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The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler

In research, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler stands highest in Medicine (#5,487 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,715 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine is 10.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,203
of 28,054 · #6,436 all time
Rank in United States
#1,094
of 4,192
Research works
1.9k
▲ 61% vs 2013–17
Citations
65k
33.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
37%
world 28%

What is The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler 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
MedicineField #5,487 of 10,443 12.3%158 #1690
Health SciencesDomain #6,715 of 11,982 12.9%173 #2113

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler 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).

What does The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine takes 10.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 39.8 works10×
← 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, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.47× its world share, 33 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.68× its world share, 14 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.18× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.77× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.30× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.61× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.30× its world share, 158 worksMedicineNursing: 1.74× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 5.39× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.60× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.63× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 5.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Richard J. Wallace, L. Vijaya Mohan Rao and Steven Idell lead among researchers whose main affiliation is The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler.

  1. 1 Richard J. Wallace United States · #32,232 worldwide 298 citations · 58 works
  2. 2 L. Vijaya Mohan Rao United States · #50,781 worldwide 296 citations · 41 works
  3. 3 Steven Idell United States · #53,906 worldwide 194 citations · 59 works
  4. 4 Barry Starcher United States · #68,278 worldwide 253 citations · 30 works
  5. 5 David E. Griffith United States · #69,489 worldwide 205 citations · 43 works
  6. 6 Peter F. Barnes United States · #118,260 worldwide 165 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 Barbara A. Brown‐Elliott United States · #156,154 worldwide 131 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Barbara A. Brown United States · #189,652 worldwide 149 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Michael K. Pangburn United States · #193,604 worldwide 171 citations · 31 works
  10. 10 Usha R. Pendurthi United States · #196,963 worldwide 111 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler

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

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Immune Response, Vaccine, Cystic Fibrosis, Antibiotic Resistance and Immunotherapy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology40▲ 4.0×74 topics
  2. Diagnosis27▲ 12×25 topics
  3. Treatment26▲ 8.7×29 topics
  4. Inflammation14▲ 2.8×41 topics
  5. Immune Response13▲ 9.0×12 topics
  6. Vaccine13▲ 12×7 topics
  7. Immunotherapy12▲ 6.5×12 topics
  8. Cystic Fibrosis12▲ 66×3 topics
  9. Antibiotic Resistance11▲ 11×8 topics
  10. Cancer10▲ 2.9×25 topics
  11. Genomic Studies9▲ 55×2 topics
  12. Mycobacterium avium9▲ 111×1 topic
  13. Nontuberculous Mycobacteria9▲ 111×1 topic
  14. Drug Resistance9▲ 13×5 topics
  15. Management8▲ 4.2×20 topics
  16. Genetic Diversity8▲ 6.8×2 topics
  17. Mycobacterium tuberculosis7▲ 53×1 topic
  18. Radiation Therapy7▲ 22×3 topics
  19. Tuberculosis7▲ 56×1 topic
  20. Cancer Therapy7▲ 4.8×13 topics
  21. Tumor Suppressor Genes7▲ 136×2 topics
  22. BAP1 mutations7▲ 161×1 topic
  23. Fibrosis7▲ 15×5 topics
  24. Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma7▲ 161×1 topic
  25. Immunity6▲ 6.4×10 topics
  26. Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition6▲ 26×2 topics
  27. Pneumothorax6▲ 69×2 topics
  28. TGF-ß6▲ 16×3 topics
  29. Interstitial Lung Disease6▲ 37×2 topics
  30. Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis6▲ 51×1 topic
  31. Myofibroblast6▲ 51×1 topic
  32. Empyema5▲ 84×1 topic
  33. Pleural Effusion5▲ 84×1 topic
  34. SARS-CoV-25▲ 6.0×5 topics
  35. Angiogenesis5▲ 5.7×7 topics
  36. Antiretroviral Therapy4▲ 10×5 topics
  37. Hemostasis4▲ 17×5 topics
  38. Children4▲ 6.8×4 topics
  39. PET Imaging4▲ 9.2×3 topics
  40. Biogenesis4▲ 8.6×3 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Mycobacterium research and diagnosis, Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, Occupational and environmental lung diseases and Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.

Mycobacterium research and diagnosis: 9 fractional worksTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 7 fractional worksOccupational and environ…7Occupational and environmental lung diseases: 7 fractional worksInterstitial Lung Diseas…6Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: 6 fractional worksPleural and Pulmonary Di…5Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases: 5 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 3 fractional worksMedical Imaging and Pathology Studies: 2 fractional worksExtracellular vesicles in disease: 2 fractional worksCaveolin-1 and cellular processes: 2 fractional worksPeptidase Inhibition and Analysis: 2 fractional works
EpidemiologyInfectious DiseasesPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineMolecular Biology2 others

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

  1. 1 Mycobacterium research and diagnosis Epidemiology 9 works
  2. 2 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 7 works
  3. 3 Occupational and environmental lung diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 7 works
  4. 4 Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  5. 5 Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  6. 6 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 3 works
  7. 7 Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Extracellular vesicles in disease Molecular Biology 2 works
  9. 9 Caveolin-1 and cellular processes Cell Biology 2 works
  10. 10 Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis Oncology 2 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 available37.0%not open63.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.6%domestic only88.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 61% 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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