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Danish Cancer Society

In research, Danish Cancer Society stands highest in Health Sciences (#743 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#739 of 8,541 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,123 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology (Oncology is 9.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#2,678
of 22,385 · #1,914 all time
Rank in Denmark
#16
of 93
Research works
2.7k
▼ 17% vs 2018-21
Citations
153k
57.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.23×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
43%
world 40%
International
32%
world 18%
Danish Cancer Society

What is Danish Cancer Society known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #743 of 9,902 18.7%155 #873
MedicineField #739 of 8,541 18.7%141 #847
Life SciencesDomain #1,123 of 6,403 15.2%68 #1236

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Danish Cancer Society 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#873 #743
  2. Medicine#847 #739
  3. Life Sciences#1,236 #1,123
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Danish Cancer Society work in?

In 2022-now, 60% of research at Danish Cancer Society is in Health Sciences, 28% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (55%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (23%), Environmental Science (4%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 175 fractional works · 60.3% of its workMedicine: 161 fractional works · 55.3% of its workOncology: 32 fractional works · 10.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 20 fractional works · 6.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 13 fractional works · 4.6% of its workSurgery: 11 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEpidemiology: 10 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 8 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPhysiology: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workReproductive Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDermatology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 12 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 80 fractional works · 27.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 67 fractional works · 22.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 38 fractional works · 13.2% of its workCancer Research: 9 fractional works · 3.2% of its workCell Biology: 8 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 7 fractional works · 2.3% of its workImmunology: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 21 fractional works · 7.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 13 fractional works · 4.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 10 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpectroscopy: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 15 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 2.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKDanish CancerSociety291fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences28%Physical Sciences7%Health Sciences60%Social Sciences5%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine16155.3%
    2. Health Professions124.1%
    3. Nursing20.6%
    4. Dentistry10.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6722.9%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology72.3%
    3. Neuroscience31.0%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences30.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.4%
    1. Environmental Science134.5%
    2. Engineering20.8%
    3. Chemistry20.7%
    4. Computer Science10.3%
    5. Mathematics10.3%
    6. Physics and Astronomy10.2%
    7. Materials Science10.2%
    8. Energy00.1%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Psychology72.4%
    2. Social Sciences41.5%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.4%
    5. Decision Sciences00.1%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Danish Cancer Society specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 9.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 31.7 works9.7×
← 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: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.30× its world share, 67 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.31× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.63× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.99× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.90× its world share, 13 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.56× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.88× its world share, 161 worksMedicineNursing: 1.13× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.80× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× 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, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.30×67 works
  2. Medicine2.88×161 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology2.31×7 works
  4. Health Professions1.56×12 works
  5. Nursing1.13×2 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.99×1 works
  7. Environmental Science0.90×13 works
  8. Psychology0.80×7 works
  9. Neuroscience0.63×3 works
  10. Dentistry0.58×1 works
  11. Chemistry0.47×2 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.28×2 works
  13. Mathematics0.23×1 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.19×3 works
  15. Social Sciences0.12×4 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.11×1 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.10×1 works
  18. Decision Sciences0.09×0 works
  19. Energy0.06×0 works
  20. Materials Science0.06×1 works
  21. Engineering0.05×2 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.04×0 works
  23. Computer Science0.04×1 works
  24. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.02×0 works
  25. Arts and Humanities0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Danish Cancer Society?

Ranked on the quality score, Marja Jäättelä, Anne Marie Tjønneland and Jiří Bártek lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Danish Cancer Society.

  1. 1 Marja Jäättelä Denmark · #11,203 worldwide 57k citations · 295 works
  2. 2 Anne Marie Tjønneland Denmark · #13,255 worldwide 132k citations · 2,038 works
  3. 3 Jiří Bártek Denmark · #14,828 worldwide 83k citations · 660 works
  4. 4 Kim Overvad Denmark · #20,313 worldwide 123k citations · 1,639 works
  5. 5 Mette Sørensen Denmark · #23,054 worldwide 22k citations · 349 works
  6. 6 Claudia Lukas Denmark · #25,151 worldwide 20k citations · 81 works
  7. 7 Anja Olsen Denmark · #29,706 worldwide 35k citations · 631 works
  8. 8 Jiřina Bártková Denmark · #38,084 worldwide 25k citations · 230 works
  9. 9 Ole Raaschou‐Nielsen Denmark · #41,428 worldwide 33k citations · 536 works
  10. 10 Hans Henrik Storm Denmark · #54,545 worldwide 37k citations · 333 works
All ranked researchers at Danish Cancer Society

What are the most cited papers from Danish Cancer Society?

