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Duke Cancer Institute

In research, Duke Cancer Institute stands highest in Medicine (#3,210 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,419 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Oncology is 15.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,616
of 28,054 · #15,486 all time
Rank in ??
#232
of 692
Research works
507
▲ 70% vs 2013–17
Citations
11k
22.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

What is Duke 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
MedicineField #3,210 of 10,443 19.4%111 #4071
Health SciencesDomain #4,419 of 11,982 19.9%116 #5535

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Duke 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).

What does Duke Cancer Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 15.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 27.3 works16×
  2. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 23.6 works9.8×
← 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: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.28× its world share, 19 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.41× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.28× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.70× its world share, 111 worksMedicineNursing: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.05× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.44× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Duke Cancer Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Jennifer A. Freedman lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Duke Cancer Institute.

  1. 1 Jennifer A. Freedman ?? · #1,624,627 worldwide 0 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Duke Cancer Institute

Which keywords describe research at Duke Cancer Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Immunotherapy, Chemotherapy, Prognostic Factors, Clinical Trials, Targeted Therapy, Biomarkers, Radiotherapy and Prostate 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 2022–2025 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. Immunotherapy19▲ 17×16 topics
  2. Chemotherapy15▲ 14×20 topics
  3. Prognostic Factors13▲ 19×13 topics
  4. Clinical Trials13▲ 12×11 topics
  5. Targeted Therapy10▲ 29×5 topics
  6. Biomarkers10▲ 9.5×9 topics
  7. Quality of Life10▲ 4.3×15 topics
  8. Radiotherapy10▲ 16×11 topics
  9. Prostate Cancer9▲ 45×5 topics
  10. Genomic Profiling8▲ 50×2 topics
  11. Genetic Mutations8▲ 12×10 topics
  12. Breast Cancer8▲ 21×11 topics
  13. Cancer8▲ 3.6×30 topics
  14. Clinical Practice Guidelines7▲ 8.0×10 topics
  15. Hormone Therapy6▲ 49×3 topics
  16. Tumor Microenvironment6▲ 8.8×7 topics
  17. Health-related Quality of Life6▲ 16×3 topics
  18. Survival Analysis6▲ 13×6 topics
  19. Androgen Receptor6▲ 48×1 topic
  20. Metastatic Prostate Cancer6▲ 87×1 topic
  21. Neoadjuvant Therapy5▲ 15×5 topics
  22. Cancer Incidence5▲ 23×4 topics
  23. Gene Expression5▲ 5.2×10 topics
  24. Metastasis5▲ 9.3×10 topics
  25. Radiation Therapy5▲ 24×5 topics
  26. Cancer Survivorship5▲ 41×2 topics
  27. Cognitive Function5▲ 17×6 topics
  28. Biopsy4▲ 47×2 topics
  29. Metastatic Breast Cancer4▲ 50×2 topics
  30. Anxiety4▲ 5.8×5 topics
  31. Clinical Guidelines4▲ 9.5×4 topics
  32. Molecular Subtypes4▲ 32×2 topics
  33. Cancer Treatment4▲ 11×6 topics
  34. Population-Based Study4▲ 38×2 topics
  35. Hematopoietic Stem Cells4▲ 28×3 topics
  36. Immune Checkpoint Blockade4▲ 22×1 topic
  37. PD-1 and PD-L14▲ 22×1 topic
  38. Blood-Brain Barrier4▲ 38×2 topics
  39. Patient-Reported Outcomes4▲ 44×1 topic
  40. PET Imaging4▲ 14×4 topics

Which research topics does Duke Cancer Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Cancer survivorship and care and Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment.

Prostate Cancer Treatmen…6Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research: 6 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…4Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 4 fractional worksCancer survivorship and care: 4 fractional worksProstate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional worksBrain Metastases and Treatment: 3 fractional worksBreast Cancer Treatment Studies: 3 fractional worksEconomic and Financial Impacts of Cancer: 3 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-…3Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 3 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence and Screening: 3 fractional worksAcute Myeloid Leukemia Research: 3 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineOncologyCancer ResearchEconomics and Econometrics2 others

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

  1. 1 Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  2. 2 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 4 works
  3. 3 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 4 works
  4. 4 Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  5. 5 Brain Metastases and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  6. 6 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 3 works
  7. 7 Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  8. 8 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  9. 9 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 3 works
  10. 10 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research Hematology 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 available41.9%not open58.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.7%domestic only77.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Duke Cancer Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 70% higher than in 2013–2017.

20152020
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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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