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Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center

In research, Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center stands highest in Life Sciences (#4,981 of 14,347 worldwide), Medicine (#6,596 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,248 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,503
of 28,054 · #10,456 all time
Rank in United States
#1,131
of 4,192
Research works
442
▲ 16% vs 2013–17
Citations
20k
45.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
30.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
59%
world 28%

What is Charlie Norwood 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
Life SciencesDomain #4,981 of 14,347 30.5%184
MedicineField #6,596 of 17,978 27.1%219
Health SciencesDomain #8,248 of 20,462 27.4%234

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Charlie Norwood 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: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.22× its world share, 18 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 7.10× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 5.61× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.25× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.85× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.70× its world share, 42 worksMedicineNursing: 3.67× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 7.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Vivek Choudhary lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center.

  1. 1 Vivek Choudhary United States · #768,536 worldwide 31 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Oxidative Stress, Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease, Chronic Kidney Disease, Biomarkers, Epidemiology and Hemodialysis.

▲ 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. Inflammation14▲ 8.6×46 topics
  2. Oxidative Stress10▲ 7.4×31 topics
  3. Cancer8▲ 7.8×28 topics
  4. Epidemiology8▲ 2.6×41 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease6▲ 7.1×13 topics
  6. Chronic Kidney Disease6▲ 30×6 topics
  7. Biomarkers5▲ 9.4×9 topics
  8. Hemodialysis4▲ 67×2 topics
  9. Depression4▲ 5.7×7 topics
  10. Cytokines4▲ 18×6 topics
  11. Mortality4▲ 8.5×8 topics
  12. Neuroinflammation4▲ 17×6 topics
  13. Quality of Life4▲ 3.3×13 topics
  14. Treatment4▲ 3.9×20 topics
  15. Immune System3▲ 18×5 topics
  16. Nutrition3▲ 9.3×4 topics
  17. Nephrotoxicity3▲ 92×2 topics
  18. Apoptosis3▲ 13×11 topics
  19. Diabetes3▲ 7.8×10 topics
  20. TGF-ß3▲ 25×4 topics
  21. Biogenesis3▲ 21×3 topics
  22. Gene Expression3▲ 6.1×6 topics
  23. Microglia3▲ 33×2 topics
  24. Regulation3▲ 6.6×7 topics
  25. Mitochondrial Dysfunction3▲ 12×7 topics
  26. Fibrosis2▲ 17×6 topics
  27. Neurobiology2▲ 12×4 topics
  28. Prognosis2▲ 9.5×4 topics
  29. Sepsis2▲ 18×4 topics
  30. Acute Kidney Injury2▲ 59×3 topics
  31. Critical Care2▲ 13×5 topics
  32. Immunity2▲ 7.4×9 topics
  33. Schizophrenia2▲ 27×3 topics
  34. Hypertension2▲ 10×9 topics
  35. Renal Failure2▲ 65×2 topics
  36. Dialysis2▲ 55×1 topic
  37. Peritoneal Dialysis2▲ 55×1 topic
  38. Contrast-Induced Nephropathy2▲ 86×1 topic
  39. Neurodegeneration2▲ 8.7×8 topics
  40. Immune Activation2▲ 32×1 topic

Which research topics does Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Dialysis and Renal Disease Management, Acute Kidney Injury Research, Tryptophan and brain disorders and Stress Responses and Cortisol.

Dialysis and Renal Disea…2Dialysis and Renal Disease Management: 2 fractional worksAcute Kidney Injury Rese…2Acute Kidney Injury Research: 2 fractional worksTryptophan and brain dis…2Tryptophan and brain disorders: 2 fractional worksStress Responses and Cor…2Stress Responses and Cortisol: 2 fractional worksMicroRNA in disease regulation: 1 fractional worksCancer-related molecular mechanisms research: 1 fractional worksPsoriasis: Treatment and…1Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis: 1 fractional worksChronic Kidney Disease a…1Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes: 1 fractional worksChemotherapy-induced org…1Chemotherapy-induced organ toxicity mitigation: 1 fractional worksExtracellular vesicles i…1Extracellular vesicles in disease: 1 fractional works
NephrologyBiological PsychiatryBehavioral NeuroscienceCancer Research3 others

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

  1. 1 Dialysis and Renal Disease Management Nephrology 2 works
  2. 2 Acute Kidney Injury Research Nephrology 2 works
  3. 3 Tryptophan and brain disorders Biological Psychiatry 2 works
  4. 4 Stress Responses and Cortisol Behavioral Neuroscience 2 works
  5. 5 MicroRNA in disease regulation Cancer Research 1 works
  6. 6 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 1 works
  7. 7 Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis Immunology 1 works
  8. 8 Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes Nephrology 1 works
  9. 9 Chemotherapy-induced organ toxicity mitigation Pathology and Forensic Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Extracellular vesicles in disease Molecular Biology 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 available58.8%not open41.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.8%domestic only78.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% 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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