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Overton Brooks VA Medical Center

In research, Overton Brooks VA Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#11,101 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#14,152 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#23,356
of 28,054 · #30,616 all time
Rank in United States
#3,499
of 4,192
Research works
380
▲ 97% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.7k
12.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
20%
world 28%

What is Overton Brooks 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 #11,101 of 17,978 5.5%269
Health SciencesDomain #14,152 of 20,462 5.4%286

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Overton Brooks 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.82× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 7.36× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksComputer SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.10× its world share, 56 worksMedicineVeterinary: 1.73× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 7.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Overton Brooks VA Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Vikas Khurana, Kevin Gallagher and Philip A. Haddad lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Overton Brooks VA Medical Center.

  1. 1 Vikas Khurana United States · #1,366,153 worldwide 9 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Kevin Gallagher United States · #1,369,374 worldwide 15 citations · 30 works
  3. 3 Philip A. Haddad United States · #1,509,321 worldwide 0 citations · 35 works
  4. 4 Dalia Hammoud United States · #1,523,762 worldwide 3 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Christopher Graham United States · #1,605,737 worldwide 3 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Overton Brooks VA Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Overton Brooks VA Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Lymphoma, Rituximab, PET Imaging, Prognostic Factors, Classification, Molecular Profiling, Genetic Pathogenesis and Hodgkin's Lymphoma.

▲ 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. Lymphoma15▲ 130×4 topics
  2. Rituximab14▲ 133×2 topics
  3. PET Imaging12▲ 97×3 topics
  4. Prognostic Factors12▲ 38×9 topics
  5. Classification10▲ 32×2 topics
  6. Molecular Profiling10▲ 151×2 topics
  7. Genetic Pathogenesis10▲ 272×1 topic
  8. Hodgkin's Lymphoma10▲ 272×1 topic
  9. Immunotherapy9▲ 18×10 topics
  10. Epidemiology8▲ 3.0×20 topics
  11. Chemotherapy7▲ 14×13 topics
  12. Targeted Therapy5▲ 35×5 topics
  13. Clinical Trials5▲ 10×5 topics
  14. Leukemia4▲ 75×2 topics
  15. Viral Transmission4▲ 41×2 topics
  16. Infection4▲ 23×2 topics
  17. Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia4▲ 117×1 topic
  18. Genomic Aberrations4▲ 117×1 topic
  19. HTLV-14▲ 486×1 topic
  20. Treatment4▲ 4.3×9 topics
  21. proviral load4▲ 486×1 topic
  22. Diagnosis4▲ 5.4×6 topics
  23. Cutaneous Lymphomas4▲ 270×1 topic
  24. Mycosis Fungoides4▲ 270×1 topic
  25. Cancer Incidence3▲ 35×2 topics
  26. Immunosuppression3▲ 54×2 topics
  27. Transplant Recipients3▲ 71×2 topics
  28. Biomarkers3▲ 5.8×4 topics
  29. Epstein-Barr Virus3▲ 164×1 topic
  30. Kaposi's Sarcoma3▲ 164×1 topic
  31. Metastasis3▲ 11×4 topics
  32. Molecular Characterization3▲ 20×4 topics
  33. Radiotherapy2▲ 9.3×5 topics
  34. Genetic Mutations2▲ 7.5×6 topics
  35. Genomic Profiling2▲ 30×2 topics
  36. Survival2▲ 23×3 topics
  37. Cancer Genomics2▲ 41×1 topic
  38. Mutational Signatures2▲ 41×1 topic
  39. Antifungal Therapy2▲ 32×3 topics
  40. Ovarian Cancer2▲ 27×2 topics

Which research topics does Overton Brooks VA Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research, T-cell and Retrovirus Studies and Cutaneous lymphoproliferative disorders research.

Lymphoma Diagnosis and T…10Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 10 fractional worksChronic Lymphocytic Leuk…4Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research: 4 fractional worksT-cell and Retrovirus St…4T-cell and Retrovirus Studies: 4 fractional worksCutaneous lymphoproliferative disorders research: 4 fractional worksViral-associated cancers and disorders: 3 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diag…2Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 2 fractional worksAcute Myeloid Leukemia Research: 1 fractional worksNail Diseases and Treatments: 1 fractional worksBrain Metastases and Treatment: 1 fractional works
Pathology and Forensic MedicineGeneticsImmunologyDermatology5 others

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

  1. 1 Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pathology and Forensic Medicine 10 works
  2. 2 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research Genetics 4 works
  3. 3 T-cell and Retrovirus Studies Immunology 4 works
  4. 4 Cutaneous lymphoproliferative disorders research Dermatology 4 works
  5. 5 Viral-associated cancers and disorders Oncology 3 works
  6. 6 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 2 works
  7. 7 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research Hematology 1 works
  9. 9 Nail Diseases and Treatments Epidemiology 1 works
  10. 10 Brain Metastases and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory 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 available19.7%not open80.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors1.9%domestic only98.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Overton Brooks VA Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 97% 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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