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University of Virginia Health System

In research, University of Virginia Health System stands highest in Medicine (#1,731 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,390 of 11,982 worldwide) and Surgery (#977 of 1,816 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine — Surgery is 7.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,935
of 28,054 · #2,043 all time
Rank in United States
#924
of 4,192
Research works
7.8k
▼ 20% vs 2013–17
Citations
318k
40.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is University of Virginia Health 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 #1,731 of 10,443 12.5%513 #427
Health SciencesDomain #2,390 of 11,982 12.5%541 #544
SurgerySubfield #977 of 1,816 12.4%117 #303
Life SciencesDomain #4,439 of 7,800 12.1%85 #1020

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Virginia Health 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#427 #1,731
  2. Health Sciences#544 #2,390
  3. Surgery#303 #977
  4. Life Sciences#1,020 #4,439
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 University of Virginia Health System specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 7.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 117.4 works7.3×
  2. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 43.1 works6.0×
← 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: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.53× its world share, 56 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.79× its world share, 12 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.34× its world share, 15 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 17 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.14× its world share, 20 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.91× its world share, 513 worksMedicineNursing: 1.31× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.34× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.34× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.51× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Virginia Health System?

Ranked on the composite score, Klaus D. Hagspiel, Zhenqi Liu and Christopher M. Kramer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Virginia Health System.

  1. 1 Klaus D. Hagspiel United States · #68,502 worldwide 162 citations · 41 works
  2. 2 Zhenqi Liu United States · #108,858 worldwide 252 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Christopher M. Kramer United States · #126,067 worldwide 407 citations · 105 works
  4. 4 Mitchell H. Rosner United States · #138,309 worldwide 138 citations · 35 works
  5. 5 JoAnn V. Pinkerton United States · #240,661 worldwide 84 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Costi D. Sifri United States · #344,216 worldwide 80 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 James W. Patterson United States · #420,877 worldwide 67 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Carl L. Berg United States · #427,501 worldwide 66 citations · 26 works
  9. 9 James W. Patterson United States · #450,064 worldwide 44 citations · 29 works
  10. 10 Suzanne M. Burns United States · #478,631 worldwide 42 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at University of Virginia Health System

Which keywords describe research at University of Virginia Health System?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Guidelines, Treatment, Complications, Risk Factors, Clinical Practice Guidelines and Inflammation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology72▲ 2.7×94 topics
  2. Inflammation33▲ 2.3×59 topics
  3. Diagnosis31▲ 4.9×34 topics
  4. Treatment30▲ 3.6×37 topics
  5. Risk Factors28▲ 3.7×23 topics
  6. Quality of Life24▲ 2.5×34 topics
  7. Guidelines23▲ 7.3×12 topics
  8. Complications22▲ 6.4×16 topics
  9. Clinical Practice Guidelines21▲ 5.7×14 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease21▲ 2.8×29 topics
  11. Management20▲ 3.7×26 topics
  12. Chemotherapy20▲ 4.1×22 topics
  13. Mortality19▲ 4.9×13 topics
  14. Echocardiography18▲ 9.6×8 topics
  15. Heart Failure17▲ 5.9×13 topics
  16. Magnetic Resonance Imaging17▲ 9.6×7 topics
  17. Genetic Mutations16▲ 5.6×18 topics
  18. Immunotherapy16▲ 3.4×17 topics
  19. Graft Survival15▲ 27×3 topics
  20. Prognostic Factors15▲ 5.0×14 topics
  21. Radiotherapy15▲ 5.7×13 topics
  22. Biomechanics14▲ 7.0×7 topics
  23. Surgical Management14▲ 4.8×17 topics
  24. Liver Transplantation12▲ 14×4 topics
  25. Rehabilitation12▲ 4.3×10 topics
  26. Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury11▲ 26×3 topics
  27. Patient Satisfaction11▲ 5.3×9 topics
  28. Cardiac Imaging11▲ 13×3 topics
  29. Perioperative Care11▲ 14×3 topics
  30. Critical Care10▲ 6.4×8 topics
  31. Biliary Complications10▲ 35×1 topic
  32. Donor Risk Index10▲ 35×1 topic
  33. Chronic Kidney Disease10▲ 5.9×8 topics
  34. Pain Management10▲ 6.3×7 topics
  35. Myocardial Infarction10▲ 6.1×7 topics
  36. Surgical Treatment9▲ 6.7×6 topics
  37. Postoperative Complications9▲ 9.8×3 topics
  38. Revascularization9▲ 8.2×3 topics
  39. Shoulder Function9▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Radiation Exposure9▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does University of Virginia Health System publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes, Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes, Anesthesia and Pain Management and Shoulder Injury and Treatment.

Organ Transplantation Te…10Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes: 10 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …7Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 7 fractional worksAnesthesia and Pain Management: 7 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Treatment: 6 fractional worksLiver Disease and Transplantation: 6 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 6 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 6 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty …5Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 5 fractional worksAdvanced MRI Techniques and Applications: 5 fractional worksRenal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments: 5 fractional works
SurgeryCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineHepatologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging1 others

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

  1. 1 Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes Surgery 10 works
  2. 2 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 7 works
  3. 3 Anesthesia and Pain Management Surgery 7 works
  4. 4 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 6 works
  5. 5 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 6 works
  6. 6 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  7. 7 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 6 works
  8. 8 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 5 works
  9. 9 Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 5 works
  10. 10 Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments Transplantation 5 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 available32.5%not open67.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.8%domestic only91.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Virginia Health System's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% 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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