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Kansas City VA Medical Center

In research, Kansas City VA Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#9,126 of 17,978 worldwide), Health Sciences (#11,399 of 20,462 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#11,056 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#21,001
of 28,054 · #20,406 all time
Rank in United States
#3,099
of 4,192
Research works
526
▼ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
12k
22.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
27%
world 28%

What is Kansas City 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 #9,126 of 17,978 15.8%323
Health SciencesDomain #11,399 of 20,462 15.8%346
Life SciencesDomain #11,056 of 14,347 10.7%130

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

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.78× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.68× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.69× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.69× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.19× its world share, 40 worksMedicineNursing: 2.06× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.94× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.91× its world share, 2 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: Medicine, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kansas City VA Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Harsh K. Patel, Prateek Sharma and Timothy T. Harkins lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kansas City VA Medical Center.

  1. 1 Harsh K. Patel United States · #62,146 worldwide 216 citations · 32 works
  2. 2 Prateek Sharma United States · #78,137 worldwide 231 citations · 32 works
  3. 3 Timothy T. Harkins United States · #142,125 worldwide 727 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Sushanta K. Banerjee United States · #521,308 worldwide 53 citations · 27 works
  5. 5 Snigdha Banerjee United States · #1,023,774 worldwide 39 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Prashanth Vennalaganti United States · #1,162,525 worldwide 16 citations · 31 works
  7. 7 Abhiram Duvvuri United States · #1,211,783 worldwide 3 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Sreekar Vennelaganti United States · #1,260,159 worldwide 15 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Madhav Desai United States · #1,317,496 worldwide 15 citations · 55 works
  10. 10 Tarun Rai United States · #1,413,624 worldwide 12 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Kansas City VA Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Kansas City VA Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Chemotherapy, Angiogenesis, Epidemiology, Oxidative Stress, Metabolic Syndrome, Endoscopic Resection and TGF-ß Signaling.

▲ 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. Inflammation7▲ 5.2×29 topics
  2. Epidemiology6▲ 2.4×32 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress4▲ 4.0×15 topics
  4. Chemotherapy4▲ 8.6×10 topics
  5. Angiogenesis3▲ 16×6 topics
  6. Metabolic Syndrome3▲ 6.3×10 topics
  7. Endoscopic Resection3▲ 43×2 topics
  8. Guidelines3▲ 8.9×5 topics
  9. TGF-ß Signaling3▲ 66×2 topics
  10. Risk Factors3▲ 3.7×6 topics
  11. Cancer Progression2▲ 21×3 topics
  12. Fibrosis2▲ 21×5 topics
  13. Insulin Resistance2▲ 8.3×4 topics
  14. Metabolism2▲ 7.6×7 topics
  15. Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 6.9×5 topics
  16. Mortality2▲ 6.5×6 topics
  17. Adjuvant Therapy2▲ 28×2 topics
  18. Meta-Analysis2▲ 5.9×4 topics
  19. Prevention2▲ 8.5×4 topics
  20. Neurological Disorders2▲ 5.9×5 topics
  21. Wound Healing2▲ 13×2 topics
  22. Cell Adhesion2▲ 76×2 topics
  23. CCN Family2▲ 549×1 topic
  24. Connective Tissue Growth Factor2▲ 154×1 topic
  25. Radiotherapy2▲ 7.9×9 topics
  26. Screening2▲ 32×2 topics
  27. Colonoscopy2▲ 70×1 topic
  28. Colorectal Cancer2▲ 38×1 topic
  29. Gastric Cancer2▲ 25×2 topics
  30. Hepatocellular Carcinoma2▲ 14×2 topics
  31. Neoadjuvant Therapy2▲ 13×4 topics
  32. Mortality Risk2▲ 12×4 topics
  33. Precision Medicine2▲ 6.1×5 topics
  34. Survival Analysis2▲ 10×4 topics
  35. Hepatic Steatosis2▲ 17×2 topics
  36. NAFLD2▲ 22×1 topic
  37. NASH2▲ 22×1 topic
  38. Lymph Node Dissection2▲ 41×1 topic
  39. Molecular Characterization2▲ 14×2 topics
  40. Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy2▲ 29×1 topic

Which research topics does Kansas City VA Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Connective Tissue Growth Factor Research, Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment and Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes.

Connective Tissue Growth…2Connective Tissue Growth Factor Research: 2 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Screen…2Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 2 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis …2Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksGastric Cancer Managemen…2Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathology: 1 fractional worksEsophageal Cancer Research and Treatment: 1 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Le…1Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 1 fractional worksAlcohol Consumption and Health Effects: 1 fractional worksNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research: 1 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic…1Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 1 fractional works
Molecular BiologyOncologyEpidemiologyPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine5 others

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

  1. 1 Connective Tissue Growth Factor Research Molecular Biology 2 works
  2. 2 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 2 works
  3. 3 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 2 works
  4. 4 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 1 works
  6. 6 Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment Surgery 1 works
  7. 7 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  8. 8 Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects Pathology and Forensic Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 1 works
  10. 10 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 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 available27.3%not open72.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.6%domestic only89.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kansas City VA Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% 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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