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Cancer Council NSW

In research, Cancer Council NSW stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,786 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#1,941 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology (Oncology is 21.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#9,570
of 22,385 · #7,071 all time
Rank in Australia
#118
of 270
Research works
565
▲ 85% vs 2018-21
Citations
23k
40.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.17×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
55%
world 40%
International
23%
world 18%
Cancer Council NSW

What is Cancer Council NSW known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #1,786 of 9,902 19.9%94 #2053
MedicineField #1,941 of 8,541 19.6%84 #2295

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Cancer Council NSW work in?

In 2022-now, 72% of research at Cancer Council NSW is in Health Sciences, 13% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (64%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (7%), Health Professions (7%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 106 fractional works · 71.8% of its workMedicine: 94 fractional works · 64.1% of its workOncology: 35 fractional works · 23.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 11 fractional works · 7.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 9 fractional works · 6.4% of its workEpidemiology: 7 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 10 fractional works · 6.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 5.0% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 19 fractional works · 13.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 5.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 14 fractional works · 9.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 7.4% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 3.6% of its workCancer Research: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 8 fractional works · 5.7% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKCancer CouncilNSW147fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences72%Social Sciences13%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine9464.1%
    2. Health Professions106.6%
    3. Nursing10.9%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Social Sciences85.2%
    2. Psychology43.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance42.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting21.5%
    5. Decision Sciences00.3%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology117.4%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology21.1%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.6%
    4. Neuroscience00.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Computer Science42.9%
    2. Environmental Science32.0%
    3. Engineering10.5%
    4. Mathematics00.1%
    5. Chemistry00.1%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Cancer Council NSW specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 21.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 34.9 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: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.38× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.08× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.37× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.40× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.49× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.33× its world share, 94 worksMedicineNursing: 1.92× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.32× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.98× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.33×94 works
  2. Health Professions2.49×10 works
  3. Nursing1.92×1 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.38×11 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.32×4 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.08×2 works
  7. Psychology0.98×4 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting0.47×2 works
  9. Dentistry0.46×0 works
  10. Social Sciences0.41×8 works
  11. Environmental Science0.40×3 works
  12. Computer Science0.37×4 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.29×0 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.27×0 works
  15. Veterinary0.19×0 works
  16. Neuroscience0.16×0 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.13×1 works
  18. Mathematics0.13×0 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.08×0 works
  20. Chemistry0.05×0 works
  21. Engineering0.04×1 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Cancer Council NSW?

Ranked on the quality score, Julia Steinberg, Sam J. Egger and Dianne L. O’Connell lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Cancer Council NSW.

  1. 1 Julia Steinberg Australia · #127,887 worldwide 4.9k citations · 144 works
  2. 2 Sam J. Egger Australia · #196,393 worldwide 4.3k citations · 141 works
  3. 3 Dianne L. O’Connell Australia · #334,237 worldwide 13k citations · 287 works
  4. 4 Pavla Vaneckova Australia · #500,850 worldwide 2.5k citations · 34 works
  5. 5 Marianne Frances Weber Australia · #507,110 worldwide 4.1k citations · 187 works
  6. 6 Kathy L. Chapman Australia · #519,297 worldwide 10k citations · 233 works
  7. 7 Jie‐Bin Lew Australia · #527,728 worldwide 3.7k citations · 81 works
  8. 8 Peter Sarich Australia · #617,327 worldwide 764 citations · 33 works
  9. 9 Xue Qin Yu Australia · #624,279 worldwide 24k citations · 153 works
  10. 10 Priscilla T. Chan Australia · #624,930 worldwide 979 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Cancer Council NSW

What are the most cited papers from Cancer Council NSW?

