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German Cancer Society

In research, German Cancer Society stands highest in Medicine (#6,558 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,239 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,035
of 28,054 · #17,865 all time
Rank in Germany
#541
of 1,178
Research works
357
▲ 45% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.7k
18.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is German Cancer Society 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 #6,558 of 10,443 18.6%72 #7353
Health SciencesDomain #8,239 of 11,982 18.5%78 #9423

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where German 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.22× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.23× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.89× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.05× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.38× its world share, 72 worksMedicineNursing: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.05× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at German Cancer Society?

Ranked on the composite score, Markus Follmann, Thomas Langer and Christoph Kowalski lead among researchers whose main affiliation is German Cancer Society.

  1. 1 Markus Follmann Germany · #279,252 worldwide 61 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Thomas Langer Germany · #432,172 worldwide 38 citations · 37 works
  3. 3 Christoph Kowalski Germany · #543,824 worldwide 71 citations · 47 works
  4. 4 Simone Wesselmann Germany · #681,928 worldwide 25 citations · 32 works
  5. 5 Johannes Bruns Germany · #1,109,063 worldwide 3 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Fey F Germany · #1,254,871 worldwide 8 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 G Sydow Germany · #1,421,412 worldwide 7 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Clara Breidenbach Germany · #1,582,890 worldwide 2 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at German Cancer Society

Which keywords describe research at German Cancer Society?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Immunotherapy, Chemotherapy, Prognostic Factors, Clinical Guidelines, Clinical Trials, Genetic Mutations, Neoadjuvant Therapy and Molecular Characterization.

▲ 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. Immunotherapy15▲ 19×15 topics
  2. Chemotherapy11▲ 14×20 topics
  3. Prognostic Factors8▲ 16×14 topics
  4. Quality of Life7▲ 4.4×16 topics
  5. Clinical Guidelines6▲ 20×5 topics
  6. Clinical Trials6▲ 8.6×11 topics
  7. Genetic Mutations6▲ 13×15 topics
  8. Neoadjuvant Therapy6▲ 22×5 topics
  9. Molecular Characterization5▲ 27×4 topics
  10. Radiotherapy5▲ 12×10 topics
  11. Cancer5▲ 3.4×31 topics
  12. Cancer Survivorship5▲ 60×2 topics
  13. Tumor Microenvironment5▲ 9.5×6 topics
  14. Clinical Practice Guidelines5▲ 7.7×8 topics
  15. Biomarkers4▲ 5.9×6 topics
  16. Targeted Therapy4▲ 18×5 topics
  17. Health-related Quality of Life4▲ 15×4 topics
  18. Prostate Cancer4▲ 27×4 topics
  19. Quality Assessment4▲ 19×4 topics
  20. Guideline Development4▲ 158×1 topic
  21. Practice Recommendations4▲ 158×1 topic
  22. Guidelines4▲ 6.7×7 topics
  23. Radiation Therapy4▲ 24×5 topics
  24. Anxiety3▲ 6.5×5 topics
  25. Survival Analysis3▲ 11×6 topics
  26. Genomic Profiling3▲ 28×2 topics
  27. Molecular Classification3▲ 19×4 topics
  28. Metastasis3▲ 8.1×11 topics
  29. Patient-Reported Outcomes3▲ 52×1 topic
  30. Physical Activity3▲ 5.6×1 topic
  31. Cancer Incidence3▲ 19×4 topics
  32. Cost of Care3▲ 81×1 topic
  33. Financial Toxicity3▲ 81×1 topic
  34. Lymphoma3▲ 15×2 topics
  35. Cancer Immunotherapy2▲ 15×3 topics
  36. PET Imaging2▲ 14×4 topics
  37. Bladder Cancer2▲ 57×1 topic
  38. Genetic Variants2▲ 13×6 topics
  39. Therapy2▲ 11×4 topics
  40. Tumor Regression2▲ 20×2 topics

Which research topics does German Cancer Society publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Clinical practice guidelines implementation, Cancer survivorship and care, Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer and Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments.

Clinical practice guidel…4Clinical practice guidelines implementation: 4 fractional worksCancer survivorship and …3Cancer survivorship and care: 3 fractional worksEconomic and Financial I…3Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer: 3 fractional worksBladder and Urothelial C…2Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments: 2 fractional worksProstate Cancer Treatment and Research: 2 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 2 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Tre…2Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 2 fractional worksMultiple and Secondary Primary Cancers: 2 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic…2Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 2 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthOncologyEconomics and EconometricsSurgery3 others

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

  1. 1 Clinical practice guidelines implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  2. 2 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 3 works
  3. 3 Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  4. 4 Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments Surgery 2 works
  5. 5 Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 2 works
  7. 7 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 2 works
  8. 8 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 2 works
  9. 9 Multiple and Secondary Primary Cancers Epidemiology 2 works
  10. 10 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 2 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 available48.3%not open51.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.4%domestic only77.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has German Cancer Society's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 45% higher 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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