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Virginia Department of Health

In research, Virginia Department of Health stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,463 of 20,462 worldwide) and Medicine (#7,293 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,444
of 28,054 · #18,665 all time
Rank in United States
#2,499
of 4,192
Research works
557
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
12k
20.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is Virginia Department of Health 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
Health SciencesDomain #7,463 of 20,462 17.7%317
MedicineField #7,293 of 17,978 18.2%230

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Virginia Department of 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).

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, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.26× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.58× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.39× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.18× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.26× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.56× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.91× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.24× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.45× its world share, 46 worksMedicineNursing: 2.83× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.94× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.61× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.85× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.23× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Virginia Department of Health?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Primary Care, Healthcare, Vaccine, Health Care Utilization, Big Data and Precision Medicine.

▲ 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. Epidemiology13▲ 3.5×66 topics
  2. Public Health7▲ 4.8×23 topics
  3. Healthcare5▲ 4.5×12 topics
  4. Primary Care4▲ 10×8 topics
  5. Big Data4▲ 4.1×7 topics
  6. Mental Health4▲ 2.5×15 topics
  7. COVID-194▲ 2.6×11 topics
  8. Vaccine3▲ 8.7×10 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease3▲ 2.6×16 topics
  10. Precision Medicine3▲ 6.3×5 topics
  11. Health Care Utilization3▲ 24×3 topics
  12. Health Equity2▲ 9.2×4 topics
  13. Metabolic Syndrome2▲ 3.0×10 topics
  14. Pathogenesis2▲ 4.9×14 topics
  15. Patient Satisfaction2▲ 7.8×6 topics
  16. Electronic Health Records2▲ 23×2 topics
  17. Quality Improvement2▲ 11×6 topics
  18. SARS-CoV-22▲ 6.5×6 topics
  19. Health Policy2▲ 13×3 topics
  20. Infectious Diseases2▲ 6.4×6 topics
  21. Chronic Disease2▲ 11×2 topics
  22. Health Outcomes2▲ 6.8×4 topics
  23. Predictive Modeling2▲ 7.0×2 topics
  24. Clinical Outcomes2▲ 8.0×4 topics
  25. Distributed Systems2▲ 10×4 topics
  26. Medical Education2▲ 6.8×8 topics
  27. Mortality Risk2▲ 7.5×3 topics
  28. Cell-Free DNA2▲ 16×2 topics
  29. Chronic Disease Management2▲ 8.8×5 topics
  30. Health Disparities2▲ 6.2×5 topics
  31. Targeted Therapy2▲ 7.5×2 topics
  32. Cancer Genomics2▲ 21×1 topic
  33. Mutational Signatures2▲ 21×1 topic
  34. Social Determinants2▲ 7.2×2 topics
  35. Substance Use Disorders2▲ 21×2 topics
  36. Antiretroviral Therapy1▲ 9.1×5 topics
  37. Clinical Event Prediction1▲ 26×1 topic
  38. HIV Transmission1▲ 20×2 topics
  39. Patient Similarity1▲ 26×1 topic
  40. Viral Load1▲ 18×2 topics

Which research topics does Virginia Department of Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, Machine Learning in Healthcare, Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations and Emergency and Acute Care Studies.

Cancer Genomics and Diag…2Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksMachine Learning in Heal…1Machine Learning in Healthcare: 1 fractional worksFood Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 1 fractional worksEmergency and Acute Care…1Emergency and Acute Care Studies: 1 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hes…1Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 1 fractional worksHealthcare Policy and Management: 1 fractional worksDiversity and Career in Medicine: 1 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and In…1HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 1 fractional worksBig Data and Business Intelligence: 1 fractional worksHIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk: 1 fractional works
Cancer ResearchArtificial IntelligenceGeneral Health ProfessionsEmergency Medicine6 others

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

  1. 1 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 2 works
  2. 2 Machine Learning in Healthcare Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  3. 3 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 1 works
  4. 4 Emergency and Acute Care Studies Emergency Medicine 1 works
  5. 5 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 1 works
  6. 6 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  7. 7 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 1 works
  8. 8 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 1 works
  9. 9 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 1 works
  10. 10 HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Epidemiology 1 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 available35.8%not open64.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.4%domestic only90.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Virginia Department of Health's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% lower 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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