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Cancer Research Institute Ghent

In research, Cancer Research Institute Ghent stands highest in Medicine (#6,297 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,085 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Molecular Biology — Molecular Biology is 6.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,417
of 28,054 · #9,240 all time
Rank in Belgium
#34
of 138
Research works
352
▲ 202% vs 2013–17
Citations
12k
34.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
29.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
72%
world 28%

What is Cancer Research Institute Ghent 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 #6,297 of 10,443 25.5%63 #8881
Health SciencesDomain #8,085 of 11,982 25.3%66 #10806

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Cancer Research Institute Ghent 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 Research Institute Ghent specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Molecular Biology takes 6.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Molecular BiologySubfield · 26.6 works6.4×
← 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: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5.50× its world share, 40 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 10.82× its world share, 15 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.80× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.01× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.28× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.30× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.39× its world share, 63 worksMedicineNursing: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.23× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 10.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Cancer Research Institute Ghent?

Ranked on the composite score, Pieter‐Jan Volders lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Cancer Research Institute Ghent.

  1. 1 Pieter‐Jan Volders Belgium · #1,547,830 worldwide 25 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Cancer Research Institute Ghent

Which keywords describe research at Cancer Research Institute Ghent?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Immunotherapy, Cancer, Prognostic Factors, Cancer Immunotherapy, Genetic Alterations, Gene Expression, Immunity and Chemotherapy.

▲ 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. Immunotherapy14▲ 14×16 topics
  2. Cancer12▲ 6.5×28 topics
  3. Prognostic Factors10▲ 17×12 topics
  4. Epidemiology7▲ 1.36×28 topics
  5. Cancer Immunotherapy6▲ 29×3 topics
  6. Chemotherapy6▲ 6.4×16 topics
  7. Gene Expression6▲ 7.4×12 topics
  8. Inflammation6▲ 2.2×32 topics
  9. Genetic Alterations6▲ 58×2 topics
  10. Immunity6▲ 11×7 topics
  11. Nanoparticles6▲ 3.3×10 topics
  12. Tumor Microenvironment6▲ 9.1×7 topics
  13. Biomarkers5▲ 5.5×7 topics
  14. Gene Therapy5▲ 20×5 topics
  15. Survival Analysis5▲ 14×6 topics
  16. Genetic Mutations5▲ 8.2×12 topics
  17. Innate Immunity5▲ 10×7 topics
  18. Metastasis4▲ 9.5×10 topics
  19. Cancer Therapy4▲ 5.5×11 topics
  20. Antigen Presentation4▲ 34×2 topics
  21. Minimal Residual Disease4▲ 43×2 topics
  22. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 5.4×7 topics
  23. Dendritic Cells4▲ 31×1 topic
  24. Drug Delivery4▲ 5.1×6 topics
  25. Tumor Antigen4▲ 45×1 topic
  26. Biogenesis4▲ 15×3 topics
  27. Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia4▲ 78×1 topic
  28. Childhood Cancer4▲ 78×1 topic
  29. Targeted Therapy4▲ 11×4 topics
  30. Therapy4▲ 13×4 topics
  31. NK Cell Recognition3▲ 36×1 topic
  32. Natural Killer Cells3▲ 36×1 topic
  33. Tumor Targeting3▲ 14×3 topics
  34. Genomic Instability3▲ 21×3 topics
  35. Melanoma3▲ 39×2 topics
  36. Cancer Treatment3▲ 9.4×5 topics
  37. Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy3▲ 27×2 topics
  38. Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition3▲ 22×3 topics
  39. Photodynamic Therapy3▲ 9.4×4 topics
  40. Tumor Metastasis3▲ 37×2 topics

Which research topics does Cancer Research Institute Ghent publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Immunotherapy and Immune Responses, Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research, Immune Cell Function and Interaction and Cancer Cells and Metastasis.

Immunotherapy and Immune…4Immunotherapy and Immune Responses: 4 fractional worksAcute Lymphoblastic Leuk…4Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research: 4 fractional worksImmune Cell Function and Interaction: 3 fractional worksCancer Cells and Metastasis: 3 fractional worksCutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management: 3 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 3 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksRNA Interference and Gen…2RNA Interference and Gene Delivery: 2 fractional worksNeuroblastoma Research and Treatments: 2 fractional worksExtracellular vesicles in disease: 2 fractional works
ImmunologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthOncologyCancer Research2 others

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

  1. 1 Immunotherapy and Immune Responses Immunology 4 works
  2. 2 Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  3. 3 Immune Cell Function and Interaction Immunology 3 works
  4. 4 Cancer Cells and Metastasis Oncology 3 works
  5. 5 Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management Oncology 3 works
  6. 6 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 3 works
  7. 7 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 2 works
  8. 8 RNA Interference and Gene Delivery Molecular Biology 2 works
  9. 9 Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments Neurology 2 works
  10. 10 Extracellular vesicles in disease Molecular Biology 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 available71.7%not open28.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors36.9%domestic only63.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Cancer Research Institute Ghent's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 202% 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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