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John Cochran VA Medical Center

In research, John Cochran VA Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#7,557 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,661 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#15,998
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#3,499
of 8,685
Research works
395
▲ 41% vs 2013–17
Citations
15k
36.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
32.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
35%
world 28%

What is John Cochran 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 #7,557 of 17,978 26.7%249
Health SciencesDomain #8,661 of 20,462 26.6%267

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where John Cochran 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: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.63× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.85× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.75× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.76× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.91× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.16× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.96× its world share, 24 worksMedicineNursing: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at John Cochran VA Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Oxidative Stress, Chemotherapy, Heart Failure, Aging, Insulin Resistance, Epidemiology and Guidelines.

▲ 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 21 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Inflammation4▲ 6.4×27 topics
  2. Oxidative Stress3▲ 5.5×18 topics
  3. Epidemiology2▲ 1.99×23 topics
  4. Chemotherapy2▲ 7.7×11 topics
  5. Heart Failure2▲ 12×7 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease1▲ 4.2×9 topics
  7. Diagnosis1▲ 4.8×11 topics
  8. Aging1▲ 8.1×9 topics
  9. Cancer1▲ 3.1×12 topics
  10. Insulin Resistance1▲ 9.3×6 topics
  11. Treatment1▲ 3.4×9 topics
  12. Guidelines1▲ 8.2×5 topics
  13. Metabolic Syndrome1▲ 4.8×6 topics
  14. Obesity1▲ 5.2×5 topics
  15. Complications1▲ 6.8×5 topics
  16. Medical Education1▲ 13×2 topics
  17. Myocardial Infarction1▲ 15×4 topics
  18. Quality of Life1▲ 2.5×10 topics
  19. Cytokines1▲ 12×4 topics
  20. Laparoscopic Surgery1▲ 28×2 topics
  21. Risk Factors1▲ 3.0×5 topics

Which research topics does John Cochran VA Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Surgical Simulation and Training, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, GDF15 and Related Biomarkers and Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors.

Surgical Simulation and …1Surgical Simulation and Training: 1 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis …1Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksGDF15 and Related Biomarkers: 0 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 0 fractional worksChemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity and mitigation: 0 fractional worksAortic aneurysm repair treatments: 0 fractional worksCardiac Fibrosis and Remodeling: 0 fractional worksMultiple Myeloma Researc…0Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments: 0 fractional worksSimulation-Based Education in Healthcare: 0 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 0 fractional works
SurgeryEpidemiologyRheumatologyCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Surgical Simulation and Training Surgery 1 works
  2. 2 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 1 works
  3. 3 GDF15 and Related Biomarkers Rheumatology 0 works
  4. 4 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 works
  5. 5 Chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity and mitigation Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 works
  6. 6 Aortic aneurysm repair treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  7. 7 Cardiac Fibrosis and Remodeling Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 works
  8. 8 Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments Hematology 0 works
  9. 9 Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare Physiology 0 works
  10. 10 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 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 available35.3%not open64.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.2%domestic only91.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has John Cochran VA Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 41% 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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