Top 10 institutions in Texas (#4)
The leading institutions for high-quality science in the United States, ordered by weighted fractional count (WFC) for 2016. Also shown are WFC for 2012, the change in WFC between 2012 and 2016, and the 2016 article count (Count). The top 10 states are ranked by summing the WFC for all institutions in each state. The top 10 institutions in each state are shown (see A guide to the Nature Index, page S26).
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| Texas | 988.3 | 964.6 | -2% | |||
| 1 | 11 | The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) | 233.3 | 248.0 | 6% | 804 |
| 2 | 38 | Texas A&M University (TAMU) | 126.5 | 120.7 | -5% | 495 |
| 3 | 41 | The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UT Southwestern Medical Center) | 126.1 | 110.3 | -12% | 231 |
| 4 | 53 | Rice University | 96.3 | 80.9 | -16% | 301 |
| 5 | 60 | Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) | 66.5 | 75.7 | 14% | 258 |
| 6 | 77 | The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center | 60.4 | 57.0 | -6% | 195 |
| 7 | 90 | University of Houston (UH) | 47.2 | 47.1 | 0% | 157 |
| 8 | 136 | The University of Texas at Dallas (UT Dallas) | 25.0 | 25.9 | 4% | 144 |
| 9 | 140 | The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) | 29.2 | 23.6 | -19% | 123 |
| 10 | 145 | The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) | 12.1 | 22.4 | 86% | 74 |