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Durham VA Health Care System

In research, Durham VA Health Care System stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,240 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#1,304 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Health Professions and Clinical Psychology (General Health Professions is 9.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#5,357
of 22,385 · #4,403 all time
Rank in United States
#727
of 3,332
Research works
605
▲ 35% vs 2018-21
Citations
17k
27.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
58%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
Durham VA Health Care System

What is Durham VA Health Care System 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
Health SciencesDomain #1,240 of 9,902 11.1%181 #1306
MedicineField #1,304 of 8,541 11.5%136 #1359

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

Which fields of science does Durham VA Health Care System work in?

In 2022-now, 70% of research at Durham VA Health Care System is in Health Sciences, 22% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (53%), Health Professions (16%), Psychology (14%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 207 fractional works · 69.7% of its workMedicine: 158 fractional works · 53.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 16 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 14 fractional works · 4.8% of its workEpidemiology: 13 fractional works · 4.4% of its workSurgery: 10 fractional works · 3.3% of its workOncology: 10 fractional works · 3.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 9 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 8 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 8 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 8 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPhysiology: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workNephrology: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFamily Practice: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRheumatology: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 48 fractional works · 16.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 37 fractional works · 12.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 65 fractional works · 21.8% of its workPsychology: 41 fractional works · 13.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 27 fractional works · 8.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 4.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 9 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 9 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 19 fractional works · 6.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKDurham VA HealthCare System298fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences70%Social Sciences22%

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. Medicine15853.1%
    2. Health Professions4816.0%
    3. Nursing20.5%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Psychology4113.7%
    2. Social Sciences134.4%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance93.0%
    4. Decision Sciences10.3%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.3%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology93.1%
    2. Neuroscience51.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology31.0%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.4%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.2%
    1. Computer Science20.6%
    2. Environmental Science10.4%
    3. Engineering10.4%
    4. Physics and Astronomy10.3%
    5. Mathematics10.2%
    6. Chemistry00.1%
    7. Materials Science00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Durham VA Health Care System specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Health Professions takes 9.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 36.7 works9.0×
  2. Clinical PsychologySubfield · 26.6 works8.6×
← 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: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.59× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.01× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.07× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.26× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 6.09× its world share, 48 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.76× its world share, 158 worksMedicineNursing: 1.12× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.39× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.48× its world share, 41 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 13 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 6.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions6.09×48 works
  2. Psychology4.48×41 works
  3. Medicine2.76×158 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.39×9 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.26×1 works
  6. Nursing1.12×2 works
  7. Neuroscience1.07×5 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology1.01×3 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.59×9 works
  10. Social Sciences0.35×13 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.34×1 works
  12. Mathematics0.17×1 works
  13. Dentistry0.16×0 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.13×1 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.10×1 works
  16. Environmental Science0.08×1 works
  17. Computer Science0.07×2 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.06×0 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.05×1 works
  20. Chemistry0.04×0 works
  21. Engineering0.02×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Durham VA Health Care System?

Ranked on the quality score, Nathan A. Kimbrel, Lauren P. Hair and Eric A. Dedert lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Durham VA Health Care System.

  1. 1 Nathan A. Kimbrel United States · #218,084 worldwide 11k citations · 338 works
  2. 2 Lauren P. Hair United States · #407,647 worldwide 1.4k citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Eric A. Dedert United States · #789,731 worldwide 3.6k citations · 124 works
  4. 4 Patrick S. Calhoun United States · #797,312 worldwide 10k citations · 322 works
  5. 5 Jennifer Jane Runnals United States · #1,159,965 worldwide 624 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Cindy M. Swinkels United States · #1,269,932 worldwide 809 citations · 29 works
  7. 7 Amy Webster United States · #1,378,073 worldwide 757 citations · 77 works
  8. 8 Jason Arthur Sharpe United States · #1,574,908 worldwide 485 citations · 26 works
  9. 9 Jean C. Beckham United States · #1,700,166 worldwide 1k citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Blake Henderson United States · #1,920,528 worldwide 243 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Durham VA Health Care System

What are the most cited papers from Durham VA Health Care System?

