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VA Boston Healthcare System

In research, VA Boston Healthcare System stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,133 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#1,010 of 10,443 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,325 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry and Mental health — Clinical Psychology is 9.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,572
of 28,054 · #2,882 all time
Rank in United States
#504
of 4,192
Research works
3.8k
▲ 12% vs 2013–17
Citations
156k
41.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is VA Boston Healthcare 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
Health SciencesDomain #1,133 of 11,982 22.3%462 #776
MedicineField #1,010 of 10,443 22.1%380 #755
Social SciencesDomain #3,325 of 10,521 22.7%176 #2185
Life SciencesDomain #2,584 of 7,800 24.5%99 #1913
PsychologyField #813 of 2,181 21.4%124 #699
Clinical PsychologySubfield #443 of 738 24.0%72 #276
Health ProfessionsField #1,253 of 1,928 23.7%76 #885

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where VA Boston Healthcare 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. Health Sciences#776 #1,133
  2. Medicine#755 #1,010
  3. Social Sciences#2,185 #3,325
  4. Life Sciences#1,913 #2,584
  5. Psychology#699 #813
  6. Clinical Psychology#276 #443
  7. Health Professions#885 #1,253
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 VA Boston Healthcare System specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Clinical Psychology takes 9.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Clinical PsychologySubfield · 72.2 works9.0×
  2. Psychiatry and Mental healthSubfield · 23.4 works6.2×
← 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: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.01× its world share, 41 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.64× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 4.02× its world share, 50 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.66× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.18× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.30× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.78× its world share, 76 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.59× its world share, 380 worksMedicineNursing: 1.39× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.84× its world share, 14 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 5.33× its world share, 124 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 32 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 5.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at VA Boston Healthcare System?

Ranked on the composite score, Mark S. Bauer, Mark W. Miller and Terence M. Keane lead among researchers whose main affiliation is VA Boston Healthcare System.

  1. 1 Mark S. Bauer United States · #21,575 worldwide 701 citations · 39 works
  2. 2 Mark W. Miller United States · #26,510 worldwide 635 citations · 40 works
  3. 3 Terence M. Keane United States · #80,680 worldwide 461 citations · 69 works
  4. 4 Kamal M.F. Itani United States · #90,127 worldwide 493 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 Kelly Cho United States · #102,949 worldwide 222 citations · 59 works
  6. 6 Erika J. Wolf United States · #120,109 worldwide 576 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Daniel W. King United States · #122,186 worldwide 242 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 Lynda A. King United States · #134,591 worldwide 234 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 David C. Mohr United States · #138,947 worldwide 169 citations · 35 works
  10. 10 Barbara Lerner United States · #141,060 worldwide 103 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at VA Boston Healthcare System

Which keywords describe research at VA Boston Healthcare System?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology110▲ 3.6×94 topics
  2. Mental Health70▲ 6.2×30 topics
  3. Inflammation50▲ 3.1×66 topics
  4. Depression40▲ 6.0×20 topics
  5. Resilience32▲ 8.8×6 topics
  6. Psychometric Evaluation32▲ 46×2 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease32▲ 3.7×34 topics
  8. Aging32▲ 7.7×15 topics
  9. Trauma32▲ 20×6 topics
  10. Risk Factors30▲ 3.6×32 topics
  11. Quality of Life29▲ 2.6×38 topics
  12. Cognitive Therapy28▲ 35×3 topics
  13. Public Health28▲ 2.5×37 topics
  14. Primary Care26▲ 9.1×12 topics
  15. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder25▲ 119×1 topic
  16. Psychological Treatment25▲ 119×1 topic
  17. Treatment24▲ 2.5×35 topics
  18. Anxiety23▲ 6.5×11 topics
  19. Mortality Risk20▲ 11×6 topics
  20. Chronic Disease Management20▲ 13×5 topics
  21. Clinical Trials20▲ 3.8×16 topics
  22. Meta-Analysis20▲ 4.3×16 topics
  23. Quality Improvement19▲ 13×8 topics
  24. Mortality19▲ 4.2×13 topics
  25. Neuropathology19▲ 19×3 topics
  26. Global Burden18▲ 4.3×10 topics
  27. Social Support18▲ 4.1×12 topics
  28. Neuroimaging17▲ 8.0×11 topics
  29. Recovery16▲ 20×2 topics
  30. Neuroinflammation16▲ 7.2×6 topics
  31. Circadian Rhythms15▲ 19×2 topics
  32. Alzheimer's Disease15▲ 6.9×5 topics
  33. Health Disparities15▲ 7.3×7 topics
  34. Encephalopathy15▲ 29×3 topics
  35. Consciousness14▲ 27×2 topics
  36. Memory14▲ 7.7×3 topics
  37. Concussion14▲ 44×1 topic
  38. Neurological14▲ 44×1 topic
  39. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy13▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Elderly Patients13▲ 10×4 topics

Which research topics does VA Boston Healthcare System publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research, Traumatic Brain Injury Research, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research and Primary Care and Health Outcomes.

Posttraumatic Stress Dis…25Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research: 25 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury Research: 14 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 11 fractional worksPrimary Care and Health Outcomes: 9 fractional worksFrailty in Older Adults: 8 fractional worksSleep and Wakefulness Research: 8 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulm…8Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 8 fractional worksGeriatric Care and Nursing Homes: 7 fractional worksSleep and related disorders: 7 fractional worksHealth Policy Implementation Science: 7 fractional works
Clinical PsychologyEpidemiologyPsychiatry and Mental healthGeneral Health Professions4 others

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

  1. 1 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research Clinical Psychology 25 works
  2. 2 Traumatic Brain Injury Research Epidemiology 14 works
  3. 3 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 11 works
  4. 4 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 9 works
  5. 5 Frailty in Older Adults Geriatrics and Gerontology 8 works
  6. 6 Sleep and Wakefulness Research Cognitive Neuroscience 8 works
  7. 7 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 8 works
  8. 8 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes General Health Professions 7 works
  9. 9 Sleep and related disorders Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 7 works
  10. 10 Health Policy Implementation Science General Health Professions 7 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 available48.2%not open51.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.4%domestic only83.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has VA Boston Healthcare System's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 12% 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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