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Cancer Australia

In research, Cancer Australia stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,091 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#6,391 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#20,704
of 22,385 · #17,659 all time
Rank in Australia
#245
of 270
Research works
324
▼ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.5k
20.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.02×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
49%
world 40%
International
28%
world 18%
Cancer Australia

What is Cancer Australia 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 #6,091 of 16,688 11.3%217
MedicineField #6,391 of 14,558 11.3%193

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Cancer Australia 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 Cancer Australia work in?

In 2022-now, 67% of research at Cancer Australia is in Health Sciences, 14% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (61%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (10%), Health Professions (5%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 49 fractional works · 67.0% of its workMedicine: 45 fractional works · 61.5% of its workOncology: 12 fractional works · 16.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 7 fractional works · 9.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 5.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 4.6% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 4.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 10 fractional works · 13.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 10.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 10.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 7 fractional works · 9.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workRadiation: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKCancer Australia73fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences67%Social Sciences10%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine4561.5%
    2. Health Professions34.6%
    3. Nursing00.5%
    4. Dentistry00.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology810.4%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology12.0%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.8%
    4. Neuroscience00.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Social Sciences33.6%
    2. Psychology22.8%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.9%
    5. Decision Sciences00.6%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.4%
    1. Physics and Astronomy23.3%
    2. Engineering22.9%
    3. Computer Science11.8%
    4. Environmental Science00.6%
    5. Chemistry00.2%
    6. Mathematics00.1%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
    8. Materials Science00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.94× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.96× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.47× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.91× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.74× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.20× its world share, 45 worksMedicineNursing: 1.09× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.85× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.90× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.20×45 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology1.96×1 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.94×8 works
  4. Health Professions1.74×3 works
  5. Physics and Astronomy1.47×2 works
  6. Nursing1.09×0 works
  7. Dentistry0.91×0 works
  8. Psychology0.90×2 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.85×1 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.59×0 works
  11. Neuroscience0.37×0 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.33×0 works
  13. Social Sciences0.28×3 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.27×1 works
  15. Computer Science0.24×1 works
  16. Engineering0.19×2 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.18×1 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.15×0 works
  19. Chemistry0.13×0 works
  20. Environmental Science0.13×0 works
  21. Mathematics0.07×0 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.02×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Cancer Australia?

Ranked on the quality score, Hayley C. Russell, Vivienne Milch and Anannya Chakrabarti lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Cancer Australia.

  1. 1 Hayley C. Russell Australia · #939,371 worldwide 498 citations · 44 works
  2. 2 Vivienne Milch Australia · #1,377,516 worldwide 485 citations · 48 works
  3. 3 Anannya Chakrabarti Australia · #1,546,273 worldwide 156 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Caroline Nehill Australia · #1,981,637 worldwide 495 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Cleola Anderiesz Australia · #2,324,308 worldwide 940 citations · 33 works
  6. 6 Fleur Webster Australia · #2,596,637 worldwide 899 citations · 40 works
  7. 7 Dorothy Keefe Australia · #2,692,493 worldwide 303 citations · 29 works
  8. 8 Carolyn Der Vartanian Australia · #3,663,839 worldwide 106 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Helen M. Zorbas Australia · #4,026,254 worldwide 1.4k citations · 72 works
  10. 10 Dirk Van Genechten Australia · #4,257,176 worldwide 103 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Cancer Australia

What are the most cited papers from Cancer Australia?

The most cited paper from Cancer Australia is "Frequency and Spectrum of Cancers in the Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome" (Nicholas Hearle et al., 2006), with 861 citations. Next come "Communicating prognosis in cancer care: a systematic review of the literature" (510) and "Nursing staffing, nursing workload, the work environment and patient outcomes" (482).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Frequency and Spectrum of Cancers in the Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome Nicholas Hearle et al. · Clinical Cancer Research 15 May 2006 861
2 Communicating prognosis in cancer care: a systematic review of the literature Rebecca G. Hagerty, Phyllis Noemi Butow, Peter Ellis et al. · Annals of Oncology ReviewOpen access 7 Jun 2005 510
3 Nursing staffing, nursing workload, the work environment and patient outcomes Christine Margaret Duffield, Donna Diers, Linda O’Brien‐Pallas et al. · Applied Nursing Research 11 Feb 2010 482
4 Clinical practice guidelines for the psychosocial care of adults with cancer Jane Turner, Siggi Zapart, Karen E. Pedersen et al. · Psycho-Oncology 2005 456
5 Adjuvant radiotherapy versus early salvage radiotherapy following radical prostatectomy (TROG 08.03/ANZUP RAVES): a randomised, controlled, phase 3, non-inferiority trial Andrew B. Kneebone et al. · The Lancet Oncology Open access 28 Sep 2020 378
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Which keywords describe research at Cancer Australia?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chemotherapy, Quality of Life, Radiotherapy, Health-related Quality of Life, Immunotherapy, Anxiety, Depression and Cancer Survivorship.

