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Research in Lancaster

Science Explorer records 5 research institutions in Lancaster, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are City of Hope and Simulations Plus (United States).

Research institutions
5
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
6.4k
▲ 30% vs 2018-21
Citations
203k
31.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
18.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1952-2026
75 years on the record
Lancaster

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality 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 Lancaster?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1City of HopeHospital / health system 6,037 #1,707
2Simulations Plus (United States)Company 267 #21,341
3Antelope Valley CollegeUniversity 100 not ranked
4Antelope Valley HospitalHospital / health system 38 not ranked
5Abaseen FoundationNonprofit 2 not ranked

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

How concentrated the city is

The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.

City of Hope: 93.7%Simulations Plus (United States): 4.1%Antelope Valley College: 1.6%Antelope Valley Hospital: 0.6%1 other listed: 0.0%94%largest
City of Hope6,037 · 93.7%Simulations Plus (United States)267 · 4.1%Antelope Valley College100 · 1.6%Antelope Valley Hospital38 · 0.6%1 other listed2 · 0.0%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which fields of science does Lancaster work in?

In 2022-now, 63% of research in Lancaster is in Health Sciences, 29% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (61%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (22%), Immunology and Microbiology (5%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 1,174 fractional works · 62.9% of its workMedicine: 1,142 fractional works · 61.1% of its workOncology: 310 fractional works · 16.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 133 fractional works · 7.1% of its workHematology: 93 fractional works · 5.0% of its workSurgery: 83 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 65 fractional works · 3.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 64 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 60 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEpidemiology: 43 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGenetics: 42 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPhysiology: 29 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 28 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 17 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHepatology: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDermatology: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRheumatology: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransplantation: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 24 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 536 fractional works · 28.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 402 fractional works · 21.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 212 fractional works · 11.3% of its workCancer Research: 85 fractional works · 4.6% of its workGenetics: 61 fractional works · 3.3% of its workBiotechnology: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAging: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 94 fractional works · 5.0% of its workImmunology: 91 fractional works · 4.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 18 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 97 fractional works · 5.2% of its workEngineering: 31 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 20 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 21 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiation: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 61 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 21 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 21 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 17 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKLancaster1,869fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences29%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences63%Social Sciences3%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Sciences1,17462.9%
    1. Medicine1,14261.1%
    2. Health Professions241.3%
    3. Nursing50.3%
    4. Dentistry30.2%
    5. Veterinary10.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology40221.5%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology945.0%
    3. Neuroscience181.0%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics130.7%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences90.5%
    1. Engineering311.7%
    2. Computer Science211.1%
    3. Chemistry130.7%
    4. Environmental Science120.6%
    5. Physics and Astronomy70.4%
    6. Mathematics70.4%
    7. Materials Science50.3%
    8. Energy10.0%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    10. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance211.1%
    2. Social Sciences170.9%
    3. Psychology110.6%
    4. Arts and Humanities40.2%
    5. Decision Sciences40.2%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting30.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Lancaster strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Lancaster is most concentrated in Hematology, Oncology and Cancer Research (16.9× the world share in Hematology).

  1. HematologySubfield · 82.3 works17×
  2. OncologySubfield · 268.6 works15×
  3. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 72.2 works10×
  4. GeneticsSubfield · 38.9 works8.8×
  5. ImmunologySubfield · 78.4 works7.1×
  6. Pathology and Forensic MedicineSubfield · 56.0 works6.7×
  7. Immunology and MicrobiologyField · 81.2 works5.0×
← 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.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.96× its world share, 340 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.00× its world share, 81 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.56× its world share, 15 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.95× its world share, 11 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.47× its world share, 12 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 19 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 28 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.26× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 7 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.39× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.49× its world share, 21 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.19× its world share, 988 worksMedicineNursing: 0.54× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.57× its world share, 20 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.19× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 16 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology5.00×81 works
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.96×340 works
  3. Medicine3.19×988 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.95×11 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.57×20 works
  6. Neuroscience0.56×15 works
  7. Nursing0.54×4 works
  8. Health Professions0.49×21 works
  9. Chemistry0.47×12 works
  10. Dentistry0.39×3 works
  11. Mathematics0.26×5 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.24×4 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.19×7 works
  14. Psychology0.19×10 works
  15. Veterinary0.18×0 works
  16. Computer Science0.15×19 works
  17. Engineering0.12×28 works
  18. Environmental Science0.12×9 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.10×8 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.10×4 works
  21. Chemical Engineering0.09×0 works
  22. Social Sciences0.08×16 works
  23. Materials Science0.07×4 works
  24. Business, Management and Accounting0.06×3 works
  25. Energy0.05×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Lancaster?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Immunotherapy, Chemotherapy, Prognostic Factors, Lymphoma, Cancer Immunotherapy, Cancer, Tumor Microenvironment and Tumor Regression.

