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Children's Cancer Center

In research, Children's Cancer Center stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,171 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#1,102 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology (Oncology is 10.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#5,788
of 22,385 · #1,972 all time
Rank in United States
#780
of 3,332
Research works
1.1k
▼ 16% vs 2018-21
Citations
43k
40.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.14×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
51%
world 40%
International
20%
world 18%
Children's Cancer Center

What is Children's Cancer Center 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 #1,171 of 9,902 17.0%116 #673
MedicineField #1,102 of 8,541 17.1%115 #675

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Children's Cancer 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Children's Cancer Center work in?

In 2022-now, 62% of research at Children's Cancer Center is in Health Sciences, 34% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (61%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (27%), Immunology and Microbiology (6%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 131 fractional works · 62.3% of its workMedicine: 129 fractional works · 61.3% of its workOncology: 24 fractional works · 11.4% of its workHematology: 15 fractional works · 7.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 13 fractional works · 6.2% of its workGenetics: 12 fractional works · 5.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 9 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 9 fractional works · 4.4% of its workSurgery: 8 fractional works · 3.6% of its workNeurology: 7 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 73 fractional works · 34.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 56 fractional works · 26.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 33 fractional works · 15.9% of its workCancer Research: 9 fractional works · 4.3% of its workGenetics: 9 fractional works · 4.1% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 12 fractional works · 5.7% of its workImmunology: 12 fractional works · 5.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKChildren's CancerCenter211fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences34%Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences62%Social Sciences1%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine12961.3%
    2. Health Professions20.8%
    3. Nursing00.2%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5626.6%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology125.7%
    3. Neuroscience31.4%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Engineering21.2%
    2. Environmental Science10.4%
    3. Mathematics10.3%
    4. Chemistry00.1%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    6. Materials Science00.1%
    7. Computer Science00.1%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.5%
    2. Social Sciences10.4%
    3. Psychology00.2%
    4. Decision Sciences00.0%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Children's Cancer Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 10.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 23.9 works10×
← 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: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.99× its world share, 56 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.62× its world share, 12 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.89× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.19× its world share, 129 worksMedicineNursing: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× 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, 5.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology5.62×12 works
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.99×56 works
  3. Medicine3.19×129 works
  4. Neuroscience0.89×3 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.48×0 works
  6. Nursing0.32×0 works
  7. Health Professions0.31×2 works
  8. Mathematics0.26×1 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.21×1 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.13×1 works
  11. Dentistry0.11×0 works
  12. Engineering0.08×2 works
  13. Psychology0.08×0 works
  14. Environmental Science0.07×1 works
  15. Chemistry0.06×0 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.04×0 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.03×0 works
  18. Social Sciences0.03×1 works
  19. Materials Science0.02×0 works
  20. Computer Science0.01×0 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Children's Cancer Center?

Ranked on the quality score, Susan M. Blaney, Karen Phaik Har Lim and Lin Qi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Children's Cancer Center.

  1. 1 Susan M. Blaney United States · #127,509 worldwide 16k citations · 376 works
  2. 2 Karen Phaik Har Lim United States · #1,002,230 worldwide 1.5k citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Lin Qi United States · #1,403,977 worldwide 268 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Yanling Zhao United States · #1,419,441 worldwide 2.4k citations · 68 works
  5. 5 Sarah Garrett Injac United States · #1,536,196 worldwide 564 citations · 100 works
  6. 6 Nenggang Zhang United States · #2,569,903 worldwide 1.4k citations · 64 works
All ranked researchers at Children's Cancer Center

What are the most cited papers from Children's Cancer Center?

