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Cancer Council Australia

In research, Cancer Council Australia stands highest in Health Sciences (#9,442 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#29,309
of 42,892
Rank in Australia
#523
of 656
Research works
219
▼ 22% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.9k
27.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

What is Cancer Council 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 #9,442 of 20,462 25.6%136

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Cancer Council 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 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: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.95× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 9.15× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Energy: 3.95× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEnvironmental Science: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 3.65× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.55× its world share, 7 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.23× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.50× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.56× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.22× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.02× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 9.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Cancer Council Australia?

Ranked on the composite score, Ida Harper Simpson and Ian Olver lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Cancer Council Australia.

  1. 1 Ida Harper Simpson Australia · #218,683 worldwide 133 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Ian Olver Australia · #363,297 worldwide 149 citations · 82 works
All ranked researchers at Cancer Council Australia

Which keywords describe research at Cancer Council Australia?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Risk Factors, Cancer Incidence, Quality of Life, Health Disparities, Mortality Rates, Population-Based Study, Preventive Services and Epidemiological Research.

▲ 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. Risk Factors22▲ 9.4×12 topics
  2. Quality of Life20▲ 6.8×25 topics
  3. Cancer Incidence19▲ 61×4 topics
  4. Health Disparities18▲ 41×6 topics
  5. Mortality Rates16▲ 80×2 topics
  6. Population-Based Study16▲ 124×2 topics
  7. Preventive Services16▲ 137×2 topics
  8. Epidemiological Research16▲ 144×2 topics
  9. Breast Cancer Screening15▲ 180×1 topic
  10. Global Surveillance15▲ 180×1 topic
  11. Epidemiology14▲ 1.60×27 topics
  12. Public Health14▲ 4.6×22 topics
  13. Chemotherapy11▲ 7.4×19 topics
  14. Physical Activity11▲ 14×6 topics
  15. Mental Health10▲ 4.3×20 topics
  16. Obesity10▲ 6.3×6 topics
  17. Radiotherapy9▲ 11×9 topics
  18. Depression9▲ 5.6×12 topics
  19. Breast Cancer8▲ 13×9 topics
  20. Health-related Quality of Life8▲ 17×2 topics
  21. Social Support8▲ 8.1×9 topics
  22. Cancer Survivorship8▲ 61×2 topics
  23. Metabolic Syndrome8▲ 4.2×8 topics
  24. Anxiety8▲ 9.8×7 topics
  25. Ethical Considerations8▲ 11×8 topics
  26. Cancer Risk7▲ 13×6 topics
  27. Fatigue7▲ 40×3 topics
  28. Patient-Reported Outcomes7▲ 84×1 topic
  29. Psychosocial Interventions7▲ 84×1 topic
  30. Survival Analysis6▲ 11×7 topics
  31. Adolescents6▲ 8.4×6 topics
  32. Guidelines6▲ 5.8×3 topics
  33. Psychological Adjustment6▲ 24×4 topics
  34. Well-being6▲ 10×9 topics
  35. Palliative Care6▲ 16×3 topics
  36. Prevention6▲ 6.6×7 topics
  37. End-of-Life6▲ 31×2 topics
  38. Health5▲ 6.5×6 topics
  39. Health Care Costs5▲ 32×2 topics
  40. Medical Education5▲ 9.7×8 topics

Which research topics does Cancer Council Australia publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Cancer Incidence and Screening, Smoking Behavior and Cessation, Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education and Global Energy and Sustainability Research.

Global Cancer Incidence and Screening: 1 fractional worksSmoking Behavior and Cessation: 1 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence …0Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 0 fractional worksGlobal Energy and Sustai…0Global Energy and Sustainability Research: 0 fractional worksPharmaceutical industry and healthcare: 0 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 0 fractional worksGlobal Public Health Pol…0Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology: 0 fractional worksMedical Research and Pra…0Medical Research and Practices: 0 fractional worksEconomic and Financial I…0Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer: 0 fractional worksNutritional Studies and …0Nutritional Studies and Diet: 0 fractional works
OncologyPhysiologyHealth InformaticsRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment6 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 Smoking Behavior and Cessation Physiology 1 works
  3. 3 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 0 works
  4. 4 Global Energy and Sustainability Research Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 0 works
  5. 5 Pharmaceutical industry and healthcare Pharmacology 0 works
  6. 6 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 0 works
  7. 7 Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 0 works
  8. 8 Medical Research and Practices Medical Terminology 0 works
  9. 9 Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  10. 10 Nutritional Studies and Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 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 available38.0%not open62.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.5%domestic only83.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Cancer Council Australia's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 22% 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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