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Cancer Genomics Centre

In research, Cancer Genomics Centre stands highest in Health Sciences (#775 of 16,688 worldwide), Medicine (#761 of 14,558 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#653 of 11,023 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,960
of 22,385 · #1,628 all time
Rank in Netherlands
#109
of 197
Research works
878
▼ 25% vs 2018-21
Citations
70k
79.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.08×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
66%
world 40%
International
40%
world 18%
Cancer Genomics Centre

What is Cancer Genomics Centre 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 #775 of 16,688 22.8%319
MedicineField #761 of 14,558 22.8%297
Life SciencesDomain #653 of 11,023 23.7%459
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #398 of 5,801 24.9%392
Molecular BiologySubfield #376 of 3,729 25.6%261

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

In 2022-now, 55% of research at Cancer Genomics Centre is in Health Sciences, 27% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (51%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (21%), Engineering (8%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 60 fractional works · 55.4% of its workMedicine: 55 fractional works · 51.5% of its workOncology: 12 fractional works · 11.1% of its workSurgery: 6 fractional works · 5.7% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 5 fractional works · 4.3% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 29 fractional works · 26.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 22 fractional works · 20.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 12.1% of its workCancer Research: 4 fractional works · 3.5% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 15 fractional works · 13.7% of its workEngineering: 9 fractional works · 8.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKCancer GenomicsCentre108fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences27%Physical Sciences14%Health Sciences55%Social Sciences4%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine5551.5%
    2. Health Professions43.4%
    3. Nursing00.4%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2220.5%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology32.9%
    3. Neuroscience32.5%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Engineering98.2%
    2. Chemistry11.3%
    3. Environmental Science11.2%
    4. Computer Science11.2%
    5. Materials Science11.0%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.5%
    7. Mathematics00.3%
    8. Energy00.1%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    1. Psychology22.2%
    2. Social Sciences10.9%
    3. Decision Sciences00.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.4%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.2%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.0%
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: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.85× its world share, 22 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.86× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.56× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.80× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.55× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.29× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.68× its world share, 56 worksMedicineNursing: 0.81× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.73× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.85×22 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology2.86×3 works
  3. Medicine2.68×56 works
  4. Neuroscience1.56×3 works
  5. Health Professions1.29×4 works
  6. Nursing0.81×0 works
  7. Chemistry0.80×1 works
  8. Psychology0.73×2 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.66×0 works
  10. Engineering0.55×9 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.43×0 works
  12. Veterinary0.33×0 works
  13. Materials Science0.29×1 works
  14. Mathematics0.26×0 works
  15. Environmental Science0.24×1 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.20×0 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.19×0 works
  18. Computer Science0.15×1 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.11×1 works
  20. Energy0.08×0 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.08×0 works
  22. Dentistry0.07×0 works
  23. Social Sciences0.07×1 works
  24. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.04×0 works
  25. Business, Management and Accounting0.02×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Cancer Genomics Centre?

