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Veterans Biomedical Research Institute

In research, Veterans Biomedical Research Institute stands highest in Medicine (#4,236 of 14,558 worldwide), Health Sciences (#5,082 of 16,688 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#5,915 of 11,023 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#15,079
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#3,107
of 7,310
Research works
676
▲ 8% vs 2018-21
Citations
25k
36.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
21%
world 40%
International
7%
world 18%
Veterans Biomedical Research Institute

What is Veterans Biomedical Research Institute 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 #4,236 of 14,558 11.1%377
Health SciencesDomain #5,082 of 16,688 11.8%411
Life SciencesDomain #5,915 of 11,023 11.6%178

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Veterans Biomedical Research Institute 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Veterans Biomedical Research Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 61% of research at Veterans Biomedical Research Institute is in Health Sciences, 17% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (58%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (10%), Social Sciences (8%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 19 fractional works · 61.0% of its workMedicine: 18 fractional works · 57.7% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 8.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 8.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 7.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 17.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 9.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 6.1% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 4.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 16.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 7.9% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 5.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKVeteransBiomedical…32fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences17%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences61%Social Sciences16%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine1857.7%
    2. Health Professions13.2%
    3. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology39.5%
    2. Neuroscience24.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology12.4%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.6%
    1. Social Sciences37.9%
    2. Psychology13.5%
    3. Arts and Humanities13.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting01.0%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    1. Environmental Science13.1%
    2. Engineering01.2%
    3. Physics and Astronomy00.5%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.4%
    5. Computer Science00.2%
    6. Mathematics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.79× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.43× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.92× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.23× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.00× its world share, 18 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.19× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.16× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.62× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.00×18 works
  2. Neuroscience2.92×2 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology2.43×1 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.79×3 works
  5. Health Professions1.23×1 works
  6. Arts and Humanities1.19×1 works
  7. Psychology1.16×1 works
  8. Environmental Science0.63×1 works
  9. Social Sciences0.62×2 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.32×0 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.29×0 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy0.24×0 works
  13. Dentistry0.17×0 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.12×0 works
  15. Mathematics0.11×0 works
  16. Engineering0.08×0 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.08×0 works
  18. Computer Science0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Veterans Biomedical Research Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Oscar Auerbach, G. Stephen Tint and Arthur Mashberg lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Veterans Biomedical Research Institute.

  1. 1 Oscar Auerbach United States · #373,981 worldwide 7.4k citations · 159 works
  2. 2 G. Stephen Tint United States · #749,894 worldwide 5.8k citations · 118 works
  3. 3 Arthur Mashberg United States · #810,888 worldwide 2.8k citations · 54 works
  4. 4 Gerald Salen United States · #962,025 worldwide 9k citations · 161 works
  5. 5 Alec Roy United States · #1,030,802 worldwide 14k citations · 302 works
  6. 6 Eunice E. Kwon United States · #1,203,186 worldwide 2.3k citations · 25 works
  7. 7 Verta R. Parks United States · #1,736,599 worldwide 1.2k citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Malinee Sastrasinh United States · #1,786,897 worldwide 1.1k citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Jerald L. Cohen United States · #1,887,359 worldwide 1.7k citations · 30 works
  10. 10 F. George Zaki United States · #1,904,942 worldwide 1.2k citations · 36 works
All ranked researchers at Veterans Biomedical Research Institute

What are the most cited papers from Veterans Biomedical Research Institute?

