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Providence VA Medical Center

In research, Providence VA Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#4,538 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,213 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Health Professions — General Health Professions is 8.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,021
of 28,054 · #12,953 all time
Rank in United States
#1,634
of 4,192
Research works
1.1k
▲ 50% vs 2013–17
Citations
29k
27.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is Providence 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 #4,538 of 10,443 21.3%136 #4686
Health SciencesDomain #5,213 of 11,982 23.3%172 #5098

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

What does Providence VA Medical Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Health Professions takes 8.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 27.9 works8.0×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.82× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.42× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 4.44× its world share, 18 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.44× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.16× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 5.09× its world share, 34 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.78× its world share, 136 worksMedicineNursing: 1.42× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.15× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.48× its world share, 19 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 5.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Providence VA Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, James L. Rudolph and Christopher Halladay lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Providence VA Medical Center.

  1. 1 James L. Rudolph United States · #760,984 worldwide 46 citations · 48 works
  2. 2 Christopher Halladay United States · #1,492,718 worldwide 8 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Providence VA Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Providence VA Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Long-Term Care, Quality of Care, Nursing Home, Person-Centered Care, Aging, Inflammation and Depression.

▲ 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. Epidemiology36▲ 3.6×62 topics
  2. Inflammation16▲ 3.1×36 topics
  3. Long-Term Care16▲ 83×2 topics
  4. Quality of Care15▲ 70×3 topics
  5. Nursing Home15▲ 149×1 topic
  6. Person-Centered Care15▲ 149×1 topic
  7. Aging13▲ 9.4×9 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease12▲ 4.4×28 topics
  9. Depression12▲ 5.3×21 topics
  10. Public Health10▲ 2.8×24 topics
  11. Mental Health10▲ 2.7×21 topics
  12. Anxiety10▲ 8.1×10 topics
  13. Heart Failure10▲ 8.9×12 topics
  14. Primary Care9▲ 9.8×10 topics
  15. Quality of Life9▲ 2.4×24 topics
  16. Echocardiography9▲ 13×6 topics
  17. Mortality Risk9▲ 15×6 topics
  18. Elderly Patients8▲ 19×4 topics
  19. Neural Plasticity8▲ 17×3 topics
  20. Chronic Kidney Disease8▲ 13×7 topics
  21. Functional Connectivity8▲ 23×2 topics
  22. Neurological Disorders7▲ 4.9×10 topics
  23. Biomarkers7▲ 4.1×10 topics
  24. Social Support7▲ 4.8×8 topics
  25. Neuroimaging7▲ 9.5×6 topics
  26. Pulmonary Hypertension7▲ 18×3 topics
  27. Rehabilitation7▲ 6.6×8 topics
  28. Treatment Guidelines7▲ 12×5 topics
  29. Health Care Utilization6▲ 22×3 topics
  30. Endothelial Dysfunction6▲ 10×6 topics
  31. Myocardial Infarction6▲ 9.7×7 topics
  32. Alzheimer's Disease5▲ 7.5×5 topics
  33. Quality Improvement5▲ 11×7 topics
  34. Right Heart Assessment5▲ 51×1 topic
  35. Survival Prediction5▲ 51×1 topic
  36. Neuropathology5▲ 15×3 topics
  37. Caregiver Burden5▲ 18×2 topics
  38. Cognitive Decline5▲ 16×2 topics
  39. Cognitive Training5▲ 21×2 topics
  40. Physical Performance5▲ 21×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes, Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research and Frailty in Older Adults.

Geriatric Care and Nursi…15Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes: 15 fractional worksPulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments: 5 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 5 fractional worksFrailty in Older Adults4Frailty in Older Adults: 4 fractional worksTranscranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies: 4 fractional worksHealthcare Policy and Management: 4 fractional worksHeart Failure Treatment …4Heart Failure Treatment and Management: 4 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connectivity Studies: 3 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury Research: 3 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 3 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsPulmonary and Respiratory MedicinePsychiatry and Mental healthGeriatrics and Gerontology5 others

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

  1. 1 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes General Health Professions 15 works
  2. 2 Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  3. 3 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 5 works
  4. 4 Frailty in Older Adults Geriatrics and Gerontology 4 works
  5. 5 Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies Neurology 4 works
  6. 6 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  7. 7 Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  8. 8 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 3 works
  9. 9 Traumatic Brain Injury Research Epidemiology 3 works
  10. 10 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 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 available47.7%not open52.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.2%domestic only89.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 50% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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