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Boston VA Research Institute

In research, Boston VA Research Institute stands highest in Life Sciences (#196 of 6,403 worldwide) and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#129 of 2,964 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Molecular Biology is 10.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#1,218
of 22,385 · #854 all time
Rank in United States
#270
of 3,332
Research works
443
▲ 46% vs 2018-21
Citations
22k
48.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.31×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
69%
world 40%
International
23%
world 18%
Boston VA Research Institute

What is Boston VA Research Institute known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Life SciencesDomain #196 of 6,403 29.0%98 #191
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #129 of 2,964 25.8%74 #147

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Boston VA Research Institute 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Boston VA Research Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 58% of research at Boston VA Research Institute is in Life Sciences, 33% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (44%), Medicine (30%), Neuroscience (7%). It does 4.1× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 108 fractional works · 58.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 81 fractional works · 43.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 57 fractional works · 31.0% of its workGenetics: 8 fractional works · 4.2% of its workCell Biology: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAging: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStructural Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 12 fractional works · 6.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 3.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 11 fractional works · 5.9% of its workImmunology: 9 fractional works · 4.9% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 60 fractional works · 32.5% of its workMedicine: 55 fractional works · 29.8% of its workEpidemiology: 7 fractional works · 3.7% of its workOncology: 6 fractional works · 3.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 11 fractional works · 6.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKBoston VAResearch…186fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences58%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences33%Social Sciences3%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology8143.8%
    2. Neuroscience126.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology115.9%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences42.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Medicine5529.8%
    2. Health Professions42.1%
    3. Nursing10.4%
    4. Dentistry00.3%
    1. Environmental Science31.5%
    2. Computer Science21.2%
    3. Chemistry21.1%
    4. Engineering21.1%
    5. Materials Science10.6%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.5%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    8. Mathematics00.2%
    9. Energy00.0%
    1. Psychology31.8%
    2. Social Sciences10.5%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Boston VA Research Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Molecular Biology takes 10.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Molecular BiologySubfield · 57.5 works10×
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField · 81.2 works8.2×
← 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: 0.44× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8.21× its world share, 81 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.87× its world share, 11 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 4.04× its world share, 12 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.68× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.30× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.80× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.55× its world share, 55 worksMedicineNursing: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.58× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 8.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology8.21×81 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology5.87×11 works
  3. Neuroscience4.04×12 works
  4. Medicine1.55×55 works
  5. Health Professions0.80×4 works
  6. Nursing0.72×1 works
  7. Chemistry0.68×2 works
  8. Psychology0.58×3 works
  9. Dentistry0.54×0 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.44×4 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.30×1 works
  12. Environmental Science0.30×3 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.22×0 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.19×1 works
  15. Materials Science0.17×1 works
  16. Computer Science0.15×2 works
  17. Mathematics0.13×0 works
  18. Engineering0.07×2 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.07×0 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.06×0 works
  21. Social Sciences0.04×1 works
  22. Energy0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Boston VA Research Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Peter Raines lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Boston VA Research Institute.

  1. 1 Peter Raines United States · #3,214,398 worldwide 64 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Boston VA Research Institute

What are the most cited papers from Boston VA Research Institute?

The most cited paper from Boston VA Research Institute is "Subsets of exhausted CD8+ T cells differentially mediate tumor control and respond to checkpoint blockade" (Brian C. Miller et al., 2019), with 2,180 citations. Next come "Analysis of shared heritability in common disorders of the brain" (2,056) and "Defining ‘T cell exhaustion’" (1,669).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Subsets of exhausted CD8+ T cells differentially mediate tumor control and respond to checkpoint blockade Brian C. Miller et al. · Nature Immunology Open access 18 Feb 2019 2,180
2 Analysis of shared heritability in common disorders of the brain Verneri Anttila et al. · Science Open access577 authors 21 Jun 2018 2,056
3 Defining ‘T cell exhaustion’ Christian U. Blank, W. Nicholas Haining, Werner Held et al. · Nature reviews. Immunology ReviewOpen access 30 Sep 2019 1,669
4 Bile acid metabolites control TH17 and Treg cell differentiation Saiyu Hang, Donggi Paik, Lina Yao et al. · Nature Open access 27 Nov 2019 1,458
5 Distinct conformational states of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein Yongfei Cai, Jun Zhang, Tianshu Xiao et al. · Science Open access 21 Jul 2020 1,381
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Boston VA Research Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer, Aging, Inflammation, Cancer Therapy, Oxidative Stress, Epidemiology, Gene Regulation and Metabolic Regulation.

