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Brain Tumour Research

In research, Brain Tumour Research stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,059 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#4,085 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology is 6.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, all time
#14,798
of 34,923
Rank in United Kingdom
#732
of 1,844
Research works
272
▼ 16% vs 2018-21
Citations
11k
38.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.07×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
71%
world 40%
International
42%
world 18%
Brain Tumour Research

What is Brain Tumour Research known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #4,059 of 16,688 17.2%136
MedicineField #4,085 of 14,558 17.3%134

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Brain Tumour Research 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 Brain Tumour Research work in?

In 2022-now, 44% of research at Brain Tumour Research is in Health Sciences, 41% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (44%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (36%), Social Sciences (5%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Health Sciences: 28 fractional works · 44.0% of its workMedicine: 28 fractional works · 43.8% of its workGenetics: 9 fractional works · 14.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 6.4% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 5.4% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 26 fractional works · 40.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 23 fractional works · 35.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 14 fractional works · 22.2% of its workCancer Research: 6 fractional works · 9.1% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 9.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 5.2% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 4 fractional works · 6.4% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKBrain TumourResearch64fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences41%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences44%Social Sciences9%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine2843.8%
    2. Health Professions00.2%
    3. Nursing00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2335.8%
    2. Neuroscience22.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology11.2%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.4%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.3%
    1. Social Sciences35.2%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance12.1%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting11.6%
    4. Psychology00.1%
    1. Engineering23.3%
    2. Computer Science10.8%
    3. Chemistry00.6%
    4. Materials Science00.6%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.5%
    6. Mathematics00.5%
    7. Environmental Science00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Brain Tumour Research specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology takes 6.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField · 22.8 works6.7×
← 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, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6.72× its world share, 23 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.21× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.76× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.10× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.28× its world share, 28 worksMedicineNursing: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.98× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 6.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.72×23 works
  2. Medicine2.28×28 works
  3. Neuroscience1.76×2 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology1.21×1 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.10×0 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.98×1 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting0.49×1 works
  8. Mathematics0.41×0 works
  9. Social Sciences0.41×3 works
  10. Chemistry0.38×0 works
  11. Physics and Astronomy0.24×0 works
  12. Engineering0.22×2 works
  13. Materials Science0.16×0 works
  14. Computer Science0.11×0 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.07×0 works
  16. Health Professions0.07×0 works
  17. Nursing0.05×0 works
  18. Psychology0.04×0 works
  19. Environmental Science0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Brain Tumour Research?

Ranked on the quality score, Alison Whitby and JF Liu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Brain Tumour Research.

  1. 1 Alison Whitby United Kingdom · #3,443,919 worldwide 227 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 JF Liu United Kingdom · #3,733,672 worldwide 338 citations · 43 works
All ranked researchers at Brain Tumour Research

What are the most cited papers from Brain Tumour Research?

The most cited paper from Brain Tumour Research is "Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles 2018 (MISEV2018): a position statement of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles and update of the MISEV2014 guidelines" (Clotilde Théry et al., 2018), with 11,535 citations. Next come "Identification of human brain tumour initiating cells" (7,487) and "International network of cancer genome projects" (2,439).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles 2018 (MISEV2018): a position statement of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles and update of the MISEV2014 guidelines Clotilde Théry et al. · Journal of Extracellular Vesicles Open access382 authors 23 Nov 2018 11,535
2 Identification of human brain tumour initiating cells Sheila Kumari Singh, Cynthia E Hawkins, Ian D. Clarke et al. · Nature Nov 2004 7,487
3 International network of cancer genome projects Jennifer L. Jennings et al. · Nature Open access256 authors 13 Apr 2010 2,439
4 The BioGRID database: A comprehensive biomedical resource of curated protein, genetic, and chemical interactions Rose Oughtred, Jennifer Rust, Christie Chang et al. · Protein Science Open access 18 Oct 2020 2,026
5 Intertumoral Heterogeneity within Medulloblastoma Subgroups Florence M.G. Cavalli et al. · Cancer Cell Open access Jun 2017 1,290
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Brain Tumour Research?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Immunotherapy, Radiotherapy, Glioblastoma, Temozolomide, Cancer, Tumor Microenvironment, Biomarkers and DNA Methylation.

