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Canadian Cancer Society

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Research works
95
▲ 43% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.2k
23.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Canadian Cancer Society 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: 1.32× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceEnvironmental Science: 1.28× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 9.91× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 3.87× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.29× its world share, 6 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.93× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.76× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.95× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 9.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Canadian Cancer Society?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chemotherapy, Risk Factors, Psychiatric Disorders, Physical Activity, Public Health, Cancer Incidence, Cancer Risk and Population-Based Study.

▲ 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 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. Public Health7▲ 5.2×18 topics
  2. Risk Factors6▲ 6.4×8 topics
  3. Chemotherapy6▲ 9.2×19 topics
  4. Physical Activity6▲ 16×7 topics
  5. Psychiatric Disorders6▲ 39×2 topics
  6. Cancer Incidence6▲ 41×4 topics
  7. Cancer Risk5▲ 21×5 topics
  8. Population-Based Study5▲ 86×2 topics
  9. Health Disparities5▲ 25×4 topics
  10. Immunotherapy5▲ 7.6×12 topics
  11. Smoking Cessation5▲ 143×1 topic
  12. Tobacco Use5▲ 143×1 topic
  13. Obesity4▲ 6.3×6 topics
  14. Chronic Diseases4▲ 17×7 topics
  15. Preventive Services4▲ 85×2 topics
  16. Global Surveillance4▲ 115×1 topic
  17. Mortality Rates4▲ 48×1 topic
  18. Non-Communicable Diseases4▲ 29×2 topics
  19. Health-related Quality of Life4▲ 19×3 topics
  20. Quality of Life4▲ 3.1×12 topics
  21. Cardiovascular Disease4▲ 3.5×8 topics
  22. Radiotherapy4▲ 10×11 topics
  23. Medical Education4▲ 16×7 topics
  24. Prognostic Factors3▲ 7.9×10 topics
  25. Metabolic Syndrome3▲ 4.1×9 topics
  26. Clinical Practice Guidelines3▲ 5.9×8 topics
  27. Clinical Trials3▲ 5.3×10 topics
  28. Depression3▲ 4.4×9 topics
  29. Corporate Political Activity3▲ 109×1 topic
  30. Global Trade3▲ 22×1 topic
  31. Health Effects3▲ 5.3×5 topics
  32. Health Inequities3▲ 74×2 topics
  33. Neoadjuvant Therapy3▲ 14×5 topics
  34. Adolescents3▲ 8.7×5 topics
  35. Guidelines3▲ 6.3×3 topics
  36. Mortality3▲ 6.1×5 topics
  37. Survival Analysis3▲ 11×6 topics
  38. Cancer Survivorship3▲ 50×2 topics
  39. Anxiety3▲ 7.9×6 topics
  40. Breast Cancer3▲ 9.6×10 topics

Which research topics does Canadian Cancer Society publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Cancer Incidence and Screening, Statistical Methods and Inference, Advanced Causal Inference Techniques and Russia and Soviet political economy.

Global Cancer Incidence …1Global Cancer Incidence and Screening: 1 fractional worksStatistical Methods and …0Statistical Methods and Inference: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Causal Inferenc…0Advanced Causal Inference Techniques: 0 fractional worksRussia and Soviet politi…0Russia and Soviet political economy: 0 fractional worksCancer Risks and Factors: 0 fractional worksStatistical Methods in Clinical Trials: 0 fractional worksMental Health and Patien…0Mental Health and Patient Involvement: 0 fractional worksCancer survivorship and care: 0 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 0 fractional worksAir Quality and Health I…0Air Quality and Health Impacts: 0 fractional works
OncologyStatistics and ProbabilityPolitical Science and International RelationsGeneral Health Professions2 others

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

  1. 1 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 1 works
  2. 2 Statistical Methods and Inference Statistics and Probability 0 works
  3. 3 Advanced Causal Inference Techniques Statistics and Probability 0 works
  4. 4 Russia and Soviet political economy Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  5. 5 Cancer Risks and Factors Oncology 0 works
  6. 6 Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials Statistics and Probability 0 works
  7. 7 Mental Health and Patient Involvement General Health Professions 0 works
  8. 8 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 0 works
  9. 9 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  10. 10 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 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 available47.8%not open52.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.6%domestic only73.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Canadian Cancer Society's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 43% 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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