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Hospital / health system · Salisbury · United States

W. G. (Bill) Hefner VA Medical Center

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World rank, all time
#34,402
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#7,313
of 8,685
Research works
152
▼ 20% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.5k
22.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
world 28%

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: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.12× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.00× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.46× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.91× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 3.00× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.35× its world share, 18 worksMedicineDecision Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.90× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at W. G. (Bill) Hefner VA Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Neuropathology, Encephalopathy, Concussion, Neurological, Chronic Kidney Disease and Mortality.

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

All 23 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology7▲ 6.4×21 topics
  2. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 7.4×9 topics
  3. Neuropathology2▲ 60×2 topics
  4. Concussion2▲ 181×1 topic
  5. Encephalopathy2▲ 116×2 topics
  6. Neurological2▲ 181×1 topic
  7. Chronic Kidney Disease2▲ 28×6 topics
  8. Inflammation2▲ 2.9×10 topics
  9. Mental Health2▲ 3.7×9 topics
  10. Quality of Life1▲ 3.6×10 topics
  11. Treatment1▲ 4.1×7 topics
  12. Management1▲ 6.1×4 topics
  13. Hemodialysis1▲ 53×2 topics
  14. Mortality1▲ 7.7×4 topics
  15. Neuroinflammation1▲ 15×3 topics
  16. Prognosis1▲ 13×2 topics
  17. Adolescents1▲ 10×4 topics
  18. Depression1▲ 4.7×10 topics
  19. Genetics1▲ 5.9×7 topics
  20. Glycemic Control1▲ 26×4 topics
  21. Heart Failure1▲ 8.9×7 topics
  22. Neurobiology1▲ 16×6 topics
  23. Neuroprotection1▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does W. G. (Bill) Hefner VA Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Traumatic Brain Injury Research, Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis, Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances and Dialysis and Renal Disease Management.

Traumatic Brain Injury R…2Traumatic Brain Injury Research: 2 fractional worksCentral Venous Catheters…1Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis: 1 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury a…1Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances: 1 fractional worksDialysis and Renal Disease Management: 1 fractional worksPosttraumatic Stress Disorder Research: 1 fractional worksSuicide and Self-Harm St…1Suicide and Self-Harm Studies: 1 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 0 fractional worksAcute Kidney Injury Research: 0 fractional worksFibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research: 0 fractional worksVascular Procedures and Complications: 0 fractional works
EpidemiologyEmergency Medical ServicesNeurologyNephrology4 others

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

  1. 1 Traumatic Brain Injury Research Epidemiology 2 works
  2. 2 Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis Emergency Medical Services 1 works
  3. 3 Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances Neurology 1 works
  4. 4 Dialysis and Renal Disease Management Nephrology 1 works
  5. 5 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research Clinical Psychology 1 works
  6. 6 Suicide and Self-Harm Studies Clinical Psychology 1 works
  7. 7 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 0 works
  8. 8 Acute Kidney Injury Research Nephrology 0 works
  9. 9 Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research Psychiatry and Mental health 0 works
  10. 10 Vascular Procedures and Complications Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 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 available43.1%not open56.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.7%domestic only89.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has W. G. (Bill) Hefner VA Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% 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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