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Durham VA Medical Center

In research, Durham VA Medical Center stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,187 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,956 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine is 5.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,544
of 28,054 · #3,896 all time
Rank in United States
#1,281
of 4,192
Research works
2.4k
▼ 16% vs 2013–17
Citations
120k
50.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

What is Durham VA Medical Center 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 #3,187 of 11,982 20.8%181 #1379
MedicineField #2,956 of 10,443 20.9%158 #1337

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Durham 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).

What does Durham VA Medical Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine takes 5.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 20.4 works5.2×
← 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: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.23× its world share, 17 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.44× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.54× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.80× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.19× its world share, 21 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.25× its world share, 158 worksMedicineNursing: 1.11× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.22× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.62× its world share, 20 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Durham VA Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Dawn Provenzale, Helen Hoenig and Heatherlee Bailey lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Durham VA Medical Center.

  1. 1 Dawn Provenzale United States · #67,110 worldwide 224 citations · 48 works
  2. 2 Helen Hoenig United States · #182,528 worldwide 145 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Heatherlee Bailey United States · #996,749 worldwide 24 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Ana I. Fins United States · #1,022,010 worldwide 35 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Cynthia A. Moylan United States · #1,266,455 worldwide 45 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Durham VA Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Durham VA Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Clinical Trials, Biomarkers, Prostate Cancer, Treatment, Quality of Life and Immunotherapy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology32▲ 3.2×72 topics
  2. Inflammation20▲ 3.9×45 topics
  3. Clinical Trials14▲ 8.3×13 topics
  4. Quality of Life14▲ 3.8×30 topics
  5. Treatment14▲ 4.5×26 topics
  6. Biomarkers13▲ 7.4×13 topics
  7. Prostate Cancer11▲ 33×3 topics
  8. Risk Factors11▲ 3.8×25 topics
  9. Immunotherapy10▲ 5.6×13 topics
  10. Depression10▲ 4.3×18 topics
  11. Mental Health10▲ 2.5×26 topics
  12. Metabolic Syndrome9▲ 4.3×17 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease9▲ 3.1×27 topics
  14. Genetics9▲ 4.9×12 topics
  15. Clinical Guidelines9▲ 12×8 topics
  16. Genetic Mutations8▲ 7.2×8 topics
  17. Primary Care8▲ 8.1×10 topics
  18. Genomic Profiling7▲ 29×2 topics
  19. Autoantibodies7▲ 12×6 topics
  20. Hormone Therapy7▲ 34×3 topics
  21. Androgen Receptor6▲ 34×1 topic
  22. Metastatic Prostate Cancer6▲ 60×1 topic
  23. Aging6▲ 4.5×10 topics
  24. Anxiety6▲ 4.9×8 topics
  25. Guidelines6▲ 5.0×10 topics
  26. Global Burden6▲ 4.2×12 topics
  27. Genetic Variants6▲ 12×5 topics
  28. Screening5▲ 23×2 topics
  29. Survival Rates5▲ 22×2 topics
  30. Chronic Disease Management5▲ 10×5 topics
  31. Psychological Factors5▲ 8.9×3 topics
  32. Targeted Therapy5▲ 8.2×4 topics
  33. Biopsy4▲ 28×2 topics
  34. Gleason Grading4▲ 44×1 topic
  35. MRI Imaging4▲ 21×1 topic
  36. Quality Improvement4▲ 9.0×8 topics
  37. Radiation Therapy4▲ 13×2 topics
  38. Cancer Risk4▲ 7.5×8 topics
  39. Critical Care4▲ 7.2×8 topics
  40. Asthma4▲ 16×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research, Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research.

Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research: 6 fractional worksProstate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 4 fractional worksEconomic and Financial I…4Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer: 4 fractional worksSystemic Lupus Erythemat…4Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research: 4 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory diseases: 3 fractional worksEating Disorders and Behaviors: 2 fractional worksRheumatoid Arthritis Res…2Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies: 2 fractional worksFrailty in Older Adults: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 2 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineEconomics and EconometricsRheumatologyPhysiology4 others

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

  1. 1 Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  2. 2 Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  3. 3 Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  4. 4 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research Rheumatology 4 works
  5. 5 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 3 works
  6. 6 Eating Disorders and Behaviors Clinical Psychology 2 works
  7. 7 Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies Rheumatology 2 works
  8. 8 Frailty in Older Adults Geriatrics and Gerontology 2 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 2 works
  10. 10 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 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 available37.6%not open62.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.2%domestic only89.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% 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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