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Cancer Care Ontario

In research, Cancer Care Ontario stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,094 of 16,688 worldwide), Medicine (#2,311 of 14,558 worldwide) and Oncology (#639 of 1,474 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#20,488
of 22,385 · #6,202 all time
Rank in Canada
#282
of 305
Research works
1.1k
▼ 51% vs 2018-21
Citations
37k
34.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
40%
world 40%
International
22%
world 18%
Cancer Care Ontario

What is Cancer Care Ontario 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 #2,094 of 16,688 15.0%758
MedicineField #2,311 of 14,558 15.7%659
OncologySubfield #639 of 1,474 12.4%164

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

In 2022-now, 78% of research at Cancer Care Ontario is in Health Sciences, 10% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (68%), Health Professions (9%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (6%). It does 3.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 64 fractional works · 77.7% of its workMedicine: 56 fractional works · 68.2% of its workOncology: 17 fractional works · 20.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 10 fractional works · 12.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 5 fractional works · 6.2% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 5.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 8.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 7.7% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 9.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 5.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 5.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 6.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workRadiation: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 6.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 4.9% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKCancer CareOntario82fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences78%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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine5668.2%
    2. Health Professions78.9%
    3. Dentistry00.3%
    4. Nursing00.2%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance55.7%
    2. Social Sciences22.3%
    3. Decision Sciences11.2%
    4. Psychology00.4%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.0%
    1. Physics and Astronomy33.2%
    2. Mathematics11.0%
    3. Computer Science10.9%
    4. Engineering10.8%
    5. Environmental Science00.4%
    6. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology44.9%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology10.7%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.4%
    4. Neuroscience00.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
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: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.92× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.68× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.83× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.45× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.39× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.55× its world share, 56 worksMedicineNursing: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.22× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.66× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.55×56 works
  2. Health Professions3.39×7 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.66×5 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy1.45×3 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.22×1 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.92×4 works
  7. Mathematics0.83×1 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology0.68×1 works
  9. Dentistry0.64×0 works
  10. Nursing0.40×0 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.30×0 works
  12. Social Sciences0.18×2 works
  13. Chemical Engineering0.17×0 works
  14. Psychology0.14×0 works
  15. Computer Science0.11×1 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.09×0 works
  17. Neuroscience0.08×0 works
  18. Environmental Science0.07×0 works
  19. Engineering0.06×1 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.03×0 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Cancer Care Ontario?

Ranked on the quality score, Michelle Cotterchio, Prithwish De and E. Aileen Clarke lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Cancer Care Ontario.

  1. 1 Michelle Cotterchio Canada · #79,332 worldwide 16k citations · 278 works
  2. 2 Prithwish De Canada · #164,246 worldwide 4.5k citations · 64 works
  3. 3 E. Aileen Clarke Canada · #169,023 worldwide 7.9k citations · 48 works
  4. 4 Eric J. Holowaty Canada · #211,935 worldwide 12k citations · 136 works
  5. 5 Anna Maria Chiarelli Canada · #341,145 worldwide 7.8k citations · 157 works
  6. 6 Meghan J. Walker Canada · #579,998 worldwide 886 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 Scott Gavura Canada · #607,087 worldwide 933 citations · 68 works
  8. 8 Loraine D. Marrett Canada · #715,275 worldwide 9.6k citations · 213 works
  9. 9 Rene S. Shumak Canada · #895,632 worldwide 2.8k citations · 41 works
  10. 10 Andriana Barisic Canada · #914,172 worldwide 772 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Cancer Care Ontario

What are the most cited papers from Cancer Care Ontario?