The most cited paper from Veterans Biomedical Research Institute is "Formulation and application of a numerical scoring system for assessing histological activity in asymptomatic chronic active hepatitis†" (Robert G. Knodell, Kamal G. Ishak, William C. Black et al., 1981), with 3,575 citations. Next come "Hypercholesterolemia Accelerates the Alzheimer's Amyloid Pathology in a Transgenic Mouse Model" (999) and "Unusual case of Smith‐Lemli‐Opitz syndrome “type II”" (589).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Formulation and application of a numerical scoring system for assessing histological activity in asymptomatic chronic active hepatitis† Robert G. Knodell, Kamal G. Ishak, William C. Black et al. · Hepatology Open access Sep 1981 3,575
2 Hypercholesterolemia Accelerates the Alzheimer's Amyloid Pathology in a Transgenic Mouse Model Lorenzo M. Refolo, Miguel A. Pappolla, Brian Malester et al. · Neurobiology of Disease Open access Aug 2000 999
3 Unusual case of Smith‐Lemli‐Opitz syndrome “type II” Mary J. Seller, J. A. Russell, G S Tint · American Journal of Medical Genetics 15 Apr 1995 589
4 Multiple sclerosis: Remyelination of nascent lesions: Remyelination of nascent lesions John W. Prineas, Rita Barnard, Eunice E. Kwon et al. · Annals of Neurology Feb 1993 577
5 Selective breeding for diet-induced obesity and resistance in Sprague-Dawley rats Barry E. Levin, Ambrose A. Dunn-Meynell, Börk Balkan et al. · American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Aug 1997 540
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Veterans Biomedical Research Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Inflammation, Heart Failure, Cardiovascular Disease, Management, Prognosis and Diagnosis.

▲ 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-now 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 20 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology4▲ 3.2×23 topics
  2. Inflammation2▲ 3.0×17 topics
  3. Treatment2▲ 4.6×11 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 4.5×11 topics
  5. Mental Health2▲ 3.6×8 topics
  6. Public Health2▲ 3.5×6 topics
  7. Management2▲ 5.7×5 topics
  8. Diagnosis1▲ 4.8×9 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress1▲ 2.6×10 topics
  10. Risk Factors1▲ 4.0×10 topics
  11. Heart Failure1▲ 9.1×5 topics
  12. Prognosis1▲ 12×6 topics
  13. Academic Medicine1▲ 46×2 topics
  14. Mortality1▲ 6.2×6 topics
  15. Neuroprotection1▲ 9.6×4 topics
  16. Science1▲ 15×2 topics
  17. Alzheimer's Disease1▲ 12×5 topics
  18. Firearm Violence1▲ 275×1 topic
  19. Global Burden1▲ 6.0×4 topics
  20. Gun Ownership1▲ 275×1 topic

Which research topics does Veterans Biomedical Research Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Gun Ownership and Violence Research, Diversity and Career in Medicine, Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances and Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study.

Gun Ownership and Violen…1Gun Ownership and Violence Research: 1 fractional worksDiversity and Career in …1Diversity and Career in Medicine: 1 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury a…1Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances: 1 fractional worksNicotinic Acetylcholine …1Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study: 1 fractional worksFibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research: 1 fractional worksCardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias: 1 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury R…1Traumatic Brain Injury Research: 1 fractional worksSurgical Simulation and …0Surgical Simulation and Training: 0 fractional worksCardiovascular and exerc…0Cardiovascular and exercise physiology: 0 fractional worksOccupational Health and …0Occupational Health and Performance: 0 fractional works
HealthGender StudiesNeurologyMolecular Biology6 others

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

  1. 1 Gun Ownership and Violence Research Health 1 works
  2. 2 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 1 works
  3. 3 Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances Neurology 1 works
  4. 4 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study Molecular Biology 1 works
  5. 5 Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research Psychiatry and Mental health 1 works
  6. 6 Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Traumatic Brain Injury Research Epidemiology 1 works
  8. 8 Surgical Simulation and Training Surgery 0 works
  9. 9 Cardiovascular and exercise physiology Complementary and alternative medicine 0 works
  10. 10 Occupational Health and Performance Occupational Therapy 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 available21.1%not open78.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.2%domestic only92.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Veterans Biomedical Research Institute's research output changed?

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

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Veterans Biomedical Research Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00012% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Veterans Biomedical Research Institute0.00013% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Veterans Biomedical Research Institute over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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