. Buchanan United States · #20,826 worldwide 748 citations · 39 works
  9. 9 Michael G. Rinaldi United States · #22,015 worldwide 424 citations · 47 works
  10. 10 Steven M. Haffner United States · #24,474 worldwide 544 citations · 55 works
All ranked researchers at The University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center

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

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Oxidative Stress, Treatment, Diagnosis, Aging, Cancer 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. Epidemiology326▲ 2.7×129 topics
  2. Inflammation175▲ 2.8×81 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress142▲ 2.9×58 topics
  4. Treatment104▲ 2.9×51 topics
  5. Quality of Life103▲ 2.4×53 topics
  6. Cancer103▲ 2.5×51 topics
  7. Diagnosis94▲ 3.4×41 topics
  8. Risk Factors87▲ 2.6×35 topics
  9. Depression79▲ 3.0×23 topics
  10. Biomarkers77▲ 3.8×18 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease76▲ 2.3×36 topics
  12. Aging76▲ 4.7×17 topics
  13. Metabolic Syndrome74▲ 3.0×22 topics
  14. Management73▲ 3.1×30 topics
  15. Immunotherapy71▲ 3.3×19 topics
  16. Public Health69▲ 1.58×48 topics
  17. Mental Health68▲ 1.54×35 topics
  18. Chemotherapy65▲ 3.1×24 topics
  19. Neurological Disorders64▲ 3.7×20 topics
  20. Cancer Therapy60▲ 3.5×18 topics
  21. Neuroinflammation59▲ 6.9×6 topics
  22. Global Burden56▲ 3.5×12 topics
  23. Mortality50▲ 2.9×13 topics
  24. Clinical Trials49▲ 2.4×19 topics
  25. Complications49▲ 3.2×17 topics
  26. Guidelines48▲ 3.4×13 topics
  27. Prognostic Factors47▲ 3.6×14 topics
  28. Neurodegeneration47▲ 5.2×9 topics
  29. Tumor Microenvironment47▲ 3.5×8 topics
  30. Clinical Practice Guidelines46▲ 2.8×14 topics
  31. Insulin Resistance45▲ 3.2×10 topics
  32. Neuroimaging44▲ 5.4×11 topics
  33. Stress44▲ 3.9×9 topics
  34. Genetic Mutations43▲ 3.3×23 topics
  35. Surgical Management42▲ 3.4×20 topics
  36. Alzheimer's Disease42▲ 4.9×8 topics
  37. Neuroprotection41▲ 3.9×16 topics
  38. Mitochondrial Dysfunction40▲ 4.5×12 topics
  39. Antifungal Therapy28▲ 10×3 topics
  40. Caregiver Burden27▲ 8.2×3 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment and Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior.

Dementia and Cognitive I…24Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 24 fractional worksAlzheimer's disease rese…18Alzheimer's disease research and treatments: 18 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 16 fractional worksNeurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior: 16 fractional worksLymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 15 fractional worksDiversity and Career in Medicine: 15 fractional worksInnovations in Medical Education: 15 fractional worksRNA modifications and ca…14RNA modifications and cancer: 14 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 13 fractional worksImmune Cell Function and Interaction: 12 fractional works
Psychiatry and Mental healthPhysiologyEpidemiologyCellular and Molecular Neuroscience6 others

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

  1. 1 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 24 works
  2. 2 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 18 works
  3. 3 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 16 works
  4. 4 Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 16 works
  5. 5 Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pathology and Forensic Medicine 15 works
  6. 6 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 15 works
  7. 7 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 15 works
  8. 8 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 14 works
  9. 9 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 13 works
  10. 10 Immune Cell Function and Interaction Immunology 12 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 available30.0%not open70.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.2%domestic only87.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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