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Minneapolis VA Health Care System

In research, Minneapolis VA Health Care System stands highest in Medicine (#3,153 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,156 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,444
of 28,054 · #8,276 all time
Rank in United States
#1,262
of 4,192
Research works
1.1k
▲ 32% vs 2013–17
Citations
29k
27.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
51%
world 28%

What is Minneapolis VA Health Care 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
MedicineField #3,153 of 10,443 15.8%189 #2319
Health SciencesDomain #4,156 of 11,982 16.5%213 #2768

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Minneapolis VA Health Care 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: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.01× its world share, 17 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.49× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 4.16× its world share, 21 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.79× its world share, 23 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.14× its world share, 189 worksMedicineNursing: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.58× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.15× its world share, 30 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Minneapolis VA Health Care System?

Ranked on the composite score, Philipp Dahm, Melissa A. Polusny and Aasma Shaukat lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Minneapolis VA Health Care System.

  1. 1 Philipp Dahm United States · #47,764 worldwide 597 citations · 94 works
  2. 2 Melissa A. Polusny United States · #64,970 worldwide 323 citations · 30 works
  3. 3 Aasma Shaukat United States · #102,258 worldwide 174 citations · 42 works
  4. 4 Dimitri Drekonja United States · #127,605 worldwide 136 citations · 41 works
  5. 5 Michelle Brasure United States · #217,769 worldwide 146 citations · 44 works
  6. 6 Michele Spoont United States · #260,496 worldwide 59 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 Christopher R. Erbes United States · #270,692 worldwide 135 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Timothy J Wilt United States · #402,892 worldwide 569 citations · 318 works
  9. 9 Laura A. Meis United States · #482,995 worldwide 38 citations · 27 works
  10. 10 Greg J. Lamberty United States · #483,096 worldwide 68 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Minneapolis VA Health Care System

Which keywords describe research at Minneapolis VA Health Care System?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Global Burden, Management, Risk Factors, Depression, Treatment and Quality of Life.

▲ 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. Epidemiology51▲ 4.1×85 topics
  2. Diagnosis16▲ 5.5×21 topics
  3. Risk Factors14▲ 4.2×22 topics
  4. Mental Health14▲ 3.1×25 topics
  5. Quality of Life14▲ 3.1×31 topics
  6. Management14▲ 5.6×17 topics
  7. Treatment14▲ 3.5×26 topics
  8. Depression13▲ 4.8×18 topics
  9. Inflammation13▲ 1.96×43 topics
  10. Global Burden12▲ 7.4×10 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease11▲ 3.3×26 topics
  12. Chemotherapy10▲ 4.7×15 topics
  13. Guidelines10▲ 6.5×12 topics
  14. Mortality9▲ 5.2×12 topics
  15. Heart Failure9▲ 6.9×11 topics
  16. Clinical Trials9▲ 4.3×15 topics
  17. Clinical Practice Guidelines8▲ 4.9×11 topics
  18. Resilience7▲ 4.9×7 topics
  19. Respiratory7▲ 24×2 topics
  20. Cognitive Therapy7▲ 22×3 topics
  21. Prevention7▲ 5.4×10 topics
  22. Anxiety7▲ 4.6×10 topics
  23. Psychometric Evaluation7▲ 24×2 topics
  24. COPD7▲ 32×1 topic
  25. Trauma7▲ 11×6 topics
  26. spirometry7▲ 32×1 topic
  27. Adjuvant Therapy6▲ 16×2 topics
  28. Chronic Disease Management6▲ 10×5 topics
  29. Molecular Characterization6▲ 11×6 topics
  30. Survival Analysis6▲ 6.4×5 topics
  31. Psychological Factors5▲ 8.1×4 topics
  32. Mortality Risk5▲ 7.0×5 topics
  33. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder5▲ 60×1 topic
  34. Psychological Treatment5▲ 60×1 topic
  35. Quality Improvement5▲ 8.6×7 topics
  36. Recovery5▲ 15×2 topics
  37. Gastric Cancer5▲ 14×3 topics
  38. Neuropathology5▲ 12×3 topics
  39. Functional Connectivity5▲ 12×3 topics
  40. Psychiatric Disorders5▲ 12×4 topics

Which research topics does Minneapolis VA Health Care System publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research, Traumatic Brain Injury Research and Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes.

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 7 fractional worksPosttraumatic Stress Disorder Research: 5 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury R…4Traumatic Brain Injury Research: 4 fractional worksGastric Cancer Managemen…4Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 4 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connectivity Studies: 4 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Treatment: 3 fractional worksHealth Policy Implementa…3Health Policy Implementation Science: 3 fractional worksStroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 2 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 2 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 2 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineClinical PsychologyEpidemiologyCognitive Neuroscience5 others

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

  1. 1 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 7 works
  2. 2 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research Clinical Psychology 5 works
  3. 3 Traumatic Brain Injury Research Epidemiology 4 works
  4. 4 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  5. 5 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 4 works
  6. 6 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  7. 7 Health Policy Implementation Science General Health Professions 3 works
  8. 8 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 2 works
  9. 9 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 2 works
  10. 10 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 2 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 available50.9%not open49.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.7%domestic only87.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Minneapolis VA Health Care System's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 32% 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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