▲ 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. Chemotherapy7▲ 13×19 topics
  2. Quality of Life7▲ 6.4×20 topics
  3. Radiotherapy6▲ 20×10 topics
  4. Health-related Quality of Life5▲ 29×2 topics
  5. Immunotherapy4▲ 8.7×12 topics
  6. Depression4▲ 6.6×6 topics
  7. Anxiety4▲ 12×5 topics
  8. Cancer Survivorship4▲ 69×2 topics
  9. Physical Activity4▲ 11×3 topics
  10. Patient-Reported Outcomes4▲ 90×1 topic
  11. Psychosocial Interventions4▲ 90×1 topic
  12. Cancer3▲ 3.3×19 topics
  13. Clinical Trials3▲ 6.4×8 topics
  14. Breast Cancer3▲ 16×9 topics
  15. Clinical Practice Guidelines3▲ 6.9×10 topics
  16. Precision Medicine3▲ 7.2×6 topics
  17. Survival3▲ 26×4 topics
  18. Dosimetry2▲ 48×2 topics
  19. Tumor Microenvironment2▲ 7.6×7 topics
  20. Image-Guided Radiotherapy2▲ 77×1 topic
  21. Prognostic Factors2▲ 7.7×12 topics
  22. Prostate Cancer2▲ 24×3 topics
  23. Radiotherapy Physics2▲ 77×1 topic
  24. Cancer Incidence2▲ 23×3 topics
  25. Health Disparities2▲ 11×5 topics
  26. Cetuximab2▲ 32×2 topics
  27. Human Papillomavirus2▲ 23×3 topics
  28. Metastasis2▲ 8.0×8 topics
  29. Radiation Therapy2▲ 21×3 topics
  30. Squamous Cell Carcinoma2▲ 30×3 topics
  31. Biopsy2▲ 40×2 topics
  32. Cancer Risk2▲ 11×5 topics
  33. Genetic Variants2▲ 15×3 topics
  34. Prognosis2▲ 7.9×4 topics
  35. Screening2▲ 27×2 topics
  36. Survival Analysis2▲ 9.4×6 topics
  37. Targeted Therapy2▲ 12×4 topics
  38. Mortality Rates2▲ 26×2 topics
  39. Ovarian Cancer2▲ 27×3 topics
  40. Population-Based Study2▲ 37×2 topics

Which research topics does Cancer Australia publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cancer survivorship and care, Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques, Global Cancer Incidence and Screening and Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment.

Cancer survivorship and …4Cancer survivorship and care: 4 fractional worksAdvanced Radiotherapy Techniques: 2 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence and Screening: 2 fractional worksProstate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksHead and Neck Cancer Studies: 2 fractional worksChildhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life: 1 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…1Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 1 fractional worksBRCA gene mutations in cancer: 1 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 1 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 1 fractional works
OncologyRadiationPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineOtorhinolaryngology4 others

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

  1. 1 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 4 works
  2. 2 Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques Radiation 2 works
  3. 3 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 2 works
  4. 4 Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Head and Neck Cancer Studies Otorhinolaryngology 2 works
  6. 6 Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  7. 7 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 1 works
  8. 8 BRCA gene mutations in cancer Genetics 1 works
  9. 9 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 1 works
  10. 10 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 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 available49.2%not open50.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.0%domestic only72.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Cancer Australia's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% 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 Cancer Australia as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00024% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Cancer Australia0.00031% in 202519801990200020102020

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