The most cited paper from Cancer Genomics Centre is "Molecular mechanisms of cell death: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2018" (Lorenzo Galluzzi et al., 2018), with 6,760 citations. Next come "The repertoire of mutational signatures in human cancer" (3,854) and "Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes" (3,360).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Molecular mechanisms of cell death: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2018 Lorenzo Galluzzi et al. · Cell Death and Differentiation Open access169 authors 23 Jan 2018 6,760
2 The repertoire of mutational signatures in human cancer Ludmil B. Alexandrov et al. · Nature Open access1,384 authors 5 Feb 2020 3,854
3 Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes Lauri A. Aaltonen et al. · Nature Open access1,324 authors 5 Feb 2020 3,360
4 EAU-EANM-ESTRO-ESUR-SIOG Guidelines on Prostate Cancer—2020 Update. Part 1: Screening, Diagnosis, and Local Treatment with Curative Intent Nicolas Mottet et al. · European Urology Open access 7 Nov 2020 2,876
5 Tracking the Evolution of Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer Mariam Jamal‐Hanjani et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 26 Apr 2017 2,501
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Cancer Genomics Centre?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Immunotherapy, Chemotherapy, Genetic Mutations, Epidemiology, Tumor Microenvironment, Cancer, Survival Analysis and Neoadjuvant Therapy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology10▲ 2.3×43 topics
  2. Immunotherapy8▲ 11×15 topics
  3. Chemotherapy7▲ 9.7×18 topics
  4. Cancer6▲ 4.1×31 topics
  5. Genetic Mutations6▲ 12×12 topics
  6. Tumor Microenvironment5▲ 10×6 topics
  7. Inflammation4▲ 1.90×27 topics
  8. Quality of Life4▲ 2.8×22 topics
  9. Neoadjuvant Therapy4▲ 17×5 topics
  10. Survival Analysis4▲ 15×7 topics
  11. Clinical Trials4▲ 5.6×12 topics
  12. Targeted Therapy4▲ 16×4 topics
  13. Functional Recovery4▲ 22×3 topics
  14. Prognostic Factors4▲ 7.6×10 topics
  15. Rehabilitation3▲ 7.6×5 topics
  16. Biomarkers3▲ 4.3×9 topics
  17. Clinical Practice Guidelines3▲ 5.3×12 topics
  18. Genomic Instability3▲ 26×3 topics
  19. Gene Expression3▲ 4.4×9 topics
  20. Pancreatic Cancer3▲ 26×3 topics
  21. Metastasis3▲ 7.9×12 topics
  22. Gemcitabine3▲ 37×1 topic
  23. Surgical Complications3▲ 33×1 topic
  24. Neuroendocrine Tumors3▲ 73×1 topic
  25. Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors3▲ 73×1 topic
  26. Physical Activity3▲ 5.0×5 topics
  27. Prognosis3▲ 7.2×6 topics
  28. Cerebral Palsy2▲ 31×2 topics
  29. Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition2▲ 23×2 topics
  30. Gross Motor Function2▲ 53×1 topic
  31. ICF Model2▲ 53×1 topic
  32. Cancer Genomics2▲ 28×1 topic
  33. Mutational Signatures2▲ 28×1 topic
  34. Somatic Mutations2▲ 25×2 topics
  35. Neural Plasticity2▲ 11×3 topics
  36. Therapy2▲ 9.9×5 topics
  37. Cancer Progression2▲ 10×6 topics
  38. Cancer Risk2▲ 8.3×5 topics
  39. Cancer Stem Cells2▲ 41×1 topic
  40. Recovery2▲ 17×2 topics

Which research topics does Cancer Genomics Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research, Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances, Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders and Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics.

Pancreatic and Hepatic O…3Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 3 fractional worksNeuroendocrine Tumor Res…3Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances: 3 fractional worksCerebral Palsy and Movem…2Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders: 2 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diag…2Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksCancer Cells and Metastasis: 2 fractional worksStroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 2 fractional worksNeuroblastoma Research a…2Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments: 2 fractional worksStructural Health Monito…2Structural Health Monitoring Techniques: 2 fractional worksLung Cancer Research Stu…1Lung Cancer Research Studies: 1 fractional worksHepatocellular Carcinoma…1Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis: 1 fractional works
OncologyEpidemiologyPsychiatry and Mental healthCancer Research4 others

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

  1. 1 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 3 works
  2. 2 Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances Epidemiology 3 works
  3. 3 Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders Psychiatry and Mental health 2 works
  4. 4 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 2 works
  5. 5 Cancer Cells and Metastasis Oncology 2 works
  6. 6 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 2 works
  7. 7 Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments Neurology 2 works
  8. 8 Structural Health Monitoring Techniques Civil and Structural Engineering 2 works
  9. 9 Lung Cancer Research Studies Oncology 1 works
  10. 10 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Hepatology 1 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 available66.1%not open33.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors39.7%domestic only60.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Cancer Genomics Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 25% 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 Genomics Centre as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00037% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Cancer Genomics Centre0.00043% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Cancer Genomics Centre 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 Genomics Centre15.4% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 28.6% in 2008.

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