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VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System

In research, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System stands highest in Medicine (#2,133 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#2,501 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,827
of 28,054 · #4,124 all time
Rank in United States
#788
of 4,192
Research works
2.1k
▲ 9% vs 2013–17
Citations
87k
40.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
49%
world 28%

What is VA Pittsburgh 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
MedicineField #2,133 of 10,443 21.9%212 #1155
Health SciencesDomain #2,501 of 11,982 22.1%250 #1344

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

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: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.94× its world share, 19 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.56× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.93× its world share, 24 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.91× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.63× its world share, 36 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.97× its world share, 212 worksMedicineNursing: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.05× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.82× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.82× its world share, 32 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System?

Ranked on the composite score, Daniel E. Forman, Linda F. Fried and Robert R. Muder lead among researchers whose main affiliation is VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System.

  1. 1 Daniel E. Forman United States · #15,823 worldwide 719 citations · 66 works
  2. 2 Linda F. Fried United States · #58,183 worldwide 347 citations · 34 works
  3. 3 Robert R. Muder United States · #166,745 worldwide 131 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Charles W. Atwood United States · #834,362 worldwide 20 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 John Kasckow United States · #871,569 worldwide 73 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Carolyn T. Thorpe United States · #1,009,787 worldwide 42 citations · 28 works
  7. 7 Sharon McCarthy United States · #1,176,693 worldwide 15 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System

Which keywords describe research at VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Quality of Life, Cardiovascular Disease, Primary Care, Mortality Risk, Chronic Disease Management and Depression.

▲ 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. Epidemiology59▲ 4.0×80 topics
  2. Inflammation26▲ 3.3×57 topics
  3. Quality of Life21▲ 3.9×37 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease19▲ 4.6×26 topics
  5. Primary Care14▲ 10×12 topics
  6. Depression14▲ 4.3×17 topics
  7. Public Health13▲ 2.4×27 topics
  8. Risk Factors13▲ 3.1×26 topics
  9. Mortality Risk13▲ 14×6 topics
  10. Treatment12▲ 2.7×31 topics
  11. Mortality12▲ 5.7×10 topics
  12. Meta-Analysis12▲ 5.3×15 topics
  13. Aging11▲ 5.7×14 topics
  14. Mental Health11▲ 2.1×25 topics
  15. Chronic Disease Management11▲ 15×5 topics
  16. Guidelines11▲ 6.4×12 topics
  17. Clinical Trials11▲ 4.3×13 topics
  18. Global Burden10▲ 5.3×11 topics
  19. Biomarkers10▲ 3.8×11 topics
  20. Diagnosis10▲ 2.8×24 topics
  21. Quality Improvement9▲ 13×8 topics
  22. Management9▲ 3.1×20 topics
  23. Functional Recovery8▲ 15×4 topics
  24. Substance Use Disorders8▲ 31×2 topics
  25. Patient Satisfaction8▲ 6.7×9 topics
  26. Chronic Kidney Disease8▲ 8.7×8 topics
  27. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy8▲ 15×2 topics
  28. Neuroinflammation8▲ 7.1×5 topics
  29. Psychometric Evaluation8▲ 22×2 topics
  30. Elderly Patients7▲ 12×4 topics
  31. Neuroimaging7▲ 7.0×8 topics
  32. Health Consequences7▲ 6.5×3 topics
  33. Prognosis7▲ 5.6×7 topics
  34. Neurodegeneration7▲ 6.1×7 topics
  35. Circadian Rhythms7▲ 17×2 topics
  36. Critical Care7▲ 7.7×6 topics
  37. Insomnia6▲ 24×1 topic
  38. Sleep Duration6▲ 26×1 topic
  39. Neural Plasticity6▲ 9.0×5 topics
  40. Sepsis6▲ 9.2×4 topics

Which research topics does VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Sleep and related disorders, Opioid Use Disorder Treatment, Primary Care and Health Outcomes and Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery.

Sleep and related disord…6Sleep and related disorders: 6 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Trea…6Opioid Use Disorder Treatment: 6 fractional worksPrimary Care and Health Outcomes: 4 fractional worksStroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 4 fractional worksNeurobiology of Language and Bilingualism: 4 fractional worksObstructive Sleep Apnea Research: 4 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 4 fractional worksFrailty in Older Adults4Frailty in Older Adults: 4 fractional worksAntibiotic Use and Resistance: 3 fractional worksChronic Disease Management Strategies: 3 fractional works
Experimental and Cognitive PsychologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthGeneral Health ProfessionsRehabilitation6 others

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

  1. 1 Sleep and related disorders Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 6 works
  2. 2 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 6 works
  3. 3 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 4 works
  4. 4 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 4 works
  5. 5 Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism Cognitive Neuroscience 4 works
  6. 6 Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research Physiology 4 works
  7. 7 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 4 works
  8. 8 Frailty in Older Adults Geriatrics and Gerontology 4 works
  9. 9 Antibiotic Use and Resistance Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 3 works
  10. 10 Chronic Disease Management Strategies Epidemiology 3 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 available48.9%not open51.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.7%domestic only88.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 9% 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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