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Southern Arizona VA Health Care System

In research, Southern Arizona VA Health Care System stands highest in Medicine (#3,968 of 17,978 worldwide), Health Sciences (#4,892 of 20,462 worldwide) and Surgery (#1,429 of 4,227 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#16,106
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#3,515
of 8,685
Research works
814
▼ 29% vs 2013–17
Citations
29k
35.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

What is Southern Arizona VA Health Care System 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
MedicineField #3,968 of 17,978 20.7%598
Health SciencesDomain #4,892 of 20,462 20.8%638
SurgerySubfield #1,429 of 4,227 24.6%146

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

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: 2.34× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.10× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.17× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.63× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 2.52× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.81× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.46× its world share, 36 worksMedicineNursing: 0.83× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.03× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 4.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Southern Arizona VA Health Care System?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Chronic Kidney Disease, Inflammation, Oxidative Stress, Diagnosis, Prognosis and Cardiovascular Disease.

▲ 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. Epidemiology8▲ 3.7×40 topics
  2. Inflammation4▲ 3.9×19 topics
  3. Treatment4▲ 6.4×17 topics
  4. Chronic Kidney Disease4▲ 29×6 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress4▲ 4.4×17 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease3▲ 4.8×10 topics
  7. Diagnosis3▲ 5.8×12 topics
  8. Prognosis2▲ 13×3 topics
  9. Diabetes2▲ 8.2×8 topics
  10. Risk Factors2▲ 3.6×7 topics
  11. Aging2▲ 7.1×3 topics
  12. Reactive Oxygen Species2▲ 9.6×4 topics
  13. Mitochondrial Dysfunction2▲ 13×6 topics
  14. Acute Kidney Injury2▲ 66×2 topics
  15. Renal Failure2▲ 73×2 topics
  16. Biomarkers2▲ 4.5×5 topics
  17. Heart Failure2▲ 7.3×7 topics
  18. Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 5.5×6 topics
  19. Clinical Trials2▲ 4.4×6 topics
  20. Critical Care2▲ 13×3 topics
  21. Global Burden2▲ 5.4×3 topics
  22. Metabolic Regulation2▲ 17×2 topics
  23. Elderly Patients2▲ 16×3 topics
  24. Hemodialysis2▲ 35×2 topics
  25. Neurodegenerative Diseases2▲ 17×3 topics
  26. Prevention2▲ 6.6×6 topics
  27. Cell Death1▲ 11×2 topics
  28. Metabolic Disorders1▲ 22×3 topics
  29. Mitochondria1▲ 20×1 topic
  30. Mitochondrial Fusion1▲ 49×1 topic
  31. Neurodegeneration1▲ 8.6×7 topics
  32. Sepsis1▲ 15×3 topics
  33. Wound Healing1▲ 9.9×3 topics
  34. Nephrotoxicity1▲ 55×2 topics
  35. Regeneration1▲ 13×3 topics
  36. Contrast-Induced Nephropathy1▲ 73×1 topic
  37. Fibrosis1▲ 12×2 topics
  38. Intensive Care Unit1▲ 18×2 topics
  39. Parathyroid Hormone1▲ 24×2 topics
  40. Sedation1▲ 25×2 topics

Which research topics does Southern Arizona VA Health Care System publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Mitochondrial Function and Pathology, Acute Kidney Injury Research, Metabolism and Genetic Disorders and Amyloidosis: Diagnosis, Treatment, Outcomes.

Mitochondrial Function a…1Mitochondrial Function and Pathology: 1 fractional worksAcute Kidney Injury Rese…1Acute Kidney Injury Research: 1 fractional worksMetabolism and Genetic Disorders: 1 fractional worksAmyloidosis: Diagnosis, Treatment, Outcomes: 1 fractional worksChronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes: 1 fractional worksParathyroid Disorders and Treatments: 1 fractional worksClostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research: 1 fractional worksIntensive Care Unit Cogn…1Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders: 1 fractional worksPancreatitis Pathology and Treatment: 1 fractional worksWound Healing and Treatments: 1 fractional works
Molecular BiologyNephrologyClinical BiochemistryInfectious Diseases3 others

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

  1. 1 Mitochondrial Function and Pathology Molecular Biology 1 works
  2. 2 Acute Kidney Injury Research Nephrology 1 works
  3. 3 Metabolism and Genetic Disorders Clinical Biochemistry 1 works
  4. 4 Amyloidosis: Diagnosis, Treatment, Outcomes Molecular Biology 1 works
  5. 5 Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes Nephrology 1 works
  6. 6 Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments Nephrology 1 works
  7. 7 Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research Infectious Diseases 1 works
  8. 8 Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment Surgery 1 works
  10. 10 Wound Healing and Treatments Rehabilitation 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 available30.2%not open69.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.6%domestic only92.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Southern Arizona VA Health Care System's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 29% 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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