Research Studies About Houston - Key Findings

What research studies Houston?

Papers about Houston as a subject — its agriculture, health, environment and society — regardless of where the authors sit.

Summary

Houston itself is studied as a climate-and-infrastructure problem set: atmospheric chemistry and aerosols lead with 14 papers, disaster management and resilience has 13, and flood-risk work has 9. Air quality and disaster response run through the agenda.

WATCH Watch whether work on air quality and flood risk feeds practical city resilience.

Research outlook for Houston

What the papers — written in the city and about it — point to, split by the Prism stance layer: work that reads promising versus work that flags problems or urges caution.

Opportunities the research points to

Breast Cancer · 309Women's Health · 212Children's Health · 190Cancer · 188Healthcare · 174Tumor · 164Acute Myeloid Leukemia · 160Neuroscience · 120Machine Learning · 108Mental Health · 105Men's Health · 98Clinical Trials · 83

Concerns the research raises

Healthcare · 206Children's Health · 195Women's Health · 144Breast Cancer · 94COVID-19 · 94Cancer · 94Mental Health · 91Patients' Health · 84Clinical Trials · 74Patient Care · 72Patient Health · 62Research · 46

counts = papers carrying the theme · concerns merge cautionary, critical and problem-identifying work

Topics

Topic	Works
Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols	14
Disaster Management and Resilience	13
Disaster Response and Management	11
Engineering and Technology Innovations	10
Air Quality and Health Impacts	10
Flood Risk Assessment and Management	9
Mobile and Web Applications	8
Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting	8
Species Distribution and Climate Change	7
Environmental Justice and Health Disparities	7
IoT and GPS-based Vehicle Safety Systems	6
American Environmental and Regional History	6
Legal Cases and Commentary	6
Climate Change and Health Impacts	6
Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications	6
School Choice and Performance	6
QR Code Applications and Technologies	6
Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies	6
Latin American and Latino Studies	5
Urban Transport and Accessibility	5

By year

Orientation (where Prism-tagged)

Descriptive

294

60Promising

53Problem Identifying

19Breakthrough

18Cautionary

14Comparative

12Critical

Most-cited

Paper	Year	Cited	Doi
An Application of Mathematical Programming to Assess Productivity in the Houston Independent School District	1982	279	doi
Daytime HONO vertical gradients during SHARP 2009 in Houston, TX	2012	183	doi
Hydrocarbon source signatures in Houston, Texas: Influence of the petrochemical industry	2004	182	doi
Ozone production and its sensitivity to NO <sub> <i>x</i> </sub> and VOCs: results from the DISCOVER-AQ field…	2016	149	doi
Urban aerosols and their variations with clouds and rainfall: A case study for New York and Houston	2005	148	doi
Direct evidence for chlorine-enhanced urban ozone formation in Houston, Texas	2003	147	doi
Visibility and aerosol composition in Houston, Texas	1982	144	doi
Tuberculosis in the Pediatric Population of Houston, Texas	1989	138	doi
Customer agility and responsiveness through big data analytics for public value creation: A case study of…	2017	137	doi
Current Emergency Department Management of Stroke in Houston, Texas	1995	133	doi
Cumulative Cancer Risk from Air Pollution in Houston: Disparities in Risk Burden and Social Disadvantage	2008	129	doi
Characterization of <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> Isolates from Patients in Houston, Texas, by…	2000	129	doi
Did Houston Clients of Arthur Andersen Recognize Publicly Available Bad News in a Timely Fashion?*	2005	117	doi
Cloud condensation nuclei activity, closure, and droplet growth kinetics of Houston aerosol during the Gulf…	2009	116	doi
Land subsidence in Houston, Texas, measured by radar interferometry and constrained by extensometers	2003	114	doi

papers whose title or entities mention Houston (any author location) · partial sample · distinct from research done at the city's institutions

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