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Centre for Cancer Biology

In research, Centre for Cancer Biology stands highest in Medicine (#6,505 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,215 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,435
of 28,054 · #4,833 all time
Rank in Australia
#159
of 391
Research works
1.3k
▼ 32% vs 2013–17
Citations
60k
45.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
28.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
37%
world 28%

What is Centre for Cancer Biology 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 #6,505 of 10,443 27.8%63 #2804
Health SciencesDomain #8,215 of 11,982 27.4%65 #3768

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Centre for Cancer Biology 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: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5.46× its world share, 36 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 6.28× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.97× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.20× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.66× its world share, 63 worksMedicineNursing: 0.77× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× 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, 6.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Centre for Cancer Biology?

Ranked on the composite score, Sharad Kumar, M. Folkard and Dusan Kotasek lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Centre for Cancer Biology.

  1. 1 Sharad Kumar Australia · #11,816 worldwide 1.6k citations · 46 works
  2. 2 M. Folkard Australia · #310,209 worldwide 50 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Dusan Kotasek Australia · #553,537 worldwide 57 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 David Haigh Australia · #672,242 worldwide 115 citations · 32 works
  5. 5 David Lawrence Australia · #837,817 worldwide 24 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Stuart M. Pitson Australia · #887,879 worldwide 92 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Centre for Cancer Biology

Which keywords describe research at Centre for Cancer Biology?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer, Immunotherapy, Prognostic Factors, Biomarkers, Genetic Mutations, Prostate Cancer, Inflammation and Cancer Immunotherapy.

▲ 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. Cancer13▲ 7.9×35 topics
  2. Immunotherapy12▲ 13×15 topics
  3. Inflammation8▲ 3.2×42 topics
  4. Biomarkers6▲ 7.7×11 topics
  5. Prognostic Factors6▲ 12×12 topics
  6. Genetic Mutations6▲ 12×15 topics
  7. Prostate Cancer6▲ 35×4 topics
  8. Cancer Immunotherapy5▲ 28×3 topics
  9. Clinical Trials5▲ 6.5×9 topics
  10. Tumor Microenvironment5▲ 9.6×7 topics
  11. Gene Expression5▲ 6.7×12 topics
  12. Immunity5▲ 9.7×9 topics
  13. Oxidative Stress5▲ 2.4×27 topics
  14. Chemotherapy4▲ 4.9×17 topics
  15. Genomic Profiling4▲ 32×2 topics
  16. Cancer Therapy4▲ 5.4×15 topics
  17. Targeted Therapy4▲ 13×5 topics
  18. Androgen Receptor4▲ 39×2 topics
  19. Hormone Therapy4▲ 35×2 topics
  20. Regulation4▲ 5.3×9 topics
  21. Tumor Regression4▲ 26×2 topics
  22. Hematopoietic Stem Cells3▲ 32×3 topics
  23. Lymphoma3▲ 17×3 topics
  24. Metastatic Prostate Cancer3▲ 69×1 topic
  25. Molecular Biology3▲ 68×1 topic
  26. Apoptosis3▲ 8.8×12 topics
  27. Innate Immunity3▲ 7.9×8 topics
  28. Metabolism3▲ 4.9×13 topics
  29. Metastasis3▲ 7.5×12 topics
  30. Mutation3▲ 13×4 topics
  31. AML3▲ 49×1 topic
  32. Acute Myeloid Leukemia3▲ 49×1 topic
  33. CAR T Cells3▲ 32×1 topic
  34. Chimeric Antigen Receptor3▲ 32×1 topic
  35. Cell Death3▲ 9.7×6 topics
  36. Biogenesis3▲ 12×3 topics
  37. Dosimetry3▲ 30×2 topics
  38. Resistance3▲ 20×2 topics
  39. Genetic Variants2▲ 12×5 topics
  40. Stem Cells2▲ 8.0×11 topics

Which research topics does Centre for Cancer Biology publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research, CAR-T cell therapy research, Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research and Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Treatments.

Prostate Cancer Treatmen…3Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research: 3 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy resea…3CAR-T cell therapy research: 3 fractional worksAcute Myeloid Leukemia R…3Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research: 3 fractional worksChronic Myeloid Leukemia…2Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Treatments: 2 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 2 fractional worksProstate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksCancer Cells and Metasta…2Cancer Cells and Metastasis: 2 fractional worksImmunotherapy and Immune Responses: 2 fractional worksImmune cells in cancer: 2 fractional worksSingle-cell and spatial …2Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics: 2 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineOncologyHematologyImmunology1 others

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

  1. 1 Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  2. 2 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 3 works
  3. 3 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research Hematology 3 works
  4. 4 Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Treatments Hematology 2 works
  5. 5 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 2 works
  6. 6 Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Cancer Cells and Metastasis Oncology 2 works
  8. 8 Immunotherapy and Immune Responses Immunology 2 works
  9. 9 Immune cells in cancer Immunology 2 works
  10. 10 Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics Molecular Biology 2 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 available37.3%not open62.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors50.3%domestic only49.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Centre for Cancer Biology's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 32% lower 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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