The most cited paper from Children's Cancer Center is "The repertoire of mutational signatures in human cancer" (Ludmil B. Alexandrov et al., 2020), with 3,854 citations. Next come "Genomic analyses identify molecular subtypes of pancreatic cancer" (3,805) and "Stromal Fibroblasts Present in Invasive Human Breast Carcinomas Promote Tumor Growth and Angiogenesis through Elevated SDF-1/CXCL12 Secretion" (3,791).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The repertoire of mutational signatures in human cancer Ludmil B. Alexandrov et al. · Nature Open access1,384 authors 5 Feb 2020 3,854
2 Genomic analyses identify molecular subtypes of pancreatic cancer Peter J. Bailey et al. · Nature 103 authors 23 Feb 2016 3,805
3 Stromal Fibroblasts Present in Invasive Human Breast Carcinomas Promote Tumor Growth and Angiogenesis through Elevated SDF-1/CXCL12 Secretion Akira Orimo, Piyush B. Gupta, Dennis C. Sgroi et al. · Cell Open access May 2005 3,791
4 Comprehensive molecular characterization of clear cell renal cell carcinoma Chad J. Creighton et al. · Nature Open access292 authors 23 Jun 2013 3,603
5 Molecular subgroups of medulloblastoma: the current consensus Michael D. Taylor, Paul A. Northcott, Andrey Korshunov et al. · Acta Neuropathologica Open access 2 Dec 2011 1,993
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Children's Cancer Center?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Immunotherapy, Prognostic Factors, Cancer, Genetic Mutations, Chemotherapy, Tumor Microenvironment, Radiotherapy 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-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. Immunotherapy23▲ 15×15 topics
  2. Prognostic Factors22▲ 24×14 topics
  3. Cancer16▲ 5.8×36 topics
  4. Inflammation12▲ 2.6×47 topics
  5. Genetic Mutations11▲ 12×16 topics
  6. Chemotherapy11▲ 7.6×21 topics
  7. Tumor Microenvironment10▲ 11×7 topics
  8. Radiotherapy9▲ 11×11 topics
  9. Cancer Immunotherapy8▲ 26×3 topics
  10. Clinical Practice Guidelines8▲ 6.9×10 topics
  11. Gene Expression8▲ 6.1×13 topics
  12. Hematopoietic Stem Cells8▲ 43×3 topics
  13. Health-related Quality of Life8▲ 16×4 topics
  14. Lymphoma8▲ 23×4 topics
  15. Minimal Residual Disease8▲ 52×2 topics
  16. Molecular Classification8▲ 24×4 topics
  17. Genetic Alterations7▲ 44×2 topics
  18. Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia7▲ 102×1 topic
  19. Cancer Therapy7▲ 6.0×14 topics
  20. Childhood Cancer7▲ 102×1 topic
  21. Tumor Regression7▲ 28×2 topics
  22. Psychosocial Outcomes6▲ 49×2 topics
  23. Childhood Cancer Survivor Study6▲ 70×1 topic
  24. Glioblastoma6▲ 44×1 topic
  25. Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory6▲ 70×1 topic
  26. Temozolomide6▲ 44×1 topic
  27. Prognosis6▲ 9.1×7 topics
  28. Therapy6▲ 15×4 topics
  29. CAR T Cells6▲ 39×1 topic
  30. Chimeric Antigen Receptor6▲ 39×1 topic
  31. Leukemia6▲ 34×2 topics
  32. AML6▲ 56×1 topic
  33. Acute Myeloid Leukemia6▲ 56×1 topic
  34. Staging System6▲ 45×2 topics
  35. ALK5▲ 102×1 topic
  36. Neuroblastoma5▲ 102×1 topic
  37. Genomic Instability5▲ 20×3 topics
  38. Breast Cancer5▲ 8.7×8 topics
  39. Cell Death4▲ 8.5×6 topics
  40. Targeted Therapy4▲ 9.3×5 topics

Which research topics does Children's Cancer Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research, Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life, Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment and CAR-T cell therapy research.

Acute Lymphoblastic Leuk…7Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research: 7 fractional worksChildhood Cancer Survivo…6Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life: 6 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Tre…6Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 6 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy resea…6CAR-T cell therapy research: 6 fractional worksAcute Myeloid Leukemia Research: 6 fractional worksNeuroblastoma Research and Treatments: 5 fractional worksSarcoma Diagnosis and Tr…4Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 4 fractional worksCancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism: 3 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 3 fractional worksHemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 3 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthGeneticsOncology4 others

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

  1. 1 Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 7 works
  2. 2 Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 6 works
  3. 3 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 6 works
  4. 4 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 6 works
  5. 5 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research Hematology 6 works
  6. 6 Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments Neurology 5 works
  7. 7 Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  8. 8 Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism Cancer Research 3 works
  9. 9 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 3 works
  10. 10 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders 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 available51.0%not open49.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.1%domestic only79.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Children's Cancer Center's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 16% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Children's Cancer Center as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00082% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Children's Cancer Center0.00081% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Children's Cancer Center 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%30%Children's Cancer Center14.1% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 24.1% in 2008.

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