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Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center

In research, Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center stands highest in Life Sciences (#895 of 7,800 worldwide), Medicine (#1,774 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#2,196 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology — Oncology is 4.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,453
of 28,054 · #1,431 all time
Rank in United States
#234
of 4,192
Research works
3.1k
▲ 27% vs 2013–17
Citations
214k
68.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
35.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
45%
world 28%

What is Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer 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
Life SciencesDomain #895 of 7,800 45.5%97 #834
MedicineField #1,774 of 10,443 33.8%142 #1196
Health SciencesDomain #2,196 of 11,982 33.9%165 #1273
Social SciencesDomain #2,051 of 10,521 32.2%178 #774
Physical SciencesDomain #3,147 of 12,888 32.9%81 #3992
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #946 of 3,579 47.9%66 #928
Social SciencesField #1,767 of 6,365 32.2%80 #1396

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Dana-Farber/Harvard 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 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#834 #895
  2. Medicine#1,196 #1,774
  3. Health Sciences#1,273 #2,196
  4. Social Sciences#774 #2,051
  5. Physical Sciences#3,992 #3,147
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#928 #946
  7. Social Sciences#1,396 #1,767
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 Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 4.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 28.5 works4.9×
← 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: 0.35× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.37× its world share, 66 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.94× its world share, 15 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.79× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.36× its world share, 15 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.11× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.18× its world share, 14 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.23× its world share, 32 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.80× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.41× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.51× its world share, 21 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.41× its world share, 142 worksMedicineNursing: 0.64× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.77× its world share, 12 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.19× its world share, 20 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.19× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.48× its world share, 39 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.41× its world share, 22 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.21× its world share, 80 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center?

Ranked on the composite score, David R. Foster, Neil Pederson and Patrick Vinck lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center.

  1. 1 David R. Foster United States · #32,408 worldwide 605 citations · 43 works
  2. 2 Neil Pederson United States · #132,834 worldwide 220 citations · 34 works
  3. 3 Patrick Vinck United States · #246,358 worldwide 87 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Phuong Pham United States · #254,917 worldwide 73 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Felix Oberholzer‐Gee United States · #471,949 worldwide 85 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Frederick C. Shattuck United States · #1,217,543 worldwide 0 citations · 28 works
  7. 7 George Nwangwu United States · #1,626,540 worldwide 0 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center

Which keywords describe research at Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Immunotherapy, Climate Change, Breast Cancer, Targeted Therapy, Personality Traits, Global Governance, Chemotherapy and Public Health.

▲ 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. Climate Change24▲ 1.68×57 topics
  2. Epidemiology18◆ 0.89×73 topics
  3. Public Health16▲ 2.1×34 topics
  4. Inflammation15▲ 1.41×63 topics
  5. Globalization15▲ 1.47×40 topics
  6. Immunotherapy15▲ 4.1×18 topics
  7. Cancer14▲ 1.99×35 topics
  8. Chemotherapy12▲ 3.4×21 topics
  9. Economic Growth12▲ 2.6×16 topics
  10. Gene Expression12▲ 3.6×12 topics
  11. Clinical Trials11▲ 3.2×17 topics
  12. Renewable Energy11▲ 1.53×18 topics
  13. Innovation11▲ 1.97×22 topics
  14. Tumor Microenvironment10▲ 4.2×8 topics
  15. Prognostic Factors10▲ 4.3×14 topics
  16. Radiotherapy10▲ 4.8×11 topics
  17. Breast Cancer10▲ 7.7×8 topics
  18. Targeted Therapy9▲ 7.6×5 topics
  19. Global Governance9▲ 7.3×12 topics
  20. Regulation9▲ 3.1×15 topics
  21. Personality Traits8▲ 12×8 topics
  22. Neoadjuvant Therapy7▲ 5.9×5 topics
  23. International Relations7▲ 5.4×15 topics
  24. Neuroscience7▲ 4.4×10 topics
  25. Governance7▲ 3.9×9 topics
  26. Monetary Policy6▲ 5.0×10 topics
  27. Survival Analysis6▲ 4.5×7 topics
  28. Political Economy6▲ 4.5×9 topics
  29. Cancer Immunotherapy6▲ 7.5×3 topics
  30. Psychology6▲ 8.3×4 topics
  31. Creativity5▲ 17×2 topics
  32. Geopolitics5▲ 6.5×6 topics
  33. Molecular Subtypes5▲ 12×3 topics
  34. Prognostic Markers5▲ 9.3×3 topics
  35. Genomic Instability5▲ 8.6×3 topics
  36. Liquidity5▲ 13×3 topics
  37. Immune Checkpoint Blockade5▲ 8.5×1 topic
  38. PD-1 and PD-L15▲ 8.5×1 topic
  39. Brain Activity5▲ 16×2 topics
  40. Cognitive Processes5▲ 17×2 topics

Which research topics does Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Creativity in Education and Neuroscience, Breast Cancer Treatment Studies and Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics.

Cancer Immunotherapy and…5Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 5 fractional worksCreativity in Education …5Creativity in Education and Neuroscience: 5 fractional worksBreast Cancer Treatment …5Breast Cancer Treatment Studies: 5 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diag…4Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 4 fractional worksEnergy and Environment Impacts: 4 fractional worksCancer survivorship and care: 3 fractional worksBanking stability, regul…3Banking stability, regulation, efficiency: 3 fractional worksHealthcare Policy and Management: 3 fractional worksSingle-cell and spatial transcriptomics: 3 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy resea…3CAR-T cell therapy research: 3 fractional works
OncologyExperimental and Cognitive PsychologyCancer ResearchPollution3 others

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

  1. 1 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 5 works
  2. 2 Creativity in Education and Neuroscience Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 5 works
  3. 3 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 5 works
  4. 4 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 4 works
  5. 5 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 4 works
  6. 6 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 3 works
  7. 7 Banking stability, regulation, efficiency Finance 3 works
  8. 8 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  9. 9 Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics Molecular Biology 3 works
  10. 10 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 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 available44.7%not open55.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.4%domestic only75.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 27% 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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