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Research in Chapel Hill

Science Explorer records 1 research institutions in Chapel Hill. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Research institutions
1
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
2.6k
▲ 79% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
17.6%
record average 16.5%

A city carries no overall standing here. The composite score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Chapel Hill?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer CenterHospital / health system 2,562 #4,302

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

What is Chapel Hill strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Chapel Hill is most concentrated in Oncology and Cancer Research (13.4× the world share in Oncology).

  1. OncologySubfield · 66.6 works13×
  2. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 21.6 works11×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

Which keywords describe research in Chapel Hill?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Quality of Life, Chemotherapy, Immunotherapy, Cancer, Radiotherapy, Cost of Care, Financial Toxicity and Health-related 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 city'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. Quality of Life37▲ 5.8×23 topics
  2. Chemotherapy30▲ 9.7×22 topics
  3. Cancer29▲ 4.8×44 topics
  4. Immunotherapy26▲ 8.3×15 topics
  5. Radiotherapy22▲ 13×11 topics
  6. Cost of Care17▲ 131×1 topic
  7. Financial Toxicity17▲ 131×1 topic
  8. Health-related Quality of Life17▲ 16×3 topics
  9. Breast Cancer17▲ 16×11 topics
  10. Depression16▲ 4.2×10 topics
  11. Physical Activity15▲ 7.1×5 topics
  12. Cancer Survivorship15▲ 47×2 topics
  13. Tumor Microenvironment15▲ 7.7×8 topics
  14. Anxiety15▲ 7.2×5 topics
  15. Clinical Trials15▲ 5.1×14 topics
  16. Gene Expression15▲ 5.5×12 topics
  17. Prognostic Factors15▲ 7.6×12 topics
  18. Clinical Practice Guidelines14▲ 5.9×13 topics
  19. Neoadjuvant Therapy14▲ 14×5 topics
  20. Cancer Incidence13▲ 22×4 topics
  21. Patient-Reported Outcomes13▲ 56×1 topic
  22. Psychosocial Interventions13▲ 56×1 topic
  23. Cancer Immunotherapy13▲ 19×3 topics
  24. Lymphoma13▲ 18×4 topics
  25. Targeted Therapy13▲ 13×5 topics
  26. Cancer Therapy12▲ 4.9×17 topics
  27. Cost-effectiveness Analysis12▲ 33×1 topic
  28. Health Utility Measures12▲ 33×1 topic
  29. Survival Analysis12▲ 10×7 topics
  30. Metastatic Breast Cancer10▲ 41×2 topics
  31. Molecular Subtypes10▲ 26×3 topics
  32. Tumor Regression10▲ 20×2 topics
  33. Clinical Guidelines9▲ 7.3×4 topics
  34. Population-Based Study9▲ 31×2 topics
  35. Leukemia9▲ 24×2 topics
  36. Survival9▲ 15×4 topics
  37. CAR T Cells9▲ 27×1 topic
  38. Chimeric Antigen Receptor9▲ 27×1 topic
  39. Health Disparities9▲ 7.5×6 topics
  40. PET Imaging9▲ 11×5 topics

What research is done in Chapel Hill?

Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer: 17 fractional worksCancer survivorship and care: 13 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic…12Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 12 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy resea…9CAR-T cell therapy research: 9 fractional worksBreast Cancer Treatment Studies: 8 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence and Screening: 7 fractional worksClinical practice guidel…6Clinical practice guidelines implementation: 6 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 6 fractional worksAdvanced Breast Cancer Therapies: 6 fractional worksAcute Myeloid Leukemia Research: 5 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsOncologyCancer ResearchPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health2 others

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

  1. 1 Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer Economics and Econometrics 17 works
  2. 2 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 13 works
  3. 3 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 12 works
  4. 4 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 9 works
  5. 5 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 8 works
  6. 6 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 7 works
  7. 7 Clinical practice guidelines implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 6 works
  8. 8 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 6 works
  9. 9 Advanced Breast Cancer Therapies Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  10. 10 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research Hematology 5 works

Research output over time

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.