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Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System

In research, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System stands highest in Health Sciences (#8,379 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#8,358 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,776
of 28,054 · #7,341 all time
Rank in United States
#2,549
of 4,192
Research works
1.3k
▼ 17% vs 2013–17
Citations
61k
48.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare 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
Health SciencesDomain #8,379 of 11,982 16.4%101 #3415
MedicineField #8,358 of 10,443 14.5%80 #3367

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare 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: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.39× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.90× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.81× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.80× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 5.19× its world share, 20 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.81× its world share, 80 worksMedicineNursing: 0.93× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.44× its world share, 16 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 5.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System?

Ranked on the composite score, Barry F. Uretsky, Jeffrey M. Pyne and Dennis H. Sullivan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System.

  1. 1 Barry F. Uretsky United States · #25,402 worldwide 718 citations · 102 works
  2. 2 Jeffrey M. Pyne United States · #246,961 worldwide 425 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Dennis H. Sullivan United States · #542,484 worldwide 65 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 JoAnn E. Kirchner United States · #1,114,353 worldwide 25 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Richard R. Owen United States · #1,174,851 worldwide 29 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System

Which keywords describe research at Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Chronic Disease Management, Behavior Change, Mental Health, Substance Use Disorders, Evidence-Based Practice, Primary Care and Mortality Risk.

▲ 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. Epidemiology17▲ 2.9×42 topics
  2. Mental Health8▲ 3.9×23 topics
  3. Inflammation8▲ 2.7×47 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress8▲ 3.2×33 topics
  5. Behavior Change6▲ 29×3 topics
  6. Chronic Disease Management6▲ 22×5 topics
  7. Depression6▲ 4.8×13 topics
  8. COVID-196▲ 3.0×9 topics
  9. Substance Use Disorders6▲ 56×2 topics
  10. Evidence-Based Practice6▲ 30×5 topics
  11. Primary Care6▲ 9.8×9 topics
  12. Public Health6▲ 2.6×16 topics
  13. Risk Factors6▲ 3.4×15 topics
  14. Mortality Risk5▲ 15×6 topics
  15. Qualitative Research5▲ 4.2×3 topics
  16. Quality of Life5▲ 2.5×15 topics
  17. Cardiovascular Disease5▲ 3.3×20 topics
  18. Healthcare Interventions5▲ 99×1 topic
  19. Implementation Science5▲ 99×1 topic
  20. Pandemic4▲ 2.7×7 topics
  21. Global Burden4▲ 5.0×6 topics
  22. Patient Satisfaction4▲ 8.7×5 topics
  23. Chronic Pain Management4▲ 76×1 topic
  24. Opioid Prescribing4▲ 76×1 topic
  25. Aging4▲ 4.5×10 topics
  26. Digital Divide4▲ 9.1×4 topics
  27. Atherosclerosis3▲ 8.0×10 topics
  28. Psychological Distress3▲ 8.7×3 topics
  29. Chronic Kidney Disease3▲ 8.7×6 topics
  30. Prevention Strategies3▲ 21×2 topics
  31. Myocardial Infarction3▲ 8.8×6 topics
  32. Psychiatric Disorders3▲ 15×4 topics
  33. Quality Improvement3▲ 11×6 topics
  34. Global Burden of Disease3▲ 7.8×4 topics
  35. Patient Engagement3▲ 14×4 topics
  36. Telemedicine3▲ 14×2 topics
  37. Elderly Patients3▲ 11×3 topics
  38. Telehealth3▲ 42×1 topic
  39. Virtual Care3▲ 42×1 topic
  40. Behavioral Interventions2▲ 22×2 topics

Which research topics does Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Health Policy Implementation Science, Opioid Use Disorder Treatment, Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation and Suicide and Self-Harm Studies.

Health Policy Implementation Science: 5 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Treatment: 4 fractional worksTelemedicine and Telehea…3Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation: 3 fractional worksSuicide and Self-Harm St…2Suicide and Self-Harm Studies: 2 fractional worksSubstance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksPrimary Care and Health Outcomes: 2 fractional worksPain Management and Opio…2Pain Management and Opioid Use: 2 fractional worksPosttraumatic Stress Disorder Research: 2 fractional worksMental Health Treatment and Access: 2 fractional worksThyroid Disorders and Treatments: 2 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthClinical PsychologyEpidemiology3 others

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

  1. 1 Health Policy Implementation Science General Health Professions 5 works
  2. 2 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  3. 3 Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  4. 4 Suicide and Self-Harm Studies Clinical Psychology 2 works
  5. 5 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 2 works
  6. 6 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 2 works
  7. 7 Pain Management and Opioid Use Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research Clinical Psychology 2 works
  9. 9 Mental Health Treatment and Access Social Psychology 2 works
  10. 10 Thyroid Disorders and Treatments Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 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 available40.0%not open60.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.5%domestic only91.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 17% 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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