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Cancer Institute (WIA)

In research, Cancer Institute (WIA) stands highest in Medicine (#1,458 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,096 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#3,028 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology, Hematology and Cancer Research — Oncology is 11.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,904
of 28,054 · #2,870 all time
Rank in India
#349
of 1,840
Research works
5.2k
▲ 27% vs 2013–17
Citations
138k
26.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is Cancer Institute (WIA) 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 #1,458 of 10,443 6.8%597 #1036
Health SciencesDomain #2,096 of 11,982 7.0%624 #1352
Life SciencesDomain #3,028 of 7,800 11.4%153 #1331
OncologySubfield #549 of 772 7.8%112 #380
SurgerySubfield #1,455 of 1,816 6.0%81 #1413
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,966 of 3,579 11.6%115 #1785
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #957 of 1,144 6.3%86 #814

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Cancer Institute (WIA) 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#1,036 #1,458
  2. Health Sciences#1,352 #2,096
  3. Life Sciences#1,331 #3,028
  4. Oncology#380 #549
  5. Surgery#1,413 #1,455
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,785 #2,966
  7. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#814 #957
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Cancer Institute (WIA) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 11.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 112.2 works12×
  2. HematologySubfield · 28.1 works11×
  3. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 30.9 works8.4×
  4. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 85.7 works6.6×
← 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: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.54× its world share, 115 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.78× its world share, 24 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.44× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.55× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.33× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.49× its world share, 9 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.97× its world share, 8 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.73× its world share, 16 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.66× its world share, 597 worksMedicineNursing: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.47× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.26× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Cancer Institute (WIA)?

Ranked on the composite score, Venkatraman Radhakrishnan, Pier Giorgio Natali and F. Foppiano lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Cancer Institute (WIA).

  1. 1 Venkatraman Radhakrishnan India · #13,279 worldwide 691 citations · 51 works
  2. 2 Pier Giorgio Natali India · #72,617 worldwide 272 citations · 54 works
  3. 3 F. Foppiano India · #214,102 worldwide 1.3k citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Haruo Sugano India · #214,175 worldwide 94 citations · 35 works
  5. 5 Shozo Takayama India · #351,150 worldwide 83 citations · 29 works
  6. 6 Rajaraman Swaminathan India · #356,951 worldwide 59 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Trivadi S. Ganesan India · #392,446 worldwide 71 citations · 33 works
  8. 8 Masafumi TSUZUKU India · #530,490 worldwide 22 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Ramakrishnan Ayloor Seshadri India · #711,810 worldwide 29 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Ashish Chandra India · #783,474 worldwide 54 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Cancer Institute (WIA)

Which keywords describe research at Cancer Institute (WIA)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chemotherapy, Radiotherapy, Prognostic Factors, Immunotherapy, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Cancer, Quality of Life and Breast Cancer.

▲ 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. Chemotherapy95▲ 16×23 topics
  2. Radiotherapy67▲ 21×13 topics
  3. Prognostic Factors61▲ 16×14 topics
  4. Epidemiology57▲ 1.70×97 topics
  5. Immunotherapy56▲ 9.3×18 topics
  6. Cancer47▲ 4.1×49 topics
  7. Quality of Life45▲ 3.6×33 topics
  8. Clinical Practice Guidelines44▲ 9.6×14 topics
  9. Inflammation32▲ 1.80×64 topics
  10. Clinical Trials31▲ 5.4×16 topics
  11. Breast Cancer30▲ 15×11 topics
  12. Survival Analysis30▲ 13×7 topics
  13. Human Papillomavirus27▲ 26×3 topics
  14. Neoadjuvant Therapy27▲ 13×5 topics
  15. Metastasis26▲ 9.2×12 topics
  16. Treatment26▲ 2.6×42 topics
  17. Tumor Microenvironment26▲ 7.0×8 topics
  18. Risk Factors26▲ 2.8×27 topics
  19. Cancer Incidence26▲ 22×4 topics
  20. Targeted Therapy24▲ 13×5 topics
  21. Prognosis23▲ 8.2×8 topics
  22. Surgical Management23▲ 6.5×17 topics
  23. Genetic Mutations22▲ 6.1×20 topics
  24. Biomarkers22▲ 3.8×14 topics
  25. Lymphoma21▲ 16×4 topics
  26. Health-related Quality of Life21▲ 11×3 topics
  27. Survival20▲ 17×4 topics
  28. Molecular Profiling19▲ 23×3 topics
  29. Squamous Cell Carcinoma18▲ 25×3 topics
  30. Molecular Classification18▲ 14×4 topics
  31. Cetuximab18▲ 25×2 topics
  32. Molecular Characterization17▲ 11×5 topics
  33. Minimal Residual Disease17▲ 29×2 topics
  34. Prognostic Markers17▲ 19×3 topics
  35. Gene Expression Profiling16▲ 23×2 topics
  36. Cancer Survivorship16▲ 26×2 topics
  37. Rituximab16▲ 12×3 topics
  38. PET Imaging16▲ 11×4 topics
  39. Cancer Immunotherapy15▲ 12×3 topics
  40. Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma15▲ 34×1 topic

Which research topics does Cancer Institute (WIA) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Head and Neck Cancer Studies, Cancer survivorship and care, Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment and Breast Cancer Treatment Studies.

Head and Neck Cancer Stu…15Head and Neck Cancer Studies: 15 fractional worksCancer survivorship and …12Cancer survivorship and care: 12 fractional worksSarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 12 fractional worksBreast Cancer Treatment Studies: 11 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 11 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence and Screening: 10 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 10 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments a…10Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 10 fractional worksLymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 10 fractional worksAcute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research: 9 fractional works
OtorhinolaryngologyOncologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineCancer Research2 others

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

  1. 1 Head and Neck Cancer Studies Otorhinolaryngology 15 works
  2. 2 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 12 works
  3. 3 Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 12 works
  4. 4 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 11 works
  5. 5 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 11 works
  6. 6 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 10 works
  7. 7 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 10 works
  8. 8 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 10 works
  9. 9 Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pathology and Forensic Medicine 10 works
  10. 10 Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 9 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 available48.2%not open51.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors58.5%domestic only41.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Cancer Institute (WIA)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 27% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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