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The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

In research, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston stands highest in Medicine (#266 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#404 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#607 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Parasitology, Infectious Diseases and Rehabilitation — Parasitology is 7.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,368
of 28,054 · #622 all time
Rank in United States
#224
of 4,192
Research works
34k
▲ 12% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.1M
32.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston 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 #266 of 10,443 13.3%2,251 #214
Health SciencesDomain #404 of 11,982 13.5%2,456 #233
Life SciencesDomain #607 of 7,800 18.6%641 #219
Infectious DiseasesSubfield #29 of 345 29.3%159 #29
SurgerySubfield #368 of 1,816 11.1%290 #249
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #809 of 3,579 17.8%351 #287
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield #194 of 828 19.0%174 #78
EpidemiologySubfield #241 of 976 13.1%255 #152
Social SciencesDomain #3,762 of 10,521 15.5%298 #1156
Molecular BiologySubfield #854 of 2,175 18.6%217 #293

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston 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. Medicine#214 #266
  2. Health Sciences#233 #404
  3. Life Sciences#219 #607
  4. Infectious Diseases#29 #29
  5. Surgery#249 #368
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#287 #809
  7. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health#78 #194
  8. Epidemiology#152 #241
  9. Social Sciences#1,156 #3,762
  10. Molecular Biology#293 #854
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 Medical Branch at Galveston specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Parasitology takes 7.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. ParasitologySubfield · 28.0 works7.5×
  2. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 159.0 works6.6×
  3. RehabilitationSubfield · 40.4 works5.6×
  4. Anesthesiology and Pain MedicineSubfield · 20.9 works5.4×
  5. EpidemiologySubfield · 255.5 works5.1×
← 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: 0.26× its world share, 43 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.85× its world share, 351 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.63× its world share, 130 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.81× its world share, 104 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.09× its world share, 14 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.36× its world share, 20 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 21 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 49 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.21× its world share, 37 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 8 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.19× its world share, 8 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.55× its world share, 10 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.83× its world share, 171 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.30× its world share, 2,251 worksMedicineNursing: 1.00× its world share, 17 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.33× its world share, 6 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 15 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 11 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.23× its world share, 17 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.93× its world share, 100 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 148 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston?

Ranked on the composite score, John E. Overall, Scott C. Weaver and Robert M. A. Hirschfeld lead among researchers whose main affiliation is The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston.

  1. 1 John E. Overall United States · #2,413 worldwide 1.6k citations · 81 works
  2. 2 Scott C. Weaver United States · #9,581 worldwide 1k citations · 91 works
  3. 3 Robert M. A. Hirschfeld United States · #10,027 worldwide 652 citations · 63 works
  4. 4 Pei‐Yong Shi United States · #16,681 worldwide 851 citations · 64 works
  5. 5 William D. Willis United States · #18,018 worldwide 746 citations · 88 works
  6. 6 James S. Goodwin United States · #18,361 worldwide 564 citations · 73 works
  7. 7 Alan D.T. Barrett United States · #19,454 worldwide 484 citations · 52 works
  8. 8 Howard M. Eisenberg United States · #25,514 worldwide 492 citations · 41 works
  9. 9 Kyriakos S. Markides United States · #31,976 worldwide 447 citations · 51 works
  10. 10 Louise Prakash United States · #32,460 worldwide 805 citations · 72 works
All ranked researchers at The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

Which keywords describe research at The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, Inflammation, Treatment, Diagnosis, Risk Factors, Vaccine and Immune Response.

▲ 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. Epidemiology603▲ 4.3×129 topics
  2. Inflammation208▲ 2.8×80 topics
  3. Treatment161▲ 3.7×50 topics
  4. Risk Factors146▲ 3.7×34 topics
  5. Diagnosis145▲ 4.4×41 topics
  6. Pathogenesis143▲ 7.9×23 topics
  7. Public Health142▲ 2.8×48 topics
  8. Quality of Life139▲ 2.7×49 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress121▲ 2.1×53 topics
  10. Immune Response106▲ 5.3×22 topics
  11. Vaccine104▲ 7.2×11 topics
  12. Rehabilitation91▲ 6.5×13 topics
  13. Cancer90▲ 1.88×49 topics
  14. Pathophysiology85▲ 8.0×11 topics
  15. Complications80▲ 4.5×17 topics
  16. Management80▲ 2.9×30 topics
  17. Pandemic79▲ 2.1×9 topics
  18. Cardiovascular Disease79▲ 2.0×36 topics
  19. Vaccine Development77▲ 8.6×10 topics
  20. Antibiotic Resistance73▲ 5.4×14 topics
  21. Psychological Impact72▲ 6.2×10 topics
  22. Depression71▲ 2.3×21 topics
  23. SARS-CoV-269▲ 6.0×6 topics
  24. Guidelines65▲ 3.9×12 topics
  25. Neuroinflammation64▲ 6.4×6 topics
  26. Aging64▲ 3.4×16 topics
  27. Diabetes64▲ 3.7×21 topics
  28. Global Burden64▲ 3.3×12 topics
  29. Surgical Management60▲ 4.1×19 topics
  30. Immunity58▲ 4.0×11 topics
  31. Resuscitation57▲ 12×4 topics
  32. Sepsis56▲ 9.3×6 topics
  33. Heart Failure55▲ 3.6×13 topics
  34. Neurodegeneration55▲ 5.2×10 topics
  35. ACE2 Receptor54▲ 6.3×3 topics
  36. Prognosis50▲ 4.3×9 topics
  37. Mortality Risk47▲ 5.6×6 topics
  38. Burn Injury42▲ 74×1 topic
  39. Burn Wound Infections42▲ 74×1 topic
  40. Vector Control41▲ 9.8×4 topics

Which research topics does The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Burn Injury Management and Outcomes, Viral Infections and Vectors, Mosquito-borne diseases and control and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research.

Burn Injury Management a…42Burn Injury Management and Outcomes: 42 fractional worksViral Infections and Vec…33Viral Infections and Vectors: 33 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases …31Mosquito-borne diseases and control: 31 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …31SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 31 fractional worksAlzheimer's disease research and treatments: 25 fractional worksViral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 24 fractional worksWound Healing and Treatm…22Wound Healing and Treatments: 22 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 20 fractional worksDiversity and Career in Medicine: 19 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive I…18Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 18 fractional works
EpidemiologyInfectious DiseasesPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthPhysiology3 others

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

  1. 1 Burn Injury Management and Outcomes Epidemiology 42 works
  2. 2 Viral Infections and Vectors Infectious Diseases 33 works
  3. 3 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 31 works
  4. 4 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 31 works
  5. 5 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 25 works
  6. 6 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 24 works
  7. 7 Wound Healing and Treatments Rehabilitation 22 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 20 works
  9. 9 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 19 works
  10. 10 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 18 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 available31.9%not open68.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.8%domestic only90.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 12% 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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