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Cancer Care Ontario

In research, Cancer Care Ontario stands highest in Medicine (#2,745 of 17,978 worldwide), Health Sciences (#3,260 of 20,462 worldwide) and Oncology (#1,039 of 1,852 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#23,165
of 28,054 · #11,063 all time
Rank in Canada
#368
of 403
Research works
1.1k
▼ 32% vs 2013–17
Citations
37k
34.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

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
MedicineField #2,745 of 17,978 22.0%659
Health SciencesDomain #3,260 of 20,462 22.8%758
OncologySubfield #1,039 of 1,852 21.7%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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.92× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.74× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.91× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.50× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.53× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.56× its world share, 51 worksMedicineNursing: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.03× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.33× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.19× 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, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Cancer Care Ontario?

Ranked on the composite score, Michelle Cotterchio, Terrence Sullivan and J. C. Laidlaw lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Cancer Care Ontario.

  1. 1 Michelle Cotterchio Canada · #257,090 worldwide 138 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Terrence Sullivan Canada · #310,786 worldwide 80 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 J. C. Laidlaw Canada · #374,053 worldwide 106 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Eric Gutierrez Canada · #459,956 worldwide 19 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Loraine D. Marrett Canada · #494,709 worldwide 40 citations · 29 works
  6. 6 A. Rashid Dar Canada · #795,978 worldwide 20 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Peters Canada · #804,707 worldwide 6 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Esther Green Canada · #906,894 worldwide 21 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Davies Davies Canada · #1,128,555 worldwide 52 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 Seema Marwaha Canada · #1,269,758 worldwide 8 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Cancer Care Ontario

Which keywords describe research at Cancer Care Ontario?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Risk Factors, Radiotherapy, Chemotherapy, Immunotherapy, Clinical Trials, Cancer Incidence, Health Disparities and Preventive Services.

▲ 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. Risk Factors7▲ 8.2×8 topics
  2. Radiotherapy6▲ 22×9 topics
  3. Chemotherapy6▲ 12×19 topics
  4. Clinical Trials6▲ 12×13 topics
  5. Immunotherapy6▲ 12×13 topics
  6. Cancer Incidence5▲ 53×4 topics
  7. Quality of Life5▲ 4.8×19 topics
  8. Health Disparities4▲ 23×5 topics
  9. Population-Based Study4▲ 87×2 topics
  10. Preventive Services4▲ 97×2 topics
  11. Global Surveillance4▲ 124×1 topic
  12. Mortality Rates4▲ 60×1 topic
  13. Mortality4▲ 9.4×8 topics
  14. Screening4▲ 54×2 topics
  15. Biomarkers4▲ 7.3×5 topics
  16. Clinical Guidelines3▲ 16×5 topics
  17. Clinical Practice Guidelines3▲ 8.3×11 topics
  18. Prostate Cancer3▲ 35×3 topics
  19. Health-related Quality of Life3▲ 18×4 topics
  20. Survival Analysis3▲ 15×7 topics
  21. Targeted Therapy3▲ 17×4 topics
  22. Prognostic Factors3▲ 8.6×8 topics
  23. Genomic Profiling3▲ 35×2 topics
  24. Neoadjuvant Therapy3▲ 15×5 topics
  25. Genetic Mutations2▲ 7.7×6 topics
  26. Medical Education2▲ 12×6 topics
  27. Prevention2▲ 7.8×4 topics
  28. Radiation Therapy2▲ 25×3 topics
  29. Guidelines2▲ 6.6×5 topics
  30. Patient-Centered Care2▲ 41×3 topics
  31. Tumor Staging2▲ 27×2 topics
  32. Biopsy2▲ 45×2 topics
  33. Colorectal Cancer2▲ 36×2 topics
  34. Cost of Care2▲ 94×1 topic
  35. Dosimetry2▲ 39×2 topics
  36. Financial Toxicity2▲ 94×1 topic
  37. Quality Improvement2▲ 14×7 topics
  38. Cancer Treatment2▲ 12×6 topics
  39. Colonoscopy2▲ 63×1 topic
  40. Polyps2▲ 63×1 topic

Which research topics does Cancer Care Ontario publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Cancer Incidence and Screening, Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer, Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection and Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare.

Global Cancer Incidence …4Global Cancer Incidence and Screening: 4 fractional worksEconomic and Financial I…2Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer: 2 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 2 fractional worksPatient-Provider Communication in Healthcare: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Radiotherapy Techniques: 2 fractional worksProstate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksHealth Literacy and Info…2Health Literacy and Information Accessibility: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 2 fractional worksChildhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life: 2 fractional worksProstate Cancer Treatmen…2Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research: 2 fractional works
OncologyEconomics and EconometricsGeneral Health ProfessionsRadiation2 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 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 2 works
  4. 4 Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare General Health Professions 2 works
  5. 5 Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques Radiation 2 works
  6. 6 Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Health Literacy and Information Accessibility General Health Professions 2 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 2 works
  9. 9 Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  10. 10 Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Cancer Care Ontario's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 32% lower 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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