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VA Connecticut Healthcare System

In research, VA Connecticut Healthcare System stands highest in Medicine (#1,440 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,698 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,856 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Clinical Psychology — Clinical Psychology is 9.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,238
of 28,054 · #2,698 all time
Rank in United States
#460
of 4,192
Research works
2.7k
▲ 18% vs 2013–17
Citations
126k
46.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

What is VA Connecticut 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
MedicineField #1,440 of 10,443 23.0%284 #905
Health SciencesDomain #1,698 of 11,982 22.8%327 #1086
Life SciencesDomain #1,856 of 7,800 27.3%77 #1281
Social SciencesDomain #5,151 of 10,521 23.7%109 #2415
PsychologyField #1,236 of 2,181 23.3%79 #781

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where VA Connecticut 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. Medicine#905 #1,440
  2. Health Sciences#1,086 #1,698
  3. Life Sciences#1,281 #1,856
  4. Social Sciences#2,415 #5,151
  5. Psychology#781 #1,236
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 Connecticut Healthcare System specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Clinical Psychology takes 9.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Clinical PsychologySubfield · 50.2 works9.2×
← 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: 1.14× its world share, 32 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.93× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 4.07× its world share, 35 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.43× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.02× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.88× its world share, 40 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.81× its world share, 284 worksMedicineNursing: 1.23× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.40× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.94× its world share, 79 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 22 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 4.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at VA Connecticut Healthcare System?

Ranked on the composite score, Grant D. Huang, Lori A. Bastian and Joseph L. Goulet lead among researchers whose main affiliation is VA Connecticut Healthcare System.

  1. 1 Grant D. Huang United States · #170,176 worldwide 234 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Lori A. Bastian United States · #210,014 worldwide 186 citations · 56 works
  3. 3 Joseph L. Goulet United States · #345,690 worldwide 104 citations · 47 works
  4. 4 Alicia A. Heapy United States · #413,851 worldwide 81 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Melissa Skanderson United States · #569,508 worldwide 48 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Anthony J. Lisi United States · #574,554 worldwide 46 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Kristin Mattocks United States · #896,010 worldwide 54 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Sally G. Haskell United States · #948,181 worldwide 51 citations · 35 works
  9. 9 Eric DeRycke United States · #1,290,680 worldwide 20 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at VA Connecticut Healthcare System

Which keywords describe research at VA Connecticut Healthcare System?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Mental Health, Depression, Substance Use Disorders, Mortality Risk, Anxiety, Psychiatric Disorders and Resilience.

▲ 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. Epidemiology82▲ 4.0×84 topics
  2. Mental Health46▲ 6.0×28 topics
  3. Depression37▲ 8.1×20 topics
  4. Substance Use Disorders29▲ 77×2 topics
  5. Mortality Risk25▲ 20×6 topics
  6. Quality of Life23▲ 3.1×36 topics
  7. Inflammation23▲ 2.1×57 topics
  8. Treatment22▲ 3.5×37 topics
  9. Public Health22▲ 2.8×30 topics
  10. Anxiety21▲ 8.4×12 topics
  11. Clinical Trials20▲ 5.8×16 topics
  12. Risk Factors20▲ 3.5×28 topics
  13. Resilience20▲ 7.8×7 topics
  14. Psychiatric Disorders20▲ 28×4 topics
  15. Cardiovascular Disease18▲ 3.2×27 topics
  16. Cognitive Therapy17▲ 31×3 topics
  17. Trauma17▲ 16×6 topics
  18. Chronic Pain Management17▲ 98×1 topic
  19. Opioid Prescribing17▲ 98×1 topic
  20. Global Burden17▲ 6.0×11 topics
  21. Psychometric Evaluation17▲ 35×2 topics
  22. Neurological Disorders16▲ 5.5×16 topics
  23. Neurobiology16▲ 11×9 topics
  24. Chronic Pain15▲ 13×4 topics
  25. Stress15▲ 7.5×9 topics
  26. Global Burden of Disease14▲ 11×3 topics
  27. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder13▲ 92×1 topic
  28. Psychological Treatment13▲ 92×1 topic
  29. Prevalence13▲ 6.1×10 topics
  30. Psychological Factors13▲ 12×4 topics
  31. Impulsivity13▲ 48×2 topics
  32. Alcohol Dependence12▲ 59×1 topic
  33. Behavioral Interventions12▲ 30×3 topics
  34. Motivational Interviewing12▲ 59×1 topic
  35. Genetic Variation12▲ 11×7 topics
  36. Adolescents12▲ 6.0×7 topics
  37. Primary Care12▲ 6.0×13 topics
  38. Chronic Disease Management11▲ 11×6 topics
  39. Pain Management11▲ 9.2×7 topics
  40. Elderly Patients11▲ 12×4 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Opioid Use Disorder Treatment, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research, Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes and Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation.

Opioid Use Disorder Treatment: 17 fractional worksPosttraumatic Stress Disorder Research: 13 fractional worksSubstance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 12 fractional worksMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 8 fractional worksPain Management and Opioid Use: 7 fractional worksCannabis and Cannabinoid…6Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research: 6 fractional worksNeurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior: 5 fractional worksGenetic Associations and Epidemiology: 5 fractional worksLiver Disease and Transplantation: 5 fractional worksSuicide and Self-Harm Studies: 5 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthClinical PsychologyEpidemiologyPharmacology4 others

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

  1. 1 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 17 works
  2. 2 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research Clinical Psychology 13 works
  3. 3 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 12 works
  4. 4 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 8 works
  5. 5 Pain Management and Opioid Use Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 7 works
  6. 6 Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research Pharmacology 6 works
  7. 7 Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 5 works
  8. 8 Genetic Associations and Epidemiology Genetics 5 works
  9. 9 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 5 works
  10. 10 Suicide and Self-Harm Studies Clinical Psychology 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 available46.1%not open53.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.0%domestic only86.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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