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South Texas Veterans Health Care System

In research, South Texas Veterans Health Care System stands highest in Medicine (#5,390 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,823 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,492
of 28,054 · #5,954 all time
Rank in United States
#1,270
of 4,192
Research works
1.2k
▼ 7% vs 2013–17
Citations
51k
43.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
52%
world 28%

What is South Texas Veterans 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 #5,390 of 10,443 15.5%92 #3169
Health SciencesDomain #6,823 of 11,982 15.4%107 #3288

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

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, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.47× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.73× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 4.85× its world share, 13 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.90× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.20× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.07× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.98× its world share, 92 worksMedicineNursing: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.90× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.74× its world share, 14 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at South Texas Veterans Health Care System?

Ranked on the composite score, Sunil K. Ahuja, Mary Jo Pugh and Luci K. Leykum lead among researchers whose main affiliation is South Texas Veterans Health Care System.

  1. 1 Sunil K. Ahuja United States · #114,778 worldwide 170 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 Mary Jo Pugh United States · #171,512 worldwide 102 citations · 45 works
  3. 3 Luci K. Leykum United States · #918,537 worldwide 22 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Blessen C. Eapen United States · #1,242,426 worldwide 19 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at South Texas Veterans Health Care System

Which keywords describe research at South Texas Veterans Health Care System?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology25▲ 3.9×71 topics
  2. Inflammation12▲ 3.5×47 topics
  3. Aging8▲ 8.7×14 topics
  4. Mental Health7▲ 2.9×17 topics
  5. Depression6▲ 4.5×15 topics
  6. Public Health6▲ 2.6×26 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress6▲ 2.2×26 topics
  8. Quality of Life6▲ 2.4×24 topics
  9. Diagnosis6▲ 3.7×18 topics
  10. Cancer5▲ 2.5×33 topics
  11. Management5▲ 4.1×13 topics
  12. Stress5▲ 8.4×6 topics
  13. Clinical Trials5▲ 4.2×13 topics
  14. Treatment4▲ 2.3×22 topics
  15. Global Burden4▲ 4.9×10 topics
  16. Neurobiology4▲ 10×8 topics
  17. Primary Care4▲ 6.8×11 topics
  18. Psychometric Evaluation4▲ 28×2 topics
  19. Resilience4▲ 5.2×6 topics
  20. Trauma4▲ 12×4 topics
  21. Cognitive Therapy4▲ 22×3 topics
  22. Neurological Disorders4▲ 4.0×8 topics
  23. Prefrontal Cortex4▲ 28×3 topics
  24. Neuropathology3▲ 16×2 topics
  25. Mortality Risk3▲ 8.5×5 topics
  26. Neuroinflammation3▲ 7.1×5 topics
  27. Recovery3▲ 19×2 topics
  28. Neural Plasticity3▲ 11×4 topics
  29. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder3▲ 71×1 topic
  30. Psychological Treatment3▲ 71×1 topic
  31. Hippocampus3▲ 31×2 topics
  32. Antifungal Therapy3▲ 21×3 topics
  33. Treatment Guidelines3▲ 8.7×5 topics
  34. Chronic Disease Management3▲ 9.4×5 topics
  35. Elderly Patients3▲ 11×4 topics
  36. Encephalopathy3▲ 27×2 topics
  37. Concussion3▲ 41×1 topic
  38. Neurological3▲ 41×1 topic
  39. Lymphoma3▲ 9.8×3 topics
  40. Virulence Factors3▲ 11×6 topics

Which research topics does South Texas Veterans Health Care System publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research, Traumatic Brain Injury Research, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research and Frailty in Older Adults.

Posttraumatic Stress Dis…3Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research: 3 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury R…3Traumatic Brain Injury Research: 3 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 2 fractional worksFrailty in Older Adults2Frailty in Older Adults: 2 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 2 fractional worksNeurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior: 2 fractional worksTelemedicine and Telehealth Implementation: 2 fractional worksPharmaceutical Practices…2Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes: 2 fractional worksStress Responses and Cortisol: 2 fractional worksInterprofessional Education and Collaboration: 2 fractional works
Clinical PsychologyEpidemiologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineGeriatrics and Gerontology5 others

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

  1. 1 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research Clinical Psychology 3 works
  2. 2 Traumatic Brain Injury Research Epidemiology 3 works
  3. 3 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Frailty in Older Adults Geriatrics and Gerontology 2 works
  5. 5 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 2 works
  6. 6 Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 2 works
  7. 7 Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  8. 8 Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Geriatrics and Gerontology 2 works
  9. 9 Stress Responses and Cortisol Behavioral Neuroscience 2 works
  10. 10 Interprofessional Education and Collaboration General Health Professions 2 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 available52.1%not open47.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.6%domestic only85.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has South Texas Veterans Health Care System's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% 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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