The most cited paper from Durham VA Health Care System is "A Self-Rating Depression Scale" (William W.K. Zung, 1965), with 9,843 citations. Next come "A method for assessing drug therapy appropriateness☆" (972) and "Likelihood ratios with confidence: Sample size estimation for diagnostic test studies" (942).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A Self-Rating Depression Scale William W.K. Zung · Archives of General Psychiatry Open access 1965 9,843
2 A method for assessing drug therapy appropriateness☆ Joseph T. Hanlon, Kenneth E. Schmader, Gregory P. Samsa et al. · Journal of Clinical Epidemiology Oct 1992 972
3 Likelihood ratios with confidence: Sample size estimation for diagnostic test studies David L. Simel, Gregory P. Samsa, David Bruce Matchar · Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 1991 942
4 The genetic architecture of the human cerebral cortex Katrina L. Grasby et al. · Science Open access362 authors 19 Mar 2020 910
5 Does Increased Access to Primary Care Reduce Hospital Readmissions? Morris Weinberger, Eugene Ž. Oddone, William G. Henderson · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 30 May 1996 805
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Durham VA Health Care System?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Mental Health, Primary Care, Depression, Quality of Life, Chronic Disease Management, Quality Improvement and Anxiety.

▲ 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. Epidemiology39▲ 3.3×71 topics
  2. Mental Health24▲ 5.7×23 topics
  3. Quality of Life22▲ 5.2×34 topics
  4. Primary Care20▲ 18×10 topics
  5. Depression20▲ 7.6×16 topics
  6. Inflammation18▲ 2.8×40 topics
  7. Chronic Disease Management13▲ 23×5 topics
  8. Quality Improvement12▲ 21×8 topics
  9. Anxiety12▲ 8.5×8 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease12▲ 3.5×24 topics
  11. Resilience12▲ 7.9×7 topics
  12. Aging11▲ 6.7×12 topics
  13. Biomarkers11▲ 5.1×11 topics
  14. Psychometric Evaluation10▲ 36×2 topics
  15. Clinical Trials10▲ 5.1×15 topics
  16. Risk Factors10▲ 3.0×21 topics
  17. Cognitive Therapy10▲ 29×3 topics
  18. Trauma10▲ 16×6 topics
  19. Social Support10▲ 6.0×13 topics
  20. Mortality Risk9▲ 13×6 topics
  21. Clinical Guidelines9▲ 10×9 topics
  22. Elderly Patients9▲ 18×4 topics
  23. Mortality9▲ 5.2×11 topics
  24. Prostate Cancer8▲ 20×3 topics
  25. Patient Satisfaction8▲ 8.8×9 topics
  26. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder8▲ 89×1 topic
  27. Psychological Treatment8▲ 89×1 topic
  28. Long-Term Care8▲ 35×2 topics
  29. Critical Care8▲ 11×8 topics
  30. Ethical Considerations7▲ 7.2×8 topics
  31. Behavior Change7▲ 16×4 topics
  32. Health Outcomes7▲ 8.9×7 topics
  33. Quality of Care7▲ 28×3 topics
  34. Intensive Care Unit7▲ 18×3 topics
  35. Evidence-Based Practice7▲ 17×6 topics
  36. Health Disparities7▲ 8.5×6 topics
  37. Glycemic Control6▲ 14×4 topics
  38. Nursing Home6▲ 55×1 topic
  39. Person-Centered Care6▲ 55×1 topic
  40. Coping Strategies6▲ 8.2×5 topics

Which research topics does Durham VA Health Care System publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research, Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes, Primary Care and Health Outcomes and Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues.

Posttraumatic Stress Dis…8Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research: 8 fractional worksGeriatric Care and Nursi…6Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes: 6 fractional worksPrimary Care and Health Outcomes: 5 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 5 fractional worksFrailty in Older Adults4Frailty in Older Adults: 4 fractional worksHealth Policy Implementation Science: 4 fractional worksProstate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 4 fractional worksProstate Cancer Treatmen…4Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research: 4 fractional worksInterprofessional Education and Collaboration: 4 fractional worksChronic Disease Management Strategies: 4 fractional works
Clinical PsychologyGeneral Health ProfessionsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthGeriatrics and Gerontology2 others

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

  1. 1 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research Clinical Psychology 8 works
  2. 2 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes General Health Professions 6 works
  3. 3 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 5 works
  4. 4 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  5. 5 Frailty in Older Adults Geriatrics and Gerontology 4 works
  6. 6 Health Policy Implementation Science General Health Professions 4 works
  7. 7 Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  8. 8 Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  9. 9 Interprofessional Education and Collaboration General Health Professions 4 works
  10. 10 Chronic Disease Management Strategies Epidemiology 4 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 available57.8%not open42.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.1%domestic only88.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Durham VA Health Care System's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 35% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Durham VA Health Care System as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0011% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Durham VA Health Care System0.0011% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Durham VA Health Care System 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 counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Durham VA Health Care System7.7% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.2% in 2019.

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