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VA New England Healthcare System

In research, VA New England Healthcare System stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,476 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#6,726 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Health Professions and Health Professions — General Health Professions is 12.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,262
of 28,054 · #22,662 all time
Rank in United States
#1,991
of 4,192
Research works
304
▲ 276% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.3k
14.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
58%
world 28%

What is VA New England Healthcare 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 #5,476 of 11,982 18.5%108 #8034
MedicineField #6,726 of 10,443 17.6%71 #8584

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

What does VA New England Healthcare System specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Health Professions takes 12.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 27.4 works13×
  2. Health ProfessionsField · 35.7 works8.8×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.53× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.49× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 8.75× its world share, 36 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.39× its world share, 71 worksMedicineNursing: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.68× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.11× its world share, 19 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 8.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at VA New England Healthcare System?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chronic Disease Management, Aging, Depression, Social Support, Patient Satisfaction, Epidemiology, Digital Divide and Primary Care.

▲ 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. Epidemiology16▲ 2.6×46 topics
  2. Chronic Disease Management12▲ 42×5 topics
  3. Aging11▲ 13×9 topics
  4. Quality of Life11▲ 4.7×24 topics
  5. Depression10▲ 7.7×15 topics
  6. Mental Health10▲ 4.5×24 topics
  7. Social Support10▲ 11×11 topics
  8. Patient Satisfaction9▲ 19×7 topics
  9. Digital Divide9▲ 23×3 topics
  10. COVID-199▲ 4.1×9 topics
  11. Primary Care9▲ 15×7 topics
  12. Long-Term Care8▲ 65×2 topics
  13. Caregiver Burden7▲ 42×3 topics
  14. Anxiety7▲ 9.1×7 topics
  15. Biomarkers7▲ 6.3×8 topics
  16. Quality of Care7▲ 51×3 topics
  17. Quality Improvement6▲ 22×8 topics
  18. Telehealth6▲ 98×1 topic
  19. Telemedicine6▲ 32×1 topic
  20. Alzheimer's Disease6▲ 14×5 topics
  21. Mortality Risk6▲ 17×5 topics
  22. Public Health6▲ 2.8×16 topics
  23. Neuroimaging6▲ 15×4 topics
  24. Nursing Home6▲ 100×1 topic
  25. Person-Centered Care6▲ 100×1 topic
  26. Cognitive Decline6▲ 32×2 topics
  27. Cognitive Training6▲ 42×2 topics
  28. Dementia6▲ 40×1 topic
  29. Mild Cognitive Impairment6▲ 45×1 topic
  30. Behavior Change5▲ 23×4 topics
  31. Patient Engagement5▲ 25×4 topics
  32. Global Burden5▲ 5.6×8 topics
  33. Adherence4▲ 25×2 topics
  34. Mobile Health4▲ 21×2 topics
  35. Well-being4▲ 7.0×6 topics
  36. Substance Use Disorders4▲ 35×2 topics
  37. Elderly Patients4▲ 14×4 topics
  38. Social Isolation4▲ 11×3 topics
  39. Neuroinflammation3▲ 7.8×6 topics
  40. Evidence-Based Practice3▲ 17×4 topics

Which research topics does VA New England Healthcare System publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation, Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research and Opioid Use Disorder Treatment.

Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation: 6 fractional worksGeriatric Care and Nursing Homes: 6 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 6 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Treatment: 3 fractional worksMobile Health and mHealth Applications: 3 fractional worksPrimary Care and Health Outcomes: 3 fractional worksHealth Policy Implementation Science: 2 fractional worksFrailty in Older Adults2Frailty in Older Adults: 2 fractional worksChronic Disease Management Strategies: 2 fractional worksTechnology Use by Older Adults: 2 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthGeneral Health ProfessionsPsychiatry and Mental healthGeriatrics and Gerontology2 others

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

  1. 1 Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 6 works
  2. 2 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes General Health Professions 6 works
  3. 3 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 6 works
  4. 4 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  5. 5 Mobile Health and mHealth Applications General Health Professions 3 works
  6. 6 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 3 works
  7. 7 Health Policy Implementation Science General Health Professions 2 works
  8. 8 Frailty in Older Adults Geriatrics and Gerontology 2 works
  9. 9 Chronic Disease Management Strategies Epidemiology 2 works
  10. 10 Technology Use by Older Adults Demography 2 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 available57.8%not open42.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.1%domestic only86.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has VA New England Healthcare System's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 276% 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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