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VA Puget Sound Health Care System

In research, VA Puget Sound Health Care System stands highest in Medicine (#2,220 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,811 of 11,982 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#8,282 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism — Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism is 7.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,532
of 28,054 · #3,299 all time
Rank in United States
#1,002
of 4,192
Research works
3k
▲ 20% vs 2013–17
Citations
176k
59.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
world 28%

What is VA Puget Sound 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 #2,220 of 10,443 17.9%283 #849
Health SciencesDomain #2,811 of 11,982 17.9%325 #908
Social SciencesDomain #8,282 of 10,521 16.5%72 #4400

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where VA Puget Sound 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#849 #2,220
  2. Health Sciences#908 #2,811
  3. Social Sciences#4,400 #8,282
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.

What does VA Puget Sound Health Care System specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism takes 7.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismSubfield · 20.3 works7.8×
← 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: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.97× its world share, 25 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.94× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.70× its world share, 21 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.91× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.28× its world share, 20 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.26× its world share, 41 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.08× its world share, 283 worksMedicineNursing: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.67× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.25× its world share, 47 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 15 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at VA Puget Sound Health Care System?

Ranked on the composite score, Edward J. Boyko, David H. Au and Eric J. Hawkins lead among researchers whose main affiliation is VA Puget Sound Health Care System.

  1. 1 Edward J. Boyko United States · #5,828 worldwide 917 citations · 72 works
  2. 2 David H. Au United States · #72,317 worldwide 255 citations · 62 works
  3. 3 Eric J. Hawkins United States · #186,664 worldwide 177 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 George N. Ioannou United States · #208,163 worldwide 151 citations · 38 works
  5. 5 Michael Sobel United States · #223,949 worldwide 118 citations · 31 works
  6. 6 Tracy L. Simpson United States · #278,083 worldwide 143 citations · 37 works
  7. 7 Jodie K. Haselkorn United States · #300,459 worldwide 83 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 David A. Gruenewald United States · #332,282 worldwide 105 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Andrew J. Saxon United States · #371,837 worldwide 114 citations · 59 works
  10. 10 Lauren A. Beste United States · #413,690 worldwide 59 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at VA Puget Sound Health Care System

Which keywords describe research at VA Puget Sound Health Care System?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diabetes, Rehabilitation, Mental Health, Primary Care, Depression, Global Burden and Management.

▲ 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. Epidemiology82▲ 4.3×86 topics
  2. Inflammation24▲ 2.5×51 topics
  3. Mental Health24▲ 3.5×28 topics
  4. Quality of Life22▲ 3.1×33 topics
  5. Depression20▲ 4.8×18 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress20▲ 2.6×33 topics
  7. Diabetes20▲ 8.4×16 topics
  8. Management18▲ 4.9×19 topics
  9. Global Burden17▲ 6.7×10 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease17▲ 3.2×29 topics
  11. Clinical Trials17▲ 5.3×14 topics
  12. Risk Factors17▲ 3.2×26 topics
  13. Rehabilitation17▲ 8.8×11 topics
  14. Primary Care16▲ 9.1×14 topics
  15. Biomechanics14▲ 10×7 topics
  16. Metabolic Syndrome14▲ 3.7×19 topics
  17. Mortality14▲ 5.2×11 topics
  18. Substance Use Disorders14▲ 41×2 topics
  19. Chronic Disease Management14▲ 15×5 topics
  20. Anxiety13▲ 5.8×10 topics
  21. Low Back Pain12▲ 15×3 topics
  22. Biomarkers12▲ 3.7×12 topics
  23. Neurodegeneration12▲ 8.3×10 topics
  24. Mortality Risk12▲ 10×6 topics
  25. Quality Improvement11▲ 12×7 topics
  26. Aging11▲ 4.3×11 topics
  27. Insulin Resistance11▲ 5.0×9 topics
  28. Psychometric Evaluation11▲ 24×2 topics
  29. Prevention10▲ 5.2×10 topics
  30. Patient Satisfaction10▲ 6.5×8 topics
  31. Psychological Factors10▲ 9.7×3 topics
  32. Global Burden of Disease9▲ 7.8×3 topics
  33. Psychiatric Disorders9▲ 14×4 topics
  34. Infection9▲ 7.5×6 topics
  35. Neuroinflammation9▲ 6.6×6 topics
  36. Chronic Pain8▲ 8.1×5 topics
  37. Disability8▲ 17×3 topics
  38. Musculoskeletal Disorders8▲ 17×2 topics
  39. Cognitive Therapy8▲ 16×3 topics
  40. Glycemic Control8▲ 11×4 topics

Which research topics does VA Puget Sound Health Care System publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, Diabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and Management, Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics and Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes.

Musculoskeletal pain and…8Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 8 fractional worksDiabetic Foot Ulcer Asse…8Diabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and Management: 8 fractional worksProsthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics: 7 fractional worksSubstance Abuse Treatmen…7Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 7 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Trea…7Opioid Use Disorder Treatment: 7 fractional worksPosttraumatic Stress Disorder Research: 6 fractional worksPrimary Care and Health Outcomes: 5 fractional worksSleep and related disord…5Sleep and related disorders: 5 fractional worksTelemedicine and Telehealth Implementation: 5 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 4 fractional works
PharmacologyEndocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismBiomedical EngineeringEpidemiology5 others

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

  1. 1 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 8 works
  2. 2 Diabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 8 works
  3. 3 Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics Biomedical Engineering 7 works
  4. 4 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 7 works
  5. 5 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 7 works
  6. 6 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research Clinical Psychology 6 works
  7. 7 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 5 works
  8. 8 Sleep and related disorders Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 5 works
  9. 9 Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  10. 10 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 4 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 available42.7%not open57.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has VA Puget Sound Health Care System's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% 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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