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Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre

In research, Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre stands highest in Medicine (#3,796 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,229 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology — Oncology is 17.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,450
of 28,054 · #10,814 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#455
of 1,094
Research works
848
▲ 22% vs 2013–17
Citations
25k
29.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre 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 #3,796 of 10,443 14.4%104 #3268
Health SciencesDomain #5,229 of 11,982 14.8%106 #4405

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Beatson West of Scotland 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 17.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 27.0 works18×
← 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: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.21× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.33× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.64× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.02× its world share, 104 worksMedicineNursing: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.61× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 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.

Who are the top researchers at Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre?

Ranked on the composite score, Stephen Harrow, P. Vasey and Rosalind Glasspool lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre.

  1. 1 Stephen Harrow United Kingdom · #93,164 worldwide 185 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 P. Vasey United Kingdom · #239,066 worldwide 142 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Rosalind Glasspool United Kingdom · #278,137 worldwide 119 citations · 54 works
  4. 4 J Cassidy United Kingdom · #365,146 worldwide 131 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Aileen Duffton United Kingdom · #747,738 worldwide 34 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Pam McKay United Kingdom · #872,552 worldwide 54 citations · 34 works
  7. 7 Claire Paterson United Kingdom · #1,102,387 worldwide 18 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Azmat Sadozye United Kingdom · #1,105,808 worldwide 2 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 S. Currie United Kingdom · #1,114,014 worldwide 16 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Patricia Roxburgh United Kingdom · #1,360,825 worldwide 21 citations · 36 works
All ranked researchers at Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre

Which keywords describe research at Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre?

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

▲ 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. Chemotherapy19▲ 21×23 topics
  2. Immunotherapy14▲ 15×18 topics
  3. Prognostic Factors14▲ 24×14 topics
  4. Radiotherapy13▲ 26×12 topics
  5. Clinical Trials11▲ 12×10 topics
  6. Clinical Practice Guidelines10▲ 14×9 topics
  7. Cancer9▲ 4.9×34 topics
  8. Tumor Microenvironment9▲ 14×7 topics
  9. Metastasis8▲ 19×11 topics
  10. Radiation Therapy7▲ 42×5 topics
  11. Survival Analysis7▲ 20×6 topics
  12. Targeted Therapy7▲ 23×5 topics
  13. Biomarkers6▲ 7.1×8 topics
  14. Genetic Mutations6▲ 11×12 topics
  15. Molecular Classification6▲ 31×4 topics
  16. Quality of Life6▲ 3.1×15 topics
  17. Neoadjuvant Therapy6▲ 18×5 topics
  18. Cervical Cancer5▲ 36×2 topics
  19. Clinical Guidelines5▲ 13×4 topics
  20. Robotic Surgery5▲ 26×3 topics
  21. Molecular Characterization5▲ 21×5 topics
  22. Cancer Therapy5▲ 6.5×16 topics
  23. Chemoradiotherapy5▲ 66×2 topics
  24. Precision Medicine5▲ 7.5×5 topics
  25. Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy5▲ 42×2 topics
  26. Surgical Management5▲ 8.5×8 topics
  27. Breast Cancer5▲ 14×10 topics
  28. Brachytherapy4▲ 83×1 topic
  29. Cetuximab4▲ 41×2 topics
  30. Endometrial Carcinoma4▲ 83×1 topic
  31. Molecular Profiling4▲ 34×3 topics
  32. Gene Expression Profiling4▲ 40×2 topics
  33. Prostate Cancer4▲ 24×4 topics
  34. Genomic Profiling4▲ 30×2 topics
  35. PET Imaging4▲ 18×4 topics
  36. Survival4▲ 22×4 topics
  37. Rituximab4▲ 19×3 topics
  38. Human Papillomavirus4▲ 22×3 topics
  39. Prognosis4▲ 8.2×6 topics
  40. Genomic Instability4▲ 24×3 topics

Which research topics does Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Head and Neck Cancer Studies and Cancer survivorship and care.

Endometrial and Cervical…4Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments: 4 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…3Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 3 fractional worksHead and Neck Cancer Studies: 3 fractional worksCancer survivorship and care: 2 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diag…2Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksManagement of metastatic bone disease: 2 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 2 fractional worksCancer Diagnosis and Tre…2Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksOvarian cancer diagnosis and treatment: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 2 fractional works
Obstetrics and GynecologyOncologyOtorhinolaryngologyCancer Research3 others

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

  1. 1 Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments Obstetrics and Gynecology 4 works
  2. 2 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 3 works
  3. 3 Head and Neck Cancer Studies Otorhinolaryngology 3 works
  4. 4 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 2 works
  5. 5 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 2 works
  6. 6 Management of metastatic bone disease Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  8. 8 Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Oncology 2 works
  9. 9 Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment Reproductive Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 2 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 available40.4%not open59.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.5%domestic only78.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 22% 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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