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Institute of Cancer Research

In research, Institute of Cancer Research stands highest in Medicine (#1,248 of 10,443 worldwide), Life Sciences (#1,118 of 7,800 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#1,855 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cancer Research, Oncology and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging — Cancer Research is 14.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,220
of 28,054 · #688 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#93
of 1,094
Research works
9.7k
▼ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
534k
55.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
35%
world 28%

What is Institute of Cancer Research 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 #1,248 of 10,443 24.2%358 #345
Life SciencesDomain #1,118 of 7,800 28.3%209 #299
Health SciencesDomain #1,855 of 11,982 24.3%364 #429
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #875 of 3,579 27.5%183 #230
Physical SciencesDomain #4,254 of 12,888 26.0%60 #1362
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #432 of 1,144 24.9%74 #98
Molecular BiologySubfield #822 of 2,175 30.4%98 #142
OncologySubfield #301 of 772 24.3%89 #62

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institute of Cancer Research 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#345 #1,248
  2. Life Sciences#299 #1,118
  3. Health Sciences#429 #1,855
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#230 #875
  5. Physical Sciences#1,362 #4,254
  6. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#98 #432
  7. Molecular Biology#142 #822
  8. Oncology#62 #301
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 Institute of Cancer Research specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cancer Research takes 14.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 39.9 works14×
  2. OncologySubfield · 89.4 works12×
  3. Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSubfield · 50.8 works8.8×
  4. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 74.2 works7.5×
← 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: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5.32× its world share, 183 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.98× its world share, 19 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.33× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.48× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.17× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 16 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.71× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.30× its world share, 19 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.29× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.88× its world share, 358 worksMedicineNursing: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.51× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 5.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institute of Cancer Research?

Ranked on the composite score, Anthony J. Swerdlow, Daniel Catovsky and Dow‐Mu Koh lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institute of Cancer Research.

  1. 1 Anthony J. Swerdlow United Kingdom · #8,282 worldwide 965 citations · 98 works
  2. 2 Daniel Catovsky United Kingdom · #8,849 worldwide 1k citations · 94 works
  3. 3 Dow‐Mu Koh United Kingdom · #10,159 worldwide 462 citations · 58 works
  4. 4 Maggie C.U. Cheang United Kingdom · #10,209 worldwide 1.3k citations · 50 works
  5. 5 Rosalind A. Eeles United Kingdom · #10,246 worldwide 817 citations · 116 works
  6. 6 Alan Ashworth United Kingdom · #11,317 worldwide 1.1k citations · 94 works
  7. 7 Nazneen Rahman United Kingdom · #11,459 worldwide 1.5k citations · 48 works
  8. 8 Johann S. de Bono United Kingdom · #15,753 worldwide 2.4k citations · 278 works
  9. 9 Mel Greaves United Kingdom · #16,894 worldwide 586 citations · 45 works
  10. 10 Judith M. Bliss United Kingdom · #18,952 worldwide 762 citations · 98 works
All ranked researchers at Institute of Cancer Research

Which keywords describe research at Institute of Cancer Research?

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

▲ 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. Immunotherapy61▲ 13×18 topics
  2. Chemotherapy55▲ 12×21 topics
  3. Cancer48▲ 5.6×43 topics
  4. Cancer Therapy37▲ 10×18 topics
  5. Radiotherapy37▲ 15×13 topics
  6. Clinical Trials35▲ 8.1×11 topics
  7. Clinical Practice Guidelines34▲ 9.6×13 topics
  8. Targeted Therapy33▲ 23×5 topics
  9. Prognostic Factors32▲ 12×14 topics
  10. Tumor Microenvironment32▲ 11×8 topics
  11. Biomarkers31▲ 7.0×15 topics
  12. Prostate Cancer30▲ 36×5 topics
  13. Genomic Instability28▲ 39×3 topics
  14. Genetic Mutations28▲ 10.0×17 topics
  15. Breast Cancer27▲ 17×11 topics
  16. Precision Medicine26▲ 8.6×7 topics
  17. Gene Expression23▲ 6.0×15 topics
  18. Survival Analysis22▲ 13×7 topics
  19. Dosimetry21▲ 47×2 topics
  20. Genomic Profiling21▲ 32×2 topics
  21. Neoadjuvant Therapy20▲ 14×5 topics
  22. Radiation Therapy20▲ 23×5 topics
  23. Homologous Recombination19▲ 64×2 topics
  24. Cell-Free DNA18▲ 29×2 topics
  25. Cancer Genomics18▲ 39×1 topic
  26. Mutational Signatures18▲ 39×1 topic
  27. Genetic Variants18▲ 16×6 topics
  28. Cell Death18▲ 12×6 topics
  29. PET Imaging17▲ 16×4 topics
  30. Clinical Guidelines16▲ 8.8×7 topics
  31. Hormone Therapy16▲ 31×3 topics
  32. Androgen Receptor16▲ 34×2 topics
  33. Cancer Immunotherapy16▲ 16×3 topics
  34. Monte Carlo Simulation16▲ 12×2 topics
  35. Quality Assurance16▲ 15×2 topics
  36. Image-Guided Radiotherapy16▲ 58×1 topic
  37. Metastatic Prostate Cancer16▲ 61×1 topic
  38. Molecular Biology16▲ 60×1 topic
  39. Radiotherapy Physics16▲ 58×1 topic
  40. Screening15▲ 25×2 topics

Which research topics does Institute of Cancer Research publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques, Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research and Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers.

Cancer Genomics and Diag…18Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 18 fractional worksAdvanced Radiotherapy Te…16Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques: 16 fractional worksProstate Cancer Treatment and Research: 16 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…14Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 14 fractional worksProstate Cancer Diagnosi…14Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 14 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 12 fractional worksPARP inhibition in cancer therapy: 11 fractional worksSarcoma Diagnosis and Tr…10Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 10 fractional worksBreast Cancer Treatment Studies: 10 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 10 fractional works
Cancer ResearchRadiationPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineOncology1 others

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

  1. 1 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 18 works
  2. 2 Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques Radiation 16 works
  3. 3 Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 16 works
  4. 4 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 14 works
  5. 5 Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 14 works
  6. 6 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 12 works
  7. 7 PARP inhibition in cancer therapy Oncology 11 works
  8. 8 Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 10 works
  9. 9 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 10 works
  10. 10 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 10 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 available35.2%not open64.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.8%domestic only78.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institute of Cancer Research's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% 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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