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Sacramento VA Medical Center

In research, Sacramento VA Medical Center stands highest in Health Sciences (#16,888 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#27,235
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#5,838
of 8,685
Research works
168
▼ 14% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.6k
27.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
37%
world 28%

What is Sacramento 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
Health SciencesDomain #16,888 of 20,462 18.9%123

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sacramento 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: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.61× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.71× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.80× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceHealth Professions: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.10× its world share, 14 worksMedicineVeterinary: 16.40× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryPsychology: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 16.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Sacramento VA Medical Center?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Risk Factors, Mortality, Guidelines, Cardiovascular Disease, Obesity, Prevention and Colorectal Cancer.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Inflammation20▲ 5.0×49 topics
  2. Risk Factors15▲ 8.3×15 topics
  3. Epidemiology14▲ 2.1×60 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease11▲ 5.7×17 topics
  5. Mortality10▲ 12×8 topics
  6. Guidelines10▲ 12×7 topics
  7. Obesity9▲ 7.2×14 topics
  8. Metabolic Syndrome9▲ 6.2×15 topics
  9. Cancer9▲ 3.7×29 topics
  10. Prevention8▲ 13×7 topics
  11. Colorectal Cancer8▲ 50×2 topics
  12. Incidence8▲ 83×2 topics
  13. Colonoscopy8▲ 115×1 topic
  14. Screening8▲ 48×1 topic
  15. Treatment7▲ 3.3×27 topics
  16. Diabetes7▲ 7.8×12 topics
  17. Insulin Resistance6▲ 8.3×7 topics
  18. Matrix Metalloproteinases6▲ 22×4 topics
  19. Wound Healing6▲ 15×7 topics
  20. Endovascular Repair6▲ 38×3 topics
  21. TGF-ß6▲ 19×3 topics
  22. Atherosclerosis5▲ 8.3×7 topics
  23. Diagnosis5▲ 3.0×18 topics
  24. Immune System5▲ 9.3×4 topics
  25. Chemotherapy5▲ 4.0×9 topics
  26. Regulatory T Cells5▲ 26×2 topics
  27. Immunotherapy5▲ 4.2×12 topics
  28. Cholesterol4▲ 14×3 topics
  29. IL-174▲ 102×1 topic
  30. TH17 Cells4▲ 102×1 topic
  31. Biomechanics4▲ 7.5×4 topics
  32. Genetic Susceptibility4▲ 25×3 topics
  33. Thrombus Formation4▲ 25×2 topics
  34. C-Reactive Protein4▲ 27×2 topics
  35. Aneurysm Rupture4▲ 68×1 topic
  36. Aneurysm Screening4▲ 68×1 topic
  37. Type 2 Diabetes3▲ 11×3 topics
  38. Autoantibodies3▲ 7.9×7 topics
  39. Macrophages3▲ 11×4 topics
  40. Statins3▲ 23×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Dermatology and Skin Diseases, Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis, Musculoskeletal synovial abnormalities and treatments and Acute Ischemic Stroke Management.

Dermatology and Skin Dis…1Dermatology and Skin Diseases: 1 fractional worksPsoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis: 1 fractional worksMusculoskeletal synovial…0Musculoskeletal synovial abnormalities and treatments: 0 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Ma…0Acute Ischemic Stroke Management: 0 fractional worksAortic aneurysm repair treatments: 0 fractional worksSarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 0 fractional worksOcular Disorders and Tre…0Ocular Disorders and Treatments: 0 fractional worksReproductive Biology and Fertility: 0 fractional worksAutoimmune Bullous Skin Diseases: 0 fractional worksStroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 0 fractional works
DermatologyImmunologyRheumatologyEpidemiology5 others

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

  1. 1 Dermatology and Skin Diseases Dermatology 1 works
  2. 2 Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis Immunology 1 works
  3. 3 Musculoskeletal synovial abnormalities and treatments Rheumatology 0 works
  4. 4 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 0 works
  5. 5 Aortic aneurysm repair treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  6. 6 Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  7. 7 Ocular Disorders and Treatments Genetics 0 works
  8. 8 Reproductive Biology and Fertility Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  9. 9 Autoimmune Bullous Skin Diseases Pathology and Forensic Medicine 0 works
  10. 10 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 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 available36.7%not open63.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.6%domestic only86.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% 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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