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William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital

In research, William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#4,224 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,111 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Psychiatry and Mental health — Psychiatry and Mental health is 15.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,988
of 28,054 · #5,777 all time
Rank in United States
#929
of 4,192
Research works
1.9k
▲ 24% vs 2013–17
Citations
78k
41.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

What is William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital 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 #4,224 of 10,443 21.0%158 #2682
Health SciencesDomain #5,111 of 11,982 20.6%179 #2986

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital 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).

What does William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Psychiatry and Mental health takes 15.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Psychiatry and Mental healthSubfield · 20.8 works16×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.50× its world share, 35 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.78× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.30× its world share, 14 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.77× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.71× its world share, 19 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.14× its world share, 158 worksMedicineNursing: 1.13× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.17× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Theodore L. Goodfriend, Benjamin Rix Brooks and R.K. Bush lead among researchers whose main affiliation is William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital.

  1. 1 Theodore L. Goodfriend United States · #67,442 worldwide 304 citations · 36 works
  2. 2 Benjamin Rix Brooks United States · #125,331 worldwide 136 citations · 34 works
  3. 3 R.K. Bush United States · #240,364 worldwide 78 citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Mary Elliott United States · #512,374 worldwide 51 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital

Which keywords describe research at William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Aging, Biomarkers, Epidemiology, Inflammation, Alzheimer's Disease, Oxidative Stress, Neuroimaging and Cognitive Training.

▲ 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. Epidemiology27▲ 2.6×61 topics
  2. Aging21▲ 15×12 topics
  3. Inflammation21▲ 3.8×48 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress18▲ 4.2×32 topics
  5. Biomarkers16▲ 8.9×10 topics
  6. Quality of Life16▲ 4.2×29 topics
  7. Alzheimer's Disease14▲ 19×4 topics
  8. Neuroimaging13▲ 19×5 topics
  9. Cancer12▲ 3.5×32 topics
  10. Cognitive Training12▲ 50×2 topics
  11. Cognitive Decline12▲ 38×2 topics
  12. Caregiver Burden12▲ 41×2 topics
  13. Dementia12▲ 47×1 topic
  14. Mild Cognitive Impairment12▲ 53×1 topic
  15. Neurological Disorders11▲ 7.2×10 topics
  16. Neuroinflammation9▲ 12×6 topics
  17. Cardiovascular Disease9▲ 3.1×21 topics
  18. Neurodegeneration8▲ 10×7 topics
  19. Immunotherapy8▲ 4.2×15 topics
  20. Genetics8▲ 4.3×12 topics
  21. Chemotherapy7▲ 4.0×10 topics
  22. Metabolic Syndrome7▲ 3.3×17 topics
  23. Obesity7▲ 3.6×15 topics
  24. Hypertension6▲ 8.6×8 topics
  25. Cancer Therapy6▲ 4.3×12 topics
  26. Neurobiology6▲ 9.5×5 topics
  27. Drug Resistance6▲ 8.4×4 topics
  28. Weight Loss6▲ 14×4 topics
  29. Elderly6▲ 9.3×4 topics
  30. Global Burden6▲ 4.3×8 topics
  31. Cardiovascular Events6▲ 18×3 topics
  32. Epilepsy6▲ 20×3 topics
  33. Immunity6▲ 5.2×8 topics
  34. Therapeutic Strategies6▲ 22×2 topics
  35. Amyloid Hypothesis5▲ 34×1 topic
  36. Tau Pathology5▲ 34×1 topic
  37. Clinical Guidelines5▲ 6.6×7 topics
  38. Healthcare-Associated Infections5▲ 15×5 topics
  39. Type 2 Diabetes5▲ 8.0×5 topics
  40. Psychological Factors4▲ 8.2×4 topics

Which research topics does William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, Dysphagia Assessment and Management and Epilepsy research and treatment.

Dementia and Cognitive I…12Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 12 fractional worksAlzheimer's disease rese…5Alzheimer's disease research and treatments: 5 fractional worksDysphagia Assessment and…4Dysphagia Assessment and Management: 4 fractional worksEpilepsy research and treatment: 4 fractional worksColorectal and Anal Carcinomas: 3 fractional worksCardiovascular Health an…3Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention: 3 fractional worksBariatric Surgery and Outcomes: 3 fractional worksDiet and metabolism studies: 2 fractional worksGeriatric Care and Nursing Homes: 2 fractional worksPancreatic function and diabetes: 2 fractional works
Psychiatry and Mental healthPhysiologySpeech and HearingSurgery2 others

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

  1. 1 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 12 works
  2. 2 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 5 works
  3. 3 Dysphagia Assessment and Management Speech and Hearing 4 works
  4. 4 Epilepsy research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 4 works
  5. 5 Colorectal and Anal Carcinomas Surgery 3 works
  6. 6 Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  7. 7 Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes Surgery 3 works
  8. 8 Diet and metabolism studies Physiology 2 works
  9. 9 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes General Health Professions 2 works
  10. 10 Pancreatic function and diabetes Surgery 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 available41.2%not open58.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.1%domestic only91.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 24% 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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