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VA St. Louis Health Care System

In research, VA St. Louis Health Care System stands highest in Medicine (#4,712 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,363 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,776
of 28,054 · #17,238 all time
Rank in United States
#1,599
of 4,192
Research works
227
▲ 99% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.7k
34.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
27.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
60%
world 28%

What is VA St. Louis Health Care System known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
MedicineField #4,712 of 17,978 25.1%150
Health SciencesDomain #6,363 of 20,462 24.2%167

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where VA St. Louis 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: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.54× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.76× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.95× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.29× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.86× its world share, 55 worksMedicineNursing: 1.53× its world share, 1 worksNursingEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.27× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Which keywords describe research at VA St. Louis Health Care System?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Pandemic, Clinical Trials, ACE2 Receptor, SARS-CoV-2, Pathophysiology, Immune Response and Thrombosis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology14▲ 4.7×37 topics
  2. Pandemic9▲ 11×5 topics
  3. Clinical Trials6▲ 12×9 topics
  4. ACE2 Receptor6▲ 31×3 topics
  5. SARS-CoV-25▲ 22×3 topics
  6. Pathophysiology5▲ 23×4 topics
  7. Immune Response5▲ 12×5 topics
  8. Thrombosis5▲ 23×3 topics
  9. Clinical Characteristics4▲ 46×1 topic
  10. Cytokine Storm4▲ 54×1 topic
  11. Cognitive Impairment4▲ 23×5 topics
  12. Inflammation4▲ 2.7×21 topics
  13. Neuropathology4▲ 41×2 topics
  14. Chemotherapy4▲ 7.6×10 topics
  15. Neurologic Manifestations4▲ 70×1 topic
  16. Post-acute COVID-19 Syndrome4▲ 70×1 topic
  17. Risk Factors4▲ 4.5×10 topics
  18. Biomarkers4▲ 7.1×7 topics
  19. Treatment4▲ 3.9×13 topics
  20. Diagnosis3▲ 4.8×11 topics
  21. COVID-193▲ 3.2×6 topics
  22. Mortality3▲ 7.5×8 topics
  23. Radiotherapy3▲ 10×6 topics
  24. Cancer3▲ 3.0×12 topics
  25. Cardiovascular Disease3▲ 3.5×17 topics
  26. Diabetes3▲ 7.6×8 topics
  27. Targeted Therapy3▲ 17×3 topics
  28. Adjuvant Therapy2▲ 26×2 topics
  29. Genomic Profiling2▲ 30×2 topics
  30. Management2▲ 4.0×8 topics
  31. Surgery2▲ 8.8×3 topics
  32. CT Screening2▲ 45×1 topic
  33. Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 5.5×8 topics
  34. Lung Cancer2▲ 18×1 topic
  35. Chronic Kidney Disease2▲ 12×6 topics
  36. Guidelines2▲ 5.9×5 topics
  37. Rehabilitation2▲ 7.1×4 topics
  38. Healthcare Workers2▲ 10×3 topics
  39. Prophylaxis2▲ 19×3 topics
  40. Treatment Guidelines2▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does VA St. Louis Health Care System publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, Long-Term Effects of COVID-19, Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment and COVID-19 and healthcare impacts.

COVID-19 Clinical Resear…4COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 4 fractional worksLong-Term Effects of COV…4Long-Term Effects of COVID-19: 4 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 1 fractional worksIntensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 1 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 1 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 1 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 1 fractional worksProstate Cancer Treatment and Research: 1 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesNeurologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineOncology3 others

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

  1. 1 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 4 works
  2. 2 Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 Neurology 4 works
  3. 3 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 1 works
  5. 5 Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 1 works
  7. 7 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 1 works
  9. 9 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 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 available60.4%not open39.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.2%domestic only91.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has VA St. Louis Health Care System's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 99% 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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