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Washington DC VA Medical Center

In research, Washington DC VA Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#6,265 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,655 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#19,674
of 28,054 · #15,143 all time
Rank in United States
#2,864
of 4,192
Research works
539
▲ 13% vs 2013–17
Citations
14k
25.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

What is Washington DC VA 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 #6,265 of 10,443 11.6%78 #6254
Health SciencesDomain #7,655 of 11,982 12.1%83 #7728

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Washington DC VA 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: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.11× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.68× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.92× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.51× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.34× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.83× its world share, 78 worksMedicineNursing: 0.80× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.57× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× 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, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Washington DC VA Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Heart Failure, Cardiovascular Disease, Diagnosis, Obesity, Clinical Trials, Vascular Function and Quality of Life.

▲ 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. Epidemiology14▲ 3.4×52 topics
  2. Cardiovascular Disease9▲ 7.3×23 topics
  3. Heart Failure8▲ 18×10 topics
  4. Inflammation6▲ 2.6×26 topics
  5. Diagnosis6▲ 5.6×16 topics
  6. Quality of Life5▲ 3.5×14 topics
  7. Obesity5▲ 6.1×12 topics
  8. Treatment5▲ 3.7×19 topics
  9. Risk Factors4▲ 3.8×14 topics
  10. Clinical Trials4▲ 6.2×11 topics
  11. Public Health4▲ 2.5×13 topics
  12. Vascular Function4▲ 37×2 topics
  13. Biomarkers4▲ 5.3×10 topics
  14. Depression4▲ 4.0×11 topics
  15. Complications4▲ 6.7×7 topics
  16. Guidelines4▲ 7.0×10 topics
  17. Clinical Guidelines3▲ 11×7 topics
  18. Metabolic Syndrome3▲ 3.8×11 topics
  19. Global Burden3▲ 5.5×10 topics
  20. Mortality3▲ 5.1×8 topics
  21. Type 2 Diabetes3▲ 13×4 topics
  22. Chronic Kidney Disease3▲ 11×7 topics
  23. Diabetes3▲ 5.3×12 topics
  24. Immunotherapy3▲ 3.7×9 topics
  25. Prognostic Factors3▲ 5.9×12 topics
  26. Cardiorespiratory Fitness3▲ 58×1 topic
  27. Cardiovascular Risk3▲ 7.8×6 topics
  28. Exercise Capacity3▲ 58×1 topic
  29. Genetic Mutations2▲ 5.5×7 topics
  30. Hypertension2▲ 7.8×9 topics
  31. Atherosclerosis2▲ 7.5×5 topics
  32. Echocardiography2▲ 8.1×6 topics
  33. Elderly2▲ 8.6×5 topics
  34. Global Burden of Disease2▲ 8.4×3 topics
  35. Health-related Quality of Life2▲ 8.3×5 topics
  36. Prognosis2▲ 6.1×6 topics
  37. Renal Function2▲ 21×2 topics
  38. B-Type Natriuretic Peptide2▲ 39×1 topic
  39. Hospital Readmission2▲ 39×1 topic
  40. Glycemic Control2▲ 12×3 topics

Which research topics does Washington DC VA Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiovascular and exercise physiology, Heart Failure Treatment and Management, Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors and Diabetes Treatment and Management.

Cardiovascular and exerc…3Cardiovascular and exercise physiology: 3 fractional worksHeart Failure Treatment …2Heart Failure Treatment and Management: 2 fractional worksCardiovascular Health an…2Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors: 2 fractional worksDiabetes Treatment and M…2Diabetes Treatment and Management: 2 fractional worksProstate Cancer Treatment and Research: 1 fractional worksCardiovascular Disease and Adiposity: 1 fractional worksMesenchymal stem cell re…1Mesenchymal stem cell research: 1 fractional worksHealth and Well-being Studies: 1 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 1 fractional worksBariatric Surgery and Ou…1Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes: 1 fractional works
Complementary and alternative medicineCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineEndocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiovascular and exercise physiology Complementary and alternative medicine 3 works
  2. 2 Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  3. 3 Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Diabetes Treatment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 2 works
  5. 5 Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Mesenchymal stem cell research Genetics 1 works
  8. 8 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 1 works
  9. 9 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 1 works
  10. 10 Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes Surgery 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 available33.5%not open66.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Washington DC VA Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% 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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