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Audie L. Murphy Memorial VA Hospital

In research, Audie L. Murphy Memorial VA Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#7,408 of 17,978 worldwide), Health Sciences (#9,149 of 20,462 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#6,439 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#25,038
of 28,054 · #13,923 all time
Rank in United States
#3,775
of 4,192
Research works
609
▼ 21% vs 2013–17
Citations
16k
26.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
27%
world 28%

What is Audie L. Murphy Memorial VA Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
MedicineField #7,408 of 17,978 15.5%346
Health SciencesDomain #9,149 of 20,462 15.6%381
Life SciencesDomain #6,439 of 14,347 14.0%171

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Audie L. Murphy Memorial VA Hospital 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: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.16× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.29× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.38× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 3.74× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.34× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.31× its world share, 39 worksMedicineNursing: 1.96× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.00× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.92× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Which keywords describe research at Audie L. Murphy Memorial VA Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Epidemiology, Treatment, Metabolic Syndrome, Cardiovascular Disease, Aging, Diagnosis and Diabetes.

▲ 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. Inflammation7▲ 5.4×30 topics
  2. Epidemiology6▲ 2.4×42 topics
  3. Treatment4▲ 5.0×18 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease3▲ 4.2×13 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress3▲ 2.9×21 topics
  6. Metabolic Syndrome3▲ 5.4×11 topics
  7. Diagnosis2▲ 4.4×14 topics
  8. Cancer2▲ 3.0×13 topics
  9. Aging2▲ 6.9×8 topics
  10. Healthcare2▲ 3.1×4 topics
  11. Diabetes2▲ 6.8×8 topics
  12. Mortality2▲ 5.9×7 topics
  13. Risk Factors2▲ 3.0×10 topics
  14. Pathogenesis2▲ 6.0×8 topics
  15. Obesity2▲ 3.9×13 topics
  16. Biomarkers2▲ 4.1×11 topics
  17. Depression2▲ 3.1×11 topics
  18. Precision Medicine2▲ 5.9×6 topics
  19. Heart Failure2▲ 5.9×8 topics
  20. Neurological Disorders2▲ 4.6×8 topics
  21. Alzheimer's Disease2▲ 8.6×4 topics
  22. Cancer Therapy2▲ 4.2×6 topics
  23. Chronic Kidney Disease2▲ 9.9×6 topics
  24. Prevention2▲ 5.9×4 topics
  25. Complications1▲ 4.4×7 topics
  26. Coronary Artery Disease1▲ 20×3 topics
  27. Patient Satisfaction1▲ 6.7×4 topics
  28. Weight Loss1▲ 13×4 topics
  29. Mitochondrial Dysfunction1▲ 6.5×8 topics
  30. Prognosis1▲ 5.7×6 topics
  31. Surgery1▲ 5.8×6 topics
  32. Atherosclerosis1▲ 6.2×4 topics
  33. Gastric Cancer1▲ 16×2 topics
  34. Business Process Management1▲ 75×1 topic
  35. Eradication Therapy1▲ 48×1 topic
  36. Helicobacter pylori1▲ 48×1 topic
  37. Myocardial Infarction1▲ 7.1×3 topics
  38. Thrombus Formation1▲ 22×2 topics
  39. Type 2 Diabetes1▲ 7.5×3 topics
  40. Workflow Mining1▲ 75×1 topic

Which research topics does Audie L. Murphy Memorial VA Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies, Business Process Modeling and Analysis, Diet and metabolism studies and Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging.

Helicobacter pylori-rela…1Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies: 1 fractional worksBusiness Process Modelin…1Business Process Modeling and Analysis: 1 fractional worksDiet and metabolism studies: 1 fractional worksAdvanced X-ray and CT Imaging: 1 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 1 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 1 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …1Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 1 fractional worksPlatelet Disorders and Treatments: 1 fractional worksLiver Disease and Transplantation: 1 fractional works
SurgeryManagement Information SystemsPhysiologyBiomedical Engineering6 others

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

  1. 1 Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies Surgery 1 works
  2. 2 Business Process Modeling and Analysis Management Information Systems 1 works
  3. 3 Diet and metabolism studies Physiology 1 works
  4. 4 Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 1 works
  7. 7 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 1 works
  8. 8 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Platelet Disorders and Treatments Hematology 1 works
  10. 10 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 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 available26.6%not open73.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.0%domestic only89.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Audie L. Murphy Memorial VA Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 21% lower 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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