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Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center

In research, Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center stands highest in Medicine (#5,407 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,133 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,080
of 28,054 · #2,411 all time
Rank in United States
#1,074
of 4,192
Research works
1k
▲ 74% vs 2013–17
Citations
78k
75.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
50%
world 28%

What is Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center 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 #5,407 of 10,443 21.0%114 #995
Health SciencesDomain #7,133 of 11,982 20.8%117 #1346

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders 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 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: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.60× its world share, 44 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.34× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.99× its world share, 3 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.54× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.27× its world share, 114 worksMedicineNursing: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksNursingDecision Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 3 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, 4.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Steven G. DuBois, Emily Harris and Rachael F. Grace lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center.

  1. 1 Steven G. DuBois United States · #358,767 worldwide 110 citations · 45 works
  2. 2 Emily Harris United States · #543,182 worldwide 39 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Rachael F. Grace United States · #1,336,255 worldwide 27 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center

Which keywords describe research at Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Immunotherapy, Genetic Mutations, Prognostic Factors, Radiotherapy, Molecular Classification, Glioblastoma, Temozolomide and Inflammation.

▲ 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. Immunotherapy22▲ 17×11 topics
  2. Genetic Mutations17▲ 22×21 topics
  3. Prognostic Factors16▲ 20×14 topics
  4. Inflammation14▲ 3.6×36 topics
  5. Radiotherapy12▲ 17×10 topics
  6. Cancer12▲ 4.8×33 topics
  7. Molecular Classification11▲ 40×4 topics
  8. Glioblastoma10▲ 82×1 topic
  9. Temozolomide10▲ 82×1 topic
  10. Epidemiology10▲ 1.39×40 topics
  11. Chemotherapy10▲ 7.6×19 topics
  12. Hematopoietic Stem Cells9▲ 58×3 topics
  13. Therapy7▲ 20×3 topics
  14. Prognosis7▲ 11×5 topics
  15. Staging System7▲ 62×2 topics
  16. ALK7▲ 142×1 topic
  17. Neuroblastoma7▲ 142×1 topic
  18. Health-related Quality of Life6▲ 15×3 topics
  19. Clinical Practice Guidelines6▲ 5.9×8 topics
  20. Childhood Cancer Survivor Study6▲ 70×1 topic
  21. Hemostasis6▲ 33×3 topics
  22. Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory6▲ 70×1 topic
  23. Diagnosis6▲ 3.2×18 topics
  24. Clinical Trials5▲ 4.4×11 topics
  25. Apoptosis5▲ 8.9×13 topics
  26. Thrombosis5▲ 9.7×6 topics
  27. Pulmonary Hypertension5▲ 19×2 topics
  28. Targeted Therapy5▲ 12×5 topics
  29. Tumor Microenvironment5▲ 5.8×8 topics
  30. Transcriptional Regulation4▲ 16×7 topics
  31. Sickle-cell Disease4▲ 57×1 topic
  32. Thalassemia4▲ 57×1 topic
  33. Genetic Variants4▲ 14×4 topics
  34. Anemia4▲ 23×4 topics
  35. Erythropoiesis4▲ 35×2 topics
  36. Minimal Residual Disease4▲ 29×2 topics
  37. Pancreatic Cancer4▲ 19×3 topics
  38. Antithrombotic Therapy4▲ 25×2 topics
  39. Platelets4▲ 28×2 topics
  40. Vascular Biology4▲ 45×2 topics

Which research topics does Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment, Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments, Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life and Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders.

Glioma Diagnosis and Tre…10Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 10 fractional worksNeuroblastoma Research and Treatments: 7 fractional worksChildhood Cancer Survivo…6Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life: 6 fractional worksHemoglobinopathies and R…4Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 4 fractional worksAcute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research: 4 fractional worksBlood disorders and treatments: 3 fractional worksSarcoma Diagnosis and Tr…3Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional worksAcute Myeloid Leukemia Research: 3 fractional worksPlatelet Disorders and Treatments: 3 fractional worksErythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology: 3 fractional works
GeneticsNeurologyPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health3 others

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

  1. 1 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 10 works
  2. 2 Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments Neurology 7 works
  3. 3 Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 6 works
  4. 4 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 4 works
  5. 5 Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  6. 6 Blood disorders and treatments Genetics 3 works
  7. 7 Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  8. 8 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research Hematology 3 works
  9. 9 Platelet Disorders and Treatments Hematology 3 works
  10. 10 Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology Physiology 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 available49.5%not open50.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.5%domestic only76.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 74% 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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