The most cited paper from Cancer Council NSW is "Cancer statistics in China, 2015" (Wanqing Chen, Rongshou Zheng, Peter D. Baade et al., 2016), with 18,026 citations. Next come "Genome-wide association study identifies novel breast cancer susceptibility loci" (2,342) and "The epidemiology of UV induced skin cancer" (1,834).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Cancer statistics in China, 2015 Wanqing Chen, Rongshou Zheng, Peter D. Baade et al. · CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians Open access 25 Jan 2016 18,026
2 Genome-wide association study identifies novel breast cancer susceptibility loci Douglas F. Easton et al. · Nature Open access239 authors 27 May 2007 2,342
3 The epidemiology of UV induced skin cancer Bruce Konrad Armstrong, Anne Kricker · Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology Oct 2001 1,834
4 Changing cancer survival in China during 2003–15: a pooled analysis of 17 population-based cancer registries Hongmei Zeng et al. · The Lancet Global Health Open access 10 Apr 2018 1,620
5 Reaching the hard-to-reach: a systematic review of strategies for improving health and medical research with socially disadvantaged groups Billie Bonevski, Madeleine Randell, Christine Louise Paul et al. · BMC Medical Research Methodology ReviewOpen access 25 Mar 2014 1,537
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Cancer Council NSW?

By fractional works in 2022-now, 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-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. Risk Factors20▲ 12×11 topics
  2. Cancer Incidence18▲ 90×3 topics
  3. Health Disparities16▲ 42×7 topics
  4. Preventive Services15▲ 173×2 topics
  5. Population-Based Study15▲ 156×2 topics
  6. Breast Cancer Screening15▲ 215×1 topic
  7. Global Surveillance15▲ 215×1 topic
  8. Mortality Rates15▲ 105×2 topics
  9. Epidemiology12▲ 2.1×40 topics
  10. Quality of Life12▲ 5.8×23 topics
  11. Breast Cancer10▲ 26×11 topics
  12. Physical Activity9▲ 12×5 topics
  13. Chemotherapy8▲ 8.0×17 topics
  14. Cancer Risk8▲ 24×6 topics
  15. Depression7▲ 5.5×9 topics
  16. Health-related Quality of Life7▲ 20×3 topics
  17. Anxiety7▲ 9.6×7 topics
  18. Survival Analysis7▲ 16×6 topics
  19. Cancer Survivorship6▲ 59×2 topics
  20. Mortality6▲ 7.5×9 topics
  21. Precision Medicine6▲ 8.6×5 topics
  22. Fatigue6▲ 35×2 topics
  23. Patient-Reported Outcomes6▲ 73×1 topic
  24. Psychosocial Interventions6▲ 73×1 topic
  25. Prevention6▲ 9.3×9 topics
  26. Radiotherapy6▲ 9.7×8 topics
  27. Obesity5▲ 4.8×10 topics
  28. Ovarian Cancer5▲ 39×3 topics
  29. Screening5▲ 37×2 topics
  30. Clinical Trials5▲ 5.1×10 topics
  31. Colorectal Cancer5▲ 41×3 topics
  32. Guidelines5▲ 6.8×4 topics
  33. Surveillance5▲ 11×3 topics
  34. Incidence5▲ 51×2 topics
  35. Tumor Staging5▲ 28×2 topics
  36. Colonoscopy4▲ 70×1 topic
  37. Polyps4▲ 70×1 topic
  38. Skin Cancer4▲ 40×2 topics
  39. Melanoma4▲ 47×2 topics
  40. Genetic Testing4▲ 25×2 topics

Which research topics does Cancer Council NSW publish most on?

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

Global Cancer Incidence …15Global Cancer Incidence and Screening: 15 fractional worksCancer survivorship and …6Cancer survivorship and care: 6 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…4BRCA gene mutations in cancer: 4 fractional worksCutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management: 3 fractional worksSmoking Behavior and Cessation: 3 fractional worksCervical Cancer and HPV Research: 3 fractional worksBreast Lesions and Carcinomas: 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 15 works
  2. 2 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 6 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 4 works
  7. 7 Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management Oncology 3 works
  8. 8 Smoking Behavior and Cessation Physiology 3 works
  9. 9 Cervical Cancer and HPV Research Epidemiology 3 works
  10. 10 Breast Lesions and Carcinomas Pathology and Forensic 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 available54.9%not open45.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Cancer Council NSW's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 85% higher 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 Council NSW as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00068% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Cancer Council NSW0.00058% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Cancer Council NSW 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%Cancer Council NSW22.3% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 27.7% in 2021.

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