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Hospital / health system · Des Moines · United States

VA Central Iowa Health Care System

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Research works
48
▲ 100% vs 2013–17
Citations
636
13.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
23%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: VA Central Iowa Health Care System is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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: 1.68× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Dentistry: 4.22× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 6.43× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.75× its world share, 1 worksMedicinePsychology: 11.20× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 11.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at VA Central Iowa Health Care System?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Palliative Care, End-of-Life, Health Care Costs, Advance Care Planning, Family Perspectives, Clinical Trials, Mental Health and Epidemiology.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Palliative Care5▲ 60×4 topics
  2. End-of-Life4▲ 114×3 topics
  3. Epidemiology4▲ 2.2×19 topics
  4. Advance Care Planning3▲ 118×1 topic
  5. Family Perspectives3▲ 118×1 topic
  6. Health Care Costs3▲ 88×2 topics
  7. Mental Health3▲ 5.6×11 topics
  8. Clinical Trials3▲ 9.8×7 topics
  9. Quality of Life3▲ 4.0×10 topics
  10. Aging2▲ 8.8×3 topics
  11. Ethical Climate2▲ 99×1 topic
  12. Moral Distress2▲ 99×1 topic
  13. Patient Satisfaction2▲ 16×5 topics
  14. Diabetes2▲ 7.1×4 topics
  15. Evidence-Based Practice2▲ 23×4 topics
  16. Obesity2▲ 4.8×5 topics
  17. Primary Care2▲ 8.7×7 topics
  18. Medical Education2▲ 15×4 topics
  19. Motivation2▲ 12×2 topics
  20. Pain Management2▲ 15×5 topics
  21. Neuroscience2▲ 11×3 topics
  22. Chronic Pain2▲ 14×4 topics
  23. Clinical Practice2▲ 22×2 topics
  24. Cognition2▲ 20×2 topics
  25. Glycemic Control2▲ 23×4 topics
  26. Insulin Therapy2▲ 28×3 topics
  27. Mortality2▲ 6.2×5 topics
  28. Social Relationships2▲ 43×2 topics
  29. Type 1 Diabetes2▲ 34×2 topics
  30. Weight Loss1▲ 19×3 topics
  31. Emotion1▲ 15×1 topic
  32. Guidelines1▲ 5.7×3 topics
  33. Health1▲ 7.4×2 topics
  34. Low Back Pain1▲ 16×2 topics
  35. Resilience1▲ 7.1×4 topics
  36. Successful Aging1▲ 130×1 topic
  37. Well-being1▲ 11×5 topics
  38. Alzheimer's Disease1▲ 9.1×2 topics
  39. Chronic Disease Management1▲ 18×3 topics
  40. Psychological Factors1▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does VA Central Iowa Health Care System publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Myofascial pain diagnosis and treatment, Resilience and Mental Health, Optimism, Hope, and Well-being and Intestinal and Peritoneal Adhesions.

Myofascial pain diagnosi…0Myofascial pain diagnosis and treatment: 0 fractional worksResilience and Mental He…0Resilience and Mental Health: 0 fractional worksOptimism, Hope, and Well…0Optimism, Hope, and Well-being: 0 fractional worksIntestinal and Peritonea…0Intestinal and Peritoneal Adhesions: 0 fractional worksTherapeutic Uses of Natural Elements: 0 fractional worksPosttraumatic Stress Disorder Research: 0 fractional worksMusculoskeletal pain and…0Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 0 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 0 fractional worksHealth disparities and outcomes: 0 fractional worksPharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes: 0 fractional works
Cell BiologyClinical PsychologyApplied PsychologySurgery4 others

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

  1. 1 Myofascial pain diagnosis and treatment Cell Biology 0 works
  2. 2 Resilience and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 0 works
  3. 3 Optimism, Hope, and Well-being Applied Psychology 0 works
  4. 4 Intestinal and Peritoneal Adhesions Surgery 0 works
  5. 5 Therapeutic Uses of Natural Elements Complementary and Manual Therapy 0 works
  6. 6 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research Clinical Psychology 0 works
  7. 7 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 0 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 0 works
  9. 9 Health disparities and outcomes Health 0 works
  10. 10 Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Geriatrics and Gerontology 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 available22.7%not open77.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors2.5%domestic only97.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has VA Central Iowa Health Care System's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 100% 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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