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Fox Chase Cancer Center

In research, Fox Chase Cancer Center stands highest in Medicine (#1,253 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,661 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,683 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology, Cancer Research and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Oncology is 14.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,373
of 28,054 · #888 all time
Rank in United States
#481
of 4,192
Research works
10k
▼ 30% vs 2013–17
Citations
474k
47.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

What is Fox Chase 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
MedicineField #1,253 of 10,443 14.4%505 #326
Health SciencesDomain #1,661 of 11,982 14.6%520 #406
Life SciencesDomain #1,683 of 7,800 15.5%205 #402
OncologySubfield #376 of 772 14.4%129 #69
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #623 of 1,144 15.4%85 #86
SurgerySubfield #1,080 of 1,816 15.4%62 #402
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,208 of 3,579 14.3%166 #413
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,547 of 2,175 16.2%86 #254

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Fox Chase 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. Medicine#326 #1,253
  2. Health Sciences#406 #1,661
  3. Life Sciences#402 #1,683
  4. Oncology#69 #376
  5. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#86 #623
  6. Surgery#402 #1,080
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#413 #2,208
  8. Molecular Biology#254 #1,547
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 Fox Chase Cancer Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 14.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 129.0 works14×
  2. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 39.0 works11×
  3. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 85.5 works7.0×
  4. ImmunologySubfield · 31.5 works5.8×
← 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: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.93× its world share, 166 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.07× its world share, 32 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.25× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.60× its world share, 10 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.58× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.32× its world share, 505 worksMedicineNursing: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.80× its world share, 14 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.16× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center?

Ranked on the composite score, John A. Ridge, Elizabeth R. Plimack and Neal J. Meropol lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fox Chase Cancer Center.

  1. 1 John A. Ridge United States · #3,672 worldwide 886 citations · 72 works
  2. 2 Elizabeth R. Plimack United States · #6,647 worldwide 850 citations · 85 works
  3. 3 Neal J. Meropol United States · #6,898 worldwide 922 citations · 71 works
  4. 4 Margaret von Mehren United States · #10,083 worldwide 651 citations · 58 works
  5. 5 David S. Weinberg United States · #18,717 worldwide 546 citations · 54 works
  6. 6 Michael J. Hall United States · #26,216 worldwide 329 citations · 62 works
  7. 7 Hossein Borghaei United States · #31,214 worldwide 388 citations · 78 works
  8. 8 Igor Astsaturov United States · #33,816 worldwide 449 citations · 43 works
  9. 9 Joseph R. Testa United States · #35,162 worldwide 649 citations · 90 works
  10. 10 Edna Cukierman United States · #35,385 worldwide 493 citations · 34 works
All ranked researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center

Which keywords describe research at Fox Chase Cancer Center?

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

▲ 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. Immunotherapy86▲ 15×18 topics
  2. Chemotherapy83▲ 15×23 topics
  3. Cancer54▲ 5.0×42 topics
  4. Prognostic Factors47▲ 14×14 topics
  5. Tumor Microenvironment45▲ 13×8 topics
  6. Epidemiology44▲ 1.41×74 topics
  7. Neoadjuvant Therapy44▲ 24×5 topics
  8. Clinical Trials43▲ 8.0×12 topics
  9. Radiotherapy42▲ 14×12 topics
  10. Targeted Therapy42▲ 24×5 topics
  11. Molecular Characterization40▲ 28×5 topics
  12. Inflammation35▲ 2.1×53 topics
  13. Quality of Life34▲ 3.0×27 topics
  14. Genetic Mutations33▲ 9.6×16 topics
  15. Clinical Practice Guidelines30▲ 7.1×12 topics
  16. Biomarkers27▲ 5.0×14 topics
  17. Cancer Therapy26▲ 5.9×15 topics
  18. Breast Cancer26▲ 14×11 topics
  19. Survival Analysis24▲ 11×7 topics
  20. Guidelines23▲ 6.3×13 topics
  21. Precision Medicine23▲ 6.3×7 topics
  22. Gene Expression23▲ 4.7×13 topics
  23. Genomic Profiling22▲ 27×2 topics
  24. Metastasis22▲ 8.2×11 topics
  25. Cancer Risk22▲ 12×8 topics
  26. Cancer Incidence21▲ 19×4 topics
  27. Genomic Instability19▲ 22×3 topics
  28. Clinical Guidelines19▲ 8.2×6 topics
  29. Lymphoma18▲ 14×4 topics
  30. Treatment Guidelines17▲ 10×3 topics
  31. Immune Checkpoint Blockade17▲ 20×1 topic
  32. PD-1 and PD-L117▲ 20×1 topic
  33. Genetic Testing17▲ 19×3 topics
  34. Therapy16▲ 10×7 topics
  35. Bladder Cancer16▲ 55×1 topic
  36. Urothelial Carcinoma16▲ 48×1 topic
  37. Molecular Subtypes16▲ 24×3 topics
  38. ALK Inhibitors16▲ 32×1 topic
  39. EGFR Mutations16▲ 32×1 topic
  40. Cell Death16▲ 8.6×6 topics

Which research topics does Fox Chase Cancer Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments, Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations and Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics.

Cancer Immunotherapy and…17Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 17 fractional worksBladder and Urothelial C…16Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments: 16 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 16 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 13 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence and Screening: 12 fractional worksRenal cell carcinoma treatment: 11 fractional worksLung Cancer Research Studies: 10 fractional worksAdvanced Radiotherapy Te…10Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques: 10 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 10 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 9 fractional works
OncologySurgeryPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineCancer Research1 others

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

  1. 1 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 17 works
  2. 2 Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments Surgery 16 works
  3. 3 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 16 works
  4. 4 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 13 works
  5. 5 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 12 works
  6. 6 Renal cell carcinoma treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 11 works
  7. 7 Lung Cancer Research Studies Oncology 10 works
  8. 8 Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques Radiation 10 works
  9. 9 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 10 works
  10. 10 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 9 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 available34.2%not open65.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.5%domestic only89.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Fox Chase Cancer Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 30% lower 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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