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VA Salt Lake City Healthcare System

In research, VA Salt Lake City Healthcare System stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,660 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#3,547 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Epidemiology — Epidemiology is 6.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,072
of 28,054 · #10,137 all time
Rank in United States
#1,350
of 4,192
Research works
877
▲ 55% vs 2013–17
Citations
23k
26.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
52%
world 28%

What is VA Salt Lake City 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 #3,660 of 11,982 20.8%156 #3436
MedicineField #3,547 of 10,443 19.6%131 #3770

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where VA Salt Lake City 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 Salt Lake City Healthcare System specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Epidemiology takes 6.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EpidemiologySubfield · 22.3 works6.9×
← 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: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.29× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.11× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.21× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.58× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.65× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.16× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.69× its world share, 22 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.00× its world share, 131 worksMedicineNursing: 0.86× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.90× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.06× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.05× its world share, 21 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at VA Salt Lake City Healthcare System?

Ranked on the composite score, Julie A. Lynch and Kyung Min Lee lead among researchers whose main affiliation is VA Salt Lake City Healthcare System.

  1. 1 Julie A. Lynch United States · #575,669 worldwide 80 citations · 51 works
  2. 2 Kyung Min Lee United States · #1,365,535 worldwide 22 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at VA Salt Lake City Healthcare System

Which keywords describe research at VA Salt Lake City Healthcare System?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Substance Use Disorders, Mortality Risk, Mental Health, Cardiovascular Disease, Clinical Guidelines, Chronic Pain Management and Opioid Prescribing.

▲ 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. Epidemiology40▲ 4.4×66 topics
  2. Mental Health13▲ 4.0×22 topics
  3. Substance Use Disorders13▲ 78×2 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease12▲ 4.6×29 topics
  5. Public Health12▲ 3.5×24 topics
  6. Inflammation11▲ 2.3×44 topics
  7. Mortality Risk10▲ 19×6 topics
  8. Quality of Life10▲ 3.1×28 topics
  9. Clinical Guidelines8▲ 13×7 topics
  10. Risk Factors8▲ 3.4×19 topics
  11. Chronic Pain Management8▲ 108×1 topic
  12. Heart Failure8▲ 8.2×8 topics
  13. Opioid Prescribing8▲ 108×1 topic
  14. Depression8▲ 3.9×16 topics
  15. Treatment8▲ 2.8×25 topics
  16. Resilience7▲ 6.7×9 topics
  17. Primary Care7▲ 8.4×10 topics
  18. Quality Improvement7▲ 16×7 topics
  19. Glycemic Control7▲ 19×4 topics
  20. Cognitive Therapy7▲ 27×3 topics
  21. Clinical Trials6▲ 4.2×16 topics
  22. Neuropathology6▲ 21×3 topics
  23. Psychiatric Disorders6▲ 19×4 topics
  24. Recovery6▲ 24×2 topics
  25. Concussion6▲ 60×1 topic
  26. Encephalopathy6▲ 38×1 topic
  27. Global Burden6▲ 4.6×10 topics
  28. Trauma6▲ 12×5 topics
  29. Insulin Therapy5▲ 20×3 topics
  30. Global Burden of Disease5▲ 9.4×4 topics
  31. Psychometric Evaluation5▲ 25×2 topics
  32. Hypertension5▲ 7.5×11 topics
  33. Alcohol Dependence5▲ 53×1 topic
  34. Behavioral Interventions5▲ 27×2 topics
  35. Motivational Interviewing5▲ 53×1 topic
  36. Health Outcomes5▲ 7.6×7 topics
  37. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder5▲ 73×1 topic
  38. Psychological Treatment5▲ 73×1 topic
  39. Chronic Disease Management4▲ 10×6 topics
  40. Substance Abuse4▲ 27×2 topics

Which research topics does VA Salt Lake City Healthcare System publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Opioid Use Disorder Treatment, Traumatic Brain Injury Research, Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research.

Opioid Use Disorder Treatment: 8 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury Research: 6 fractional worksSubstance Abuse Treatmen…5Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 5 fractional worksPosttraumatic Stress Dis…5Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research: 5 fractional worksDiabetes Treatment and Management: 4 fractional worksHIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk: 3 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury a…3Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances: 3 fractional worksPrimary Care and Health Outcomes: 3 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 3 fractional worksAntibiotic Use and Resistance: 2 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthEpidemiologyClinical PsychologyEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism4 others

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

  1. 1 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 8 works
  2. 2 Traumatic Brain Injury Research Epidemiology 6 works
  3. 3 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 5 works
  4. 4 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research Clinical Psychology 5 works
  5. 5 Diabetes Treatment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 4 works
  6. 6 HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Epidemiology 3 works
  7. 7 Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances Neurology 3 works
  8. 8 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 3 works
  9. 9 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  10. 10 Antibiotic Use and Resistance Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 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 available52.3%not open47.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has VA Salt Lake City Healthcare System's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 55% 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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