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VA Long Beach Healthcare System

In research, VA Long Beach Healthcare System stands highest in Medicine (#6,436 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,341 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#21,714
of 28,054 · #17,941 all time
Rank in United States
#3,209
of 4,192
Research works
726
▼ 64% vs 2013–17
Citations
19k
25.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
23%
world 28%

What is VA Long Beach 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 #6,436 of 17,978 18.0%488
Health SciencesDomain #8,341 of 20,462 18.1%518

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where VA Long Beach 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: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.25× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.20× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.01× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.09× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.85× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.54× its world share, 51 worksMedicineNursing: 2.89× its world share, 1 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.76× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at VA Long Beach Healthcare System?

Ranked on the composite score, Timothy R. Morgan, Lori S. Katz and Arnold H. Seto lead among researchers whose main affiliation is VA Long Beach Healthcare System.

  1. 1 Timothy R. Morgan United States · #316,523 worldwide 135 citations · 44 works
  2. 2 Lori S. Katz United States · #1,020,302 worldwide 42 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Arnold H. Seto United States · #1,213,016 worldwide 29 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Ibrahim M. Eltorai United States · #1,358,822 worldwide 11 citations · 43 works
All ranked researchers at VA Long Beach Healthcare System

Which keywords describe research at VA Long Beach Healthcare System?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cardiovascular Disease, Inflammation, Chronic Kidney Disease, Metabolic Syndrome, Mortality, Myocardial Infarction, Epidemiology and Atherosclerosis.

▲ 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. Inflammation7▲ 4.5×24 topics
  2. Cardiovascular Disease7▲ 8.2×18 topics
  3. Epidemiology6▲ 1.96×38 topics
  4. Chronic Kidney Disease4▲ 24×8 topics
  5. Metabolic Syndrome4▲ 6.3×11 topics
  6. Quality of Life4▲ 3.3×13 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress3▲ 2.6×25 topics
  8. Mortality3▲ 7.2×8 topics
  9. Myocardial Infarction3▲ 17×4 topics
  10. Atherosclerosis3▲ 13×6 topics
  11. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention3▲ 26×4 topics
  12. Treatment3▲ 2.9×10 topics
  13. Nutrition2▲ 7.4×4 topics
  14. Coronary Artery Disease2▲ 26×2 topics
  15. Diabetes2▲ 6.2×9 topics
  16. Radiation Exposure2▲ 31×2 topics
  17. Guidelines2▲ 6.2×9 topics
  18. Prognostic Factors2▲ 6.8×9 topics
  19. Clinical Trials2▲ 4.1×10 topics
  20. Hemodialysis2▲ 35×2 topics
  21. Immunotherapy2▲ 3.9×10 topics
  22. Insulin Resistance2▲ 6.1×4 topics
  23. Magnetic Resonance Imaging2▲ 11×3 topics
  24. Cardiac Imaging2▲ 23×1 topic
  25. Global Burden2▲ 5.0×7 topics
  26. Heart Failure2▲ 6.2×8 topics
  27. Myocardial Perfusion2▲ 41×1 topic
  28. Therapeutic Targets2▲ 17×4 topics
  29. Coronary Stents2▲ 56×1 topic
  30. Dialysis2▲ 51×1 topic
  31. Hepatocellular Carcinoma2▲ 11×3 topics
  32. Myocardial Revascularization2▲ 56×1 topic
  33. Peritoneal Dialysis2▲ 51×1 topic
  34. Immune Response2▲ 4.1×6 topics
  35. Liver Disease2▲ 25×3 topics
  36. Rituximab2▲ 15×2 topics
  37. Fibrosis2▲ 12×4 topics
  38. Behavior Change1▲ 13×4 topics
  39. Cancer Risk1▲ 8.4×4 topics
  40. Hepatic Steatosis1▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does VA Long Beach Healthcare System publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics, Dialysis and Renal Disease Management, Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics and Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment.

Cardiac Imaging and Diag…2Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksDialysis and Renal Disea…2Dialysis and Renal Disease Management: 2 fractional worksCoronary Interventions a…2Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis …1Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksChronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research: 1 fractional worksChronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes: 1 fractional worksEducation and Military I…1Education and Military Integration: 1 fractional worksResilience and Mental He…1Resilience and Mental Health: 1 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases a…1Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 1 fractional worksMobile Health and mHealt…1Mobile Health and mHealth Applications: 1 fractional works
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingNephrologySurgeryEpidemiology5 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  2. 2 Dialysis and Renal Disease Management Nephrology 2 works
  3. 3 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 2 works
  4. 4 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 1 works
  5. 5 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research Genetics 1 works
  6. 6 Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes Nephrology 1 works
  7. 7 Education and Military Integration Education 1 works
  8. 8 Resilience and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 1 works
  9. 9 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Mobile Health and mHealth Applications General Health Professions 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 available23.2%not open76.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.6%domestic only89.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has VA Long Beach Healthcare System's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 64% 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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