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San Francisco VA Health Care System

In research, San Francisco VA Health Care System stands highest in Medicine (#2,166 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,657 of 11,982 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#7,158 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Clinical Psychology — Clinical Psychology is 8.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,346
of 28,054 · #12,697 all time
Rank in United States
#849
of 4,192
Research works
616
▲ 587% vs 2013–17
Citations
9.4k
15.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
62%
world 28%

What is San Francisco VA Health Care System 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 #2,166 of 10,443 23.0%162 #4228
Health SciencesDomain #2,657 of 11,982 23.4%184 #4746
Social SciencesDomain #7,158 of 10,521 29.8%61 #10867

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where San Francisco VA Health Care System 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#4,228 #2,166
  2. Health Sciences#4,746 #2,657
  3. Social Sciences#10,867 #7,158
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does San Francisco VA Health Care System specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Clinical Psychology takes 8.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Clinical PsychologySubfield · 26.7 works8.6×
← 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: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.06× its world share, 17 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.17× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 4.10× its world share, 20 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.91× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.48× its world share, 19 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.85× its world share, 162 worksMedicineNursing: 1.32× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.44× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.99× its world share, 45 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at San Francisco VA Health Care System?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Mental Health, Psychometric Evaluation, Depression, Aging, Mortality and Resilience.

▲ 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. Epidemiology46▲ 4.0×78 topics
  2. Mental Health23▲ 5.4×26 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease22▲ 6.8×32 topics
  4. Inflammation16▲ 2.7×48 topics
  5. Depression15▲ 5.7×16 topics
  6. Psychometric Evaluation14▲ 51×2 topics
  7. Quality of Life14▲ 3.2×26 topics
  8. Aging12▲ 7.5×11 topics
  9. Mortality12▲ 6.9×12 topics
  10. Risk Factors12▲ 3.5×24 topics
  11. Resilience11▲ 7.8×5 topics
  12. Biomarkers10▲ 5.2×13 topics
  13. Treatment10▲ 2.8×29 topics
  14. Cognitive Therapy10▲ 32×3 topics
  15. Trauma10▲ 17×5 topics
  16. Meta-Analysis9▲ 5.3×14 topics
  17. Chronic Kidney Disease8▲ 12×8 topics
  18. Metabolic Syndrome8▲ 3.5×18 topics
  19. Neuroimaging8▲ 10×7 topics
  20. Anxiety8▲ 5.8×10 topics
  21. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder8▲ 101×1 topic
  22. Psychological Treatment8▲ 101×1 topic
  23. Global Burden8▲ 5.0×9 topics
  24. Neurological Disorders8▲ 4.7×10 topics
  25. Circadian Rhythms8▲ 26×2 topics
  26. Health Consequences8▲ 8.9×3 topics
  27. Alzheimer's Disease7▲ 8.9×5 topics
  28. Psychiatric Disorders7▲ 19×4 topics
  29. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy7▲ 19×2 topics
  30. Mortality Risk7▲ 10×5 topics
  31. Substance Use Disorders7▲ 32×2 topics
  32. Heart Failure7▲ 5.3×12 topics
  33. Hypertension7▲ 7.8×11 topics
  34. Cognitive Decline7▲ 19×2 topics
  35. Caregiver Burden6▲ 19×2 topics
  36. Cognitive Training6▲ 22×2 topics
  37. Dementia6▲ 21×1 topic
  38. Mild Cognitive Impairment6▲ 24×1 topic
  39. Insomnia6▲ 28×1 topic
  40. Sleep Duration6▲ 30×1 topic

Which research topics does San Francisco VA Health Care System publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Sleep and related disorders and Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes.

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research: 8 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 6 fractional worksSleep and related disord…6Sleep and related disorders: 6 fractional worksSubstance Abuse Treatmen…4Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 4 fractional worksObstructive Sleep Apnea Research: 4 fractional worksChronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes: 3 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury R…3Traumatic Brain Injury Research: 3 fractional worksGeriatric Care and Nursing Homes: 3 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Treatment: 3 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connectivity Studies: 3 fractional works
Clinical PsychologyPsychiatry and Mental healthExperimental and Cognitive PsychologyEpidemiology5 others

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

  1. 1 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research Clinical Psychology 8 works
  2. 2 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 6 works
  3. 3 Sleep and related disorders Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 6 works
  4. 4 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 4 works
  5. 5 Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research Physiology 4 works
  6. 6 Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes Nephrology 3 works
  7. 7 Traumatic Brain Injury Research Epidemiology 3 works
  8. 8 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes General Health Professions 3 works
  9. 9 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  10. 10 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 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 available61.9%not open38.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.9%domestic only87.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has San Francisco VA Health Care System's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 587% 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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