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Institut de Cancérologie de l'Ouest

In research, Institut de Cancérologie de l'Ouest stands highest in Medicine (#4,052 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,519 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Oncology is 13.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,520
of 28,054 · #15,503 all time
Rank in France
#563
of 1,422
Research works
730
▲ 13% vs 2013–17
Citations
12k
17.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
37%
world 28%

What is Institut de Cancérologie de l'Ouest 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 #4,052 of 10,443 16.9%131 #4931
Health SciencesDomain #5,519 of 11,982 16.4%137 #6737

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institut de Cancérologie de l'Ouest 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 Institut de Cancérologie de l'Ouest specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 13.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 29.1 works14×
  2. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 26.3 works9.0×
← 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: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.75× its world share, 28 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.54× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.25× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.28× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.57× its world share, 130 worksMedicineNursing: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institut de Cancérologie de l'Ouest?

Ranked on the composite score, Jaafar Bennouna, Jean‐Yves Douillard and Sandrine Hiret lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institut de Cancérologie de l'Ouest.

  1. 1 Jaafar Bennouna France · #1,819 worldwide 1.6k citations · 100 works
  2. 2 Jean‐Yves Douillard France · #3,645 worldwide 1.3k citations · 72 works
  3. 3 Sandrine Hiret France · #47,402 worldwide 397 citations · 32 works
  4. 4 Jean‐Sébastien Frenel France · #63,639 worldwide 235 citations · 73 works
  5. 5 Sophie Abadie‐Lacourtoisie France · #162,630 worldwide 115 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Marie Robert France · #182,210 worldwide 128 citations · 30 works
  7. 7 Richard Vercauteren France · #331,824 worldwide 0 citations · 34 works
  8. 8 Mario Campone France · #346,283 worldwide 555 citations · 177 works
  9. 9 Jean‐Marc Classe France · #430,048 worldwide 61 citations · 29 works
  10. 10 Valérie Seegers France · #492,742 worldwide 80 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Institut de Cancérologie de l'Ouest

Which keywords describe research at Institut de Cancérologie de l'Ouest?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chemotherapy, Immunotherapy, Radiotherapy, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Breast Cancer, Clinical Trials, Survival Analysis and Biomarkers.

▲ 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. Chemotherapy22▲ 16×23 topics
  2. Immunotherapy16▲ 12×16 topics
  3. Radiotherapy16▲ 22×13 topics
  4. Clinical Practice Guidelines14▲ 14×10 topics
  5. Breast Cancer14▲ 32×10 topics
  6. Clinical Trials14▲ 11×11 topics
  7. Quality of Life13▲ 4.8×19 topics
  8. Survival Analysis13▲ 24×7 topics
  9. Biomarkers12▲ 9.5×13 topics
  10. Cancer12▲ 4.7×33 topics
  11. Neoadjuvant Therapy10▲ 21×5 topics
  12. Gene Expression9▲ 7.9×12 topics
  13. Prognostic Factors9▲ 11×14 topics
  14. Metastasis8▲ 13×11 topics
  15. Metastatic Breast Cancer8▲ 78×2 topics
  16. Molecular Subtypes8▲ 49×3 topics
  17. Targeted Therapy8▲ 18×5 topics
  18. Prognostic Markers7▲ 36×3 topics
  19. Genetic Mutations7▲ 8.7×12 topics
  20. Precision Medicine7▲ 8.1×7 topics
  21. Prostate Cancer7▲ 28×5 topics
  22. Tumor Microenvironment7▲ 8.3×7 topics
  23. Breast Tumours7▲ 74×1 topic
  24. Dosimetry7▲ 49×2 topics
  25. Treatment Response7▲ 74×1 topic
  26. Genomic Profiling6▲ 31×2 topics
  27. Cancer Therapy6▲ 5.4×14 topics
  28. Cytoreductive Surgery6▲ 48×2 topics
  29. Ovarian Cancer6▲ 33×3 topics
  30. Radiation Therapy5▲ 22×5 topics
  31. Cancer Treatment5▲ 12×9 topics
  32. Biopsy5▲ 42×2 topics
  33. Clinical Guidelines5▲ 8.8×4 topics
  34. Pain Management5▲ 11×4 topics
  35. Cell Cycle Control5▲ 82×2 topics
  36. CDK4/6 Inhibitors5▲ 97×1 topic
  37. Image-Guided Radiotherapy5▲ 57×1 topic
  38. Metastatic5▲ 39×2 topics
  39. Monte Carlo Simulation5▲ 12×2 topics
  40. Palbociclib5▲ 97×1 topic

Which research topics does Institut de Cancérologie de l'Ouest publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Breast Cancer Treatment Studies, Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques, Advanced Breast Cancer Therapies and Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications.

Breast Cancer Treatment …7Breast Cancer Treatment Studies: 7 fractional worksAdvanced Radiotherapy Te…5Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques: 5 fractional worksAdvanced Breast Cancer Therapies: 5 fractional worksMedical Imaging Techniques and Applications: 4 fractional worksOvarian cancer diagnosis and treatment: 4 fractional worksProstate Cancer Treatment and Research: 4 fractional worksCancer Treatment and Pharmacology: 4 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…3Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 3 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 3 fractional worksHER2/EGFR in Cancer Research: 3 fractional works
Cancer ResearchRadiationPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging2 others

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

  1. 1 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 7 works
  2. 2 Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques Radiation 5 works
  3. 3 Advanced Breast Cancer Therapies Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  4. 4 Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 4 works
  5. 5 Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment Reproductive Medicine 4 works
  6. 6 Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  7. 7 Cancer Treatment and Pharmacology Oncology 4 works
  8. 8 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 3 works
  9. 9 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 3 works
  10. 10 HER2/EGFR in Cancer Research Oncology 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 available37.0%not open63.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.3%domestic only76.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institut de Cancérologie de l'Ouest's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% 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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