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Action Cancer

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Research works
55
▲ 9% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.8k
33.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
57%
world 40%
International
43%
world 18%
Action Cancer

Not ranked overall: Action Cancer is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Action Cancer work in?

In all years, 76% of research at Action Cancer is in Health Sciences, 16% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (70%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (13%), Health Professions (6%). It does 2.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 42 fractional works · 76.5% of its workMedicine: 38 fractional works · 69.6% of its workOncology: 11 fractional works · 20.4% of its workSurgery: 5 fractional works · 8.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 8.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 6.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 5.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 9 fractional works · 15.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 13.2% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 5.9% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 6.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKAction Cancer55fractional works, all years
Life Sciences16%Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences76%Social Sciences6%

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

Its 4 domains and 16 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine3869.6%
    2. Health Professions36.3%
    3. Dentistry00.6%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology713.2%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology00.9%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.6%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.6%
    5. Neuroscience00.3%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance22.9%
    2. Social Sciences12.0%
    3. Psychology11.1%
    4. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Environmental Science11.3%
    2. Computer Science00.3%
    3. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    4. Mathematics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.00× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Computer Science: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 4.50× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.85× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.08× its world share, 9 worksMedicineEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.02× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.74× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 10 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry4.50×0 works
  2. Medicine4.08×9 works
  3. Psychology1.74×1 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.02×0 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.00×1 works
  6. Health Professions0.85×0 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology0.45×0 works
  8. Computer Science0.19×0 works
  9. Social Sciences0.18×0 works
  10. Mathematics0.09×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Action Cancer?

Ranked on the quality score, Allen Knight and Deep Shankar Pruthi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Action Cancer.

  1. 1 Allen Knight United Kingdom · #1,032,665 worldwide 272 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Deep Shankar Pruthi United Kingdom · #5,073,755 worldwide 84 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Action Cancer

What are the most cited papers from Action Cancer?

The most cited paper from Action Cancer is "Cancer survival in Australia, Canada, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and the UK, 1995–2007 (the International Cancer Benchmarking Partnership): an analysis of population-based cancer registry data" (Michel P. Coleman et al., 2010), with 1,131 citations. Next come "Lung cancer survival and stage at diagnosis in Australia, Canada, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and the UK: a population-based study, 2004–2007" (579) and "UK health performance: findings of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010" (561).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Cancer survival in Australia, Canada, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and the UK, 1995–2007 (the International Cancer Benchmarking Partnership): an analysis of population-based cancer registry data Michel P. Coleman et al. · The Lancet Open access 22 Dec 2010 1,131
2 Lung cancer survival and stage at diagnosis in Australia, Canada, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and the UK: a population-based study, 2004–2007 Sarah Walters et al. · Thorax Open access 11 Feb 2013 579
3 UK health performance: findings of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 Christopher J L Murray et al. · The Lancet Mar 2013 561
4 Routes to diagnosis for cancer – determining the patient journey using multiple routine data sets Lucy Elliss‐Brookes, Sean McPhail, Alexander Ives et al. · British Journal of Cancer Open access 20 Sep 2012 537
5 Multidisciplinary team working in cancer: what is the evidence? Chris Taylor, Alice Munro, Rob Glynne‐Jones et al. · BMJ Open access 23 Mar 2010 479
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Action Cancer?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chemotherapy, Risk Factors, Quality of Life, Cancer Incidence, Radiotherapy, Population-Based Study, Clinical Trials and Health Disparities.

▲ 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. Chemotherapy6▲ 14×14 topics
  2. Quality of Life5▲ 6.8×14 topics
  3. Risk Factors5▲ 8.2×7 topics
  4. Cancer Incidence4▲ 55×4 topics
  5. Epidemiology4▲ 1.80×23 topics
  6. Radiotherapy4▲ 19×9 topics
  7. Population-Based Study3▲ 99×2 topics
  8. Clinical Trials3▲ 9.2×10 topics
  9. Health Disparities3▲ 27×2 topics
  10. Inflammation3▲ 2.4×10 topics
  11. Preventive Services3▲ 100×2 topics
  12. Global Surveillance3▲ 136×1 topic
  13. Guidelines3▲ 11×6 topics
  14. Mortality Rates3▲ 57×1 topic
  15. Breast Cancer3▲ 17×6 topics
  16. Cancer3▲ 3.3×11 topics
  17. Clinical Practice Guidelines3▲ 8.6×9 topics
  18. Health-related Quality of Life3▲ 22×3 topics
  19. Neoadjuvant Therapy2▲ 19×4 topics
  20. Prognostic Factors2▲ 9.8×9 topics
  21. Diagnosis2▲ 4.1×8 topics
  22. Molecular Characterization2▲ 23×4 topics
  23. Cancer Risk2▲ 15×4 topics
  24. Global Burden2▲ 7.4×4 topics
  25. Management2▲ 5.2×6 topics
  26. Metabolic Syndrome2▲ 4.5×5 topics
  27. Physical Activity2▲ 9.5×4 topics
  28. Cancer Survivorship2▲ 57×2 topics
  29. Anxiety2▲ 9.0×3 topics
  30. Regulatory Challenges2▲ 43×2 topics
  31. Targeted Therapy2▲ 15×3 topics
  32. Immunotherapy2▲ 4.8×7 topics
  33. Metastasis2▲ 8.6×6 topics
  34. Precision Medicine2▲ 9.2×3 topics
  35. Prevention2▲ 7.2×3 topics
  36. Complementary Medicine2▲ 99×1 topic
  37. Herbal Medicine2▲ 12×1 topic
  38. Patient-Reported Outcomes2▲ 73×1 topic
  39. Psychosocial Interventions2▲ 73×1 topic
  40. Survival Analysis2▲ 10×4 topics

Which research topics does Action Cancer publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations, Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments, Multiple and Secondary Primary Cancers and Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment.

Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 1 fractional worksBladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments: 1 fractional worksMultiple and Secondary Primary Cancers: 0 fractional worksEsophageal Cancer Research and Treatment: 0 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence and Screening: 0 fractional worksGenetic factors in colorectal cancer: 0 fractional worksBody Contouring and Surg…0Body Contouring and Surgery: 0 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 0 fractional worksGenital Health and Disease: 0 fractional worksLung Cancer Research Stu…0Lung Cancer Research Studies: 0 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSurgeryEpidemiologyOncology1 others

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

  1. 1 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  2. 2 Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments Surgery 1 works
  3. 3 Multiple and Secondary Primary Cancers Epidemiology 0 works
  4. 4 Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment Surgery 0 works
  5. 5 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 0 works
  6. 6 Genetic factors in colorectal cancer Pathology and Forensic Medicine 0 works
  7. 7 Body Contouring and Surgery Surgery 0 works
  8. 8 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  9. 9 Genital Health and Disease Surgery 0 works
  10. 10 Lung Cancer Research Studies Oncology 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 available56.6%not open43.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors43.1%domestic only56.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Action Cancer's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 9% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Action Cancer as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000013% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%Action Cancer0.000065% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Action Cancer over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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