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Atlanta VA Health Care System

In research, Atlanta VA Health Care System stands highest in Medicine (#5,574 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,757 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,084
of 28,054 · #21,225 all time
Rank in United States
#1,644
of 4,192
Research works
313
▲ 596% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.2k
16.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
66%
world 28%

What is Atlanta VA Health Care System 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 #5,574 of 10,443 21.9%82 #10774
Health SciencesDomain #6,757 of 11,982 21.9%92 #11561

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Atlanta VA Health Care System 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).

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: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.40× its world share, 18 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.74× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 4.40× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.75× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.50× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.99× its world share, 82 worksMedicineNursing: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.15× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.06× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Atlanta VA Health Care System?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Cardiovascular Disease, Oxidative Stress, Risk Factors, Diabetes, Depression and Immune Response.

▲ 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. Epidemiology19▲ 3.4×59 topics
  2. Inflammation13▲ 4.3×46 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress9▲ 3.8×25 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease8▲ 5.3×23 topics
  5. Risk Factors7▲ 4.4×16 topics
  6. Mental Health6▲ 2.9×18 topics
  7. Depression6▲ 4.5×17 topics
  8. Treatment6▲ 3.3×19 topics
  9. Quality of Life5▲ 2.6×27 topics
  10. Diabetes5▲ 6.8×9 topics
  11. Management5▲ 4.1×10 topics
  12. Immune Response4▲ 5.7×13 topics
  13. Biomarkers4▲ 4.3×13 topics
  14. Global Burden4▲ 5.4×9 topics
  15. Clinical Trials4▲ 4.2×12 topics
  16. Antiretroviral Therapy4▲ 17×6 topics
  17. Neurodegeneration4▲ 9.1×5 topics
  18. Metabolism4▲ 5.0×7 topics
  19. Neurological Disorders4▲ 4.5×12 topics
  20. Aging3▲ 4.4×7 topics
  21. Guidelines3▲ 4.9×7 topics
  22. Insulin Resistance3▲ 5.1×7 topics
  23. Atherosclerosis3▲ 8.1×6 topics
  24. Chronic Disease Management3▲ 12×5 topics
  25. Emotion Regulation3▲ 7.3×7 topics
  26. Anxiety3▲ 4.6×8 topics
  27. Liver Disease3▲ 23×3 topics
  28. Macular Degeneration3▲ 17×3 topics
  29. Neuroinflammation3▲ 7.3×5 topics
  30. Hypertension3▲ 7.1×7 topics
  31. Mortality Risk3▲ 8.7×5 topics
  32. Neural Plasticity3▲ 12×3 topics
  33. Parkinson's Disease3▲ 8.4×6 topics
  34. Genetic Variation3▲ 9.1×5 topics
  35. Functional Recovery3▲ 12×3 topics
  36. Cognitive Therapy2▲ 16×3 topics
  37. Myocardial Infarction2▲ 7.5×5 topics
  38. Telemedicine2▲ 13×3 topics
  39. Wnt Signaling2▲ 17×2 topics
  40. Heart Rate Variability2▲ 14×2 topics

Which research topics does Atlanta VA Health Care System publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Congenital heart defects research, Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control, Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation and Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery.

Congenital heart defects…2Congenital heart defects research: 2 fractional worksHeart Rate Variability a…2Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control: 2 fractional worksTelemedicine and Telehealth Implementation: 2 fractional worksStroke Rehabilitation an…2Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 2 fractional worksPosttraumatic Stress Dis…2Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research: 2 fractional worksRetinal Development and Disorders: 2 fractional worksGlaucoma and retinal disorders: 2 fractional worksPeripheral Artery Diseas…2Peripheral Artery Disease Management: 2 fractional worksAlcohol Consumption and Health Effects: 2 fractional worksGenetic Associations and Epidemiology: 1 fractional works
Molecular BiologyCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthRehabilitation5 others

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

  1. 1 Congenital heart defects research Molecular Biology 2 works
  2. 2 Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  3. 3 Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  4. 4 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 2 works
  5. 5 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research Clinical Psychology 2 works
  6. 6 Retinal Development and Disorders Molecular Biology 2 works
  7. 7 Glaucoma and retinal disorders Ophthalmology 2 works
  8. 8 Peripheral Artery Disease Management Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects Pathology and Forensic Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Genetic Associations and Epidemiology Genetics 1 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 available65.9%not open34.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.2%domestic only87.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Atlanta VA Health Care System's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 596% 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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