The most cited paper from Cancer Care Ontario is "AGREE II: advancing guideline development, reporting and evaluation in health care" (Melissa C. Brouwers, Michelle E. Kho, George P. Browman et al., 2010), with 3,825 citations. Next come "Mammographic Density and the Risk and Detection of Breast Cancer" (2,510) and "A GRADE Working Group approach for rating the quality of treatment effect estimates from network meta-analysis" (1,872).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 AGREE II: advancing guideline development, reporting and evaluation in health care Melissa C. Brouwers, Michelle E. Kho, George P. Browman et al. · Canadian Medical Association Journal Open access 5 Jul 2010 3,825
2 Mammographic Density and the Risk and Detection of Breast Cancer Norman F. Boyd, Helen Guo, Lisa Joy Martin et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 17 Jan 2007 2,510
3 A GRADE Working Group approach for rating the quality of treatment effect estimates from network meta-analysis Milo Alan Puhan, Holger Jens Schünemann, Mohammad Hassan Murad et al. · BMJ Open access 24 Sep 2014 1,872
4 Tumor Microsatellite Instability and Clinical Outcome in Young Patients with Colorectal Cancer Robert Gryfe, Hyeja Kim, Eugene Hsieh et al. · New England Journal of Medicine 13 Jan 2000 1,403
5 Colorectal cancer screening: a global overview of existing programmes Eline H. Schreuders, Arlinda Ruco, Linda Rabeneck et al. · Gut Open access 3 Jun 2015 1,390
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Cancer Care Ontario?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chemotherapy, Risk Factors, Clinical Trials, Immunotherapy, Radiotherapy, Cancer Incidence, Health Disparities and Quality of Life.

▲ 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▲ 12×19 topics
  2. Risk Factors7▲ 7.7×8 topics
  3. Clinical Trials7▲ 12×13 topics
  4. Immunotherapy7▲ 11×14 topics
  5. Radiotherapy7▲ 20×9 topics
  6. Quality of Life6▲ 4.8×19 topics
  7. Cancer Incidence6▲ 49×4 topics
  8. Health Disparities5▲ 22×5 topics
  9. Population-Based Study4▲ 81×2 topics
  10. Preventive Services4▲ 88×2 topics
  11. Global Surveillance4▲ 114×1 topic
  12. Mortality Rates4▲ 55×1 topic
  13. Screening4▲ 53×2 topics
  14. Mortality4▲ 8.7×8 topics
  15. Biomarkers4▲ 7.0×7 topics
  16. Clinical Guidelines4▲ 16×5 topics
  17. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 8.6×11 topics
  18. Prostate Cancer4▲ 35×4 topics
  19. Survival Analysis3▲ 15×7 topics
  20. Health-related Quality of Life3▲ 17×4 topics
  21. Radiation Therapy3▲ 28×3 topics
  22. Prognostic Factors3▲ 8.4×9 topics
  23. Targeted Therapy3▲ 17×4 topics
  24. Genomic Profiling3▲ 34×2 topics
  25. Neoadjuvant Therapy3▲ 14×5 topics
  26. Genetic Mutations3▲ 7.3×6 topics
  27. Biopsy2▲ 48×2 topics
  28. Cost of Care2▲ 100×1 topic
  29. Financial Toxicity2▲ 100×1 topic
  30. Medical Education2▲ 11×7 topics
  31. Prevention2▲ 7.1×4 topics
  32. Patient-Centered Care2▲ 38×3 topics
  33. Cancer Risk2▲ 12×6 topics
  34. Cancer Treatment2▲ 11×7 topics
  35. Dosimetry2▲ 38×2 topics
  36. Genetic Variants2▲ 15×2 topics
  37. Image-Guided Radiotherapy2▲ 62×1 topic
  38. Quality Improvement2▲ 14×7 topics
  39. Survival Rates2▲ 27×2 topics
  40. Tumor Staging2▲ 24×2 topics

Which research topics does Cancer Care Ontario publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Global Cancer Incidence and Screening, Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer, Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques and Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection.

Global Cancer Incidence …4Global Cancer Incidence and Screening: 4 fractional worksEconomic and Financial I…2Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Radiotherapy Techniques: 2 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 2 fractional worksProstate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksPatient-Provider Communication in Healthcare: 2 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic…2Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 2 fractional worksProstate Cancer Treatment and Research: 2 fractional worksChildhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life: 2 fractional worksCancer survivorship and …2Cancer survivorship and care: 2 fractional works
OncologyEconomics and EconometricsRadiationPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine2 others

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

  1. 1 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 4 works
  2. 2 Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  3. 3 Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques Radiation 2 works
  4. 4 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 2 works
  5. 5 Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare General Health Professions 2 works
  7. 7 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  8. 8 Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  10. 10 Cancer survivorship and care 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 available39.6%not open60.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Cancer Care Ontario's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 51% 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 Care Ontario as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00022% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Cancer Care Ontario0.00037% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Cancer Care Ontario over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025Cancer Care Ontario7.8% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 20.9% in 2003.

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