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The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

In research, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,053 of 11,982 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,811 of 10,521 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#2,523 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in History and Philosophy of Science — History and Philosophy of Science is 9.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,664
of 28,054 · #4,470 all time
Rank in United States
#390
of 4,192
Research works
5.9k
▲ 157% vs 2013–17
Citations
59k
10.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
45%
world 28%

What is The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley 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 #2,053 of 11,982 12.1%428 #4593
Social SciencesDomain #1,811 of 10,521 22.0%833 #1782
Physical SciencesDomain #2,523 of 12,888 13.2%768 #4053
MedicineField #2,568 of 10,443 11.4%365 #5392
Social SciencesField #2,055 of 6,365 23.3%382 #2009
Life SciencesDomain #2,747 of 7,800 16.5%243 #5430
Business, Management and AccountingField #1,067 of 2,578 31.9%109 #1189
PsychologyField #904 of 2,181 17.6%134 #1617
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,100 of 2,578 24.3%127 #1132
MathematicsField #457 of 1,053 17.3%97 #1080

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley 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#4,593 #2,053
  2. Social Sciences#1,782 #1,811
  3. Physical Sciences#4,053 #2,523
  4. Medicine#5,392 #2,568
  5. Social Sciences#2,009 #2,055
  6. Life Sciences#5,430 #2,747
  7. Business, Management and Accounting#1,189 #1,067
  8. Psychology#1,617 #904
  9. Sociology and Political Science#1,132 #1,100
  10. Mathematics#1,080 #457
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 Rio Grande Valley specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: History and Philosophy of Science takes 9.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 31.5 works9.0×
← 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: 0.57× its world share, 62 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.07× its world share, 130 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.55× its world share, 13 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.97× its world share, 36 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.51× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.46× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.61× its world share, 22 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.72× its world share, 128 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.69× its world share, 25 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.54× its world share, 11 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.75× its world share, 256 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.84× its world share, 95 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.72× its world share, 57 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.63× its world share, 97 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.45× its world share, 74 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.34× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.85× its world share, 51 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.84× its world share, 365 worksMedicineNursing: 0.73× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.95× its world share, 128 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.48× its world share, 109 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.10× its world share, 24 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.15× its world share, 56 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.94× its world share, 134 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.33× its world share, 382 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley?

Ranked on the composite score, Joanne E. Curran, Gladys E. Maestre and Michael Abebe lead among researchers whose main affiliation is The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

  1. 1 Joanne E. Curran United States · #161,092 worldwide 307 citations · 58 works
  2. 2 Gladys E. Maestre United States · #232,873 worldwide 94 citations · 45 works
  3. 3 Michael Abebe United States · #235,353 worldwide 117 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Karen Lozano United States · #257,143 worldwide 232 citations · 43 works
  5. 5 José Luís Cano United States · #262,957 worldwide 1 citations · 57 works
  6. 6 Sanjeev Kumar United States · #300,182 worldwide 134 citations · 35 works
  7. 7 Aslan Aslan United States · #318,439 worldwide 54 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Frank W. Judd United States · #397,366 worldwide 117 citations · 33 works
  9. 9 Subhash C. Chauhan United States · #430,921 worldwide 147 citations · 43 works
  10. 10 Karen S. Martirosyan United States · #444,454 worldwide 221 citations · 54 works
All ranked researchers at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Which keywords describe research at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Mental Health, Innovation, Cultural Impact, Scientific History, Technological Development, Identity and Gender.

▲ 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. Globalization85▲ 1.91×73 topics
  2. Epidemiology83◆ 0.92×106 topics
  3. Mental Health71▲ 2.1×36 topics
  4. Machine Learning55▼ 0.74×66 topics
  5. Deep Learning55▼ 0.70×59 topics
  6. Innovation54▲ 2.3×30 topics
  7. Climate Change54◆ 0.88×67 topics
  8. Sustainability47▼ 0.85×55 topics
  9. Identity46▲ 2.8×35 topics
  10. Education43◆ 1.11×47 topics
  11. Gender41▲ 3.4×30 topics
  12. Cancer38▲ 1.25×49 topics
  13. Corporate Governance38▲ 2.2×16 topics
  14. Risk Factors35▲ 1.41×29 topics
  15. Literature33▲ 2.7×21 topics
  16. Cultural Impact29▲ 23×2 topics
  17. History29▲ 1.80×24 topics
  18. Resilience28▲ 2.6×13 topics
  19. Scientific History28▲ 28×1 topic
  20. Technological Development28▲ 28×1 topic
  21. Culture27▲ 2.3×15 topics
  22. Health Disparities26▲ 4.4×8 topics
  23. Colonialism26▲ 2.4×21 topics
  24. Higher Education26▲ 2.1×16 topics
  25. Social Capital26▲ 2.2×16 topics
  26. Student Engagement23▲ 2.6×11 topics
  27. Language Policy23▲ 7.2×3 topics
  28. Nonlinear Equations23▲ 7.8×6 topics
  29. Bilingual Education21▲ 8.0×2 topics
  30. Multilingualism21▲ 5.6×2 topics
  31. Race20▲ 7.8×13 topics
  32. Firm Performance19▲ 4.4×4 topics
  33. Intersectionality17▲ 4.1×9 topics
  34. Cosmopolitanism16▲ 6.5×7 topics
  35. Financial Constraints16▲ 6.5×2 topics
  36. Acculturation15▲ 8.9×2 topics
  37. Immigration15▲ 5.9×6 topics
  38. Investor Protection15▲ 8.2×1 topic
  39. Ownership Structure15▲ 8.2×1 topic
  40. Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation14▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis, Corporate Finance and Governance, Multilingual Education and Policy and Nonlinear Waves and Solitons.

Historical Studies and S…28Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 28 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Governance: 15 fractional worksMultilingual Education and Policy: 12 fractional worksNonlinear Waves and Solitons: 10 fractional worksLatin American and Latino Studies: 9 fractional worksMigration, Health and Trauma: 9 fractional worksSecond Language Learning…9Second Language Learning and Teaching: 9 fractional worksAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials: 9 fractional worksAutism Spectrum Disorder Research: 8 fractional worksFamily and Disability Support Research: 8 fractional works
History and Philosophy of ScienceAccountingLinguistics and LanguageStatistical and Nonlinear Physics5 others

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

  1. 1 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 28 works
  2. 2 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 15 works
  3. 3 Multilingual Education and Policy Linguistics and Language 12 works
  4. 4 Nonlinear Waves and Solitons Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 10 works
  5. 5 Latin American and Latino Studies Cultural Studies 9 works
  6. 6 Migration, Health and Trauma Clinical Psychology 9 works
  7. 7 Second Language Learning and Teaching Literature and Literary Theory 9 works
  8. 8 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials Biomedical Engineering 9 works
  9. 9 Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Cognitive Neuroscience 8 works
  10. 10 Family and Disability Support Research Clinical Psychology 8 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 available44.9%not open55.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.4%domestic only81.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 157% 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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