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Cancer Council NSW

In research, Cancer Council NSW stands highest in Medicine (#5,548 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,700 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology — Oncology is 21.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,628
of 28,054 · #18,682 all time
Rank in Australia
#289
of 391
Research works
565
▲ 46% vs 2013–17
Citations
23k
40.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
29.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
55%
world 28%

What is Cancer Council NSW known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #5,548 of 10,443 27.6%84 #4728
Health SciencesDomain #6,700 of 11,982 28.2%94 #5537

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Cancer Council NSW 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).

What does Cancer Council NSW specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 21.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 31.5 works21×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.30× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.04× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.38× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.41× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.35× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.35× its world share, 84 worksMedicineNursing: 2.05× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.38× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.02× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Cancer Council NSW?

Ranked on the composite score, Margaret McCredie, Dianne L. O’Connell and Freddy Sitas lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Cancer Council NSW.

  1. 1 Margaret McCredie Australia · #75,949 worldwide 185 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Dianne L. O’Connell Australia · #80,612 worldwide 149 citations · 34 works
  3. 3 Freddy Sitas Australia · #131,510 worldwide 207 citations · 27 works
  4. 4 Julia Steinberg Australia · #345,360 worldwide 108 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Kathy Chapman Australia · #367,438 worldwide 90 citations · 35 works
  6. 6 Natalie Taylor Australia · #497,709 worldwide 49 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 John Hall Stewart Australia · #564,105 worldwide 40 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Wendy L. Watson Australia · #1,023,765 worldwide 14 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Newell Australia · #1,248,107 worldwide 7 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Clare Hughes Australia · #1,388,922 worldwide 10 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Cancer Council NSW

Which keywords describe research at Cancer Council NSW?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Risk Factors, Cancer Incidence, Health Disparities, Preventive Services, Population-Based Study, Mortality Rates, Breast Cancer Screening and Global Surveillance.

▲ 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 Factors19▲ 13×11 topics
  2. Cancer Incidence17▲ 93×3 topics
  3. Health Disparities15▲ 43×7 topics
  4. Preventive Services14▲ 185×2 topics
  5. Population-Based Study14▲ 163×2 topics
  6. Mortality Rates14▲ 110×2 topics
  7. Breast Cancer Screening14▲ 226×1 topic
  8. Global Surveillance14▲ 226×1 topic
  9. Epidemiology11▲ 2.1×38 topics
  10. Quality of Life11▲ 5.9×22 topics
  11. Breast Cancer8▲ 27×11 topics
  12. Physical Activity8▲ 12×4 topics
  13. Cancer Risk7▲ 25×5 topics
  14. Chemotherapy7▲ 7.5×17 topics
  15. Health-related Quality of Life6▲ 20×3 topics
  16. Depression6▲ 5.3×8 topics
  17. Mortality6▲ 7.6×7 topics
  18. Anxiety6▲ 9.3×6 topics
  19. Cancer Survivorship6▲ 59×2 topics
  20. Survival Analysis6▲ 16×6 topics
  21. Prevention5▲ 9.8×9 topics
  22. Fatigue5▲ 35×2 topics
  23. Patient-Reported Outcomes5▲ 75×1 topic
  24. Psychosocial Interventions5▲ 75×1 topic
  25. Screening5▲ 41×2 topics
  26. Obesity5▲ 5.0×10 topics
  27. Precision Medicine5▲ 8.2×5 topics
  28. Ovarian Cancer5▲ 41×3 topics
  29. Radiotherapy5▲ 9.6×7 topics
  30. Clinical Trials5▲ 5.4×10 topics
  31. Colorectal Cancer4▲ 43×3 topics
  32. Guidelines4▲ 7.3×3 topics
  33. Incidence4▲ 55×2 topics
  34. Surveillance4▲ 13×3 topics
  35. Colonoscopy4▲ 76×1 topic
  36. Polyps4▲ 76×1 topic
  37. Tumor Staging4▲ 27×2 topics
  38. Digital Mammography4▲ 225×1 topic
  39. Mammographic Density4▲ 225×1 topic
  40. Genetic Testing4▲ 25×2 topics

Which research topics does Cancer Council NSW publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Cancer Incidence and Screening, Cancer survivorship and care, Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection and Digital Radiography and Breast Imaging.

Global Cancer Incidence …14Global Cancer Incidence and Screening: 14 fractional worksCancer survivorship and …5Cancer survivorship and care: 5 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Screen…4Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 4 fractional worksDigital Radiography and Breast Imaging: 4 fractional worksAI in cancer detection: 4 fractional worksBRCA gene mutations in c…3BRCA gene mutations in cancer: 3 fractional worksSmoking Behavior and Cessation: 3 fractional worksCervical Cancer and HPV Research: 3 fractional worksCutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management: 3 fractional worksObesity, Physical Activity, Diet: 2 fractional works
OncologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineArtificial IntelligenceGenetics3 others

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

  1. 1 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 14 works
  2. 2 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 5 works
  3. 3 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 4 works
  4. 4 Digital Radiography and Breast Imaging Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  5. 5 AI in cancer detection Artificial Intelligence 4 works
  6. 6 BRCA gene mutations in cancer Genetics 3 works
  7. 7 Smoking Behavior and Cessation Physiology 3 works
  8. 8 Cervical Cancer and HPV Research Epidemiology 3 works
  9. 9 Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management Oncology 3 works
  10. 10 Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 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 available54.9%not open45.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.2%domestic only76.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Cancer Council NSW's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 46% 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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