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Milwaukee VA Medical Center

In research, Milwaukee VA Medical Center stands highest in Health Sciences (#8,396 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#7,571 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#21,731
of 28,054 · #10,475 all time
Rank in United States
#3,215
of 4,192
Research works
1.5k
▼ 7% vs 2013–17
Citations
41k
28.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
25%
world 28%

What is Milwaukee 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 #8,396 of 11,982 9.7%91 #3611
MedicineField #7,571 of 10,443 8.6%81 #3362

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Milwaukee 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: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.74× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.15× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.55× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.20× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.68× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.46× its world share, 82 worksMedicineNursing: 1.17× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.77× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.54× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Milwaukee VA Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Jeff Whittle lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Milwaukee VA Medical Center.

  1. 1 Jeff Whittle United States · #142,143 worldwide 156 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Milwaukee VA Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Milwaukee VA Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Neuroprotection, Mortality, Recovery, Management, Clinical Trials and Treatment.

▲ 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. Epidemiology17▲ 3.6×54 topics
  2. Inflammation10▲ 3.8×33 topics
  3. Quality of Life6▲ 3.2×24 topics
  4. Treatment5▲ 3.6×19 topics
  5. Public Health5▲ 2.9×17 topics
  6. Management5▲ 5.1×15 topics
  7. Mortality5▲ 6.7×9 topics
  8. Neuroprotection5▲ 11×7 topics
  9. Clinical Trials4▲ 5.5×13 topics
  10. Risk Factors4▲ 3.3×15 topics
  11. Recovery4▲ 34×2 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Disease4▲ 3.0×18 topics
  13. Global Burden4▲ 6.3×8 topics
  14. Diagnosis4▲ 3.3×14 topics
  15. Biomechanics4▲ 9.3×6 topics
  16. Academic Medicine3▲ 33×3 topics
  17. Degenerative Disc Disease3▲ 28×2 topics
  18. Functional Recovery3▲ 17×3 topics
  19. Pain Management3▲ 11×7 topics
  20. Primary Care3▲ 6.3×8 topics
  21. Complications3▲ 4.6×9 topics
  22. Guidelines3▲ 5.0×9 topics
  23. Traumatic Brain Injury3▲ 26×2 topics
  24. Infectious Diseases3▲ 6.8×5 topics
  25. Physical Activity3▲ 4.5×3 topics
  26. Spinal Cord Injury3▲ 51×2 topics
  27. Clinical Outcomes3▲ 9.8×5 topics
  28. Neurological Classification2▲ 89×1 topic
  29. Neuromodulation2▲ 33×1 topic
  30. Myocardial Infarction2▲ 8.5×5 topics
  31. Surgical Treatment2▲ 9.8×4 topics
  32. Low Back Pain2▲ 11×2 topics
  33. Neuropathology2▲ 15×2 topics
  34. Brain Injury2▲ 64×2 topics
  35. Chronic Kidney Disease2▲ 7.5×4 topics
  36. Mortality Risk2▲ 7.4×5 topics
  37. Quality Improvement2▲ 9.5×6 topics
  38. Chronic Pain2▲ 7.9×4 topics
  39. Echocardiography2▲ 6.5×5 topics
  40. Head Impact2▲ 161×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Spinal Cord Injury Research, Automotive and Human Injury Biomechanics, Traumatic Brain Injury Research and Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology.

Spinal Cord Injury Resea…2Spinal Cord Injury Research: 2 fractional worksAutomotive and Human Inj…2Automotive and Human Injury Biomechanics: 2 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury Research: 2 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 2 fractional worksCervical and Thoracic Myelopathy: 2 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 2 fractional worksDiversity and Career in Medicine: 2 fractional worksHealth and Medical Resea…2Health and Medical Research Impacts: 2 fractional worksClimate Change and Health Impacts: 1 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 1 fractional works
Pathology and Forensic MedicinePulmonary and Respiratory MedicineEpidemiologySurgery4 others

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

  1. 1 Spinal Cord Injury Research Pathology and Forensic Medicine 2 works
  2. 2 Automotive and Human Injury Biomechanics Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  3. 3 Traumatic Brain Injury Research Epidemiology 2 works
  4. 4 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy Surgery 2 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 2 works
  8. 8 Health and Medical Research Impacts Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  9. 9 Climate Change and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 1 works
  10. 10 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 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 available25.4%not open74.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.7%domestic only93.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% 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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