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Buffalo VA Medical Center

In research, Buffalo VA Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#11,452 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#13,496 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#25,858
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#5,539
of 8,685
Research works
298
▼ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
7k
23.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
20%
world 28%

What is Buffalo VA Medical Center 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 #11,452 of 17,978 16.2%160
Health SciencesDomain #13,496 of 20,462 17.8%177

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Buffalo VA Medical Center 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: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.91× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.43× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.05× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.74× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.91× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.59× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 1.60× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.47× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 0.76× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.73× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 9.11× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 1.62× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 9.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Buffalo VA Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Monica B. Spaulding and Roswell Park lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Buffalo VA Medical Center.

  1. 1 Monica B. Spaulding United States · #887,570 worldwide 38 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Roswell Park United States · #917,549 worldwide 2 citations · 39 works
All ranked researchers at Buffalo VA Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Buffalo VA Medical Center?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Antimicrobial Resistance, Oxidative Stress, Diagnosis, Cancer, Treatment and Chronic Kidney Disease.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Epidemiology28▲ 2.3×66 topics
  2. Inflammation18▲ 2.5×48 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress12▲ 2.2×34 topics
  4. Cancer10▲ 2.4×24 topics
  5. Treatment10▲ 2.5×23 topics
  6. Diagnosis9▲ 3.0×18 topics
  7. Quality of Life8▲ 1.94×20 topics
  8. Antimicrobial Resistance7▲ 9.3×8 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease7▲ 2.1×19 topics
  10. Neurological Disorders7▲ 3.4×15 topics
  11. Clinical Practice Guidelines6▲ 3.9×12 topics
  12. Metabolism6▲ 3.2×13 topics
  13. Metabolic Syndrome6▲ 2.4×13 topics
  14. Global Burden6▲ 3.5×8 topics
  15. Chronic Kidney Disease5▲ 7.3×7 topics
  16. Mortality5▲ 3.5×9 topics
  17. Magnetic Resonance Imaging5▲ 4.3×5 topics
  18. Antibiotic Resistance5▲ 3.9×6 topics
  19. Clinical Management5▲ 7.7×5 topics
  20. Complications5▲ 3.1×11 topics
  21. Glycosylation5▲ 7.0×3 topics
  22. Myocardial Infarction4▲ 5.6×6 topics
  23. Cancer Treatment4▲ 5.6×8 topics
  24. Prognosis4▲ 4.4×7 topics
  25. Cancer Risk4▲ 5.3×4 topics
  26. Monoclonal Antibodies4▲ 9.1×3 topics
  27. Clinical Outcomes4▲ 6.2×6 topics
  28. PET Imaging4▲ 5.8×4 topics
  29. Anesthesia4▲ 10×3 topics
  30. Neural Circuits4▲ 7.8×2 topics
  31. Liver Transplantation3▲ 7.3×3 topics
  32. Therapeutic Antibodies3▲ 8.6×2 topics
  33. Hormonal Regulation3▲ 19×2 topics
  34. Insulin Signaling3▲ 8.4×3 topics
  35. Macular Degeneration3▲ 8.6×3 topics
  36. Ghrelin3▲ 31×1 topic
  37. Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury3▲ 11×2 topics
  38. Leptin3▲ 31×1 topic
  39. Tumor Suppression3▲ 9.2×2 topics
  40. Hemoglobin3▲ 35×1 topic

Which research topics does Buffalo VA Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition, Cloud Computing and Resource Management, Health and Well-being Studies and Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems.

Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition: 1 fractional worksCloud Computing and Resource Management: 1 fractional worksHealth and Well-being St…1Health and Well-being Studies: 1 fractional worksFlexible and Reconfigura…0Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems: 0 fractional worksBig Data and Business Intelligence: 0 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and User Behaviour: 0 fractional worksReconstructive Surgery a…0Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques: 0 fractional worksSimulation Techniques and Applications: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Database Systems and Queries: 0 fractional worksRetinal Development and Disorders: 0 fractional works
BiomaterialsInformation SystemsClinical PsychologyIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering6 others

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

  1. 1 Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition Biomaterials 1 works
  2. 2 Cloud Computing and Resource Management Information Systems 1 works
  3. 3 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 1 works
  4. 4 Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 0 works
  5. 5 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 0 works
  6. 6 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 0 works
  7. 7 Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques Surgery 0 works
  8. 8 Simulation Techniques and Applications Management Science and Operations Research 0 works
  9. 9 Advanced Database Systems and Queries Computer Networks and Communications 0 works
  10. 10 Retinal Development and Disorders Molecular Biology 0 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 available19.9%not open80.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.4%domestic only94.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Buffalo VA Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% 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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