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Children's Cancer Institute Australia

In research, Children's Cancer Institute Australia stands highest in Life Sciences (#7,320 of 14,347 worldwide), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#4,630 of 7,814 worldwide) and Medicine (#11,048 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology — Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology is 7.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,189
of 28,054 · #15,695 all time
Rank in Australia
#278
of 391
Research works
477
▼ 24% vs 2013–17
Citations
20k
41.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

What is Children's Cancer Institute Australia 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
Life SciencesDomain #7,320 of 14,347 20.5%221
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #4,630 of 7,814 21.3%195
MedicineField #11,048 of 17,978 25.2%217
Molecular BiologySubfield #3,312 of 4,961 21.2%127
Health SciencesDomain #14,086 of 20,462 26.2%225

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Children's Cancer Institute Australia 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 Children's Cancer Institute Australia specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology takes 7.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField · 25.2 works7.7×
← 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: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7.67× its world share, 25 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.45× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.26× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.29× its world share, 27 worksMedicineNursing: 1.47× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 7.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Children's Cancer Institute Australia?

Ranked on the composite score, Richard B. Lock, Rosemary Sutton and Karen L. MacKenzie lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Children's Cancer Institute Australia.

  1. 1 Richard B. Lock Australia · #271,934 worldwide 221 citations · 71 works
  2. 2 Rosemary Sutton Australia · #496,733 worldwide 53 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Karen L. MacKenzie Australia · #524,801 worldwide 67 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Murray D. Norris Australia · #604,970 worldwide 72 citations · 45 works
  5. 5 Maria Kavallaris Australia · #628,319 worldwide 97 citations · 49 works
  6. 6 Tao Liu Australia · #641,958 worldwide 205 citations · 90 works
  7. 7 Jamie I. Fletcher Australia · #700,984 worldwide 24 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Michelle Haber Australia · #704,569 worldwide 106 citations · 64 works
  9. 9 Belamy B. Cheung Australia · #1,026,739 worldwide 19 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 Jayne Murray Australia · #1,098,840 worldwide 27 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Children's Cancer Institute Australia

Which keywords describe research at Children's Cancer Institute Australia?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Immunotherapy, Prognostic Factors, Genetic Mutations, Cancer Therapy, Therapy, Staging System, ALK and Neuroblastoma.

▲ 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. Immunotherapy11▲ 25×10 topics
  2. Prognostic Factors5▲ 18×10 topics
  3. Cancer4▲ 5.3×25 topics
  4. Genetic Mutations4▲ 16×10 topics
  5. Cancer Therapy4▲ 12×11 topics
  6. Therapy4▲ 33×4 topics
  7. Staging System4▲ 104×2 topics
  8. ALK4▲ 242×1 topic
  9. Neuroblastoma4▲ 242×1 topic
  10. Radiotherapy4▲ 16×3 topics
  11. Glioblastoma4▲ 90×1 topic
  12. Temozolomide4▲ 90×1 topic
  13. Targeted Therapy4▲ 27×4 topics
  14. Tumor Microenvironment3▲ 12×7 topics
  15. Genomic Instability3▲ 44×2 topics
  16. Cancer Genomics3▲ 63×1 topic
  17. Mutational Signatures3▲ 63×1 topic
  18. Gene Therapy3▲ 22×4 topics
  19. Minimal Residual Disease2▲ 54×2 topics
  20. Tumor Regression2▲ 33×2 topics
  21. Tumor Targeting2▲ 21×3 topics
  22. Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia2▲ 108×1 topic
  23. Cancer Progression2▲ 20×4 topics
  24. Childhood Cancer2▲ 108×1 topic
  25. Clinical Trials2▲ 5.2×10 topics
  26. Gene Expression2▲ 6.0×8 topics
  27. RNA methylation2▲ 36×1 topic
  28. m6A-seq2▲ 36×1 topic
  29. Childhood Cancer Survivor Study2▲ 68×1 topic
  30. Health-related Quality of Life2▲ 13×2 topics
  31. Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory2▲ 68×1 topic
  32. Cell Death2▲ 13×5 topics
  33. Chemotherapy2▲ 4.3×10 topics
  34. Epigenetic Regulation2▲ 13×5 topics
  35. HIF-12▲ 49×1 topic
  36. Warburg Effect2▲ 49×1 topic
  37. Genetic Variants2▲ 14×3 topics
  38. Transcriptional Regulation2▲ 15×6 topics
  39. Cancer Immunotherapy1▲ 14×3 topics
  40. Arginine Deprivation1▲ 60×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments, Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment, Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics and Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research.

Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments: 4 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 4 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diag…3Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 3 fractional worksAcute Lymphoblastic Leuk…2Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research: 2 fractional worksRNA modifications and cancer: 2 fractional worksChildhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life: 2 fractional worksCancer, Hypoxia, and Met…2Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism: 2 fractional worksCancer Research and Treatments: 1 fractional worksGenomics and Rare Diseases: 1 fractional worksProtein Degradation and Inhibitors: 1 fractional works
NeurologyGeneticsCancer ResearchPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health3 others

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

  1. 1 Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments Neurology 4 works
  2. 2 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 4 works
  3. 3 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 3 works
  4. 4 Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  5. 5 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 2 works
  6. 6 Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  7. 7 Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism Cancer Research 2 works
  8. 8 Cancer Research and Treatments Biotechnology 1 works
  9. 9 Genomics and Rare Diseases Genetics 1 works
  10. 10 Protein Degradation and Inhibitors Molecular Biology 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 available42.3%not open57.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors34.0%domestic only66.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Children's Cancer Institute Australia's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 24% 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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