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Veterans Health Service Medical Center

In research, Veterans Health Service Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#4,840 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,193 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,827
of 28,054 · #20,648 all time
Rank in South Korea
#269
of 417
Research works
1.3k
▲ 47% vs 2013–17
Citations
13k
10.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
65%
world 28%

What is Veterans Health Service Medical Center 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 #4,840 of 10,443 10.9%194 #7130
Health SciencesDomain #6,193 of 11,982 10.8%224 #8667

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Veterans Health Service 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: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.24× its world share, 18 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.27× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.38× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.15× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 12.46× its world share, 16 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.58× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.69× its world share, 194 worksMedicineNursing: 1.53× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.64× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 12.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Veterans Health Service Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, YoungSoon Yang, Dong-Young Lee and Won Yu Kang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Veterans Health Service Medical Center.

  1. 1 YoungSoon Yang South Korea · #906,592 worldwide 64 citations · 46 works
  2. 2 Dong-Young Lee South Korea · #1,012,803 worldwide 57 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Won Yu Kang South Korea · #1,070,848 worldwide 25 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Kim Ds South Korea · #1,104,255 worldwide 11 citations · 43 works
  5. 5 Wan Kim South Korea · #1,202,726 worldwide 20 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Jeong Ho Han South Korea · #1,218,425 worldwide 13 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Tae Young Jung South Korea · #1,239,822 worldwide 13 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Heewon Bae South Korea · #1,274,205 worldwide 2 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Sun Ho Hwang South Korea · #1,536,556 worldwide 10 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Sang‐Won Ha South Korea · #1,573,395 worldwide 6 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Veterans Health Service Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Veterans Health Service Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Treatment, Cardiovascular Disease, Rehabilitation, Revision Surgery, Total Hip Replacement and Risk Factors.

▲ 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▲ 3.1×75 topics
  2. Inflammation21▲ 3.7×42 topics
  3. Treatment14▲ 4.1×25 topics
  4. Quality of Life13▲ 3.3×27 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease13▲ 4.3×24 topics
  6. Risk Factors12▲ 4.0×16 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress11▲ 2.4×28 topics
  8. Diagnosis11▲ 4.2×19 topics
  9. Rehabilitation9▲ 8.2×10 topics
  10. Revision Surgery9▲ 25×2 topics
  11. Total Hip Replacement9▲ 25×2 topics
  12. Complications8▲ 6.2×11 topics
  13. Neurodegeneration8▲ 10×6 topics
  14. Surgical Management8▲ 7.1×13 topics
  15. Aging8▲ 5.4×11 topics
  16. Clinical Trials8▲ 4.2×9 topics
  17. Prognosis6▲ 7.2×7 topics
  18. Bone Regeneration6▲ 19×2 topics
  19. Neurological Disorders6▲ 4.0×13 topics
  20. Mortality6▲ 3.9×11 topics
  21. Parkinson's Disease6▲ 9.0×7 topics
  22. Radiotherapy6▲ 5.7×10 topics
  23. Dental Implants6▲ 42×1 topic
  24. Guidelines6▲ 4.5×9 topics
  25. Peri-implant Diseases6▲ 42×1 topic
  26. Arthroplasty6▲ 21×2 topics
  27. Intraocular Pressure6▲ 24×2 topics
  28. Patient Satisfaction6▲ 6.4×5 topics
  29. Health-related Quality of Life5▲ 8.5×4 topics
  30. Diagnostic Criteria5▲ 8.4×6 topics
  31. Glaucoma5▲ 13×3 topics
  32. Optical Coherence Tomography5▲ 17×2 topics
  33. Outcomes5▲ 21×1 topic
  34. Total Knee Replacement5▲ 26×1 topic
  35. Optic Nerve5▲ 17×2 topics
  36. Muscle Mass4▲ 15×2 topics
  37. Retinal Ganglion Cells4▲ 15×2 topics
  38. Functional Recovery4▲ 11×4 topics
  39. Ocular Hypertension4▲ 31×1 topic
  40. Visual Field Progression4▲ 31×1 topic

Which research topics does Veterans Health Service Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes, Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes, Glaucoma and retinal disorders and Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty.

Dental Implant Technique…6Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes: 6 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty …5Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 5 fractional worksGlaucoma and retinal disorders: 4 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and…4Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 4 fractional worksNutrition and Health in …4Nutrition and Health in Aging: 4 fractional worksDental materials and restorations: 4 fractional worksDental Radiography and Imaging: 3 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Trea…3Shoulder Injury and Treatment: 3 fractional worksRetinal Diseases and Treatments: 3 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional works
Oral SurgerySurgeryOphthalmologyPhysiology2 others

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

  1. 1 Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes Oral Surgery 6 works
  2. 2 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 5 works
  3. 3 Glaucoma and retinal disorders Ophthalmology 4 works
  4. 4 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 4 works
  5. 5 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 4 works
  6. 6 Dental materials and restorations Orthodontics 4 works
  7. 7 Dental Radiography and Imaging Oral Surgery 3 works
  8. 8 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 3 works
  9. 9 Retinal Diseases and Treatments Ophthalmology 3 works
  10. 10 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 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 available65.4%not open34.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.5%domestic only92.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Veterans Health Service Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 47% 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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