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CancerCare Manitoba

In research, CancerCare Manitoba stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,232 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,100 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology (Oncology is 12.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,622
of 22,385 · #7,388 all time
Rank in Canada
#148
of 305
Research works
1.1k
▼ 10% vs 2018-21
Citations
32k
28.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.07×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
42%
world 40%
International
22%
world 18%
CancerCare Manitoba

What is CancerCare Manitoba known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #2,232 of 9,902 12.8%127 #2710
MedicineField #2,100 of 8,541 12.8%120 #2656

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where CancerCare Manitoba 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 CancerCare Manitoba work in?

In 2022-now, 68% of research at CancerCare Manitoba is in Health Sciences, 20% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (64%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (16%), Health Professions (3%). It does 2.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 145 fractional works · 67.8% of its workMedicine: 137 fractional works · 64.3% of its workOncology: 30 fractional works · 14.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 18 fractional works · 8.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 12 fractional works · 5.7% of its workSurgery: 10 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEpidemiology: 9 fractional works · 4.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 7 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGenetics: 7 fractional works · 3.3% of its workHematology: 7 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 43 fractional works · 20.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 35 fractional works · 16.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 22 fractional works · 10.5% of its workCancer Research: 6 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workImmunology: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 16 fractional works · 7.3% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRadiation: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSpectroscopy: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKCancerCareManitoba214fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences20%Physical Sciences7%Health Sciences68%Social Sciences5%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine13764.3%
    2. Health Professions73.2%
    3. Nursing10.3%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3516.4%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology52.2%
    3. Neuroscience21.1%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Engineering52.5%
    2. Physics and Astronomy42.0%
    3. Computer Science21.0%
    4. Chemistry21.0%
    5. Materials Science10.6%
    6. Environmental Science00.2%
    7. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Psychology52.2%
    2. Social Sciences31.3%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.1%
    4. Arts and Humanities00.2%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
    6. Decision Sciences00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does CancerCare Manitoba specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 12.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 30.1 works13×
← 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: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.07× its world share, 35 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.19× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.65× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.61× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.91× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.21× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.34× its world share, 137 worksMedicineNursing: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.72× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.34×137 works
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.07×35 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology2.19×5 works
  4. Health Professions1.21×7 works
  5. Physics and Astronomy0.91×4 works
  6. Psychology0.72×5 works
  7. Neuroscience0.65×2 works
  8. Chemistry0.61×2 works
  9. Nursing0.52×0 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.49×2 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.47×0 works
  12. Materials Science0.17×1 works
  13. Engineering0.16×5 works
  14. Computer Science0.13×2 works
  15. Dentistry0.11×0 works
  16. Social Sciences0.10×3 works
  17. Mathematics0.09×0 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.08×0 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.06×1 works
  20. Environmental Science0.03×0 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.02×0 works
  22. Decision Sciences0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at CancerCare Manitoba?

Ranked on the quality score, Donna Turner, Geoff D.E. Cuvelier and Ralph P. W. Wong lead among researchers whose main affiliation is CancerCare Manitoba.

  1. 1 Donna Turner Canada · #165,553 worldwide 16k citations · 145 works
  2. 2 Geoff D.E. Cuvelier Canada · #249,866 worldwide 3.8k citations · 139 works
  3. 3 Ralph P. W. Wong Canada · #451,889 worldwide 5.7k citations · 59 works
  4. 4 Sapna Oberoi Canada · #613,476 worldwide 1.5k citations · 92 works
  5. 5 Magimairajan Vanan Canada · #617,989 worldwide 1.3k citations · 120 works
  6. 6 Saroj Niraula Canada · #687,089 worldwide 3.2k citations · 83 works
  7. 7 Donna Ann Wall Canada · #724,779 worldwide 12k citations · 245 works
  8. 8 Christina Kim Canada · #843,967 worldwide 2.9k citations · 190 works
  9. 9 Oliver Bucher Canada · #903,625 worldwide 1.9k citations · 94 works
  10. 10 Ralph Wong Canada · #1,218,917 worldwide 2.2k citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at CancerCare Manitoba

What are the most cited papers from CancerCare Manitoba?

