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VA Northern California Health Care System

In research, VA Northern California Health Care System stands highest in Health Sciences (#8,441 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,712
of 28,054 · #10,255 all time
Rank in United States
#1,750
of 4,192
Research works
848
▲ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
35k
41.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
45%
world 28%

What is VA Northern California 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 #8,441 of 11,982 20.4%67 #4166

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where VA Northern California 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: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.49× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.29× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 4.00× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.42× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.45× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.31× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.85× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.71× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.58× its world share, 60 worksMedicineNursing: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.05× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.86× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at VA Northern California Health Care System?

Ranked on the composite score, Nina F. Dronkers, David Siegel and Michael Cole lead among researchers whose main affiliation is VA Northern California Health Care System.

  1. 1 Nina F. Dronkers United States · #47,025 worldwide 911 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 David Siegel United States · #274,176 worldwide 95 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Michael Cole United States · #390,909 worldwide 47 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Arthur Swislocki United States · #727,954 worldwide 59 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at VA Northern California Health Care System

Which keywords describe research at VA Northern California Health Care System?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biomarkers, Inflammation, Aging, Epidemiology, Cognitive Training, Neuroimaging, Immunotherapy and Alzheimer's Disease.

▲ 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. Epidemiology10▲ 2.1×39 topics
  2. Inflammation9▲ 3.6×37 topics
  3. Biomarkers8▲ 9.2×10 topics
  4. Aging6▲ 8.5×7 topics
  5. Cancer5▲ 3.2×22 topics
  6. Immunotherapy5▲ 5.4×11 topics
  7. Cognitive Training4▲ 39×2 topics
  8. Neuroimaging4▲ 12×6 topics
  9. Alzheimer's Disease4▲ 11×4 topics
  10. Clinical Trials4▲ 4.5×5 topics
  11. Cognitive Decline4▲ 25×2 topics
  12. TGF-ß4▲ 20×3 topics
  13. Caregiver Burden4▲ 26×2 topics
  14. Dementia3▲ 31×1 topic
  15. Mild Cognitive Impairment3▲ 34×1 topic
  16. Diabetes3▲ 5.4×8 topics
  17. Immune System3▲ 11×3 topics
  18. Inflammatory Cytokines3▲ 31×2 topics
  19. Wound Healing3▲ 9.7×5 topics
  20. Regulatory T Cells3▲ 21×2 topics
  21. IL-173▲ 69×1 topic
  22. TH17 Cells3▲ 69×1 topic
  23. Angiogenesis3▲ 6.7×6 topics
  24. Genetic Mutations3▲ 5.1×3 topics
  25. Genomic Profiling3▲ 22×2 topics
  26. Lung Cancer3▲ 13×2 topics
  27. Prevention3▲ 5.4×8 topics
  28. Volatile Organic Compounds3▲ 21×3 topics
  29. Prostate Cancer3▲ 17×4 topics
  30. Breath Analysis2▲ 19×2 topics
  31. Hormone Therapy2▲ 25×3 topics
  32. Regeneration2▲ 11×3 topics
  33. Growth Factors2▲ 16×2 topics
  34. Androgen Receptor2▲ 26×1 topic
  35. Cognitive Control2▲ 32×2 topics
  36. Disease Diagnosis2▲ 24×1 topic
  37. Electronic Nose2▲ 24×1 topic
  38. Metastatic Prostate Cancer2▲ 47×1 topic
  39. Functional Neuroimaging2▲ 40×2 topics
  40. Neural Basis2▲ 21×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis, Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies and Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research.

Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 3 fractional worksPsoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis: 3 fractional worksAdvanced Chemical Sensor…2Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies: 2 fractional worksProstate Cancer Treatmen…2Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research: 2 fractional worksNeurobiology of Language and Bilingualism: 2 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury Research: 2 fractional worksSpondyloarthritis Studie…2Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments: 2 fractional worksWound Healing and Treatments: 2 fractional worksRheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies: 1 fractional worksDiabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and Management: 1 fractional works
Psychiatry and Mental healthImmunologyBiomedical EngineeringPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine5 others

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

  1. 1 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 3 works
  2. 2 Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis Immunology 3 works
  3. 3 Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  4. 4 Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism Cognitive Neuroscience 2 works
  6. 6 Traumatic Brain Injury Research Epidemiology 2 works
  7. 7 Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments Rheumatology 2 works
  8. 8 Wound Healing and Treatments Rehabilitation 2 works
  9. 9 Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies Rheumatology 1 works
  10. 10 Diabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 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 available45.0%not open55.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.8%domestic only87.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% 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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