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University of Houston - Downtown

In research, University of Houston - Downtown stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,796 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#4,082 of 6,365 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#11,262 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,808
of 28,054 · #14,787 all time
Rank in United States
#1,604
of 4,192
Research works
2.1k
▲ 50% vs 2013–17
Citations
20k
9.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
28%
world 28%

What is University of Houston - Downtown 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
Social SciencesDomain #3,796 of 10,521 18.0%255 #4359
Social SciencesField #4,082 of 6,365 15.7%124 #4292
Physical SciencesDomain #11,262 of 12,888 12.8%98 #12265

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Houston - Downtown 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. Social Sciences#4,359 #3,796
  2. Social Sciences#4,292 #4,082
  3. Physical Sciences#12,265 #11,262
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.

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, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.47× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.03× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.46× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.00× its world share, 32 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.82× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.51× its world share, 31 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.35× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.78× its world share, 9 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.89× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.42× its world share, 15 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.27× its world share, 22 worksMedicineNursing: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.12× its world share, 25 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.95× its world share, 39 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.74× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.60× its world share, 14 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.67× its world share, 46 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.38× its world share, 124 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Houston - Downtown?

Ranked on the composite score, Scott Slough, Ruth Robbins and Rahul Verma lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Houston - Downtown.

  1. 1 Scott Slough United States · #262,881 worldwide 36 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Ruth Robbins United States · #425,262 worldwide 12 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Rahul Verma United States · #580,979 worldwide 37 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Mahmud Hasan United States · #749,040 worldwide 15 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 A. de Korvin United States · #973,365 worldwide 75 citations · 43 works
  6. 6 G. K. Merrill United States · #1,060,589 worldwide 24 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Ge Song United States · #1,108,947 worldwide 44 citations · 32 works
  8. 8 Hong Lin United States · #1,199,751 worldwide 22 citations · 35 works
  9. 9 Michael L. Connell United States · #1,312,266 worldwide 16 citations · 35 works
  10. 10 Harry Franz United States · #1,362,862 worldwide 0 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at University of Houston - Downtown

Which keywords describe research at University of Houston - Downtown?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Gender, Globalization, Student Engagement, Education, Student Perceptions, Social Support and Corporate Governance.

▲ 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. Mental Health19▲ 3.1×25 topics
  2. Globalization18▲ 2.2×39 topics
  3. Education16▲ 2.2×28 topics
  4. Machine Learning13◆ 0.99×31 topics
  5. Gender13▲ 5.7×21 topics
  6. Social Media11▲ 1.89×16 topics
  7. Corporate Governance11▲ 3.6×7 topics
  8. Identity10▲ 3.5×16 topics
  9. Student Engagement10▲ 6.1×11 topics
  10. Social Support10▲ 4.3×11 topics
  11. Risk Factors9▲ 2.1×14 topics
  12. History9▲ 3.1×15 topics
  13. Higher Education9▲ 4.0×14 topics
  14. Psychological Impact8▲ 6.2×8 topics
  15. Social Capital8▲ 3.8×11 topics
  16. Leadership8▲ 4.1×10 topics
  17. Student Perceptions8▲ 10×6 topics
  18. Well-being8▲ 5.0×10 topics
  19. Culture8▲ 3.6×11 topics
  20. Literature8▲ 3.5×17 topics
  21. Social Justice8▲ 3.1×14 topics
  22. Feminism7▲ 6.2×11 topics
  23. Meta-Analysis7▲ 3.0×14 topics
  24. Colonialism7▲ 3.5×12 topics
  25. Resilience7▲ 3.4×8 topics
  26. Gender Differences6▲ 4.1×10 topics
  27. Reflective Practice6▲ 8.4×6 topics
  28. Diversity6▲ 8.8×5 topics
  29. Intersectionality6▲ 8.2×9 topics
  30. Instructional Design6▲ 18×3 topics
  31. Career Development6▲ 12×4 topics
  32. Professional Development6▲ 6.8×7 topics
  33. Teacher Education5▲ 9.9×4 topics
  34. Self-Regulation5▲ 6.6×6 topics
  35. Cognitive Engagement5▲ 16×2 topics
  36. Cooperative Learning5▲ 21×2 topics
  37. Postcolonialism5▲ 9.0×12 topics
  38. Inclusion4▲ 7.6×3 topics
  39. Work Engagement4▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Mergers and Acquisitions4▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does University of Houston - Downtown publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Online and Blended Learning, Corporate Finance and Governance, Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis and Colonialism, slavery, and trade.

Online and Blended Learn…4Online and Blended Learning: 4 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Go…4Corporate Finance and Governance: 4 fractional worksCriminal Justice and Corrections Analysis: 4 fractional worksColonialism, slavery, and trade: 3 fractional worksEducation and Critical Thinking Development: 3 fractional worksGender Diversity and Inequality: 3 fractional worksHigher Education Research Studies: 3 fractional worksExperimental and Theoret…3Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies: 3 fractional worksJob Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior: 3 fractional worksComputational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics: 3 fractional works
EducationAccountingSociology and Political ScienceAnthropology4 others

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

  1. 1 Online and Blended Learning Education 4 works
  2. 2 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 4 works
  3. 3 Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  4. 4 Colonialism, slavery, and trade Anthropology 3 works
  5. 5 Education and Critical Thinking Development Education 3 works
  6. 6 Gender Diversity and Inequality Gender Studies 3 works
  7. 7 Higher Education Research Studies Education 3 works
  8. 8 Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 3 works
  9. 9 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 3 works
  10. 10 Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics Computational Mechanics 3 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 available28.2%not open71.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.0%domestic only90.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Houston - Downtown's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 50% higher 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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