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VA West Los Angeles Medical Center

In research, VA West Los Angeles Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#9,404 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#11,043 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#17,192
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#3,727
of 8,685
Research works
467
▼ 22% vs 2013–17
Citations
15k
32.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
22%
world 28%

What is VA West Los Angeles Medical Center 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 #9,404 of 17,978 16.2%281
Health SciencesDomain #11,043 of 20,462 16.6%303

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where VA West Los Angeles Medical Center 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: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.10× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.50× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 7.08× its world share, 5 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.42× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.15× its world share, 24 worksMedicineNursing: 0.85× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.45× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.07× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 7.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at VA West Los Angeles Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Pain Management, Cardiovascular Disease, Inflammation, Depression, Neurological Disorders and Anxiety.

▲ 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 29 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 29 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology6▲ 3.9×36 topics
  2. Treatment2▲ 5.1×10 topics
  3. Inflammation2▲ 2.9×17 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 4.5×13 topics
  5. Depression2▲ 5.0×10 topics
  6. Pain Management2▲ 18×5 topics
  7. Chemotherapy2▲ 5.4×10 topics
  8. Clinical Trials2▲ 5.5×8 topics
  9. Neurological Disorders2▲ 6.8×6 topics
  10. Immunotherapy1▲ 5.0×7 topics
  11. Anxiety1▲ 7.1×7 topics
  12. Pathogenesis1▲ 6.4×5 topics
  13. Quality of Life1▲ 2.2×10 topics
  14. Management1▲ 3.8×10 topics
  15. Obesity1▲ 4.1×6 topics
  16. Cancer1▲ 2.0×11 topics
  17. Clinical Practice Guidelines1▲ 4.9×7 topics
  18. Diagnosis1▲ 2.8×8 topics
  19. Health Consequences1▲ 9.2×2 topics
  20. Risk Factors1▲ 2.5×11 topics
  21. Stress1▲ 7.1×3 topics
  22. Stroke1▲ 16×3 topics
  23. Botulinum Toxin1▲ 40×1 topic
  24. Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide1▲ 61×2 topics
  25. Neural Circuits1▲ 28×3 topics
  26. Neurotoxins1▲ 65×1 topic
  27. Primary Care1▲ 6.9×7 topics
  28. Smoking Cessation1▲ 84×1 topic
  29. Tobacco Use1▲ 84×1 topic

Which research topics does VA West Los Angeles Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders, Smoking Behavior and Cessation, Sleep and Wakefulness Research and Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology.

Botulinum Toxin and Rela…1Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders: 1 fractional worksSmoking Behavior and Ces…1Smoking Behavior and Cessation: 1 fractional worksSleep and Wakefulness Re…1Sleep and Wakefulness Research: 1 fractional worksNeuropeptides and Animal…1Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology: 1 fractional worksRegulation of Appetite and Obesity: 1 fractional worksNeural dynamics and brain function: 1 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Trea…0Opioid Use Disorder Treatment: 0 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Impact and Resp…0HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses: 0 fractional worksCaveolin-1 and cellular …0Caveolin-1 and cellular processes: 0 fractional worksBone Tumor Diagnosis and…0Bone Tumor Diagnosis and Treatments: 0 fractional works
NeurologyPhysiologyCognitive NeuroscienceCellular and Molecular Neuroscience5 others

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

  1. 1 Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders Neurology 1 works
  2. 2 Smoking Behavior and Cessation Physiology 1 works
  3. 3 Sleep and Wakefulness Research Cognitive Neuroscience 1 works
  4. 4 Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 1 works
  5. 5 Regulation of Appetite and Obesity Endocrine and Autonomic Systems 1 works
  6. 6 Neural dynamics and brain function Cognitive Neuroscience 1 works
  7. 7 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  8. 8 HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  9. 9 Caveolin-1 and cellular processes Cell Biology 0 works
  10. 10 Bone Tumor Diagnosis and Treatments Rheumatology 0 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 available21.8%not open78.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.6%domestic only88.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has VA West Los Angeles Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 22% lower 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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