The most cited paper from Danish Cancer Society is "Molecular mechanisms of cell death: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2018" (Lorenzo Galluzzi et al., 2018), with 6,760 citations. Next come "Global surveillance of trends in cancer survival 2000–14 (CONCORD-3): analysis of individual records for 37 513 025 patients diagnosed with one of 18 cancers from 322 population-based registries in 71 countries" (6,323) and "The DNA-damage response in human biology and disease" (6,194).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Molecular mechanisms of cell death: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2018 Lorenzo Galluzzi et al. · Cell Death and Differentiation Open access169 authors 23 Jan 2018 6,760
2 Global surveillance of trends in cancer survival 2000–14 (CONCORD-3): analysis of individual records for 37 513 025 patients diagnosed with one of 18 cancers from 322 population-based registries in 71 countries Claudia Allemani et al. · The Lancet Open access595 authors 31 Jan 2018 6,323
3 The DNA-damage response in human biology and disease Stephen P. Jackson, Jiří Bártek · Nature Open access 20 Oct 2009 6,194
4 Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) Daniel J. Klionsky et al. · Autophagy Open access2,467 authors 2 Jan 2016 6,023
5 Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy Daniel J. Klionsky et al. · Autophagy Open access1,270 authors Apr 2012 4,068
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Danish Cancer Society?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer, Metabolic Syndrome, Chemotherapy, Inflammation, Oxidative Stress, Cardiovascular Disease, Health Effects and Breast Cancer.

▲ 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-now 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. Cancer25▲ 6.4×44 topics
  2. Inflammation25▲ 4.0×61 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress21▲ 4.5×43 topics
  4. Metabolic Syndrome20▲ 8.3×20 topics
  5. Chemotherapy19▲ 9.2×22 topics
  6. Epidemiology18▲ 1.57×59 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease18▲ 5.3×28 topics
  8. Health Effects14▲ 8.0×15 topics
  9. Immunotherapy13▲ 6.1×17 topics
  10. Breast Cancer13▲ 17×11 topics
  11. Obesity12▲ 5.6×18 topics
  12. Quality of Life12▲ 3.0×30 topics
  13. Public Health11▲ 2.6×20 topics
  14. Biomarkers10▲ 5.1×15 topics
  15. Health-related Quality of Life10▲ 15×4 topics
  16. Risk Factors10▲ 3.1×23 topics
  17. Cancer Incidence10▲ 24×4 topics
  18. Pregnancy9▲ 15×7 topics
  19. Prognostic Factors9▲ 7.0×13 topics
  20. Survival9▲ 21×4 topics
  21. Cancer Therapy8▲ 5.1×13 topics
  22. Mortality8▲ 4.9×6 topics
  23. Clinical Trials8▲ 4.1×12 topics
  24. Fatigue8▲ 23×2 topics
  25. Physical Activity8▲ 5.6×5 topics
  26. Radiotherapy7▲ 6.3×11 topics
  27. DNA Damage7▲ 31×4 topics
  28. Metastasis7▲ 7.2×11 topics
  29. Adiposity7▲ 49×2 topics
  30. Body Mass Index7▲ 49×2 topics
  31. Cancer Survivorship7▲ 31×2 topics
  32. Hormones7▲ 92×1 topic
  33. Cancer Risk6▲ 9.8×9 topics
  34. Ovarian Cancer6▲ 24×3 topics
  35. Apoptosis6▲ 6.9×15 topics
  36. Global Burden of Disease6▲ 8.4×4 topics
  37. Particulate Matter6▲ 14×2 topics
  38. Patient-Reported Outcomes6▲ 37×1 topic
  39. Psychosocial Interventions6▲ 37×1 topic
  40. Genomic Instability6▲ 18×3 topics

Which research topics does Danish Cancer Society publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cancer Risks and Factors, Cancer survivorship and care, Air Quality and Health Impacts and Global Cancer Incidence and Screening.

Cancer Risks and Factors7Cancer Risks and Factors: 7 fractional worksCancer survivorship and …6Cancer survivorship and care: 6 fractional worksAir Quality and Health I…6Air Quality and Health Impacts: 6 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence …5Global Cancer Incidence and Screening: 5 fractional worksNutritional Studies and Diet: 4 fractional worksChildhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life: 4 fractional worksDNA Repair Mechanisms4DNA Repair Mechanisms: 4 fractional worksRNA modifications and cancer: 4 fractional worksAcute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research: 4 fractional worksOvarian cancer diagnosis…4Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment: 4 fractional works
OncologyHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health2 others

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

  1. 1 Cancer Risks and Factors Oncology 7 works
  2. 2 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 6 works
  3. 3 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 6 works
  4. 4 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 5 works
  5. 5 Nutritional Studies and Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  6. 6 Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 4 works
  7. 7 DNA Repair Mechanisms Molecular Biology 4 works
  8. 8 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 4 works
  9. 9 Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  10. 10 Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment Reproductive Medicine 4 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 available43.4%not open56.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.2%domestic only67.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Danish Cancer Society's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 17% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Danish Cancer Society as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0010% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Danish Cancer Society0.0010% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Danish Cancer Society over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Danish Cancer Society18.6% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 27.7% in 2011.

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