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Cancer Research UK Clinical Trials Unit

In research, Cancer Research UK Clinical Trials Unit stands highest in Medicine (#5,393 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,966 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,831
of 28,054 · #8,406 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#499
of 1,094
Research works
579
▲ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
33k
57.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
27.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
52%
world 28%

What is Cancer Research UK Clinical Trials Unit 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 #5,393 of 10,443 27.0%60 #3092
Health SciencesDomain #6,966 of 11,982 27.2%64 #4194

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Cancer Research UK Clinical Trials Unit 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).

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: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.77× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.16× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.78× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.30× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.25× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.52× its world share, 60 worksMedicineNursing: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.38× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.85× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.80× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.18× its world share, 0 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: Medicine, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Cancer Research UK Clinical Trials Unit?

Ranked on the composite score, Sarah Pirrie lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Cancer Research UK Clinical Trials Unit.

  1. 1 Sarah Pirrie United Kingdom · #1,059,992 worldwide 31 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Cancer Research UK Clinical Trials Unit

Which keywords describe research at Cancer Research UK Clinical Trials Unit?

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

▲ 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. Chemotherapy7▲ 11×19 topics
  2. Epidemiology6▲ 1.64×48 topics
  3. Immunotherapy6▲ 9.0×15 topics
  4. Quality of Life5▲ 3.7×24 topics
  5. Prognostic Factors4▲ 11×12 topics
  6. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 7.7×13 topics
  7. Cancer4▲ 2.9×26 topics
  8. Inflammation4▲ 1.91×32 topics
  9. Radiotherapy3▲ 9.5×9 topics
  10. Neoadjuvant Therapy3▲ 15×5 topics
  11. Risk Factors3▲ 2.9×19 topics
  12. Biomarkers3▲ 4.5×10 topics
  13. Clinical Trials3▲ 4.5×13 topics
  14. Guidelines2▲ 5.8×11 topics
  15. Diagnosis2▲ 2.8×23 topics
  16. Gene Expression2▲ 4.3×9 topics
  17. Management2▲ 3.3×17 topics
  18. Rituximab2▲ 17×4 topics
  19. Tumor Microenvironment2▲ 5.9×6 topics
  20. Cancer Therapy2▲ 4.4×10 topics
  21. Minimal Residual Disease2▲ 35×2 topics
  22. Precision Medicine2▲ 5.3×6 topics
  23. Breast Cancer2▲ 10×8 topics
  24. Molecular Characterization2▲ 13×4 topics
  25. Health-related Quality of Life2▲ 9.5×5 topics
  26. Lymphoma2▲ 14×2 topics
  27. Neuroimaging2▲ 8.3×4 topics
  28. Intracranial Pressure2▲ 28×2 topics
  29. PET Imaging2▲ 11×4 topics
  30. Staging System2▲ 30×2 topics
  31. Targeted Therapy2▲ 8.7×4 topics
  32. Cell Death2▲ 7.5×4 topics
  33. Cerebral Venous Thrombosis2▲ 90×1 topic
  34. Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension2▲ 90×1 topic
  35. Molecular Subtypes2▲ 21×3 topics
  36. Mutation2▲ 9.8×5 topics
  37. Proteasome Inhibitors1▲ 23×2 topics
  38. Diagnosis Criteria1▲ 40×1 topic
  39. Genetic Pathogenesis1▲ 28×1 topic
  40. Molecular Profiling1▲ 15×1 topic

Which research topics does Cancer Research UK Clinical Trials Unit publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis, Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment, Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments and Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments.

Cerebral Venous Sinus Th…2Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis: 2 fractional worksLymphoma Diagnosis and T…1Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksMultiple Myeloma Research and Treatments: 1 fractional worksBladder and Urothelial C…1Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments: 1 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Tre…1Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 1 fractional worksCancer survivorship and care: 1 fractional worksAcute Lymphoblastic Leuk…1Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research: 1 fractional worksChronic Myeloid Leukemia Treatments: 1 fractional worksChronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research: 1 fractional works
NeurologyPathology and Forensic MedicineHematologySurgery4 others

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

  1. 1 Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis Neurology 2 works
  2. 2 Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pathology and Forensic Medicine 1 works
  3. 3 Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments Hematology 1 works
  4. 4 Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments Surgery 1 works
  5. 5 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 1 works
  6. 6 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 1 works
  7. 7 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 1 works
  8. 8 Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  9. 9 Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Treatments Hematology 1 works
  10. 10 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research Genetics 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 available52.1%not open47.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.7%domestic only72.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Cancer Research UK Clinical Trials Unit's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% 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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