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Oklahoma City VA Medical Center

In research, Oklahoma City VA Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#11,097 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#13,431 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#19,683
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#4,258
of 8,685
Research works
299
◆ 0% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.4k
24.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
35%
world 28%

What is Oklahoma City 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 #11,097 of 17,978 18.8%152
Health SciencesDomain #13,431 of 20,462 19.2%167

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Oklahoma City 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: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6.05× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.09× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 5.63× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.22× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.11× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.26× its world share, 18 worksMedicineNursing: 0.71× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 5.94× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 6.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Oklahoma City VA Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Oxidative Stress, Inflammation, Mitochondrial Dysfunction, Aging, Metabolic Regulation, Cancer, Stem Cells and Exercise.

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

All 38 words, with their numbers
  1. Inflammation5▲ 5.6×27 topics
  2. Oxidative Stress5▲ 6.9×22 topics
  3. Aging4▲ 18×9 topics
  4. Mitochondrial Dysfunction4▲ 34×4 topics
  5. Metabolic Regulation4▲ 56×2 topics
  6. Cancer4▲ 6.2×21 topics
  7. Exercise3▲ 59×2 topics
  8. Stem Cells3▲ 29×5 topics
  9. FoxO Transcription Factors3▲ 192×2 topics
  10. Insulin Resistance3▲ 14×5 topics
  11. Reactive Oxygen Species3▲ 16×4 topics
  12. Muscle Regeneration2▲ 229×1 topic
  13. Skeletal Muscle Atrophy2▲ 229×1 topic
  14. Metabolism2▲ 11×12 topics
  15. Brown Adipose Tissue2▲ 104×1 topic
  16. Cell Death2▲ 23×5 topics
  17. Thermogenesis2▲ 104×1 topic
  18. Mitochondria2▲ 37×3 topics
  19. Neurodegenerative Diseases2▲ 28×3 topics
  20. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 3.9×10 topics
  21. Obesity2▲ 5.9×11 topics
  22. Biomarkers2▲ 6.0×5 topics
  23. Mitochondrial Fission2▲ 77×1 topic
  24. Mitochondrial Fusion2▲ 77×1 topic
  25. Neurodegeneration2▲ 14×4 topics
  26. Neurological Disorders2▲ 6.7×7 topics
  27. Neuroinflammation2▲ 13×5 topics
  28. Cancer Therapy1▲ 6.1×5 topics
  29. Cytokines1▲ 11×3 topics
  30. Mass Spectrometry1▲ 20×3 topics
  31. Metabolic Syndrome1▲ 3.6×7 topics
  32. Apoptosis1▲ 8.4×8 topics
  33. Brain Development1▲ 16×4 topics
  34. Depression1▲ 3.1×6 topics
  35. Epidemiology1▼ 0.68×14 topics
  36. Microglia1▲ 25×2 topics
  37. Neuroprotection1▲ 7.7×6 topics
  38. Treatment1▲ 2.0×8 topics

Which research topics does Oklahoma City VA Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Muscle Physiology and Disorders, Adipose Tissue and Metabolism, Mitochondrial Function and Pathology and Muscle metabolism and nutrition.

Muscle Physiology and Di…2Muscle Physiology and Disorders: 2 fractional worksAdipose Tissue and Metabolism: 2 fractional worksMitochondrial Function and Pathology: 2 fractional worksMuscle metabolism and nutrition: 1 fractional worksNeuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms: 1 fractional worksGDF15 and Related Biomarkers: 1 fractional worksExercise and Physiological Responses: 1 fractional worksEpigenetics and DNA Methylation: 1 fractional worksAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research: 1 fractional worksDiet and metabolism studies: 1 fractional works
Molecular BiologyPhysiologyCell BiologyNeurology2 others

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

  1. 1 Muscle Physiology and Disorders Molecular Biology 2 works
  2. 2 Adipose Tissue and Metabolism Physiology 2 works
  3. 3 Mitochondrial Function and Pathology Molecular Biology 2 works
  4. 4 Muscle metabolism and nutrition Cell Biology 1 works
  5. 5 Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms Neurology 1 works
  6. 6 GDF15 and Related Biomarkers Rheumatology 1 works
  7. 7 Exercise and Physiological Responses Rehabilitation 1 works
  8. 8 Epigenetics and DNA Methylation Molecular Biology 1 works
  9. 9 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research Neurology 1 works
  10. 10 Diet and metabolism studies Physiology 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 available34.9%not open65.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.5%domestic only92.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Oklahoma City VA Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 0% 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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