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St. Louis VA Medical Center

In research, St. Louis VA Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#5,918 of 17,978 worldwide), Health Sciences (#7,214 of 20,462 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#7,335 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#14,952
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#3,272
of 8,685
Research works
581
▼ 17% vs 2013–17
Citations
22k
38.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
25%
world 28%

What is St. Louis 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
MedicineField #5,918 of 17,978 20.7%346
Health SciencesDomain #7,214 of 20,462 21.6%386
Life SciencesDomain #7,335 of 14,347 21.4%121

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where St. Louis 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: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.35× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.01× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.70× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.17× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.85× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.55× its world share, 28 worksMedicineNursing: 3.09× its world share, 1 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at St. Louis VA Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Prostate Cancer, Immunotherapy, Biomarkers, Clinical Trials, Genetic Mutations, Genomic Profiling, Androgen Receptor and Hormone Therapy.

▲ 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. Prostate Cancer4▲ 77×3 topics
  2. Immunotherapy4▲ 13×8 topics
  3. Biomarkers3▲ 12×10 topics
  4. Clinical Trials3▲ 12×6 topics
  5. Genetic Mutations3▲ 16×4 topics
  6. Cancer3▲ 5.0×16 topics
  7. Epidemiology2▲ 1.58×20 topics
  8. Genomic Profiling2▲ 59×2 topics
  9. Androgen Receptor2▲ 81×1 topic
  10. Hormone Therapy2▲ 72×1 topic
  11. Inflammation2▲ 2.9×20 topics
  12. Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 11×5 topics
  13. Diagnosis2▲ 6.1×7 topics
  14. Proteasome Inhibitors2▲ 81×2 topics
  15. Staging System2▲ 92×2 topics
  16. Treatment2▲ 4.7×7 topics
  17. Diagnosis Criteria2▲ 151×1 topic
  18. International Myeloma Working Group2▲ 151×1 topic
  19. Risk Factors2▲ 4.2×7 topics
  20. Oxidative Stress2▲ 2.8×13 topics
  21. Chemotherapy2▲ 6.0×10 topics
  22. Clinical Guidelines2▲ 15×3 topics
  23. Prophylaxis2▲ 29×2 topics
  24. Antithrombotic Therapy1▲ 45×2 topics
  25. Depression1▲ 3.8×6 topics
  26. Pandemic1▲ 3.3×6 topics
  27. Genetic Variants1▲ 19×2 topics
  28. Health Effects1▲ 5.3×3 topics
  29. Metastasis1▲ 9.6×4 topics
  30. Pulmonary Embolism1▲ 54×1 topic
  31. Screening1▲ 35×2 topics
  32. Venous Thromboembolism1▲ 54×1 topic
  33. Radiation Therapy1▲ 22×2 topics
  34. Anxiety1▲ 5.8×4 topics
  35. Cognitive Impairment1▲ 10×4 topics
  36. Gleason Grading1▲ 70×1 topic
  37. Ion Channels1▲ 25×4 topics
  38. MRI Imaging1▲ 34×1 topic
  39. Aging Workforce1▲ 105×1 topic
  40. Retirement1▲ 36×1 topic

Which research topics does St. Louis VA Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research, Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments, Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management and Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment.

Prostate Cancer Treatmen…2Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research: 2 fractional worksMultiple Myeloma Research and Treatments: 2 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 1 fractional worksProstate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksRetirement, Disability, and Employment: 1 fractional worksLong-Term Effects of COV…1Long-Term Effects of COVID-19: 1 fractional worksCancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksDiabetes Treatment and Management: 1 fractional worksBone health and treatments: 1 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 1 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineHematologyInternal MedicineDemography4 others

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

  1. 1 Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  2. 2 Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments Hematology 2 works
  3. 3 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 1 works
  4. 4 Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  5. 5 Retirement, Disability, and Employment Demography 1 works
  6. 6 Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 Neurology 1 works
  7. 7 Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Oncology 1 works
  8. 8 Diabetes Treatment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 1 works
  9. 9 Bone health and treatments Oncology 1 works
  10. 10 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 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 available24.9%not open75.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.1%domestic only89.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has St. Louis VA Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 17% 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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