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Louisville VA Medical Center

In research, Louisville VA Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#10,271 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#12,681 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#18,219
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#3,964
of 8,685
Research works
344
▼ 21% vs 2013–17
Citations
12k
33.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
44%
world 28%

What is Louisville 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 #10,271 of 17,978 22.0%210
Health SciencesDomain #12,681 of 20,462 22.2%230

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Louisville 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: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.06× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.12× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.39× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.87× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.06× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.26× its world share, 35 worksMedicineNursing: 4.10× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.94× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Louisville VA Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Oxidative Stress, Metabolism, Metabolic Syndrome, Therapeutic Targets, Mortality Risk, Cancer Risk and Liver Disease.

▲ 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. Inflammation12▲ 10×32 topics
  2. Oxidative Stress10▲ 11×19 topics
  3. Metabolism7▲ 26×9 topics
  4. Metabolic Syndrome6▲ 13×7 topics
  5. Therapeutic Targets6▲ 67×4 topics
  6. Cancer Risk5▲ 43×3 topics
  7. Mortality Risk5▲ 41×2 topics
  8. Alcohol5▲ 388×1 topic
  9. Genetic Polymorphisms5▲ 168×1 topic
  10. Liver Disease5▲ 102×2 topics
  11. Insulin Resistance5▲ 20×4 topics
  12. Hepatic Steatosis5▲ 54×2 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease4▲ 7.4×13 topics
  14. NAFLD4▲ 59×1 topic
  15. NASH4▲ 59×1 topic
  16. Epidemiology3▲ 1.36×28 topics
  17. Biomarkers3▲ 7.7×8 topics
  18. Cancer3▲ 3.8×12 topics
  19. Obesity2▲ 5.7×6 topics
  20. Chronic Kidney Disease2▲ 16×7 topics
  21. Neuroprotection2▲ 10×8 topics
  22. Coagulopathy2▲ 40×2 topics
  23. Neuropathology2▲ 24×3 topics
  24. Heart Failure2▲ 6.8×8 topics
  25. Hypertension2▲ 10×3 topics
  26. Macrophages2▲ 16×4 topics
  27. Angiogenesis2▲ 8.5×5 topics
  28. Hepatic Encephalopathy2▲ 51×1 topic
  29. Liver Cirrhosis2▲ 51×1 topic
  30. Neurological Disorders2▲ 4.8×6 topics
  31. Diabetes1▲ 5.3×7 topics
  32. Neuroimaging1▲ 9.6×5 topics
  33. Oxygen Sensing1▲ 22×2 topics
  34. Biogenesis1▲ 14×2 topics
  35. Cognitive Impairment1▲ 9.6×5 topics
  36. Central Chemoreception1▲ 67×1 topic
  37. Metastasis1▲ 6.5×3 topics
  38. Respiratory Rhythm1▲ 67×1 topic
  39. Stroke1▲ 12×4 topics
  40. Thermoregulation1▲ 29×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Liver Disease and Transplantation and Neuroscience of respiration and sleep.

Alcohol Consumption and …5Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects: 5 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis …4Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 4 fractional worksLiver Disease and Transplantation: 2 fractional worksNeuroscience of respiration and sleep: 1 fractional worksAlcoholism and Thiamine …1Alcoholism and Thiamine Deficiency: 1 fractional worksErythropoietin and Anemia Treatment: 1 fractional worksEicosanoids and Hypertension Pharmacology: 1 fractional worksGut microbiota and health: 1 fractional worksHeart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control: 1 fractional worksEndoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease: 1 fractional works
Pathology and Forensic MedicineEpidemiologyHepatologyEndocrine and Autonomic Systems6 others

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

  1. 1 Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects Pathology and Forensic Medicine 5 works
  2. 2 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 4 works
  3. 3 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 2 works
  4. 4 Neuroscience of respiration and sleep Endocrine and Autonomic Systems 1 works
  5. 5 Alcoholism and Thiamine Deficiency Neurology 1 works
  6. 6 Erythropoietin and Anemia Treatment Hematology 1 works
  7. 7 Eicosanoids and Hypertension Pharmacology Biochemistry 1 works
  8. 8 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 1 works
  9. 9 Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease Cell 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 available44.2%not open55.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.7%domestic only89.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 21% 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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