▲ 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-now 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. Epidemiology15▲ 2.1×68 topics
  2. Inflammation13▲ 3.2×52 topics
  3. Cancer12▲ 4.8×32 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress11▲ 3.7×29 topics
  5. Aging9▲ 8.9×14 topics
  6. Cancer Therapy8▲ 7.9×13 topics
  7. Gene Regulation7▲ 39×4 topics
  8. Immune Response7▲ 6.4×19 topics
  9. Gene Expression6▲ 5.3×16 topics
  10. Metabolic Regulation6▲ 20×5 topics
  11. Cell Death6▲ 13×6 topics
  12. Cancer Progression5▲ 15×7 topics
  13. Chromatin5▲ 55×2 topics
  14. Vaccine5▲ 6.6×10 topics
  15. Immunity5▲ 6.1×8 topics
  16. Insulin Signaling5▲ 28×4 topics
  17. Mitochondrial Dysfunction4▲ 8.0×8 topics
  18. Mitochondria4▲ 17×6 topics
  19. Translation4▲ 13×2 topics
  20. Innate Immunity4▲ 6.7×9 topics
  21. Alternative Splicing4▲ 42×1 topic
  22. RNA Structure4▲ 41×1 topic
  23. RNA-Binding Proteins4▲ 42×1 topic
  24. Ribosome4▲ 41×1 topic
  25. Antibiotic Resistance4▲ 5.2×8 topics
  26. Apoptosis4▲ 6.5×10 topics
  27. Gene Expression Regulation4▲ 20×2 topics
  28. RNA methylation4▲ 24×1 topic
  29. Signal Transduction4▲ 13×6 topics
  30. m6A-seq4▲ 24×1 topic
  31. Stem Cells4▲ 7.3×10 topics
  32. Neurodegenerative Diseases4▲ 12×4 topics
  33. Transcription Factors4▲ 15×2 topics
  34. Glycosylation3▲ 17×3 topics
  35. Drosophila3▲ 39×2 topics
  36. Epigenetics3▲ 39×2 topics
  37. Gene Therapy3▲ 9.1×5 topics
  38. Longevity3▲ 22×3 topics
  39. Histone Modifications3▲ 66×1 topic
  40. Transcription3▲ 66×1 topic

Which research topics does Boston VA Research Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, RNA Research and Splicing, RNA modifications and cancer and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics.

RNA and protein synthesi…4RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms: 4 fractional worksRNA Research and Splicing4RNA Research and Splicing: 4 fractional worksRNA modifications and ca…4RNA modifications and cancer: 4 fractional worksGenomics and Chromatin D…3Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics: 3 fractional worksMitochondrial Function and Pathology: 2 fractional worksUbiquitin and proteasome pathways: 2 fractional worksGenetics, Aging, and Lon…2Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms: 2 fractional worksCRISPR and Genetic Engineering: 2 fractional worksEpigenetics and DNA Methylation: 2 fractional worksBacterial Genetics and B…2Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology: 2 fractional works
Molecular BiologyAgingGenetics

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

  1. 1 RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms Molecular Biology 4 works
  2. 2 RNA Research and Splicing Molecular Biology 4 works
  3. 3 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 4 works
  4. 4 Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics Molecular Biology 3 works
  5. 5 Mitochondrial Function and Pathology Molecular Biology 2 works
  6. 6 Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways Molecular Biology 2 works
  7. 7 Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms Aging 2 works
  8. 8 CRISPR and Genetic Engineering Molecular Biology 2 works
  9. 9 Epigenetics and DNA Methylation Molecular Biology 2 works
  10. 10 Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology Genetics 2 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 available68.8%not open31.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.1%domestic only76.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Boston VA Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 46% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Boston VA Research Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00072% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Boston VA Research Institute0.00060% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Boston VA Research Institute over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting20%40%Boston VA Research Institute26.9% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 32.7% in 2020.

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