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VA Palo Alto Health Care System

In research, VA Palo Alto Health Care System stands highest in Medicine (#766 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#969 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,738 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,907
of 28,054 · #1,570 all time
Rank in United States
#418
of 4,192
Research works
4.8k
▲ 10% vs 2013–17
Citations
275k
57.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

What is VA Palo Alto 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 #766 of 10,443 24.2%430 #361
Health SciencesDomain #969 of 11,982 24.3%496 #414
Life SciencesDomain #1,738 of 7,800 26.3%107 #742
Social SciencesDomain #5,428 of 10,521 22.2%102 #1859
Health ProfessionsField #1,195 of 1,928 25.0%62 #845
PsychologyField #1,563 of 2,181 21.6%61 #605

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

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#361 #766
  2. Health Sciences#414 #969
  3. Life Sciences#742 #1,738
  4. Social Sciences#1,859 #5,428
  5. Health Professions#845 #1,195
  6. Psychology#605 #1,563
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

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: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.23× its world share, 48 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.40× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.71× its world share, 44 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.92× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.20× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.30× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.20× its world share, 62 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.05× its world share, 430 worksMedicineNursing: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.82× its world share, 13 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.72× its world share, 61 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 22 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at VA Palo Alto Health Care System?

Ranked on the composite score, Paul A. Heidenreich, J. David Clark and Todd H. Wagner lead among researchers whose main affiliation is VA Palo Alto Health Care System.

  1. 1 Paul A. Heidenreich United States · #22,673 worldwide 955 citations · 141 works
  2. 2 J. David Clark United States · #113,329 worldwide 116 citations · 47 works
  3. 3 Todd H. Wagner United States · #166,433 worldwide 235 citations · 57 works
  4. 4 Eve B. Carlson United States · #178,545 worldwide 319 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Mary K. Goldstein United States · #208,019 worldwide 119 citations · 52 works
  6. 6 Antonette M. Zeiss United States · #248,778 worldwide 226 citations · 33 works
  7. 7 Paul G. Barnett United States · #265,031 worldwide 144 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Jonathan Myers United States · #318,744 worldwide 443 citations · 154 works
  9. 9 Ranak Trivedi United States · #348,992 worldwide 78 citations · 30 works
  10. 10 Susan M. Frayne United States · #349,031 worldwide 98 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at VA Palo Alto Health Care System

Which keywords describe research at VA Palo Alto Health Care System?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Depression, Inflammation, Cardiovascular Disease, Anxiety, Heart Failure, Chronic Disease Management 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. Epidemiology93▲ 3.2×94 topics
  2. Inflammation44▲ 2.9×67 topics
  3. Depression41▲ 6.4×20 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease34▲ 4.1×32 topics
  5. Quality of Life31▲ 3.0×40 topics
  6. Treatment30▲ 3.4×37 topics
  7. Risk Factors29▲ 3.6×28 topics
  8. Mental Health26▲ 2.5×26 topics
  9. Anxiety25▲ 7.1×10 topics
  10. Mortality24▲ 5.7×11 topics
  11. Heart Failure24▲ 7.5×13 topics
  12. Public Health23▲ 2.2×36 topics
  13. Oxidative Stress23▲ 1.92×39 topics
  14. Chronic Disease Management23▲ 16×5 topics
  15. Primary Care23▲ 8.2×12 topics
  16. Metabolic Syndrome22▲ 3.7×19 topics
  17. Guidelines22▲ 6.3×12 topics
  18. Clinical Trials20▲ 4.0×18 topics
  19. Patient Satisfaction18▲ 8.0×9 topics
  20. Mortality Risk18▲ 10×6 topics
  21. Aging18▲ 4.5×14 topics
  22. Quality Improvement17▲ 12×8 topics
  23. Biomarkers16▲ 3.2×16 topics
  24. Global Burden16▲ 4.1×12 topics
  25. Neurological Disorders15▲ 3.6×18 topics
  26. Insulin Resistance14▲ 4.3×9 topics
  27. Recovery14▲ 18×2 topics
  28. Neuropathology13▲ 14×3 topics
  29. Psychometric Evaluation13▲ 20×2 topics
  30. Neuroimaging13▲ 6.4×10 topics
  31. Substance Use Disorders13▲ 24×2 topics
  32. Hepatocellular Carcinoma12▲ 7.8×3 topics
  33. Cognitive Therapy12▲ 15×3 topics
  34. Elderly Patients12▲ 9.6×4 topics
  35. Concussion11▲ 36×1 topic
  36. Encephalopathy11▲ 23×2 topics
  37. Neurological11▲ 36×1 topic
  38. Functional Connectivity11▲ 11×3 topics
  39. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy10▲ 11×3 topics
  40. Circadian Rhythms9▲ 12×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Traumatic Brain Injury Research, Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation, Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues and Primary Care and Health Outcomes.

Traumatic Brain Injury R…11Traumatic Brain Injury Research: 11 fractional worksTelemedicine and Telehea…8Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation: 8 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 8 fractional worksPrimary Care and Health Outcomes: 7 fractional worksPosttraumatic Stress Disorder Research: 7 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 7 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Treatment: 7 fractional worksCardiovascular and exerc…6Cardiovascular and exercise physiology: 6 fractional worksHeart Failure Treatment and Management: 6 fractional worksSleep and related disorders: 6 fractional works
EpidemiologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthGeneral Health ProfessionsClinical Psychology3 others

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

  1. 1 Traumatic Brain Injury Research Epidemiology 11 works
  2. 2 Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 8 works
  3. 3 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 8 works
  4. 4 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 7 works
  5. 5 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research Clinical Psychology 7 works
  6. 6 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 7 works
  7. 7 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 7 works
  8. 8 Cardiovascular and exercise physiology Complementary and alternative medicine 6 works
  9. 9 Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  10. 10 Sleep and related disorders Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 6 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 available41.5%not open58.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.0%domestic only86.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 10% 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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