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Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center

In research, Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center stands highest in Medicine (#11,238 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#14,280 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Medicine — Medicine is 3.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, all time
#22,914
of 42,892
Rank in ??
#376
of 1,041
Research works
221
▼ 4% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.3k
33.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

What is Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
MedicineField #11,238 of 17,978 21.1%133
Health SciencesDomain #14,280 of 20,462 20.9%138

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

What does Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Medicine takes 3.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MedicineField · 35.7 works3.5×
← 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: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.89× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.00× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.76× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 1.45× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.46× its world share, 36 worksMedicineNursing: 0.77× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.04× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.93× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.27× 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, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chemotherapy, Immunotherapy, Tumor Microenvironment, Prognostic Factors, Immune Checkpoint Blockade, PD-1 and PD-L1, Targeted Therapy and Cancer Incidence.

▲ 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. Chemotherapy6▲ 16×17 topics
  2. Immunotherapy6▲ 15×14 topics
  3. Tumor Microenvironment5▲ 23×7 topics
  4. Epidemiology4▲ 1.85×17 topics
  5. Prognostic Factors3▲ 14×11 topics
  6. Immune Checkpoint Blockade3▲ 54×1 topic
  7. PD-1 and PD-L13▲ 54×1 topic
  8. Targeted Therapy3▲ 26×4 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress3▲ 3.4×15 topics
  10. Cancer3▲ 4.0×21 topics
  11. Cancer Incidence3▲ 38×4 topics
  12. Quality of Life3▲ 3.5×11 topics
  13. Molecular Characterization2▲ 26×4 topics
  14. Treatment2▲ 3.9×6 topics
  15. Breast Cancer2▲ 19×7 topics
  16. Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 8.2×7 topics
  17. Clinical Trials2▲ 6.6×10 topics
  18. Cervical Cancer2▲ 38×2 topics
  19. Survival Analysis2▲ 13×5 topics
  20. Neoadjuvant Therapy2▲ 15×5 topics
  21. Cancer Therapy2▲ 5.7×9 topics
  22. Health-related Quality of Life2▲ 15×3 topics
  23. Metastatic2▲ 53×2 topics
  24. Radiotherapy2▲ 8.7×8 topics
  25. Genetic Mutations2▲ 7.3×5 topics
  26. Minimal Residual Disease2▲ 47×2 topics
  27. Proteasome Inhibitors2▲ 44×2 topics
  28. Cognitive Function2▲ 16×3 topics
  29. Health Disparities2▲ 11×4 topics
  30. Population-Based Study2▲ 44×2 topics
  31. Diagnosis Criteria2▲ 77×1 topic
  32. International Myeloma Working Group2▲ 77×1 topic
  33. Metastatic Breast Cancer2▲ 50×2 topics
  34. Molecular Classification2▲ 18×3 topics
  35. Nephron-Sparing Surgery2▲ 82×1 topic
  36. Renal Cell Carcinoma2▲ 82×1 topic
  37. Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy2▲ 34×2 topics
  38. Staging System2▲ 45×2 topics
  39. Therapy2▲ 14×2 topics
  40. Cancer Risk1▲ 12×4 topics

Which research topics does Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Renal cell carcinoma treatment, Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments and Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics.

Cancer Immunotherapy and…3Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 3 fractional worksRenal cell carcinoma treatment: 2 fractional worksMultiple Myeloma Research and Treatments: 2 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 1 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence and Screening: 1 fractional worksCervical Cancer and HPV Research: 1 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments a…1Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 1 fractional worksEndometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments: 1 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 1 fractional worksCancer-related cognitive…1Cancer-related cognitive impairment studies: 1 fractional works
OncologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineHematologyCancer Research2 others

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

  1. 1 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 3 works
  2. 2 Renal cell carcinoma treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  3. 3 Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments Hematology 2 works
  4. 4 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 1 works
  5. 5 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 1 works
  6. 6 Cervical Cancer and HPV Research Epidemiology 1 works
  7. 7 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments Obstetrics and Gynecology 1 works
  9. 9 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 1 works
  10. 10 Cancer-related cognitive impairment studies Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 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 available38.0%not open62.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.6%domestic only84.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% 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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