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Miami VA Healthcare System

In research, Miami VA Healthcare System stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,697 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#7,626 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,653
of 28,054 · #10,059 all time
Rank in United States
#2,212
of 4,192
Research works
737
▲ 71% vs 2013–17
Citations
24k
32.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is Miami VA Healthcare System 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 #7,697 of 11,982 13.0%87 #3122
MedicineField #7,626 of 10,443 13.1%80 #4065

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Miami VA Healthcare 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 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: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.59× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.22× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.41× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.69× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.82× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.42× its world share, 80 worksMedicineNursing: 2.07× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.81× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.70× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Miami VA Healthcare System?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Aging, Insulin Resistance, Quality of Life, Cancer, Treatment and Diagnosis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology20▲ 4.2×65 topics
  2. Inflammation10▲ 4.1×37 topics
  3. Quality of Life6▲ 3.6×21 topics
  4. Cancer6▲ 3.6×28 topics
  5. Treatment6▲ 3.7×24 topics
  6. Aging5▲ 7.9×13 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress5▲ 2.5×24 topics
  8. Insulin Resistance5▲ 8.5×5 topics
  9. Diagnosis5▲ 4.0×17 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease4▲ 3.2×15 topics
  11. Metabolic Syndrome4▲ 4.3×9 topics
  12. Management4▲ 4.1×14 topics
  13. Mortality4▲ 5.6×6 topics
  14. Pandemic4▲ 2.9×6 topics
  15. Clinical Trials4▲ 4.3×10 topics
  16. Immune Response3▲ 4.8×12 topics
  17. Obesity3▲ 3.6×13 topics
  18. Surgery3▲ 7.1×7 topics
  19. Elderly Patients3▲ 14×4 topics
  20. Genetic Mutations3▲ 5.2×12 topics
  21. Mortality Risk3▲ 9.7×5 topics
  22. Neurobiology3▲ 8.9×6 topics
  23. Neurological Disorders3▲ 4.0×14 topics
  24. Prognosis3▲ 6.7×6 topics
  25. Antibiotic Resistance3▲ 5.6×7 topics
  26. Hypertension3▲ 7.5×4 topics
  27. Diagnostic Criteria2▲ 9.2×7 topics
  28. ACE2 Receptor2▲ 8.2×3 topics
  29. Neuroinflammation2▲ 6.9×5 topics
  30. Obstructive Sleep Apnea2▲ 43×1 topic
  31. Sleep-Disordered Breathing2▲ 43×1 topic
  32. Circadian Rhythms2▲ 19×2 topics
  33. Chronic Disease Management2▲ 9.3×5 topics
  34. Health Consequences2▲ 6.2×2 topics
  35. Hepatocellular Carcinoma2▲ 8.7×3 topics
  36. Physical Performance2▲ 20×2 topics
  37. Central Sensitization2▲ 28×2 topics
  38. Stroke2▲ 9.7×5 topics
  39. Frailty2▲ 34×1 topic
  40. Geriatric Assessment2▲ 24×1 topic

Which research topics does Miami VA Healthcare System publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research, Frailty in Older Adults, Ocular Surface and Contact Lens and Sleep and related disorders.

Obstructive Sleep Apnea …2Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research: 2 fractional worksFrailty in Older Adults2Frailty in Older Adults: 2 fractional worksOcular Surface and Conta…2Ocular Surface and Contact Lens: 2 fractional worksSleep and related disord…2Sleep and related disorders: 2 fractional worksNutrition and Health in Aging: 2 fractional worksFibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research: 1 fractional worksAllergic Rhinitis and Se…1Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization: 1 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 1 fractional worksLong-Term Effects of COV…1Long-Term Effects of COVID-19: 1 fractional works
PhysiologyGeriatrics and GerontologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthExperimental and Cognitive Psychology5 others

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

  1. 1 Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research Physiology 2 works
  2. 2 Frailty in Older Adults Geriatrics and Gerontology 2 works
  3. 3 Ocular Surface and Contact Lens Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  4. 4 Sleep and related disorders Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 2 works
  5. 5 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 2 works
  6. 6 Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research Psychiatry and Mental health 1 works
  7. 7 Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization Immunology and Allergy 1 works
  8. 8 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 1 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 1 works
  10. 10 Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 Neurology 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 available36.4%not open63.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Miami VA Healthcare System's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 71% 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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