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Fred Hutch Cancer Center

In research, Fred Hutch Cancer Center stands highest in Medicine (#330 of 10,443 worldwide), Life Sciences (#267 of 7,800 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#518 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Hematology, Virology and Oncology — Hematology is 19.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#853
of 28,054 · #385 all time
Rank in United States
#156
of 4,192
Research works
15k
◆ 2% vs 2013–17
Citations
966k
66.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
51%
world 28%

What is Fred Hutch 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 #330 of 10,443 21.0%1,140 #133
Life SciencesDomain #267 of 7,800 25.0%571 #90
Health SciencesDomain #518 of 11,982 20.9%1,192 #180
OncologySubfield #63 of 772 20.0%264 #37
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #538 of 3,579 24.9%382 #135
Molecular BiologySubfield #333 of 2,175 25.0%228 #73
Immunology and MicrobiologyField #126 of 682 24.5%152 #52
HematologySubfield #25 of 117 18.3%119 #9
Infectious DiseasesSubfield #78 of 345 30.6%73 #86
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #300 of 1,144 21.8%106 #139

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Fred Hutch 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#133 #330
  2. Life Sciences#90 #267
  3. Health Sciences#180 #518
  4. Oncology#37 #63
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#135 #538
  6. Molecular Biology#73 #333
  7. Immunology and Microbiology#52 #126
  8. Hematology#9 #25
  9. Infectious Diseases#86 #78
  10. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#139 #300
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 Fred Hutch Cancer Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Hematology takes 19.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. HematologySubfield · 118.8 works20×
  2. VirologySubfield · 20.1 works17×
  3. OncologySubfield · 264.4 works12×
  4. GeneticsSubfield · 52.4 works9.7×
  5. ImmunologySubfield · 120.9 works8.8×
  6. Immunology and MicrobiologyField · 151.7 works7.6×
← 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: 0.22× its world share, 20 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.61× its world share, 382 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 7.59× its world share, 152 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.39× its world share, 13 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.52× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.21× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 19 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 25 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.17× its world share, 17 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.59× its world share, 37 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.22× its world share, 10 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.38× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.81× its world share, 42 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.99× its world share, 1,140 worksMedicineNursing: 0.65× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.91× its world share, 39 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.40× its world share, 24 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 31 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 7.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Fred Hutch Cancer Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Ross L. Prentice, Jennifer A. Doherty and Chu Chen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fred Hutch Cancer Center.

  1. 1 Ross L. Prentice United States · #914 worldwide 3k citations · 109 works
  2. 2 Jennifer A. Doherty United States · #4,929 worldwide 946 citations · 79 works
  3. 3 Chu Chen United States · #5,924 worldwide 1.2k citations · 95 works
  4. 4 A. Dusty Miller United States · #7,254 worldwide 973 citations · 56 works
  5. 5 Jonathan A. Cooper United States · #8,415 worldwide 1.5k citations · 54 works
  6. 6 Frederick R. Appelbaum United States · #9,093 worldwide 793 citations · 88 works
  7. 7 CD Buckner United States · #9,725 worldwide 646 citations · 74 works
  8. 8 John A. Hansen United States · #10,945 worldwide 798 citations · 79 works
  9. 9 Mark Groudine United States · #13,229 worldwide 991 citations · 46 works
  10. 10 Steven Henikoff United States · #13,459 worldwide 1.1k citations · 47 works
All ranked researchers at Fred Hutch Cancer Center

Which keywords describe research at Fred Hutch Cancer Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Immunotherapy, Prognostic Factors, Cancer Immunotherapy, Lymphoma, Chemotherapy, Tumor Regression, Hematopoietic Stem Cells and Leukemia.

▲ 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. Immunotherapy156▲ 11×19 topics
  2. Epidemiology136▲ 1.73×108 topics
  3. Prognostic Factors115▲ 13×14 topics
  4. Cancer Immunotherapy103▲ 34×3 topics
  5. Lymphoma101▲ 32×4 topics
  6. Chemotherapy96▲ 6.9×24 topics
  7. Cancer93▲ 3.5×47 topics
  8. Inflammation80▲ 1.93×72 topics
  9. Tumor Regression78▲ 36×2 topics
  10. Hematopoietic Stem Cells75▲ 44×3 topics
  11. Leukemia75▲ 45×2 topics
  12. CAR T Cells73▲ 50×1 topic
  13. Chimeric Antigen Receptor73▲ 50×1 topic
  14. Clinical Trials70▲ 5.3×17 topics
  15. Targeted Therapy60▲ 14×5 topics
  16. Immunity60▲ 7.4×11 topics
  17. Biomarkers59▲ 4.3×15 topics
  18. Vaccine59▲ 7.3×11 topics
  19. Tumor Microenvironment55▲ 6.3×8 topics
  20. Immune Response55▲ 4.9×20 topics
  21. Gene Expression54▲ 4.5×17 topics
  22. Rituximab53▲ 18×4 topics
  23. Genetic Mutations47▲ 5.4×21 topics
  24. Antiretroviral Therapy45▲ 14×6 topics
  25. Mutation45▲ 12×5 topics
  26. Breast Cancer40▲ 8.5×11 topics
  27. Health-related Quality of Life40▲ 8.6×3 topics
  28. Genomic Instability40▲ 18×3 topics
  29. Mesenchymal Stem Cells40▲ 19×3 topics
  30. PET Imaging38▲ 11×5 topics
  31. AML38▲ 39×1 topic
  32. Acute Myeloid Leukemia38▲ 39×1 topic
  33. Antigen Presentation38▲ 22×2 topics
  34. Cancer Incidence38▲ 14×4 topics
  35. Minimal Residual Disease38▲ 27×2 topics
  36. Prostate Cancer38▲ 14×6 topics
  37. Genomic Profiling37▲ 18×2 topics
  38. Bone Marrow Niche35▲ 76×1 topic
  39. Graft-versus-Host Disease35▲ 76×1 topic
  40. Cell-Free DNA34▲ 17×2 topics

Which research topics does Fred Hutch Cancer Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: CAR-T cell therapy research, Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research, Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation and Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics.

CAR-T cell therapy resea…73CAR-T cell therapy research: 73 fractional worksAcute Myeloid Leukemia Research: 38 fractional worksHematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: 35 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 31 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 31 fractional worksImmune Cell Function and Interaction: 28 fractional worksChronic Lymphocytic Leuk…26Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research: 26 fractional worksImmunotherapy and Immune Responses: 26 fractional worksLymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 26 fractional worksProstate Cancer Treatmen…24Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research: 24 fractional works
OncologyHematologyCancer ResearchImmunology3 others

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

  1. 1 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 73 works
  2. 2 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research Hematology 38 works
  3. 3 Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Hematology 35 works
  4. 4 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 31 works
  5. 5 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 31 works
  6. 6 Immune Cell Function and Interaction Immunology 28 works
  7. 7 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research Genetics 26 works
  8. 8 Immunotherapy and Immune Responses Immunology 26 works
  9. 9 Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pathology and Forensic Medicine 26 works
  10. 10 Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 24 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 available50.6%not open49.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.8%domestic only74.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Fred Hutch Cancer Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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