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Apollo Proton Cancer Centre

In research, Apollo Proton Cancer Centre stands highest in Medicine (#7,659 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#9,110 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine is 7.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#20,599
of 22,385 · #31,117 all time
Rank in India
#1,450
of 1,562
Research works
327
▲ 81% vs 2018-21
Citations
859
2.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.81×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
75%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Apollo Proton Cancer Centre

What is Apollo Proton Cancer Centre known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #7,659 of 8,541 1.8%139 #12261
Health SciencesDomain #9,110 of 9,902 1.7%142 #14405

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Apollo Proton Cancer Centre 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Apollo Proton Cancer Centre work in?

In 2022-now, 77% of research at Apollo Proton Cancer Centre is in Health Sciences, 10% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (76%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (7%), Physics and Astronomy (4%). It does 3.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 162 fractional works · 77.4% of its workMedicine: 159 fractional works · 76.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 23 fractional works · 11.2% of its workOncology: 14 fractional works · 6.8% of its workSurgery: 13 fractional works · 6.4% of its workHematology: 11 fractional works · 5.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 11 fractional works · 5.3% of its workGenetics: 11 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEpidemiology: 11 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 8 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 8 fractional works · 3.6% of its workNeurology: 7 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workRheumatology: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 22 fractional works · 10.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 15 fractional works · 7.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCancer Research: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 19 fractional works · 9.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 9 fractional works · 4.2% of its workRadiation: 9 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKApollo ProtonCancer Centre209fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences77%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 institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine15976.0%
    2. Health Professions20.9%
    3. Dentistry10.3%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology157.4%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology52.5%
    3. Neuroscience10.4%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
    1. Physics and Astronomy94.2%
    2. Engineering42.0%
    3. Computer Science31.5%
    4. Materials Science20.9%
    5. Chemistry10.4%
    6. Mathematics00.1%
    7. Environmental Science00.0%
    1. Psychology20.8%
    2. Social Sciences10.7%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.5%
    4. Arts and Humanities10.4%
    5. Decision Sciences10.4%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Apollo Proton Cancer Centre specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine takes 7.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 23.5 works7.3×
← 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: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.38× its world share, 15 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.45× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.88× its world share, 9 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.95× its world share, 159 worksMedicineNursing: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.95×159 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology2.45×5 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy1.88×9 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.38×15 works
  5. Dentistry0.72×1 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.53×0 works
  7. Veterinary0.39×0 works
  8. Decision Sciences0.37×1 works
  9. Health Professions0.34×2 works
  10. Nursing0.29×0 works
  11. Chemistry0.28×1 works
  12. Materials Science0.27×2 works
  13. Psychology0.27×2 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.23×1 works
  15. Neuroscience0.22×1 works
  16. Computer Science0.19×3 works
  17. Engineering0.14×4 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.14×1 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.05×0 works
  20. Social Sciences0.05×1 works
  21. Mathematics0.04×0 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.01×0 works
  23. Environmental Science0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Apollo Proton Cancer Centre?

Ranked on the quality score, Ashwathy Susan Mathew, Sushama Patil and Nagarjuna Burela lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Apollo Proton Cancer Centre.

  1. 1 Ashwathy Susan Mathew India · #2,731,413 worldwide 357 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Sushama Patil India · #2,827,347 worldwide 537 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Nagarjuna Burela India · #4,810,524 worldwide 129 citations · 33 works
  4. 4 Srinivas Chilukuri India · #4,945,600 worldwide 34 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 S. Sundar India · #5,071,909 worldwide 78 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Vangipuram Shankar India · #5,218,655 worldwide 1 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Arunkumar Karthikayan India · #5,331,410 worldwide 50 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Uday Krishna India · #5,334,191 worldwide 240 citations · 51 works
  9. 9 Sham C. Sundar India · #5,377,702 worldwide 66 citations · 25 works
  10. 10 Dayananda Shamurailatpam Sharma India · #5,520,689 worldwide 460 citations · 73 works
All ranked researchers at Apollo Proton Cancer Centre

What are the most cited papers from Apollo Proton Cancer Centre?

