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Virginia Department of Forensic Science

Research works
81
▲ 58% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.8k
22.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
20%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Virginia Department of Forensic Science is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8.14× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 11.49× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 7.81× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 5.61× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.94× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksMedicineVeterinary: 12.15× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.14× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 0.90× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciencesworld share
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Rings at 0.5×, and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 12.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Virginia Department of Forensic Science?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Ancient DNA, Human Evolution, Mass Spectrometry, Genomic Analysis, Population History, Data Analysis, Method Validation and Drug Analysis.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Ancient DNA7▲ 145×2 topics
  2. Human Evolution7▲ 350×2 topics
  3. Mass Spectrometry7▲ 39×4 topics
  4. Genomic Analysis6▲ 27×1 topic
  5. Population History6▲ 490×1 topic
  6. Data Analysis6▲ 21×4 topics
  7. Method Validation5▲ 74×3 topics
  8. Drug Analysis4▲ 245×1 topic
  9. Forensic Toxicology4▲ 161×1 topic
  10. Gene Expression4▲ 8.0×4 topics
  11. Electrospray4▲ 57×1 topic
  12. Ionization4▲ 57×1 topic
  13. Normalization4▲ 60×2 topics
  14. Quantitative4▲ 35×1 topic
  15. Real-Time PCR4▲ 98×1 topic
  16. Liquid Chromatography3▲ 27×2 topics
  17. Chiral Separation3▲ 29×1 topic
  18. Gas Chromatography3▲ 29×1 topic
  19. Mental Health2▲ 2.7×12 topics
  20. Lab-on-a-Chip2▲ 21×3 topics
  21. Biomarkers2▲ 4.7×4 topics
  22. Hyperspectral Imaging2▲ 8.2×3 topics
  23. Genomics2▲ 6.7×2 topics
  24. Human Metabolome Database2▲ 40×1 topic
  25. Metabolomics2▲ 40×1 topic
  26. Microfluidics2▲ 24×2 topics
  27. Mortality Risk2▲ 9.9×2 topics
  28. Publication Bias2▲ 36×2 topics
  29. Raman Spectroscopy2▲ 8.5×2 topics
  30. Chemical Imaging2▲ 47×2 topics
  31. Cybercrime2▲ 51×2 topics
  32. Nursing Education2▲ 16×2 topics
  33. Poison Control Centers2▲ 80×1 topic
  34. Toxic Exposure Surveillance2▲ 80×1 topic
  35. Volatile Organic Compounds2▲ 16×2 topics
  36. Pharmacokinetics1▲ 6.5×4 topics
  37. Point-of-Care Diagnostics1▲ 21×2 topics
  38. Biomedical Research1▲ 21×2 topics
  39. Digital Forensics1▲ 54×1 topic
  40. Animal Research Reporting1▲ 93×1 topic

Which research topics does Virginia Department of Forensic Science publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Forensic and Genetic Research, Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications, Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications and Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies.

  1. 1 Forensic and Genetic Research Genetics 2 works
  2. 2 Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications Molecular Biology 2 works
  3. 3 Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications Spectroscopy 1 works
  4. 4 Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies Molecular Biology 0 works
  5. 5 Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis Toxicology 0 works
  6. 6 Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography Spectroscopy 0 works
  7. 7 Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference Statistics and Probability 0 works
  8. 8 Urological Disorders and Treatments Urology 0 works
  9. 9 Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies Archeology 0 works
  10. 10 Genetics and Plant Breeding Plant Science 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 available20.1%not open79.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.7%domestic only84.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Virginia Department of Forensic Science's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 58% 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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