The most cited paper from CancerCare Manitoba is "Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)" (Daniel J. Klionsky et al., 2016), with 6,023 citations. Next come "Clinical Practice Guideline for the Use of Antimicrobial Agents in Neutropenic Patients with Cancer: 2010 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America" (3,477) and "Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition) 1" (2,743).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) Daniel J. Klionsky et al. · Autophagy Open access2,467 authors 2 Jan 2016 6,023
2 Clinical Practice Guideline for the Use of Antimicrobial Agents in Neutropenic Patients with Cancer: 2010 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America Alison G. Freifeld, Eric J. Bow, Kent A. Sepkowitz et al. · Clinical Infectious Diseases 22 Jan 2011 3,477
3 Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition) 1 Daniel J. Klionsky et al. · Autophagy Open access2,930 authors 2 Jan 2021 2,743
4 Applications of Support Vector Machine (SVM) Learning in Cancer Genomics Shujun Huang, Nianguang Cai, P. Pacheco et al. · Cancer Genomics & Proteomics Open access 2 Jan 2018 1,562
5 Improving the Quality of Spiritual Care as a Dimension of Palliative Care: The Report of the Consensus Conference Christina M. Puchalski, BETTY ROLLING FERRELL, Rose Virani et al. · Journal of Palliative Medicine Open access Oct 2009 1,559
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at CancerCare Manitoba?

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

▲ 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. Chemotherapy20▲ 13×22 topics
  2. Cancer16▲ 5.6×36 topics
  3. Immunotherapy15▲ 9.8×15 topics
  4. Prognostic Factors14▲ 15×13 topics
  5. Clinical Trials14▲ 9.6×13 topics
  6. Quality of Life13▲ 4.1×24 topics
  7. Epidemiology11▲ 1.28×51 topics
  8. Radiotherapy11▲ 13×11 topics
  9. Clinical Practice Guidelines10▲ 8.3×13 topics
  10. Targeted Therapy9▲ 18×4 topics
  11. Metastasis8▲ 12×11 topics
  12. Inflammation8▲ 1.85×37 topics
  13. Biomarkers8▲ 5.6×13 topics
  14. Palliative Care7▲ 22×4 topics
  15. End-of-Life7▲ 37×3 topics
  16. Tumor Microenvironment7▲ 6.8×7 topics
  17. Mortality6▲ 5.0×8 topics
  18. Molecular Classification6▲ 18×3 topics
  19. Cancer Incidence6▲ 19×4 topics
  20. Cancer Therapy6▲ 4.7×14 topics
  21. Health-related Quality of Life5▲ 11×4 topics
  22. Radiation Therapy5▲ 19×6 topics
  23. Ethical Considerations5▲ 7.1×7 topics
  24. Survival Analysis5▲ 9.1×5 topics
  25. Anxiety5▲ 5.0×6 topics
  26. Precision Medicine5▲ 4.8×7 topics
  27. Genetic Mutations5▲ 5.2×13 topics
  28. Molecular Characterization5▲ 13×5 topics
  29. Rituximab5▲ 15×3 topics
  30. Dosimetry5▲ 30×2 topics
  31. Apoptosis4▲ 6.6×14 topics
  32. Tumor Markers4▲ 25×2 topics
  33. Breast Cancer4▲ 7.7×10 topics
  34. Neoadjuvant Therapy4▲ 8.3×5 topics
  35. Cancer Risk4▲ 8.5×7 topics
  36. Cancer Survivorship4▲ 26×2 topics
  37. Genomic Profiling4▲ 19×2 topics
  38. Screening4▲ 20×2 topics
  39. Health Care Costs4▲ 24×2 topics
  40. Population-Based Study4▲ 28×2 topics

Which research topics does CancerCare Manitoba publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues, Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques, COVID-19 and healthcare impacts and Cancer survivorship and care.

Palliative Care and End-…4Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 4 fractional worksAdvanced Radiotherapy Te…4Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques: 4 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 3 fractional worksCancer survivorship and care: 3 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 3 fractional worksLung Cancer Research Studies: 3 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional worksPatient Dignity and Priv…3Patient Dignity and Privacy: 3 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence and Screening: 3 fractional worksChronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research: 3 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthRadiationOncologyPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine1 others

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

  1. 1 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  2. 2 Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques Radiation 4 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 3 works
  4. 4 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 3 works
  5. 5 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  6. 6 Lung Cancer Research Studies Oncology 3 works
  7. 7 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 3 works
  8. 8 Patient Dignity and Privacy Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  9. 9 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 3 works
  10. 10 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research Genetics 3 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 available42.1%not open57.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.8%domestic only78.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has CancerCare Manitoba's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 10% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 CancerCare Manitoba as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00080% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%CancerCare Manitoba0.00071% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of CancerCare Manitoba 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025CancerCare Manitoba7.8% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.8% in 2023.

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