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VA Maryland Health Care System

In research, VA Maryland Health Care System stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,594 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,913
of 28,054 · #10,332 all time
Rank in United States
#1,193
of 4,192
Research works
724
▼ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
25k
34.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
47%
world 28%

What is VA Maryland Health Care 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
Health SciencesDomain #4,594 of 11,982 19.4%61 #5284

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where VA Maryland Health Care 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: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.65× its world share, 15 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.75× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 4.35× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.43× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.66× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.64× its world share, 53 worksMedicineNursing: 0.97× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.12× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at VA Maryland Health Care System?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Aging, Depression, Synaptic Plasticity, Immunity, Cognitive Impairment and Cancer.

▲ 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. Epidemiology13▲ 3.1×54 topics
  2. Inflammation10▲ 4.4×42 topics
  3. Cancer4▲ 3.1×25 topics
  4. Depression4▲ 4.7×15 topics
  5. Aging4▲ 7.6×11 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress4▲ 2.4×19 topics
  7. Clinical Trials3▲ 4.8×12 topics
  8. Risk Factors3▲ 3.0×14 topics
  9. Synaptic Plasticity3▲ 15×5 topics
  10. Mental Health3▲ 2.2×14 topics
  11. Immunity3▲ 7.6×7 topics
  12. Cognitive Impairment3▲ 11×8 topics
  13. Innate Immunity3▲ 8.1×5 topics
  14. Global Burden3▲ 4.7×8 topics
  15. Metabolic Syndrome3▲ 3.0×10 topics
  16. Diabetes2▲ 4.8×11 topics
  17. Neurological Disorders2▲ 4.0×9 topics
  18. Clinical Guidelines2▲ 7.6×6 topics
  19. Stress2▲ 6.0×6 topics
  20. Metabolism2▲ 4.1×11 topics
  21. Neuroinflammation2▲ 7.3×6 topics
  22. Cancer Immunotherapy2▲ 13×3 topics
  23. Cytokines2▲ 7.0×5 topics
  24. Prognosis2▲ 6.1×4 topics
  25. Prevention2▲ 4.7×7 topics
  26. Neural Plasticity2▲ 10×3 topics
  27. Prefrontal Cortex2▲ 22×2 topics
  28. Dendritic Cells2▲ 19×2 topics
  29. Genetic Variation2▲ 8.0×4 topics
  30. Health Care Costs2▲ 21×2 topics
  31. Cognitive Therapy2▲ 15×3 topics
  32. Neurobiological Mechanisms2▲ 41×2 topics
  33. Quality Improvement2▲ 8.6×5 topics
  34. Antidepressant2▲ 64×1 topic
  35. Antigen Presentation2▲ 17×1 topic
  36. Ketamine2▲ 64×1 topic
  37. NMDA Receptor2▲ 41×2 topics
  38. Patient Safety2▲ 10×6 topics
  39. Serotonin2▲ 41×2 topics
  40. Tumor Antigen2▲ 25×1 topic

Which research topics does VA Maryland Health Care System publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Treatment of Major Depression, Immunotherapy and Immune Responses, Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior and Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation.

Treatment of Major Depre…2Treatment of Major Depression: 2 fractional worksImmunotherapy and Immune…2Immunotherapy and Immune Responses: 2 fractional worksNeurotransmitter Recepto…2Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior: 2 fractional worksMusculoskeletal pain and…1Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 1 fractional worksNutrition and Health in Aging: 1 fractional worksNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research: 1 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-…1Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 1 fractional worksAging and Gerontology Research: 1 fractional worksClinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills: 1 fractional worksGrief, Bereavement, and …1Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health: 1 fractional works
PharmacologyImmunologyCellular and Molecular NeurosciencePhysiology4 others

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

  1. 1 Treatment of Major Depression Pharmacology 2 works
  2. 2 Immunotherapy and Immune Responses Immunology 2 works
  3. 3 Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 2 works
  4. 4 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 1 works
  5. 5 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 1 works
  6. 6 Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 1 works
  7. 7 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  8. 8 Aging and Gerontology Research Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology 1 works
  9. 9 Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills Family Practice 1 works
  10. 10 Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 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 available47.2%not open52.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.6%domestic only90.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has VA Maryland Health Care System's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% 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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