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City of Hope

In research, City of Hope stands highest in Medicine (#577 of 10,443 worldwide), Life Sciences (#458 of 7,800 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#815 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Hematology, Oncology and Cancer Research — Hematology is 17.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,276
of 28,054 · #1,674 all time
Rank in United States
#210
of 4,192
Research works
6k
▲ 39% vs 2013–17
Citations
187k
31.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

What is City of Hope 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 #577 of 10,443 17.4%948 #811
Life SciencesDomain #458 of 7,800 20.0%434 #611
Health SciencesDomain #815 of 11,982 17.3%975 #1060
OncologySubfield #56 of 772 18.4%264 #125
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #694 of 3,579 19.7%333 #634
Molecular BiologySubfield #528 of 2,175 21.4%175 #409
Immunology and MicrobiologyField #263 of 682 22.6%78 #526
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #492 of 1,144 17.6%106 #625
SurgerySubfield #850 of 1,816 20.0%67 #1015
ImmunologySubfield #233 of 455 22.9%76 #515

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where City of Hope 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. Medicine#811 #577
  2. Life Sciences#611 #458
  3. Health Sciences#1,060 #815
  4. Oncology#125 #56
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#634 #694
  6. Molecular Biology#409 #528
  7. Immunology and Microbiology#526 #263
  8. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#625 #492
  9. Surgery#1,015 #850
  10. Immunology#515 #233
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 City of Hope specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Hematology takes 17.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. HematologySubfield · 81.7 works18×
  2. OncologySubfield · 263.5 works15×
  3. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 71.8 works11×
  4. GeneticsSubfield · 36.9 works8.9×
  5. ImmunologySubfield · 75.8 works7.3×
  6. Pathology and Forensic MedicineSubfield · 55.4 works7.0×
  7. Immunology and MicrobiologyField · 78.5 works5.1×
← 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: 0.08× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.12× its world share, 333 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.14× its world share, 78 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.57× its world share, 14 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.56× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.24× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 21 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.18× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.39× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.51× its world share, 20 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.25× its world share, 948 worksMedicineNursing: 0.58× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.58× its world share, 19 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.17× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 13 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 5.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at City of Hope?

Ranked on the composite score, Karen L. Reckamp, Susan L. Neuhausen and Arti Hurria lead among researchers whose main affiliation is City of Hope.

  1. 1 Karen L. Reckamp United States · #3,142 worldwide 1.3k citations · 84 works
  2. 2 Susan L. Neuhausen United States · #3,244 worldwide 1.3k citations · 91 works
  3. 3 Arti Hurria United States · #6,381 worldwide 767 citations · 72 works
  4. 4 Joel B. Epstein United States · #18,232 worldwide 393 citations · 87 works
  5. 5 John J. Rossi United States · #42,385 worldwide 686 citations · 83 works
  6. 6 Arthur D. Riggs United States · #63,912 worldwide 428 citations · 42 works
  7. 7 Ravi Bhatia United States · #71,896 worldwide 392 citations · 98 works
  8. 8 Jeffrey N. Weitzel United States · #75,426 worldwide 393 citations · 69 works
  9. 9 Przemyslaw Twardowski United States · #91,645 worldwide 274 citations · 29 works
  10. 10 John E. Shively United States · #99,348 worldwide 513 citations · 86 works
All ranked researchers at City of Hope

Which keywords describe research at City of Hope?

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

▲ 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. Immunotherapy170▲ 16×17 topics
  2. Chemotherapy119▲ 11×23 topics
  3. Prognostic Factors117▲ 18×14 topics
  4. Lymphoma106▲ 43×4 topics
  5. Cancer102▲ 5.0×50 topics
  6. Cancer Immunotherapy91▲ 39×3 topics
  7. Tumor Regression81▲ 49×2 topics
  8. Tumor Microenvironment77▲ 12×8 topics
  9. Leukemia75▲ 58×2 topics
  10. CAR T Cells71▲ 63×1 topic
  11. Chimeric Antigen Receptor71▲ 63×1 topic
  12. Targeted Therapy65▲ 19×5 topics
  13. Oxidative Stress59▲ 2.4×48 topics
  14. Clinical Trials55▲ 5.4×15 topics
  15. Rituximab52▲ 23×4 topics
  16. Precision Medicine51▲ 7.2×7 topics
  17. PET Imaging50▲ 19×5 topics
  18. Breast Cancer48▲ 13×11 topics
  19. Hematopoietic Stem Cells46▲ 35×3 topics
  20. Radiotherapy45▲ 7.7×12 topics
  21. Molecular Characterization44▲ 16×5 topics
  22. Minimal Residual Disease43▲ 41×2 topics
  23. Biomarkers43▲ 4.1×15 topics
  24. Genetic Mutations42▲ 6.4×18 topics
  25. Cancer Therapy42▲ 4.8×19 topics
  26. Gene Expression42▲ 4.5×14 topics
  27. Clinical Practice Guidelines41▲ 5.0×13 topics
  28. Immune Checkpoint Blockade39▲ 23×1 topic
  29. PD-1 and PD-L139▲ 23×1 topic
  30. Genomic Instability38▲ 23×3 topics
  31. Molecular Profiling37▲ 25×3 topics
  32. Gene Expression Profiling36▲ 29×2 topics
  33. Neoadjuvant Therapy36▲ 10×5 topics
  34. Metastasis34▲ 6.6×12 topics
  35. Cancer Risk34▲ 10×7 topics
  36. Genetic Pathogenesis31▲ 38×1 topic
  37. Hodgkin's Lymphoma31▲ 38×1 topic
  38. Cell-Free DNA30▲ 20×2 topics
  39. Cancer Genomics30▲ 27×1 topic
  40. Mutational Signatures30▲ 27×1 topic

Which research topics does City of Hope publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: CAR-T cell therapy research, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment and Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics.

CAR-T cell therapy resea…71CAR-T cell therapy research: 71 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 39 fractional worksLymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 31 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 30 fractional worksAcute Myeloid Leukemia Research: 26 fractional worksAcute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research: 24 fractional worksChronic Lymphocytic Leuk…21Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research: 21 fractional worksHematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: 20 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies: 19 fractional worksMultiple Myeloma Research and Treatments: 18 fractional works
OncologyPathology and Forensic MedicineCancer ResearchHematology2 others

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

  1. 1 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 71 works
  2. 2 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 39 works
  3. 3 Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pathology and Forensic Medicine 31 works
  4. 4 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 30 works
  5. 5 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research Hematology 26 works
  6. 6 Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 24 works
  7. 7 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research Genetics 21 works
  8. 8 Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Hematology 20 works
  9. 9 Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies Oncology 19 works
  10. 10 Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments Hematology 18 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 available46.5%not open53.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.6%domestic only82.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has City of Hope's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 39% 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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