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VA Healthcare-VISN 4

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Research works
77
▼ 29% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.5k
45.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
59%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: VA Healthcare-VISN 4 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: 0.86× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 5.92× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.45× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.95× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.92× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.34× its world share, 5 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 1.29× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 8.95× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.34× 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, 8.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at VA Healthcare-VISN 4?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Depression, Substance Use Disorders, Mental Health, Cognitive Therapy, Psychiatric Disorders, Mortality Risk and Neurological Disorders.

▲ 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. Epidemiology12▲ 3.9×23 topics
  2. Depression6▲ 11×14 topics
  3. Mental Health5▲ 6.0×17 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress5▲ 3.6×12 topics
  5. Substance Use Disorders5▲ 89×2 topics
  6. Cognitive Therapy4▲ 57×3 topics
  7. Inflammation4▲ 2.5×17 topics
  8. Psychiatric Disorders4▲ 37×4 topics
  9. Metabolic Syndrome4▲ 6.3×9 topics
  10. Mortality Risk4▲ 26×5 topics
  11. Neurological Disorders4▲ 7.6×9 topics
  12. Genetic Variation4▲ 16×3 topics
  13. Impulsivity4▲ 88×2 topics
  14. Psychometric Evaluation4▲ 76×2 topics
  15. Behavioral Interventions4▲ 50×2 topics
  16. Global Burden of Disease4▲ 24×2 topics
  17. Alcohol Dependence4▲ 108×1 topic
  18. Motivational Interviewing4▲ 108×1 topic
  19. Prevalence4▲ 12×9 topics
  20. Meta-Analysis4▲ 8.2×8 topics
  21. Neuroimaging4▲ 16×6 topics
  22. Prefrontal Cortex3▲ 29×3 topics
  23. Primary Care3▲ 9.3×7 topics
  24. Adolescents3▲ 11×5 topics
  25. Mental Disorders3▲ 37×3 topics
  26. Neural Plasticity3▲ 19×3 topics
  27. Social Cognition3▲ 20×4 topics
  28. Stress3▲ 9.0×5 topics
  29. Antipsychotic Drugs3▲ 67×1 topic
  30. Circadian Rhythms3▲ 42×2 topics
  31. Emotion Regulation3▲ 11×7 topics
  32. Neurocognitive Deficits3▲ 67×1 topic
  33. Serotonin3▲ 53×2 topics
  34. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy3▲ 43×2 topics
  35. Social Support2▲ 7.0×8 topics
  36. Health Consequences2▲ 17×3 topics
  37. Dopamine2▲ 54×1 topic
  38. Neurobiology2▲ 8.8×7 topics
  39. Quality Improvement2▲ 15×4 topics
  40. Reward Circuitry2▲ 54×1 topic

Which research topics does VA Healthcare-VISN 4 publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Schizophrenia research and treatment, Mental Health Research Topics, Sleep and related disorders and Treatment of Major Depression.

Schizophrenia research and treatment: 1 fractional worksMental Health Research Topics: 0 fractional worksSleep and related disord…0Sleep and related disorders: 0 fractional worksTreatment of Major Depre…0Treatment of Major Depression: 0 fractional worksPosttraumatic Stress Disorder Research: 0 fractional worksBipolar Disorder and Treatment: 0 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury R…0Traumatic Brain Injury Research: 0 fractional worksHealth disparities and outcomes: 0 fractional worksDigital Mental Health Interventions: 0 fractional worksCannabis and Cannabinoid Research: 0 fractional works
Psychiatry and Mental healthExperimental and Cognitive PsychologyPharmacologyClinical Psychology3 others

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

  1. 1 Schizophrenia research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 1 works
  2. 2 Mental Health Research Topics Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 0 works
  3. 3 Sleep and related disorders Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 0 works
  4. 4 Treatment of Major Depression Pharmacology 0 works
  5. 5 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research Clinical Psychology 0 works
  6. 6 Bipolar Disorder and Treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 0 works
  7. 7 Traumatic Brain Injury Research Epidemiology 0 works
  8. 8 Health disparities and outcomes Health 0 works
  9. 9 Digital Mental Health Interventions Applied Psychology 0 works
  10. 10 Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research 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 available59.2%not open40.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.6%domestic only88.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has VA Healthcare-VISN 4's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 29% 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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