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Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center

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World rank, all time
#30,704
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#6,573
of 8,685
Research works
126
▲ 52% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.7k
21.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.78× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.14× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 6.40× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.00× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.06× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 8.89× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 8.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Michelle M. Hilgeman lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center.

  1. 1 Michelle M. Hilgeman United States · #397,087 worldwide 39 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Mental Health, Resilience, Quality of Life, Nursing Home, Quality of Care, Trauma 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 19 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology5▲ 5.3×21 topics
  2. Mental Health4▲ 9.8×14 topics
  3. Quality of Life2▲ 5.8×11 topics
  4. Resilience2▲ 16×7 topics
  5. Nursing Home2▲ 174×1 topic
  6. Quality of Care2▲ 81×1 topic
  7. Public Health2▲ 4.2×11 topics
  8. Trauma1▲ 27×4 topics
  9. Depression1▲ 5.9×9 topics
  10. Psychometric Evaluation1▲ 59×2 topics
  11. Aging1▲ 9.4×4 topics
  12. Well-being1▲ 13×5 topics
  13. COVID-191▲ 3.4×5 topics
  14. Cognitive Therapy1▲ 42×3 topics
  15. Health Disparities1▲ 17×3 topics
  16. Cross-modal Plasticity1▲ 95×1 topic
  17. Mortality Risk1▲ 17×4 topics
  18. Substance Use Disorders1▲ 56×2 topics
  19. Tactile Perception1▲ 95×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes, Tactile and Sensory Interactions, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research and Retinal and Optic Conditions.

Geriatric Care and Nursi…2Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes: 2 fractional worksTactile and Sensory Interactions: 1 fractional worksPosttraumatic Stress Disorder Research: 1 fractional worksRetinal and Optic Conditions: 1 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Treatment: 1 fractional worksSleep and related disorders: 1 fractional worksNutrition and Health in …0Nutrition and Health in Aging: 0 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic…0Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 0 fractional worksLGBTQ Health, Identity, …0LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy: 0 fractional worksSuicide and Self-Harm St…0Suicide and Self-Harm Studies: 0 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsCognitive NeuroscienceClinical PsychologyOphthalmology5 others

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

  1. 1 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes General Health Professions 2 works
  2. 2 Tactile and Sensory Interactions Cognitive Neuroscience 1 works
  3. 3 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research Clinical Psychology 1 works
  4. 4 Retinal and Optic Conditions Ophthalmology 1 works
  5. 5 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  6. 6 Sleep and related disorders Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 1 works
  7. 7 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 0 works
  8. 8 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  9. 9 LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy Social Psychology 0 works
  10. 10 Suicide and Self-Harm Studies Clinical Psychology 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 available38.0%not open62.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.6%domestic only93.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 52% 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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