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Wilmington VA Medical Center

In research, Wilmington VA Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#7,757 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,249 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#29,681
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#6,358
of 8,685
Research works
329
▼ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.5k
16.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
10%
world 28%

What is Wilmington VA Medical Center 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
MedicineField #7,757 of 17,978 10.0%228
Health SciencesDomain #10,249 of 20,462 10.2%259

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Wilmington 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: 2.26× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.45× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.90× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEnvironmental Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.76× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 4.29× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.67× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 10.98× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.05× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.94× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 11.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Wilmington VA Medical Center?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Surgical Management, Complications, Diagnosis, Risk Factors, Management and Primary Care.

▲ 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. Epidemiology48▲ 3.6×81 topics
  2. Treatment18▲ 4.1×29 topics
  3. Diagnosis14▲ 4.2×22 topics
  4. Inflammation13▲ 1.70×31 topics
  5. Risk Factors13▲ 3.8×16 topics
  6. Quality of Life13▲ 2.9×28 topics
  7. Surgical Management13▲ 8.4×17 topics
  8. Complications12▲ 7.2×15 topics
  9. Management12▲ 4.6×19 topics
  10. Oxidative Stress10▲ 1.58×15 topics
  11. Guidelines9▲ 6.0×10 topics
  12. Primary Care9▲ 6.8×7 topics
  13. Chemotherapy9▲ 3.9×15 topics
  14. Clinical Practice Guidelines8▲ 4.5×11 topics
  15. Antimicrobial Resistance8▲ 9.9×6 topics
  16. Mortality8▲ 5.0×11 topics
  17. Prognostic Factors8▲ 5.1×9 topics
  18. Echocardiography7▲ 8.1×5 topics
  19. Pathogenesis7▲ 3.8×14 topics
  20. Quality Improvement7▲ 10×6 topics
  21. Surgery7▲ 6.5×7 topics
  22. Genetic Mutations6▲ 3.8×13 topics
  23. Patient Satisfaction6▲ 7.8×9 topics
  24. Antibiotic Resistance6▲ 4.4×10 topics
  25. Clinical Guidelines6▲ 5.7×7 topics
  26. Medical Education6▲ 7.1×9 topics
  27. Treatment Guidelines6▲ 7.9×6 topics
  28. Radiotherapy5▲ 4.4×10 topics
  29. Diagnostic Imaging5▲ 12×4 topics
  30. Pathophysiology5▲ 5.6×8 topics
  31. Endovascular Repair5▲ 17×3 topics
  32. Glaucoma5▲ 9.1×4 topics
  33. Optical Coherence Tomography5▲ 13×2 topics
  34. Pain Management5▲ 6.5×5 topics
  35. Chronic Kidney Disease5▲ 5.7×6 topics
  36. Virulence Factors5▲ 7.4×5 topics
  37. Clinical Outcomes4▲ 6.7×6 topics
  38. Health Care Utilization4▲ 9.5×3 topics
  39. Radiation Therapy4▲ 8.6×4 topics
  40. Cardiac Imaging4▲ 8.5×2 topics

Which research topics does Wilmington VA Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Glaucoma and retinal disorders, Drug-Induced Ocular Toxicity, Neurological Disorders and Treatments and Retinal Diseases and Treatments.

Glaucoma and retinal dis…0Glaucoma and retinal disorders: 0 fractional worksDrug-Induced Ocular Toxi…0Drug-Induced Ocular Toxicity: 0 fractional worksNeurological Disorders and Treatments: 0 fractional worksRetinal Diseases and Treatments: 0 fractional worksUrban Agriculture and Sustainability: 0 fractional worksEntomological Studies and Ecology: 0 fractional worksStudy of Mite Species: 0 fractional worksAdolescent and Pediatric…0Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare: 0 fractional worksVector-borne infectious diseases: 0 fractional worksNursing Roles and Practices: 0 fractional works
OphthalmologyNeurologyPlant ScienceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics3 others

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

  1. 1 Glaucoma and retinal disorders Ophthalmology 0 works
  2. 2 Drug-Induced Ocular Toxicity Ophthalmology 0 works
  3. 3 Neurological Disorders and Treatments Neurology 0 works
  4. 4 Retinal Diseases and Treatments Ophthalmology 0 works
  5. 5 Urban Agriculture and Sustainability Plant Science 0 works
  6. 6 Entomological Studies and Ecology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 0 works
  7. 7 Study of Mite Species Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 0 works
  8. 8 Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare Speech and Hearing 0 works
  9. 9 Vector-borne infectious diseases Parasitology 0 works
  10. 10 Nursing Roles and Practices General Health Professions 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 available9.9%not open90.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors3.3%domestic only96.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Wilmington VA Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% 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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