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The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

In research, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#58 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#80 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#64 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Radiation and Hepatology — Endocrine and Autonomic Systems is 5.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#287
of 28,054 · #132 all time
Rank in United States
#64
of 4,192
Research works
54k
▲ 19% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.8M
52.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

What is The University of Texas Southwestern Medical 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
MedicineField #58 of 10,443 16.9%4,776 #33
Health SciencesDomain #80 of 11,982 17.0%5,069 #38
Life SciencesDomain #64 of 7,800 23.8%1,631 #29
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #44 of 3,579 24.9%1,081 #24
SurgerySubfield #37 of 1,816 16.3%758 #8
Molecular BiologySubfield #48 of 2,175 26.6%606 #23
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #46 of 1,144 17.0%440 #31
EpidemiologySubfield #56 of 976 17.0%352 #29
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #44 of 738 15.5%320 #23
OncologySubfield #67 of 772 17.2%322 #29

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where The University of Texas Southwestern Medical 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. Medicine#33 #58
  2. Health Sciences#38 #80
  3. Life Sciences#29 #64
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#24 #44
  5. Surgery#8 #37
  6. Molecular Biology#23 #48
  7. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#31 #46
  8. Epidemiology#29 #56
  9. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#23 #44
  10. Oncology#29 #67
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 Southwestern Medical Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Endocrine and Autonomic Systems takes 5.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Endocrine and Autonomic SystemsSubfield · 36.4 works5.7×
  2. RadiationSubfield · 53.1 works5.1×
  3. HepatologySubfield · 71.9 works5.0×
  4. Emergency MedicineSubfield · 88.1 works4.8×
  5. SurgerySubfield · 757.5 works4.3×
  6. DermatologySubfield · 84.6 works4.3×
  7. NeurologySubfield · 182.3 works4.2×
← 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: 0.12× its world share, 44 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.69× its world share, 1,081 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.76× its world share, 210 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.23× its world share, 273 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.90× its world share, 24 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.42× its world share, 50 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 63 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 163 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 38 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 29 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 14 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.40× its world share, 67 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.39× its world share, 14 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.16× its world share, 231 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.29× its world share, 4,776 worksMedicineNursing: 1.11× its world share, 41 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.60× its world share, 6 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 14 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 16 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 15 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.42× its world share, 68 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.72× its world share, 165 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 130 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Darren K. McGuire, Adi F. Gazdar and Scott M. Grundy lead among researchers whose main affiliation is The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.

  1. 1 Darren K. McGuire United States · #257 worldwide 3.6k citations · 123 works
  2. 2 Adi F. Gazdar United States · #308 worldwide 3.3k citations · 164 works
  3. 3 Scott M. Grundy United States · #491 worldwide 3.5k citations · 154 works
  4. 4 Joseph L. Goldstein United States · #1,922 worldwide 2.5k citations · 102 works
  5. 5 Michael S. Brown United States · #2,187 worldwide 2.5k citations · 101 works
  6. 6 Alfred G. Gilman United States · #2,718 worldwide 1.9k citations · 76 works
  7. 7 Eric N. Olson United States · #4,036 worldwide 2.5k citations · 140 works
  8. 8 Bruce Beutler United States · #4,578 worldwide 1.5k citations · 72 works
  9. 9 Ralph J. DeBerardinis United States · #4,778 worldwide 1.4k citations · 73 works
  10. 10 Ildiko Lingvay United States · #4,908 worldwide 1.8k citations · 60 works
All ranked researchers at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Treatment, Immunotherapy, Genetic Mutations, Diagnosis, Chemotherapy and Prognostic Factors.

▲ 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. Epidemiology798▲ 2.7×127 topics
  2. Inflammation394▲ 2.5×82 topics
  3. Treatment318▲ 3.5×51 topics
  4. Immunotherapy254▲ 4.7×19 topics
  5. Cancer254▲ 2.5×50 topics
  6. Diagnosis242▲ 3.5×39 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress239▲ 1.94×59 topics
  8. Quality of Life237▲ 2.2×51 topics
  9. Risk Factors234▲ 2.8×36 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease214▲ 2.6×38 topics
  11. Chemotherapy214▲ 4.1×25 topics
  12. Management192▲ 3.2×31 topics
  13. Genetic Mutations189▲ 5.8×23 topics
  14. Prognostic Factors176▲ 5.3×14 topics
  15. Heart Failure172▲ 5.3×14 topics
  16. Guidelines160▲ 4.5×13 topics
  17. Complications158▲ 4.2×17 topics
  18. Neurological Disorders158▲ 3.7×20 topics
  19. Metabolic Syndrome158▲ 2.6×22 topics
  20. Clinical Practice Guidelines156▲ 3.8×14 topics
  21. Radiotherapy145▲ 5.0×13 topics
  22. Clinical Trials144▲ 2.9×19 topics
  23. Obesity143▲ 2.5×25 topics
  24. Mortality140▲ 3.2×13 topics
  25. Tumor Microenvironment138▲ 4.1×8 topics
  26. Biomarkers129▲ 2.5×17 topics
  27. Clinical Guidelines126▲ 5.8×9 topics
  28. Surgical Management113▲ 3.6×20 topics
  29. Rehabilitation111▲ 3.7×13 topics
  30. Diabetes110▲ 2.9×20 topics
  31. Insulin Resistance109▲ 3.2×10 topics
  32. Prognosis100▲ 4.0×9 topics
  33. Neoadjuvant Therapy96▲ 5.5×5 topics
  34. Echocardiography95▲ 4.7×8 topics
  35. Medical Education91▲ 4.7×11 topics
  36. Pathophysiology91▲ 4.0×11 topics
  37. Magnetic Resonance Imaging83▲ 4.3×8 topics
  38. Autoantibodies82▲ 4.7×8 topics
  39. Cell Death80▲ 4.5×6 topics
  40. Molecular Characterization80▲ 6.0×6 topics

Which research topics does The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment and Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging.

Advanced Radiotherapy Te…50Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques: 50 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…42Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 42 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 37 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 37 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 34 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 34 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 33 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic O…32Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 32 fractional worksRenal cell carcinoma treatment: 32 fractional worksDiversity and Career in Medicine: 31 fractional works
RadiationOncologyEpidemiologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging5 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques Radiation 50 works
  2. 2 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 42 works
  3. 3 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 37 works
  4. 4 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 37 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 34 works
  6. 6 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 34 works
  7. 7 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 33 works
  8. 8 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 32 works
  9. 9 Renal cell carcinoma treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 32 works
  10. 10 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 31 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 available37.9%not open62.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 19% 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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