Question 1

What is Cancer Research UK known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, Cancer Research UK stands highest in Health Sciences (#278 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#293 of 8,541 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#329 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cancer Research, Oncology and Immunology (Cancer Research is 13.1× its share of world research).

Question 2

How does Cancer Research UK rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Cancer Research UK ranks #834 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#684 all time), and #56 of 862 in the United Kingdom.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Cancer Research UK?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Caetano Reis e Sousa, Stephen Craig West and Jesper Qualmann Svejstrup lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Cancer Research UK.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Cancer Research UK?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from Cancer Research UK is "Measuring inconsistency in meta-analyses" (Julian P. T. Higgins, Simon G. Thompson, Jonathan J Deeks et al., 2003), with 64,184 citations. Next come "Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles 2018 (MISEV2018): a position statement of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles and update of the MISEV2014 guidelines" (11,535) and "Cancer-related inflammation" (11,477).

Question 5

Which research topics does Cancer Research UK publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Cancer Cells and Metastasis and Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Cancer Research UK?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer, Immunotherapy, Chemotherapy, Tumor Microenvironment, Targeted Therapy, Cancer Therapy, Clinical Trials and Prognostic Factors.

Question 7

Which fields of science does Cancer Research UK work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 52% of research at Cancer Research UK is in Health Sciences, 37% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (50%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (30%), Immunology and Microbiology (5%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Question 8

Is Cancer Research UK's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 17% lower than in 2018-2021.