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Vanderbilt Health

In research, Vanderbilt Health stands highest in Medicine (#1,272 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,672 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,024 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Neuroscience and Cognitive Neuroscience — Neuroscience is 6.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,466
of 28,054 · #3,726 all time
Rank in United States
#492
of 4,192
Research works
2.5k
▼ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
83k
33.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
49%
world 28%

What is Vanderbilt Health 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 #1,272 of 10,443 20.2%172 #1588
Health SciencesDomain #1,672 of 11,982 19.9%204 #1564
Life SciencesDomain #2,024 of 7,800 24.0%120 #2140
Social SciencesDomain #5,657 of 10,521 24.3%108 #3549

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Vanderbilt Health 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#1,588 #1,272
  2. Health Sciences#1,564 #1,672
  3. Life Sciences#2,140 #2,024
  4. Social Sciences#3,549 #5,657
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 Vanderbilt Health specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Neuroscience takes 6.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. NeuroscienceField · 48.1 works6.1×
  2. Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield · 20.6 works5.8×
← 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: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.23× its world share, 58 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.64× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 6.10× its world share, 48 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.73× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.47× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.32× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.31× its world share, 22 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.23× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.22× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.25× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.07× its world share, 26 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.84× its world share, 172 worksMedicineNursing: 1.93× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.37× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.35× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.58× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.87× its world share, 19 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.31× its world share, 34 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.72× its world share, 44 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 6.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Vanderbilt Health?

Ranked on the composite score, Muktar H. Aliyu, Stephen W. Patrick and Rachel W. Kuchtey lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Vanderbilt Health.

  1. 1 Muktar H. Aliyu United States · #302,570 worldwide 92 citations · 38 works
  2. 2 Stephen W. Patrick United States · #334,346 worldwide 129 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Rachel W. Kuchtey United States · #886,074 worldwide 24 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Manish K. Sethi United States · #1,200,098 worldwide 18 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Vanderbilt Health

Which keywords describe research at Vanderbilt Health?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Mental Health, Health Disparities, Inflammation, Neurological Disorders, Intersectionality, Synaptic Plasticity and Stigma.

▲ 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. Epidemiology34▲ 1.75×88 topics
  2. Mental Health23▲ 3.2×27 topics
  3. Inflammation22▲ 2.2×61 topics
  4. Neurological Disorders14▲ 5.2×15 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress14▲ 1.79×37 topics
  6. Public Health14▲ 2.0×30 topics
  7. Quality of Life13▲ 1.81×34 topics
  8. Health Disparities12▲ 9.6×7 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease12▲ 2.2×30 topics
  10. Depression11▲ 2.6×19 topics
  11. Risk Factors11▲ 2.0×25 topics
  12. Intersectionality10▲ 11×6 topics
  13. Synaptic Plasticity10▲ 9.2×6 topics
  14. Genetics10▲ 2.8×17 topics
  15. Stigma10▲ 14×5 topics
  16. Discrimination9▲ 9.2×3 topics
  17. Gender Identity9▲ 16×2 topics
  18. Corporate Governance8▲ 2.4×7 topics
  19. Dendritic Spines8▲ 21×2 topics
  20. LGBTQ+8▲ 40×1 topic
  21. Social Stress8▲ 40×1 topic
  22. Neuronal Circuits8▲ 21×2 topics
  23. Antiretroviral Therapy7▲ 9.3×6 topics
  24. Astrocyte Function7▲ 24×2 topics
  25. Heart Failure7▲ 3.3×12 topics
  26. Primary Care7▲ 3.8×12 topics
  27. Stress7▲ 3.9×7 topics
  28. Brain Development7▲ 8.0×6 topics
  29. GABAergic7▲ 27×1 topic
  30. Neurotransmission7▲ 27×1 topic
  31. International Law6▲ 4.4×5 topics
  32. Neurobiology6▲ 5.0×9 topics
  33. Health Outcomes6▲ 4.5×7 topics
  34. Cell Signaling6▲ 7.8×9 topics
  35. Economic Evaluation6▲ 10.0×2 topics
  36. Prefrontal Cortex6▲ 15×3 topics
  37. Neuronal Oscillations6▲ 15×2 topics
  38. Genetic Variation6▲ 5.2×8 topics
  39. Mortality Rates5▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Health Care Utilization5▲ 8.4×3 topics

Which research topics does Vanderbilt Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions and Neural dynamics and brain function.

LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy: 8 fractional worksNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research: 7 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 4 fractional worksNeural dynamics and brain function: 4 fractional worksHealthcare Policy and Management: 4 fractional worksLegal Cases and Commentary: 3 fractional worksDiverse Scientific and E…3Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies: 3 fractional worksNeurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior: 3 fractional worksReceptor Mechanisms and Signaling: 3 fractional worksHuman auditory perceptio…3Human auditory perception and evaluation: 3 fractional works
Social PsychologyCellular and Molecular NeuroscienceInfectious DiseasesCognitive Neuroscience4 others

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

  1. 1 LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy Social Psychology 8 works
  2. 2 Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 7 works
  3. 3 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 4 works
  4. 4 Neural dynamics and brain function Cognitive Neuroscience 4 works
  5. 5 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  6. 6 Legal Cases and Commentary Reproductive Medicine 3 works
  7. 7 Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  8. 8 Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 3 works
  9. 9 Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling Molecular Biology 3 works
  10. 10 Human auditory perception and evaluation Aerospace Engineering 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 available49.4%not open50.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.7%domestic only85.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Vanderbilt Health's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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