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Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute

In research, Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute stands highest in Life Sciences (#5,490 of 7,800 worldwide), Medicine (#7,877 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#9,698 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology — Oncology is 12.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,837
of 28,054 · #14,617 all time
Rank in India
#774
of 1,840
Research works
1.2k
▲ 18% vs 2013–17
Citations
20k
17.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

What is Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute 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 #5,490 of 7,800 16.0%72 #5642
MedicineField #7,877 of 10,443 9.5%128 #9065
Health SciencesDomain #9,698 of 11,982 9.1%133 #11722

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute 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#5,642 #5,490
  2. Medicine#9,065 #7,877
  3. Health Sciences#11,722 #9,698
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 Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 12.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 34.0 works12×
← 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: 0.38× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.38× its world share, 57 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.82× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.51× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 3.75× its world share, 14 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.36× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.64× its world share, 6 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.19× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.71× its world share, 128 worksMedicineNursing: 1.80× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 4 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, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Asima Mukhopadhyay, Madhumita Roy and Anindita Dutta lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute.

  1. 1 Asima Mukhopadhyay India · #62,593 worldwide 140 citations · 36 works
  2. 2 Madhumita Roy India · #338,516 worldwide 84 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Anindita Dutta India · #506,908 worldwide 75 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Jaydip Biswas India · #542,401 worldwide 41 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Rajat Das India · #816,610 worldwide 29 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Dipanwita Banerjee India · #872,303 worldwide 18 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Chowdhury India · #926,762 worldwide 10 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Satinder Kaur India · #1,019,435 worldwide 34 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Megha Nandwani India · #1,182,394 worldwide 1 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Chinmay Kumar Panda India · #1,395,429 worldwide 22 citations · 39 works
All ranked researchers at Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute

Which keywords describe research at Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer, Chemotherapy, Cancer Therapy, Radiotherapy, Metastasis, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Tumor Microenvironment and Gene Expression.

▲ 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. Cancer23▲ 6.9×44 topics
  2. Chemotherapy20▲ 12×21 topics
  3. Cancer Therapy16▲ 11×14 topics
  4. Radiotherapy15▲ 16×9 topics
  5. Inflammation14▲ 2.7×29 topics
  6. Metastasis12▲ 14×11 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress11▲ 2.6×22 topics
  8. Clinical Practice Guidelines10▲ 7.8×10 topics
  9. Tumor Microenvironment10▲ 9.5×7 topics
  10. Gene Expression10▲ 6.4×11 topics
  11. Immunotherapy10▲ 5.4×14 topics
  12. Antioxidant9▲ 5.3×24 topics
  13. Biomarkers9▲ 5.3×7 topics
  14. Apoptosis8▲ 11×16 topics
  15. Survival Analysis8▲ 12×6 topics
  16. Anticancer Agents8▲ 22×8 topics
  17. Clinical Trials8▲ 4.9×12 topics
  18. Immunity8▲ 7.9×8 topics
  19. Metabolism8▲ 6.2×12 topics
  20. Human Papillomavirus8▲ 26×3 topics
  21. Cervical Cancer7▲ 28×3 topics
  22. Drug Resistance6▲ 8.2×6 topics
  23. Drug Discovery6▲ 10×6 topics
  24. Cancer Incidence6▲ 16×3 topics
  25. Synthesis6▲ 6.0×12 topics
  26. Epigenetic Regulation5▲ 10×4 topics
  27. Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition5▲ 23×2 topics
  28. Cancer Stem Cells5▲ 48×1 topic
  29. Prognosis5▲ 6.5×4 topics
  30. Tumor Metastasis5▲ 38×1 topic
  31. Medicinal Chemistry5▲ 7.5×7 topics
  32. Molecular Classification5▲ 14×3 topics
  33. Ovarian Cancer5▲ 23×3 topics
  34. Cancer Prevention5▲ 7.7×7 topics
  35. Cytoreductive Surgery5▲ 31×2 topics
  36. Neoadjuvant Therapy5▲ 8.7×5 topics
  37. Survival5▲ 15×4 topics
  38. Squamous Cell Carcinoma5▲ 23×3 topics
  39. Cetuximab5▲ 23×2 topics
  40. Cancer Progression5▲ 10×5 topics

Which research topics does Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cancer Cells and Metastasis, Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment, Head and Neck Cancer Studies and Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments.

Cancer Cells and Metasta…5Cancer Cells and Metastasis: 5 fractional worksOvarian cancer diagnosis…4Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment: 4 fractional worksHead and Neck Cancer Studies: 4 fractional worksEndometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments: 4 fractional worksEpigenetics and DNA Methylation: 4 fractional worksCervical Cancer and HPV Research: 3 fractional worksMetal complexes synthesis and properties: 3 fractional worksCancer-related Molecular…3Cancer-related Molecular Pathways: 3 fractional worksBreast Cancer Treatment Studies: 3 fractional worksAdvances in Oncology and Radiotherapy: 3 fractional works
OncologyReproductive MedicineOtorhinolaryngologyObstetrics and Gynecology4 others

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

  1. 1 Cancer Cells and Metastasis Oncology 5 works
  2. 2 Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment Reproductive Medicine 4 works
  3. 3 Head and Neck Cancer Studies Otorhinolaryngology 4 works
  4. 4 Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments Obstetrics and Gynecology 4 works
  5. 5 Epigenetics and DNA Methylation Molecular Biology 4 works
  6. 6 Cervical Cancer and HPV Research Epidemiology 3 works
  7. 7 Metal complexes synthesis and properties Oncology 3 works
  8. 8 Cancer-related Molecular Pathways Oncology 3 works
  9. 9 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 3 works
  10. 10 Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 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 available34.1%not open65.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.1%domestic only88.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% higher 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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