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Center for Cancer Research

In research, Center for Cancer Research stands highest in Life Sciences (#163 of 7,800 worldwide), Oncology (#49 of 772 worldwide) and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#231 of 3,579 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Immunology, Oncology and Cancer Research — Immunology is 12.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#728
of 28,054 · #484 all time
Rank in United States
#144
of 4,192
Research works
7.7k
▲ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
623k
81.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
30.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
63%
world 28%

What is Center for Cancer Research 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
Life SciencesDomain #163 of 7,800 31.3%514 #122
OncologySubfield #49 of 772 33.9%147 #39
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #231 of 3,579 31.2%382 #167
MedicineField #752 of 10,443 30.1%517 #343
Molecular BiologySubfield #176 of 2,175 30.4%254 #93
Health SciencesDomain #1,060 of 11,982 30.1%525 #434
Immunology and MicrobiologyField #102 of 682 32.5%105 #64
ImmunologySubfield #107 of 455 32.2%98 #63
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #408 of 1,144 31.5%65 #206
Physical SciencesDomain #6,111 of 12,888 34.0%69 #3942

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Center for Cancer Research 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Life Sciences#122 #163
  2. Oncology#39 #49
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#167 #231
  4. Medicine#343 #752
  5. Molecular Biology#93 #176
  6. Health Sciences#434 #1,060
  7. Immunology and Microbiology#64 #102
  8. Immunology#63 #107
  9. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#206 #408
  10. Physical Sciences#3,942 #6,111
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Center for Cancer Research specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Immunology takes 12.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. ImmunologySubfield · 97.7 works13×
  2. OncologySubfield · 147.5 works12×
  3. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 50.5 works10×
  4. Immunology and MicrobiologyField · 105.4 works9.3×
  5. GeneticsSubfield · 24.1 works7.9×
  6. Molecular BiologySubfield · 254.4 works7.5×
← 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: 0.18× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6.39× its world share, 382 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 9.34× its world share, 105 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.65× its world share, 12 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.22× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.85× its world share, 15 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 21 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.14× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.25× its world share, 10 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.27× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.17× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.40× its world share, 517 worksMedicineNursing: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 9.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Center for Cancer Research?

Ranked on the composite score, Vinodh N. Rajapakse, Junko Murai and Bert Gold lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Center for Cancer Research.

  1. 1 Vinodh N. Rajapakse United States · #207,969 worldwide 287 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Junko Murai United States · #613,457 worldwide 59 citations · 31 works
  3. 3 Bert Gold United States · #852,580 worldwide 42 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Sivasubramanian Baskar United States · #933,421 worldwide 58 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Christoph Rader United States · #1,021,577 worldwide 88 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Udayan Guha United States · #1,063,404 worldwide 15 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Duane H. Hamilton United States · #1,076,048 worldwide 32 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Center for Cancer Research

Which keywords describe research at Center for Cancer Research?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Immunotherapy, Cancer, Cancer Immunotherapy, Tumor Microenvironment, Cancer Therapy, Chemotherapy, Lymphoma and Prognostic Factors.

▲ 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. Immunotherapy115▲ 14×19 topics
  2. Cancer106▲ 7.0×51 topics
  3. Cancer Immunotherapy63▲ 37×3 topics
  4. Tumor Microenvironment60▲ 12×8 topics
  5. Inflammation56▲ 2.4×70 topics
  6. Chemotherapy55▲ 7.1×24 topics
  7. Cancer Therapy53▲ 8.3×20 topics
  8. Lymphoma48▲ 27×4 topics
  9. Prognostic Factors47▲ 9.6×14 topics
  10. Immunity45▲ 10.0×10 topics
  11. Tumor Regression42▲ 34×2 topics
  12. Gene Expression42▲ 6.1×17 topics
  13. Genetic Mutations42▲ 8.6×20 topics
  14. Leukemia38▲ 41×2 topics
  15. Innate Immunity37▲ 10×11 topics
  16. Biomarkers37▲ 4.8×16 topics
  17. Targeted Therapy37▲ 15×5 topics
  18. CAR T Cells36▲ 44×1 topic
  19. Chimeric Antigen Receptor36▲ 44×1 topic
  20. Clinical Trials34▲ 4.5×18 topics
  21. Radiotherapy30▲ 7.0×13 topics
  22. Genomic Instability29▲ 23×3 topics
  23. Metastasis26▲ 6.9×12 topics
  24. Immune Checkpoint Blockade26▲ 21×1 topic
  25. PD-1 and PD-L126▲ 21×1 topic
  26. Transcriptional Regulation26▲ 14×9 topics
  27. Antigen Presentation26▲ 26×2 topics
  28. Cancer Progression25▲ 12×8 topics
  29. Metabolism25▲ 4.4×21 topics
  30. Dendritic Cells23▲ 23×2 topics
  31. Tumor Antigen23▲ 33×1 topic
  32. Vaccine Adjuvants23▲ 33×1 topic
  33. Apoptosis21▲ 6.3×19 topics
  34. Gene Therapy21▲ 9.9×6 topics
  35. NK Cell Recognition21▲ 28×1 topic
  36. Natural Killer Cells21▲ 28×1 topic
  37. Cell Death20▲ 7.9×6 topics
  38. PET Imaging20▲ 11×5 topics
  39. Epigenetic Regulation20▲ 8.1×6 topics
  40. Gene Expression Regulation19▲ 16×3 topics

Which research topics does Center for Cancer Research publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: CAR-T cell therapy research, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Immunotherapy and Immune Responses and Immune Cell Function and Interaction.

CAR-T cell therapy research: 36 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 26 fractional worksImmunotherapy and Immune…23Immunotherapy and Immune Responses: 23 fractional worksImmune Cell Function and…21Immune Cell Function and Interaction: 21 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 18 fractional worksRNA modifications and cancer: 16 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Tre…14Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 14 fractional worksEpigenetics and DNA Methylation: 14 fractional worksImmune cells in cancer12Immune cells in cancer: 12 fractional worksSingle-cell and spatial transcriptomics: 12 fractional works
OncologyImmunologyCancer ResearchMolecular Biology1 others

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

  1. 1 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 36 works
  2. 2 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 26 works
  3. 3 Immunotherapy and Immune Responses Immunology 23 works
  4. 4 Immune Cell Function and Interaction Immunology 21 works
  5. 5 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 18 works
  6. 6 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 16 works
  7. 7 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 14 works
  8. 8 Epigenetics and DNA Methylation Molecular Biology 14 works
  9. 9 Immune cells in cancer Immunology 12 works
  10. 10 Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics Molecular Biology 12 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 available62.8%not open37.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.9%domestic only75.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Center for Cancer Research's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% 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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