▲ 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. Immunotherapy14▲ 30×10 topics
  2. Radiotherapy10▲ 40×6 topics
  3. Glioblastoma9▲ 215×1 topic
  4. Temozolomide9▲ 215×1 topic
  5. Cancer9▲ 10×24 topics
  6. Tumor Microenvironment4▲ 13×7 topics
  7. Biomarkers3▲ 6.2×7 topics
  8. DNA Methylation2▲ 34×3 topics
  9. Genetic Mutations2▲ 8.6×6 topics
  10. Gene Expression2▲ 5.8×9 topics
  11. Prognostic Factors2▲ 8.4×7 topics
  12. HIF-12▲ 57×1 topic
  13. Tumor Hypoxia2▲ 52×2 topics
  14. Warburg Effect2▲ 57×1 topic
  15. Epigenetic Regulation2▲ 15×4 topics
  16. Tumor Suppressor2▲ 82×3 topics
  17. Genomic Analysis2▲ 12×2 topics
  18. Synthetic Lethality2▲ 87×2 topics
  19. Epigenetic Reprogramming2▲ 32×1 topic
  20. Gene Expression Regulation2▲ 29×2 topics
  21. Histone Modification2▲ 44×1 topic
  22. Precision Medicine2▲ 6.2×5 topics
  23. Biogenesis2▲ 16×3 topics
  24. Cancer Progression2▲ 16×4 topics
  25. Cancer Therapy2▲ 4.9×13 topics
  26. Epigenetics2▲ 61×2 topics
  27. Health-related Quality of Life2▲ 11×2 topics
  28. Prognosis2▲ 8.0×2 topics
  29. RNA methylation2▲ 32×1 topic
  30. Radiosurgery2▲ 30×3 topics
  31. Therapy2▲ 14×2 topics
  32. m6A-seq2▲ 32×1 topic
  33. ALK2▲ 103×1 topic
  34. Cell Death2▲ 11×4 topics
  35. Chromatin Remodeling2▲ 218×1 topic
  36. Neuroblastoma2▲ 103×1 topic
  37. SWI/SNF Complexes2▲ 218×1 topic
  38. Transcriptional Regulation2▲ 15×5 topics
  39. Blood-Brain Barrier1▲ 32×2 topics
  40. Cognitive Function1▲ 12×3 topics

Which research topics does Brain Tumour Research publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment, Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation and RNA modifications and cancer.

Glioma Diagnosis and Tre…9Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 9 fractional worksCancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism: 2 fractional worksEpigenetics and DNA Methylation: 2 fractional worksRNA modifications and cancer: 2 fractional worksChromatin Remodeling and Cancer: 2 fractional worksNeuroblastoma Research and Treatments: 2 fractional worksChildhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life: 1 fractional worksEconomic and Industrial Development: 1 fractional worksMedical, Sociocultural, and Biopolitical Studies: 1 fractional worksBrain Metastases and Treatment: 1 fractional works
GeneticsCancer ResearchMolecular BiologyNeurology4 others

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

  1. 1 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 9 works
  2. 2 Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism Cancer Research 2 works
  3. 3 Epigenetics and DNA Methylation Molecular Biology 2 works
  4. 4 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 2 works
  5. 5 Chromatin Remodeling and Cancer Molecular Biology 2 works
  6. 6 Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments Neurology 2 works
  7. 7 Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  8. 8 Economic and Industrial Development Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  9. 9 Medical, Sociocultural, and Biopolitical Studies Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  10. 10 Brain Metastases and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 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 available70.6%not open29.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors41.7%domestic only58.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Brain Tumour Research's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 16% lower 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 Brain Tumour Research as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00030% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Brain Tumour Research0.00021% in 202519801990200020102020

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