The most cited paper from Apollo Proton Cancer Centre is "Recent developments and future directions in adult lower-grade gliomas: Society for Neuro-Oncology (SNO) and European Association of Neuro-Oncology (EANO) consensus" (David Schiff, Martin J. van den Bent, Michael A. Vogelbaum et al., 2019), with 134 citations. Next come "Diagnostic biomarkers in ovarian cancer: advances beyond CA125 and HE4" (125) and "Prospective randomized controlled trial to compare 3‐dimensional conformal radiotherapy to intensity‐modulated radiotherapy in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: Long‐term results" (118).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Recent developments and future directions in adult lower-grade gliomas: Society for Neuro-Oncology (SNO) and European Association of Neuro-Oncology (EANO) consensus David Schiff, Martin J. van den Bent, Michael A. Vogelbaum et al. · Neuro-Oncology Open access 4 Feb 2019 134
2 Diagnostic biomarkers in ovarian cancer: advances beyond CA125 and HE4 Aruni Ghose, Lucy McCann, Shania Makker et al. · Therapeutic Advances in Medical Oncology Open access 2024 125
3 Prospective randomized controlled trial to compare 3‐dimensional conformal radiotherapy to intensity‐modulated radiotherapy in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: Long‐term results Sarbani Ghosh Laskar, Prahlad H. Yathiraj, Debnarayana Dutta et al. · Head & Neck 11 Nov 2015 118
4 Detection of chromosomal and plasmid-mediated mechanisms of colistin resistance in Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae from Indian food samples Abdul Ghafur, Chaitra Shankar, Palani GnanaSoundari et al. · Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance 21 Sep 2018 109
5 Palliative care and end-of-life care in adults with malignant brain tumors Johan A F Koekkoek, Pim B. van der Meer, Andrea Pace et al. · Neuro-Oncology Open access 6 Sep 2022 85
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Apollo Proton Cancer Centre?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Radiotherapy, Chemotherapy, Prognostic Factors, Immunotherapy, Genetic Mutations, Dosimetry, Clinical Practice Guidelines and Molecular Classification.

▲ 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 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. Radiotherapy23▲ 28×12 topics
  2. Chemotherapy19▲ 13×20 topics
  3. Prognostic Factors19▲ 21×13 topics
  4. Immunotherapy16▲ 10×11 topics
  5. Epidemiology14▲ 1.67×43 topics
  6. Genetic Mutations11▲ 12×13 topics
  7. Dosimetry10▲ 68×2 topics
  8. Clinical Practice Guidelines10▲ 8.3×10 topics
  9. Molecular Classification9▲ 29×4 topics
  10. Monte Carlo Simulation9▲ 21×2 topics
  11. Image-Guided Radiotherapy9▲ 97×1 topic
  12. Radiotherapy Physics9▲ 97×1 topic
  13. Clinical Applications8▲ 61×2 topics
  14. Gold Nanoparticles8▲ 47×2 topics
  15. Particle Therapy8▲ 151×1 topic
  16. Proton Therapy8▲ 151×1 topic
  17. Hematopoietic Stem Cells8▲ 43×3 topics
  18. Prognosis8▲ 11×7 topics
  19. Treatment7▲ 2.8×22 topics
  20. Diagnosis7▲ 3.5×18 topics
  21. Glioblastoma7▲ 48×1 topic
  22. Temozolomide7▲ 48×1 topic
  23. Survival6▲ 22×4 topics
  24. Minimal Residual Disease6▲ 43×2 topics
  25. Pediatric Oncology6▲ 51×2 topics
  26. Survival Analysis6▲ 10.0×6 topics
  27. Radiosurgery6▲ 29×4 topics
  28. Surgical Management6▲ 6.5×11 topics
  29. Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia6▲ 79×1 topic
  30. Childhood Cancer6▲ 79×1 topic
  31. Genetic Alterations6▲ 34×2 topics
  32. Human Papillomavirus5▲ 21×3 topics
  33. Squamous Cell Carcinoma5▲ 29×3 topics
  34. Cancer Treatment5▲ 11×7 topics
  35. PET Imaging5▲ 14×4 topics
  36. Rituximab5▲ 16×3 topics
  37. Cetuximab4▲ 26×2 topics
  38. Lymphoma4▲ 13×3 topics
  39. Genomic Analysis4▲ 8.1×6 topics
  40. Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma4▲ 40×1 topic

Which research topics does Apollo Proton Cancer Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques, Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry, Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment and Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research.

Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques: 9 fractional worksRadiation Therapy and Dosimetry: 8 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Tre…7Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 7 fractional worksAcute Lymphoblastic Leuk…6Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research: 6 fractional worksHead and Neck Cancer Studies: 4 fractional worksHematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: 4 fractional worksChildhood Cancer Survivo…3Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life: 3 fractional worksLymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional worksAcute Myeloid Leukemia Research: 3 fractional worksAdvances in Oncology and Radiotherapy: 3 fractional works
RadiationPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineGeneticsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health5 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques Radiation 9 works
  2. 2 Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 8 works
  3. 3 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 7 works
  4. 4 Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 6 works
  5. 5 Head and Neck Cancer Studies Otorhinolaryngology 4 works
  6. 6 Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Hematology 4 works
  7. 7 Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 3 works
  8. 8 Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pathology and Forensic Medicine 3 works
  9. 9 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research Hematology 3 works
  10. 10 Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 3 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 available74.7%not open25.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.1%domestic only91.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Apollo Proton Cancer Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 81% 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 Apollo Proton Cancer Centre as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00089% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Apollo Proton Cancer Centre0.00096% in 2025200020102020

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

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

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

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Apollo Proton Cancer Centre3.3% in 2025

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 4.6% in 2022.

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