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Carolina Urologic Research Center

In research, Carolina Urologic Research Center stands highest in Medicine (#8,531 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,312 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine is 15.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#20,934
of 28,054 · #27,174 all time
Rank in United States
#3,085
of 4,192
Research works
347
▲ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
5k
14.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
39%
world 28%

What is Carolina Urologic Research Center 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 #8,531 of 10,443 13.7%76 #12677
Health SciencesDomain #10,312 of 11,982 13.2%79 #11865

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Carolina Urologic Research Center 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 Carolina Urologic Research Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine takes 15.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 26.5 works15×
← 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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.47× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.15× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.98× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.43× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.69× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.56× its world share, 76 worksMedicineNursing: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.50× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.27× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.85× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.21× 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, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Carolina Urologic Research Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Luke T. Nordquist, Neal D. Shore and Christopher Pieczonka lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Carolina Urologic Research Center.

  1. 1 Luke T. Nordquist United States · #74,565 worldwide 386 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Neal D. Shore United States · #105,054 worldwide 833 citations · 186 works
  3. 3 Christopher Pieczonka United States · #1,171,996 worldwide 24 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Carolina Urologic Research Center

Which keywords describe research at Carolina Urologic Research Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Prostate Cancer, Immunotherapy, Genetic Mutations, Biomarkers, Hormone Therapy, Clinical Trials, Genomic Profiling and Androgen Receptor.

▲ 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. Prostate Cancer21▲ 146×4 topics
  2. Immunotherapy19▲ 24×11 topics
  3. Genetic Mutations15▲ 32×8 topics
  4. Biomarkers15▲ 20×6 topics
  5. Clinical Trials15▲ 20×8 topics
  6. Hormone Therapy15▲ 167×3 topics
  7. Genomic Profiling14▲ 123×2 topics
  8. Androgen Receptor14▲ 171×1 topic
  9. Metastatic Prostate Cancer14▲ 309×1 topic
  10. Clinical Guidelines8▲ 26×6 topics
  11. Epidemiology8▲ 1.75×37 topics
  12. Survival Rates7▲ 70×2 topics
  13. Radiation Therapy7▲ 49×2 topics
  14. Screening7▲ 67×2 topics
  15. Gleason Grading7▲ 158×1 topic
  16. MRI Imaging7▲ 75×1 topic
  17. Targeted Therapy6▲ 25×3 topics
  18. PET Imaging6▲ 32×4 topics
  19. Cancer Treatment6▲ 22×4 topics
  20. Dosimetry6▲ 74×2 topics
  21. Radioimmunotherapy5▲ 173×1 topic
  22. Radiopharmaceuticals5▲ 173×1 topic
  23. Guidelines5▲ 9.9×9 topics
  24. Chemotherapy5▲ 6.0×10 topics
  25. Cancer4▲ 2.9×13 topics
  26. Molecular Characterization4▲ 20×4 topics
  27. Treatment4▲ 2.9×15 topics
  28. Diagnosis4▲ 3.4×13 topics
  29. Neoadjuvant Therapy3▲ 13×2 topics
  30. Bladder Cancer3▲ 76×1 topic
  31. Complications3▲ 5.5×10 topics
  32. Fatty Acid Synthase3▲ 72×1 topic
  33. Lipid Metabolism3▲ 72×1 topic
  34. Urothelial Carcinoma3▲ 65×1 topic
  35. Surgical Management3▲ 6.5×11 topics
  36. Cancer Therapy3▲ 4.2×5 topics
  37. Echocardiography2▲ 7.4×7 topics
  38. Homologous Recombination2▲ 43×2 topics
  39. Breast Cancer2▲ 8.1×7 topics
  40. Cell Death2▲ 8.1×3 topics

Which research topics does Carolina Urologic Research Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research, Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications and Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism.

Prostate Cancer Treatmen…14Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research: 14 fractional worksProstate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 7 fractional worksRadiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications: 5 fractional worksCancer, Lipids, and Metabolism: 3 fractional worksBladder and Urothelial C…3Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments: 3 fractional worksPARP inhibition in cancer therapy: 2 fractional worksHormonal and reproductive studies: 1 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 1 fractional worksCancer Treatment and Pharmacology: 1 fractional worksEthics and Social Impacts of AI: 1 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingCancer ResearchSurgery3 others

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

  1. 1 Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 14 works
  2. 2 Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 7 works
  3. 3 Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 5 works
  4. 4 Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism Cancer Research 3 works
  5. 5 Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments Surgery 3 works
  6. 6 PARP inhibition in cancer therapy Oncology 2 works
  7. 7 Hormonal and reproductive studies Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 1 works
  8. 8 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 1 works
  9. 9 Cancer Treatment and Pharmacology Oncology 1 works
  10. 10 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 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 available39.1%not open60.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.9%domestic only77.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Carolina Urologic Research Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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