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VA Nebraska Western Iowa Health Care System

In research, VA Nebraska Western Iowa Health Care System stands highest in Medicine (#5,302 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,691 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,948
of 28,054 · #16,922 all time
Rank in United States
#1,791
of 4,192
Research works
441
◆ 0% vs 2013–17
Citations
12k
27.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
28.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
60%
world 28%

What is VA Nebraska Western Iowa 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
MedicineField #5,302 of 10,443 28.2%76 #5782
Health SciencesDomain #6,691 of 11,982 28.0%79 #7572

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where VA Nebraska Western Iowa 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: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.77× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.15× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.58× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.39× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.68× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.53× its world share, 76 worksMedicineNursing: 1.84× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 5.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at VA Nebraska Western Iowa Health Care System?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Oxidative Stress, Metabolism, Cardiovascular Risk, Cancer, Metabolic Syndrome, Cytokines and Epidemiology.

▲ 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. Inflammation24▲ 10×48 topics
  2. Oxidative Stress13▲ 7.2×25 topics
  3. Epidemiology11▲ 2.4×42 topics
  4. Cancer8▲ 5.6×31 topics
  5. Metabolism8▲ 14×10 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Risk7▲ 21×5 topics
  7. Metabolic Syndrome6▲ 7.0×9 topics
  8. Cytokines6▲ 19×5 topics
  9. Cancer Risk6▲ 24×6 topics
  10. Autoantibodies6▲ 22×4 topics
  11. Liver Disease6▲ 55×3 topics
  12. Chemotherapy5▲ 6.3×13 topics
  13. Clinical Trials5▲ 6.5×10 topics
  14. Mortality Risk5▲ 18×4 topics
  15. Therapeutic Targets5▲ 29×3 topics
  16. Treatment5▲ 3.6×19 topics
  17. Insulin Resistance5▲ 9.4×5 topics
  18. Cardiovascular Disease5▲ 3.8×16 topics
  19. Alcohol4▲ 166×1 topic
  20. Genetic Polymorphisms4▲ 72×1 topic
  21. Fibrosis4▲ 22×7 topics
  22. Biological Therapy4▲ 69×1 topic
  23. Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs4▲ 77×1 topic
  24. Rheumatoid Arthritis4▲ 41×2 topics
  25. Targeted Therapy4▲ 16×3 topics
  26. Macrophages4▲ 19×7 topics
  27. Biomarkers4▲ 4.8×11 topics
  28. Hypertension4▲ 11×7 topics
  29. Immune Response4▲ 5.5×10 topics
  30. Tumor Microenvironment3▲ 6.8×7 topics
  31. Hepatocellular Carcinoma3▲ 14×3 topics
  32. Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition3▲ 31×2 topics
  33. TGF-ß3▲ 19×4 topics
  34. Angiogenesis3▲ 8.2×7 topics
  35. Cell Death3▲ 11×4 topics
  36. Hepatic Steatosis3▲ 17×2 topics
  37. Interstitial Lung Disease3▲ 42×2 topics
  38. Metastasis3▲ 7.8×8 topics
  39. Apoptosis3▲ 8.6×9 topics
  40. Endothelial Dysfunction3▲ 11×5 topics

Which research topics does VA Nebraska Western Iowa Health Care System publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects, Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment and Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.

Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects: 4 fractional worksRheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies: 4 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis …3Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional worksInterstitial Lung Diseas…2Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: 2 fractional worksLung Cancer Research Studies: 2 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 2 fractional worksGout, Hyperuricemia, Uri…2Gout, Hyperuricemia, Uric Acid: 2 fractional worksLiver physiology and pathology: 2 fractional worksEndoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease: 1 fractional worksPeripheral Artery Disease Management: 1 fractional works
Pathology and Forensic MedicineRheumatologyEpidemiologyPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine5 others

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

  1. 1 Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects Pathology and Forensic Medicine 4 works
  2. 2 Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies Rheumatology 4 works
  3. 3 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 3 works
  4. 4 Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Lung Cancer Research Studies Oncology 2 works
  6. 6 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Gout, Hyperuricemia, Uric Acid Nephrology 2 works
  8. 8 Liver physiology and pathology Hepatology 2 works
  9. 9 Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease Cell Biology 1 works
  10. 10 Peripheral Artery Disease Management Surgery 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 available59.9%not open40.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.5%domestic only91.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has VA Nebraska Western Iowa Health Care System's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 0% 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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