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BC Cancer Agency

In research, BC Cancer Agency stands highest in Medicine (#3,346 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#4,488 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#4,022 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cancer Research, Oncology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Cancer Research is 13.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,277
of 28,054 · #1,776 all time
Rank in Canada
#125
of 403
Research works
5.8k
▼ 55% vs 2013–17
Citations
276k
48.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

What is BC Cancer Agency 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
MedicineField #3,346 of 10,443 16.6%232 #727
Health SciencesDomain #4,488 of 11,982 16.8%242 #949
Life SciencesDomain #4,022 of 7,800 21.1%74 #753
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,773 of 3,579 21.1%62 #788

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where BC Cancer Agency 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. Medicine#727 #3,346
  2. Health Sciences#949 #4,488
  3. Life Sciences#753 #4,022
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#788 #2,773
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 BC Cancer Agency specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cancer Research takes 13.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 20.8 works13×
  2. OncologySubfield · 51.9 works13×
  3. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 47.5 works8.7×
  4. Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSubfield · 27.0 works8.5×
← 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: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.25× its world share, 62 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.20× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.24× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.89× its world share, 7 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.91× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.39× its world share, 232 worksMedicineNursing: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.74× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at BC Cancer Agency?

Ranked on the composite score, Kim N., Marco A. Marra and Steven J.M. Jones lead among researchers whose main affiliation is BC Cancer Agency.

  1. 1 Kim N. Canada · #1,356 worldwide 2.1k citations · 95 works
  2. 2 Marco A. Marra Canada · #1,551 worldwide 2.3k citations · 174 works
  3. 3 Steven J.M. Jones Canada · #1,859 worldwide 2.1k citations · 134 works
  4. 4 Joseph M. Connors Canada · #4,096 worldwide 1.1k citations · 90 works
  5. 5 Randy D. Gascoyne Canada · #12,367 worldwide 999 citations · 101 works
  6. 6 Stephen Chia Canada · #14,628 worldwide 534 citations · 57 works
  7. 7 Karen A. Gelmon Canada · #16,408 worldwide 694 citations · 105 works
  8. 8 Kerry J. Savage Canada · #26,050 worldwide 559 citations · 87 works
  9. 9 Robert Olson Canada · #28,001 worldwide 630 citations · 87 works
  10. 10 Scott Tyldesley Canada · #32,676 worldwide 340 citations · 61 works
All ranked researchers at BC Cancer Agency

Which keywords describe research at BC Cancer Agency?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chemotherapy, Immunotherapy, Radiotherapy, Targeted Therapy, Clinical Trials, Prognostic Factors, Clinical Practice Guidelines and Biomarkers.

▲ 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. Chemotherapy34▲ 14×21 topics
  2. Immunotherapy32▲ 13×16 topics
  3. Radiotherapy30▲ 22×11 topics
  4. Targeted Therapy24▲ 31×4 topics
  5. Clinical Trials24▲ 10.0×14 topics
  6. Prognostic Factors22▲ 14×14 topics
  7. Cancer21▲ 4.3×34 topics
  8. Biomarkers18▲ 7.2×14 topics
  9. Clinical Practice Guidelines17▲ 9.0×11 topics
  10. Precision Medicine16▲ 10.0×7 topics
  11. Quality of Life16▲ 3.1×16 topics
  12. Genetic Mutations16▲ 10×13 topics
  13. Genomic Instability15▲ 37×3 topics
  14. Genomic Profiling14▲ 39×2 topics
  15. Prostate Cancer14▲ 31×4 topics
  16. Breast Cancer14▲ 17×10 topics
  17. Tumor Microenvironment14▲ 8.6×8 topics
  18. Gene Expression13▲ 6.1×12 topics
  19. Survival Analysis13▲ 13×6 topics
  20. PET Imaging12▲ 21×4 topics
  21. Neoadjuvant Therapy12▲ 14×5 topics
  22. Lymphoma11▲ 20×4 topics
  23. Cell-Free DNA11▲ 32×2 topics
  24. Somatic Mutations11▲ 38×2 topics
  25. Cancer Genomics11▲ 43×1 topic
  26. Mutational Signatures11▲ 43×1 topic
  27. Rituximab10▲ 20×4 topics
  28. Medical Imaging10▲ 5.7×7 topics
  29. Dosimetry10▲ 41×2 topics
  30. Metastasis10▲ 8.2×11 topics
  31. Health-related Quality of Life10▲ 11×4 topics
  32. Molecular Subtypes9▲ 32×3 topics
  33. Radiation Therapy9▲ 20×5 topics
  34. Cancer Treatment9▲ 10×7 topics
  35. Androgen Receptor8▲ 33×2 topics
  36. Hormone Therapy8▲ 29×2 topics
  37. Molecular Profiling8▲ 24×3 topics
  38. Gene Expression Profiling8▲ 29×2 topics
  39. Metastatic Prostate Cancer8▲ 58×1 topic
  40. Molecular Biology8▲ 57×1 topic

Which research topics does BC Cancer Agency publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research, Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging and Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers.

Cancer Genomics and Diag…11Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 11 fractional worksProstate Cancer Treatmen…8Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research: 8 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 8 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 7 fractional worksLymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 7 fractional worksAdvanced Radiotherapy Techniques: 7 fractional worksCancer survivorship and care: 6 fractional worksBreast Cancer Treatment …6Breast Cancer Treatment Studies: 6 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 6 fractional worksProstate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 5 fractional works
Cancer ResearchPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingOncology2 others

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

  1. 1 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 11 works
  2. 2 Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 8 works
  3. 3 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 8 works
  4. 4 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 7 works
  5. 5 Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pathology and Forensic Medicine 7 works
  6. 6 Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques Radiation 7 works
  7. 7 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 6 works
  8. 8 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 6 works
  9. 9 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  10. 10 Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 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 available34.1%not open65.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.6%domestic only77.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has BC Cancer Agency's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 55% lower 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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