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American Cancer Society

In research, American Cancer Society stands highest in Oncology (#66 of 772 worldwide), Medicine (#1,198 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#1,636 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology, Physiology and Economics and Econometrics — Oncology is 22.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,790
of 28,054 · #2,530 all time
Rank in United States
#907
of 4,192
Research works
2.7k
▲ 14% vs 2013–17
Citations
616k
227.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
32.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

What is American Cancer Society 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
OncologySubfield #66 of 772 36.8%89 #19
MedicineField #1,198 of 10,443 31.4%215 #370
Health SciencesDomain #1,636 of 11,982 30.9%241 #469
Social SciencesDomain #5,702 of 10,521 36.2%80 #3435

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where American Cancer Society 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Oncology#19 #66
  2. Medicine#370 #1,198
  3. Health Sciences#469 #1,636
  4. Social Sciences#3,435 #5,702
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does American Cancer Society specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 22.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 89.1 works22×
  2. PhysiologySubfield · 23.6 works7.6×
  3. Economics and EconometricsSubfield · 42.6 works7.5×
  4. Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField · 44.2 works5.8×
← 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: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.87× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.01× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.67× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.54× its world share, 24 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.12× its world share, 215 worksMedicineNursing: 0.89× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5.76× its world share, 44 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.75× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 24 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 5.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at American Cancer Society?

Ranked on the composite score, Ahmedin Jemal, K. Robin Yabroff and Michael J. Thun lead among researchers whose main affiliation is American Cancer Society.

  1. 1 Ahmedin Jemal United States · #157 worldwide 4.9k citations · 122 works
  2. 2 K. Robin Yabroff United States · #3,727 worldwide 829 citations · 78 works
  3. 3 Michael J. Thun United States · #4,105 worldwide 1.1k citations · 73 works
  4. 4 Farhad Islami United States · #4,931 worldwide 3.7k citations · 58 works
  5. 5 Susan M. Gapstur United States · #6,434 worldwide 1.2k citations · 101 works
  6. 6 Marjorie L. McCullough United States · #10,973 worldwide 725 citations · 63 works
  7. 7 Edward Hammond United States · #11,008 worldwide 709 citations · 54 works
  8. 8 Eric J. Jacobs United States · #14,652 worldwide 510 citations · 54 works
  9. 9 Robert A. Smith United States · #21,595 worldwide 457 citations · 59 works
  10. 10 Elizabeth Ward United States · #24,604 worldwide 637 citations · 38 works
All ranked researchers at American Cancer Society

Which keywords describe research at American Cancer Society?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Risk Factors, Cancer Incidence, Health Disparities, Population-Based Study, Preventive Services, Global Surveillance, Mortality Rates and Cost of 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 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. Risk Factors56▲ 14×15 topics
  2. Cancer Incidence52▲ 107×4 topics
  3. Health Disparities48▲ 51×7 topics
  4. Population-Based Study45▲ 190×2 topics
  5. Preventive Services39▲ 186×2 topics
  6. Global Surveillance39▲ 237×1 topic
  7. Mortality Rates39▲ 115×1 topic
  8. Public Health29▲ 5.6×25 topics
  9. Cancer28▲ 5.9×21 topics
  10. Cost of Care27▲ 250×1 topic
  11. Financial Toxicity27▲ 250×1 topic
  12. Epidemiology26▲ 1.85×40 topics
  13. Mortality26▲ 13×9 topics
  14. Quality of Life24▲ 4.7×19 topics
  15. Chemotherapy23▲ 9.1×14 topics
  16. Clinical Trials22▲ 9.1×12 topics
  17. Metabolic Syndrome21▲ 7.1×15 topics
  18. Inflammation20▲ 2.6×23 topics
  19. Health-related Quality of Life18▲ 21×2 topics
  20. Cancer Survivorship17▲ 67×2 topics
  21. Physical Activity17▲ 9.9×6 topics
  22. COVID-1917▲ 3.4×11 topics
  23. Cancer Risk16▲ 21×7 topics
  24. Obesity16▲ 6.0×12 topics
  25. Breast Cancer15▲ 18×10 topics
  26. Depression15▲ 4.7×10 topics
  27. Radiotherapy14▲ 10×8 topics
  28. Anxiety14▲ 8.1×6 topics
  29. Psychiatric Disorders13▲ 27×3 topics
  30. Surgery12▲ 9.9×4 topics
  31. Survival12▲ 25×4 topics
  32. Primary Care12▲ 8.9×9 topics
  33. Health Consequences12▲ 12×2 topics
  34. Stroke12▲ 19×2 topics
  35. Emergency Department Visits12▲ 59×1 topic
  36. Fatigue12▲ 29×2 topics
  37. Oncology12▲ 59×1 topic
  38. Patient-Reported Outcomes12▲ 60×1 topic
  39. Psychosocial Interventions12▲ 60×1 topic
  40. Global Burden of Disease11▲ 12×3 topics

Which research topics does American Cancer Society publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Cancer Incidence and Screening, Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer, COVID-19 and healthcare impacts and Cancer survivorship and care.

Global Cancer Incidence …39Global Cancer Incidence and Screening: 39 fractional worksEconomic and Financial I…27Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer: 27 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare …12COVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 12 fractional worksCancer survivorship and care: 12 fractional worksSmoking Behavior and Cessation: 11 fractional worksCancer Risks and Factors11Cancer Risks and Factors: 11 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 9 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 7 fractional worksHealthcare Policy and Management: 7 fractional worksHealth disparities and outcomes: 7 fractional works
OncologyEconomics and EconometricsPhysiologyHealth

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

  1. 1 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 39 works
  2. 2 Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer Economics and Econometrics 27 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 12 works
  4. 4 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 12 works
  5. 5 Smoking Behavior and Cessation Physiology 11 works
  6. 6 Cancer Risks and Factors Oncology 11 works
  7. 7 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 9 works
  8. 8 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 7 works
  9. 9 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 7 works
  10. 10 Health disparities and outcomes Health 7 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 available42.2%not open57.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.0%domestic only88.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has American Cancer Society's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% 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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