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VA Loma Linda Healthcare System

In research, VA Loma Linda Healthcare System stands highest in Medicine (#8,502 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,943 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#19,539
of 28,054 · #28,739 all time
Rank in United States
#2,844
of 4,192
Research works
273
▲ 36% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.9k
14.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
39%
world 28%

What is VA Loma Linda Healthcare System 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 #8,502 of 17,978 11.6%168
Health SciencesDomain #10,943 of 20,462 11.8%183

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where VA Loma Linda 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).

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: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.36× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 6.78× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.04× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.72× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.08× its world share, 42 worksMedicineNursing: 0.78× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.04× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 6.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at VA Loma Linda Healthcare System?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Hearing Loss, Guidelines, Inflammation, Risk Factors, Treatment, Epidemiology, Quality of Life and Speech Perception.

▲ 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. Epidemiology6▲ 1.98×30 topics
  2. Hearing Loss5▲ 67×4 topics
  3. Inflammation5▲ 3.6×30 topics
  4. Risk Factors4▲ 5.4×14 topics
  5. Treatment4▲ 4.6×20 topics
  6. Guidelines4▲ 12×8 topics
  7. Quality of Life4▲ 3.7×10 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress3▲ 2.8×17 topics
  9. Cancer3▲ 3.5×13 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease3▲ 3.8×14 topics
  11. Diagnosis2▲ 3.8×11 topics
  12. Speech Perception2▲ 43×2 topics
  13. Cochlear Neuropathy2▲ 120×1 topic
  14. Tinnitus2▲ 120×1 topic
  15. Mortality2▲ 5.6×6 topics
  16. Cognitive Decline2▲ 25×2 topics
  17. Health-related Quality of Life2▲ 13×2 topics
  18. Age-related Hearing Loss2▲ 78×1 topic
  19. Cochlear Implants2▲ 78×1 topic
  20. Language Development2▲ 24×2 topics
  21. Social Isolation2▲ 14×2 topics
  22. Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 4.6×8 topics
  23. Heart Failure2▲ 6.1×8 topics
  24. Atherosclerosis2▲ 7.9×4 topics
  25. Cancer Progression2▲ 12×3 topics
  26. Chronic Kidney Disease2▲ 8.8×7 topics
  27. Matrix Metalloproteinases2▲ 15×2 topics
  28. Myocardial Infarction2▲ 9.0×5 topics
  29. Postoperative Complications2▲ 16×3 topics
  30. Angioplasty1▲ 33×2 topics
  31. Cardiac Risk1▲ 24×1 topic
  32. Endovascular Repair1▲ 23×3 topics
  33. Environmental Noise1▲ 42×1 topic
  34. Gene Expression Regulation1▲ 18×2 topics
  35. Noise Pollution1▲ 42×1 topic
  36. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention1▲ 15×4 topics
  37. Perioperative1▲ 24×1 topic
  38. Revascularization1▲ 13×3 topics
  39. RNA methylation1▲ 21×1 topic
  40. m6A-seq1▲ 21×1 topic

Which research topics does VA Loma Linda Healthcare System publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics, Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation, Noise Effects and Management and Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes.

Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics: 2 fractional worksHearing Loss and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional worksNoise Effects and Manage…1Noise Effects and Management: 1 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …1Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 1 fractional worksRNA modifications and cancer: 1 fractional worksAnomaly Detection Techniques and Applications: 1 fractional worksEar Surgery and Otitis M…1Ear Surgery and Otitis Media: 1 fractional worksBone Metabolism and Dise…1Bone Metabolism and Diseases: 1 fractional worksPeripheral Artery Diseas…1Peripheral Artery Disease Management: 1 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence …1Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 1 fractional works
Sensory SystemsCognitive NeuroscienceSpeech and HearingCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine5 others

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

  1. 1 Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics Sensory Systems 2 works
  2. 2 Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation Cognitive Neuroscience 2 works
  3. 3 Noise Effects and Management Speech and Hearing 1 works
  4. 4 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  5. 5 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 1 works
  6. 6 Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  7. 7 Ear Surgery and Otitis Media Otorhinolaryngology 1 works
  8. 8 Bone Metabolism and Diseases Molecular Biology 1 works
  9. 9 Peripheral Artery Disease Management Surgery 1 works
  10. 10 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 1 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 available38.6%not open61.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.5%domestic only92.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has VA Loma Linda Healthcare System's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 36% 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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