Science Explorer Interactive view Map
Nonprofit · West Haven · United States

VA Connecticut Research and Education Foundation

In research, VA Connecticut Research and Education Foundation stands highest in Medicine (#6,285 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,438 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

vacref.orgROR OpenAlex
World rank, all time
#11,758
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#2,585
of 8,685
Research works
472
▲ 16% vs 2013–17
Citations
30k
64.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
23%
world 28%

What is VA Connecticut Research and Education Foundation known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
MedicineField #6,285 of 17,978 27.5%253
Health SciencesDomain #7,438 of 20,462 27.9%280

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where VA Connecticut Research and Education Foundation 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).

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: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.34× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.53× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.13× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.87× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.25× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.93× its world share, 18 worksMedicineNursing: 2.55× its world share, 0 worksNursingEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.31× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Which keywords describe research at VA Connecticut Research and Education Foundation?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Risk Factors, Guidelines, Atherosclerosis, Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome, Revascularization, Oxidative Stress 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 20 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Risk Factors2▲ 9.7×7 topics
  2. Epidemiology2▲ 2.5×19 topics
  3. Guidelines2▲ 19×6 topics
  4. Inflammation2▲ 4.0×15 topics
  5. Atherosclerosis2▲ 27×3 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress2▲ 4.7×10 topics
  7. Diabetes2▲ 14×4 topics
  8. Metabolic Syndrome2▲ 7.9×5 topics
  9. Revascularization2▲ 41×2 topics
  10. Treatment2▲ 5.2×9 topics
  11. Angioplasty1▲ 97×2 topics
  12. Diagnosis1▲ 6.3×7 topics
  13. Claudication1▲ 149×1 topic
  14. Peripheral Arterial Disease1▲ 149×1 topic
  15. Management1▲ 6.7×5 topics
  16. Cardiovascular Disease1▲ 4.1×7 topics
  17. Hepatic Steatosis1▲ 30×2 topics
  18. Insulin Resistance1▲ 10×2 topics
  19. Biomarkers1▲ 6.5×7 topics
  20. Mitochondrial Dysfunction1▲ 15×4 topics

Which research topics does VA Connecticut Research and Education Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Peripheral Artery Disease Management, Liver Disease and Transplantation, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment and Migraine and Headache Studies.

Peripheral Artery Diseas…1Peripheral Artery Disease Management: 1 fractional worksLiver Disease and Transplantation: 1 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksMigraine and Headache Studies: 0 fractional worksCoronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 0 fractional worksVascular Procedures and …0Vascular Procedures and Complications: 0 fractional worksAortic aneurysm repair treatments: 0 fractional worksAlcohol Consumption and Health Effects: 0 fractional worksChemotherapy-induced organ toxicity mitigation: 0 fractional worksDrug-Induced Hepatotoxicity and Protection: 0 fractional works
SurgeryHepatologyEpidemiologyPsychiatry and Mental health3 others

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

  1. 1 Peripheral Artery Disease Management Surgery 1 works
  2. 2 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 1 works
  3. 3 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 1 works
  4. 4 Migraine and Headache Studies Psychiatry and Mental health 0 works
  5. 5 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 0 works
  6. 6 Vascular Procedures and Complications Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  7. 7 Aortic aneurysm repair treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  8. 8 Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects Pathology and Forensic Medicine 0 works
  9. 9 Chemotherapy-induced organ toxicity mitigation Pathology and Forensic Medicine 0 works
  10. 10 Drug-Induced Hepatotoxicity and Protection Pharmacology 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-authors7.8%domestic only92.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has VA Connecticut Research and Education Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Other research institutions in West Haven

All research institutions in West Haven

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.