Question 1

What is Vanderbilt Health known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, Vanderbilt Health stands highest in Health Sciences (#625 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#627 of 8,541 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#651 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Neuroscience and Cognitive Neuroscience (Neuroscience is 6.3× its share of world research).

Question 2

How does Vanderbilt Health rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Vanderbilt Health ranks #1,205 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#726 all time), and #265 of 3,332 in the United States.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Vanderbilt Health?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Han‐Zhu Qian, Vasanth Sathiyakumar and Rachel V. Thakore lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Vanderbilt Health.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Vanderbilt Health?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from Vanderbilt Health is "The International HapMap Project" (Richard A. Gibbs et al., 2003), with 6,187 citations. Next come "Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology" (4,954) and "A second generation human haplotype map of over 3.1 million SNPs" (4,615).

Question 5

Which research topics does Vanderbilt Health publish most on?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Vanderbilt Health?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 7

Which fields of science does Vanderbilt Health work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 42% of research at Vanderbilt Health is in Health Sciences, 25% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (36%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (12%), Neuroscience (10%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Question 8

Is Vanderbilt Health's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 8% higher than in 2018-2021.