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Portland VA Medical Center

In research, Portland VA Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#5,950 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,610 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,818
of 28,054 · #3,952 all time
Rank in United States
#2,397
of 4,192
Research works
2.3k
▼ 50% vs 2013–17
Citations
101k
42.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
28%
world 28%

What is Portland 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
MedicineField #5,950 of 10,443 16.0%77 #1485
Health SciencesDomain #7,610 of 11,982 16.0%87 #1657

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Portland 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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.26× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.83× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 4.41× its world share, 9 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.22× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.77× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.15× its world share, 77 worksMedicineNursing: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.13× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.60× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Portland VA Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Amnon Sonnenberg, ROLAND ATKINSON and Henk Rigter lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Portland VA Medical Center.

  1. 1 Amnon Sonnenberg United States · #53,179 worldwide 317 citations · 79 works
  2. 2 ROLAND ATKINSON United States · #86,068 worldwide 126 citations · 31 works
  3. 3 Henk Rigter United States · #97,544 worldwide 141 citations · 36 works
  4. 4 Dennis J. Mazur United States · #266,310 worldwide 23 citations · 33 works
  5. 5 Stephen A. Fausti United States · #743,944 worldwide 42 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Péter Hauser United States · #771,448 worldwide 43 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Paul H. Brown United States · #874,740 worldwide 18 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Portland VA Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Portland VA Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Prognostic Factors, Diagnosis, Mortality, Inflammation, Risk Factors and Hearing Loss.

▲ 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. Epidemiology18▲ 3.5×69 topics
  2. Treatment7▲ 4.7×25 topics
  3. Inflammation7▲ 2.5×41 topics
  4. Quality of Life6▲ 3.1×20 topics
  5. Risk Factors5▲ 3.8×14 topics
  6. Diagnosis5▲ 4.4×20 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease5▲ 3.2×17 topics
  8. Mortality4▲ 6.0×10 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress4▲ 2.1×22 topics
  10. Prognostic Factors4▲ 7.8×12 topics
  11. Chemotherapy4▲ 4.4×13 topics
  12. Biomarkers4▲ 4.3×12 topics
  13. Guidelines4▲ 6.4×10 topics
  14. Hearing Loss4▲ 25×4 topics
  15. Neurological Disorders4▲ 4.9×11 topics
  16. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 5.1×11 topics
  17. Immunotherapy4▲ 3.8×14 topics
  18. Management3▲ 3.3×17 topics
  19. Cognitive Decline3▲ 19×2 topics
  20. Prevention3▲ 5.4×9 topics
  21. Surgical Management3▲ 5.6×6 topics
  22. Health-related Quality of Life3▲ 9.1×4 topics
  23. Heart Failure3▲ 4.9×10 topics
  24. Parkinson's Disease3▲ 8.7×7 topics
  25. Aging3▲ 3.8×10 topics
  26. Primary Care3▲ 5.3×8 topics
  27. Quality Improvement2▲ 10×6 topics
  28. Language Development2▲ 16×2 topics
  29. Neurodegeneration2▲ 6.3×7 topics
  30. Pathophysiology2▲ 6.2×7 topics
  31. Social Isolation2▲ 9.2×3 topics
  32. Clinical Guidelines2▲ 6.1×8 topics
  33. Diagnostic Criteria2▲ 8.1×4 topics
  34. Mitochondrial Dysfunction2▲ 6.1×5 topics
  35. Neuropathology2▲ 14×3 topics
  36. Cochlear Implants2▲ 45×1 topic
  37. Speech Perception2▲ 20×1 topic
  38. Concussion2▲ 37×1 topic
  39. Consciousness2▲ 23×2 topics
  40. Encephalopathy2▲ 24×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation, Traumatic Brain Injury Research, Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment and Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection.

Hearing Loss and Rehabil…2Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury R…2Traumatic Brain Injury Research: 2 fractional worksGastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment: 1 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 1 fractional worksNoise Effects and Management: 1 fractional worksMultiple Sclerosis Research Studies: 1 fractional worksGastric Cancer Managemen…1Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 1 fractional worksHearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics: 1 fractional worksMuscle and Compartmental Disorders: 1 fractional worksDiversity and Career in …1Diversity and Career in Medicine: 1 fractional works
Cognitive NeuroscienceEpidemiologyGastroenterologyOncology6 others

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

  1. 1 Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation Cognitive Neuroscience 2 works
  2. 2 Traumatic Brain Injury Research Epidemiology 2 works
  3. 3 Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment Gastroenterology 1 works
  4. 4 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 1 works
  5. 5 Noise Effects and Management Speech and Hearing 1 works
  6. 6 Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies Pathology and Forensic Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics Sensory Systems 1 works
  9. 9 Muscle and Compartmental Disorders Surgery 1 works
  10. 10 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 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 available28.2%not open71.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.1%domestic only91.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 50% 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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