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CancerCare

In research, CancerCare stands highest in Medicine (#10,397 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#12,541 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,887
of 28,054 · #20,504 all time
Rank in United States
#1,619
of 4,192
Research works
237
▲ 40% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.1k
17.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
31%
world 28%

What is CancerCare known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
MedicineField #10,397 of 17,978 15.9%140
Health SciencesDomain #12,541 of 20,462 16.2%158

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where CancerCare 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: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.96× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.67× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.80× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.87× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.29× its world share, 39 worksMedicineNursing: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.48× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at CancerCare?

Ranked on the composite score, Joyce N. Barlin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is CancerCare.

  1. 1 Joyce N. Barlin United States · #1,250,768 worldwide 8 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at CancerCare

Which keywords describe research at CancerCare?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Quality of Life, Chemotherapy, Health-related Quality of Life, Clinical Trials, Cancer Survivorship, Cost of Care, Financial Toxicity and Anxiety.

▲ 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. Quality of Life5▲ 5.8×12 topics
  2. Chemotherapy4▲ 9.9×20 topics
  3. Health-related Quality of Life4▲ 27×3 topics
  4. Clinical Trials4▲ 8.3×8 topics
  5. Cancer3▲ 4.1×22 topics
  6. Depression3▲ 5.9×4 topics
  7. Cancer Survivorship3▲ 69×2 topics
  8. Cost of Care3▲ 166×1 topic
  9. Financial Toxicity3▲ 166×1 topic
  10. Inflammation3▲ 2.4×22 topics
  11. Anxiety3▲ 10×2 topics
  12. Patient-Reported Outcomes3▲ 91×1 topic
  13. Physical Activity3▲ 9.9×2 topics
  14. Psychosocial Interventions3▲ 91×1 topic
  15. Tumor Microenvironment3▲ 11×8 topics
  16. Prognostic Factors2▲ 9.2×9 topics
  17. Metastasis2▲ 11×8 topics
  18. Immunity2▲ 8.7×7 topics
  19. Minimal Residual Disease2▲ 49×2 topics
  20. Radiotherapy2▲ 8.9×10 topics
  21. Survival Analysis2▲ 13×6 topics
  22. Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 6.0×7 topics
  23. Immunotherapy2▲ 4.5×11 topics
  24. Proteasome Inhibitors2▲ 46×2 topics
  25. Rituximab2▲ 21×2 topics
  26. Diagnosis Criteria2▲ 89×1 topic
  27. Immune Checkpoint Blockade2▲ 28×1 topic
  28. International Myeloma Working Group2▲ 89×1 topic
  29. PD-1 and PD-L12▲ 28×1 topic
  30. Ethical Considerations2▲ 8.6×2 topics
  31. Targeted Therapy2▲ 13×5 topics
  32. Healthcare Outcomes2▲ 49×2 topics
  33. Training2▲ 12×2 topics
  34. Breast Cancer2▲ 11×8 topics
  35. End-of-Life2▲ 29×2 topics
  36. Palliative Care2▲ 16×2 topics
  37. Patient-Centered Care2▲ 34×2 topics
  38. Advance Care Planning2▲ 42×1 topic
  39. Health Decision Aids2▲ 94×1 topic
  40. Physician Communication2▲ 94×1 topic

Which research topics does CancerCare publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer, Cancer survivorship and care, Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments and Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers.

Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer: 3 fractional worksCancer survivorship and care: 3 fractional worksMultiple Myeloma Researc…2Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments: 2 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…2Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 2 fractional worksGenetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research: 2 fractional worksPatient-Provider Communication in Healthcare: 2 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-…2Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 2 fractional worksChronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research: 2 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 1 fractional worksImmunotherapy and Immune Responses: 1 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsOncologyHematologyMolecular Biology4 others

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

  1. 1 Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  2. 2 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 3 works
  3. 3 Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments Hematology 2 works
  4. 4 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 2 works
  5. 5 Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research Molecular Biology 2 works
  6. 6 Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare General Health Professions 2 works
  7. 7 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  8. 8 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research Genetics 2 works
  9. 9 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  10. 10 Immunotherapy and Immune Responses Immunology 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 available30.9%not open69.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.5%domestic only77.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has CancerCare's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 40% 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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