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West Texas A&M University

In research, West Texas A&M University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,857 of 12,888 worldwide), Social Sciences (#6,504 of 10,521 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,435 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Animal Science and Zoology — Animal Science and Zoology is 26.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,162
of 28,054 · #10,702 all time
Rank in United States
#1,517
of 4,192
Research works
2.1k
▲ 55% vs 2013–17
Citations
24k
11.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

What is West Texas A&M University 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
Physical SciencesDomain #6,857 of 12,888 10.6%99 #9301
Social SciencesDomain #6,504 of 10,521 18.4%191 #4340
Social SciencesField #4,435 of 6,365 23.5%93 #3207
Life SciencesDomain #6,937 of 7,800 7.7%103 #10077
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #3,196 of 3,409 7.7%63 #3932

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where West Texas A&M University 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. Physical Sciences#9,301 #6,857
  2. Social Sciences#4,340 #6,504
  3. Social Sciences#3,207 #4,435
  4. Life Sciences#10,077 #6,937
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#3,932 #3,196
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 West Texas A&M University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Animal Science and Zoology takes 26.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 25.4 works26×
← 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: 3.02× its world share, 63 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.01× its world share, 23 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.85× its world share, 12 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.53× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.42× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.56× its world share, 19 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.85× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.71× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.60× its world share, 39 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.83× its world share, 18 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.63× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.37× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.56× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.33× its world share, 28 worksMedicineNursing: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 14.51× its world share, 9 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.94× its world share, 24 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.83× its world share, 26 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.04× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.38× its world share, 13 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.30× its world share, 30 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.68× its world share, 93 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 14.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at West Texas A&M University?

Ranked on the composite score, B. A. Stewart, W. David Sissom and Jeffry Babb lead among researchers whose main affiliation is West Texas A&M University.

  1. 1 B. A. Stewart United States · #194,059 worldwide 133 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 W. David Sissom United States · #462,551 worldwide 70 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Jeffry Babb United States · #685,277 worldwide 46 citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Constantine Saadeh United States · #697,892 worldwide 59 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Louis J. Perino United States · #728,506 worldwide 20 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Mikyung Shin United States · #730,688 worldwide 5 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Bruce C. Brasington United States · #761,908 worldwide 2 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 David B. Parker United States · #836,831 worldwide 149 citations · 73 works
  9. 9 Darlene Pulliam United States · #1,050,218 worldwide 0 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 G.A. Crowder United States · #1,118,944 worldwide 57 citations · 59 works
All ranked researchers at West Texas A&M University

Which keywords describe research at West Texas A&M University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Animal Welfare, Heat Stress, Antimicrobial Resistance, Dairy Cattle, Genomic Sequencing, Mental Health, Virulence Factors and Milk Composition.

▲ 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. Climate Change20▲ 1.74×39 topics
  2. Mental Health19▲ 3.0×22 topics
  3. Animal Welfare16▲ 43×4 topics
  4. Heat Stress15▲ 42×2 topics
  5. Education14▲ 1.90×23 topics
  6. Globalization14▲ 1.67×26 topics
  7. Antimicrobial Resistance14▲ 16×6 topics
  8. Dairy Cattle14▲ 60×2 topics
  9. Social Media13▲ 2.1×17 topics
  10. Genomic Sequencing12▲ 24×3 topics
  11. Virulence Factors11▲ 18×3 topics
  12. Milk Composition11▲ 61×2 topics
  13. Livestock Production11▲ 27×2 topics
  14. Vaccine Development11▲ 10×6 topics
  15. Environmental Effects11▲ 23×2 topics
  16. Metabolic Adaptations11▲ 94×1 topic
  17. Physiological Responses11▲ 46×1 topic
  18. Genetic Diversity10▲ 5.4×4 topics
  19. Marker-Assisted Selection10▲ 30×2 topics
  20. Mycoplasma10▲ 112×1 topic
  21. Pasteurella10▲ 112×1 topic
  22. Population Genetics10▲ 17×2 topics
  23. Plant Breeding10▲ 24×2 topics
  24. Animal Breeding10▲ 50×1 topic
  25. Genomic Selection10▲ 50×1 topic
  26. Microbial Community10▲ 28×3 topics
  27. Student Engagement9▲ 5.3×10 topics
  28. Gender9▲ 3.9×17 topics
  29. Methane Production9▲ 73×1 topic
  30. Ruminant Nutrition9▲ 73×1 topic
  31. Job Satisfaction9▲ 4.8×6 topics
  32. Gut Microbiota9▲ 5.6×4 topics
  33. Meat Quality9▲ 26×3 topics
  34. Nursing8▲ 10×5 topics
  35. Engineering Education8▲ 21×4 topics
  36. Aggression8▲ 36×2 topics
  37. Consumer Perception8▲ 8.3×6 topics
  38. Healthcare Workers8▲ 7.3×3 topics
  39. Lipid Oxidation6▲ 14×1 topic
  40. Protein Oxidation6▲ 25×1 topic

Which research topics does West Texas A&M University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock, Microbial infections and disease research, Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock and Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology.

Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock: 11 fractional worksMicrobial infections and disease research: 10 fractional worksGenetic and phenotypic t…10Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock: 10 fractional worksRuminant Nutrition and D…9Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology: 9 fractional worksMeat and Animal Product Quality: 6 fractional worksWorkplace Violence and Bullying: 5 fractional worksEngineering Education an…4Engineering Education and Pedagogy: 4 fractional worksAnimal Nutrition and Physiology: 4 fractional worksAnimal health and immunology: 3 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Welfare Studies: 3 fractional works
Animal Science and ZoologyMicrobiologyGeneticsAgronomy and Crop Science3 others

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

  1. 1 Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock Animal Science and Zoology 11 works
  2. 2 Microbial infections and disease research Microbiology 10 works
  3. 3 Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock Genetics 10 works
  4. 4 Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology Agronomy and Crop Science 9 works
  5. 5 Meat and Animal Product Quality Animal Science and Zoology 6 works
  6. 6 Workplace Violence and Bullying Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  7. 7 Engineering Education and Pedagogy Architecture 4 works
  8. 8 Animal Nutrition and Physiology Animal Science and Zoology 4 works
  9. 9 Animal health and immunology Small Animals 3 works
  10. 10 Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies Small Animals 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 available34.1%not open65.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.0%domestic only93.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has West Texas A&M University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 55% 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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