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BC Cancer Foundation

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Research works
27
▲ 232% vs 2013–17
Citations
797
30.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
52%
world 28%

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

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: 1.65× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.52× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 1.36× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.99× its world share, 5 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.75× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksPsychology1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at BC Cancer Foundation?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chemotherapy, Oxidative Stress, Radiotherapy, Particulate Matter, Clinical Trials, Mortality, Global Burden of Disease and Health Effects.

▲ 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 25 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 25 words, with their numbers
  1. Chemotherapy3▲ 17×10 topics
  2. Oxidative Stress3▲ 6.7×9 topics
  3. Radiotherapy3▲ 26×10 topics
  4. Particulate Matter2▲ 79×2 topics
  5. Clinical Trials2▲ 14×7 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 6.6×5 topics
  7. Mortality2▲ 15×2 topics
  8. Biomarkers2▲ 11×6 topics
  9. Global Burden of Disease2▲ 36×2 topics
  10. Health Effects2▲ 12×2 topics
  11. Air Pollution2▲ 61×1 topic
  12. Fine Particulate Air Pollution2▲ 91×1 topic
  13. Immunotherapy2▲ 10×12 topics
  14. Targeted Therapy2▲ 28×4 topics
  15. Machine Learning1▲ 2.4×6 topics
  16. Metastasis1▲ 15×5 topics
  17. Epidemiology1◆ 1.10×12 topics
  18. Ovarian Cancer1▲ 47×2 topics
  19. Apoptosis1▲ 11×3 topics
  20. CT Screening1▲ 73×1 topic
  21. Genomic Analysis1▲ 14×2 topics
  22. Lung Cancer1▲ 25×1 topic
  23. Tumor Staging1▲ 48×2 topics
  24. Cytoreductive Surgery1▲ 57×1 topic
  25. Tumor Models1▲ 62×1 topic

Which research topics does BC Cancer Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Air Quality and Health Impacts, Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging and Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases.

Air Quality and Health I…2Air Quality and Health Impacts: 2 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis an…0Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 0 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Le…0Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 0 fractional worksSystemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases: 0 fractional worksAir Quality Monitoring and Forecasting: 0 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diag…0Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 0 fractional worksEconomic and Financial Impacts of Cancer: 0 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 0 fractional worksAdrenal and Paraganglionic Tumors: 0 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence and Screening: 0 fractional works
Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingPathology and Forensic Medicine6 others

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

  1. 1 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 2 works
  2. 2 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  3. 3 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 0 works
  4. 4 Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases Pathology and Forensic Medicine 0 works
  5. 5 Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting Environmental Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 0 works
  7. 7 Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  8. 8 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 0 works
  9. 9 Adrenal and Paraganglionic Tumors Surgery 0 works
  10. 10 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening 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 available51.6%not open48.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors39.4%domestic only60.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has BC Cancer Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 232% 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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