▲ 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-now 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. Immunotherapy196▲ 15×18 topics
  2. Chemotherapy144▲ 11×24 topics
  3. Prognostic Factors135▲ 17×14 topics
  4. Cancer120▲ 4.8×52 topics
  5. Lymphoma119▲ 40×4 topics
  6. Cancer Immunotherapy102▲ 36×3 topics
  7. Tumor Microenvironment93▲ 11×8 topics
  8. Tumor Regression91▲ 44×2 topics
  9. Leukemia82▲ 53×2 topics
  10. CAR T Cells78▲ 57×1 topic
  11. Chimeric Antigen Receptor78▲ 57×1 topic
  12. Targeted Therapy78▲ 19×5 topics
  13. Inflammation76▲ 1.92×76 topics
  14. Oxidative Stress75▲ 2.4×55 topics
  15. Clinical Trials68▲ 5.4×17 topics
  16. Breast Cancer62▲ 13×11 topics
  17. Precision Medicine60▲ 6.4×8 topics
  18. Rituximab60▲ 22×4 topics
  19. PET Imaging57▲ 18×5 topics
  20. Radiotherapy57▲ 7.8×12 topics
  21. Biomarkers56▲ 4.3×16 topics
  22. Gene Expression56▲ 4.8×16 topics
  23. Hematopoietic Stem Cells54▲ 33×3 topics
  24. Cancer Therapy52▲ 4.9×19 topics
  25. Molecular Characterization51▲ 16×6 topics
  26. Clinical Practice Guidelines50▲ 4.9×14 topics
  27. Genetic Mutations50▲ 6.1×19 topics
  28. Minimal Residual Disease48▲ 38×2 topics
  29. Genomic Instability45▲ 21×3 topics
  30. Immune Checkpoint Blockade45▲ 21×1 topic
  31. PD-1 and PD-L145▲ 21×1 topic
  32. Neoadjuvant Therapy45▲ 10×5 topics
  33. Metastasis43▲ 6.7×12 topics
  34. Molecular Profiling42▲ 24×3 topics
  35. Gene Expression Profiling41▲ 28×2 topics
  36. Cancer Risk38▲ 9.2×8 topics
  37. Cell-Free DNA36▲ 20×2 topics
  38. Genetic Pathogenesis36▲ 36×1 topic
  39. Hodgkin's Lymphoma36▲ 36×1 topic
  40. Cancer Genomics36▲ 27×1 topic

What research is done in Lancaster?

CAR-T cell therapy resea…71CAR-T cell therapy research: 71 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 39 fractional worksLymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 31 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 30 fractional worksAcute Myeloid Leukemia Research: 26 fractional worksAcute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research: 25 fractional worksChronic Lymphocytic Leuk…22Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research: 22 fractional worksHematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: 20 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies: 19 fractional worksMultiple Myeloma Research and Treatments: 18 fractional works
OncologyPathology and Forensic MedicineCancer ResearchHematology2 others

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

  1. 1 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 71 works
  2. 2 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 39 works
  3. 3 Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pathology and Forensic Medicine 31 works
  4. 4 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 30 works
  5. 5 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research Hematology 26 works
  6. 6 Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 25 works
  7. 7 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research Genetics 22 works
  8. 8 Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Hematology 20 works
  9. 9 Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies Oncology 19 works
  10. 10 Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments Hematology 18 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting20%40%60%Lancaster17.4% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 40.9% in 1997.

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