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Nashville VA Medical Center

In research, Nashville VA Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#7,927 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#9,323 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#13,822
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#3,037
of 8,685
Research works
314
▲ 4% vs 2013–17
Citations
14k
46.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

What is Nashville 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 #7,927 of 17,978 24.8%182
Health SciencesDomain #9,323 of 20,462 24.2%200

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Nashville 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: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.29× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.35× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.18× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.98× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.26× its world share, 15 worksMedicineNursing: 2.79× its world share, 0 worksNursingDecision Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Nashville VA Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Oxidative Stress, Myocardial Infarction, Reactive Oxygen Species, Pathogenesis, Management, Cardioprotection and Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury.

▲ 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 11 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 11 words, with their numbers
  1. Inflammation3▲ 5.5×20 topics
  2. Oxidative Stress2▲ 5.8×11 topics
  3. Epidemiology2▲ 1.88×26 topics
  4. Myocardial Infarction2▲ 29×4 topics
  5. Reactive Oxygen Species1▲ 14×4 topics
  6. Diagnosis1▲ 5.5×12 topics
  7. Management1▲ 6.3×7 topics
  8. Cardioprotection1▲ 327×1 topic
  9. Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury1▲ 69×1 topic
  10. Pathogenesis1▲ 9.3×5 topics
  11. Heart Failure1▲ 10×8 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac Ischemia and Reperfusion, Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies, Celiac Disease Research and Management and Cardiac Fibrosis and Remodeling.

Cardiac Ischemia and Reperfusion: 1 fractional worksHelicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies: 1 fractional worksCeliac Disease Research …1Celiac Disease Research and Management: 1 fractional worksCardiac Fibrosis and Rem…0Cardiac Fibrosis and Remodeling: 0 fractional worksHealth and Medical Research Impacts: 0 fractional worksMultiple Sclerosis Research Studies: 0 fractional worksAnesthesia and Neurotoxi…0Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research: 0 fractional worksCancer Cells and Metastasis: 0 fractional worksHeme Oxygenase-1 and Carbon Monoxide: 0 fractional worksPharmacological Effects of Natural Compounds: 0 fractional works
Pathology and Forensic MedicineSurgeryGastroenterologyCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine5 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Ischemia and Reperfusion Pathology and Forensic Medicine 1 works
  2. 2 Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies Surgery 1 works
  3. 3 Celiac Disease Research and Management Gastroenterology 1 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Fibrosis and Remodeling Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 works
  5. 5 Health and Medical Research Impacts Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  6. 6 Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies Pathology and Forensic Medicine 0 works
  7. 7 Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research Developmental Neuroscience 0 works
  8. 8 Cancer Cells and Metastasis Oncology 0 works
  9. 9 Heme Oxygenase-1 and Carbon Monoxide Molecular Biology 0 works
  10. 10 Pharmacological Effects of Natural Compounds Pharmacology 0 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 available34.0%not open66.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.8%domestic only76.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% 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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