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Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo

In research, Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo stands highest in Medicine (#2,229 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#3,112 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#5,325 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Oncology is 11.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,779
of 28,054 · #12,276 all time
Rank in Brazil
#117
of 714
Research works
1.7k
▲ 67% vs 2013–17
Citations
20k
11.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
58%
world 28%

What is Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo 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 #2,229 of 10,443 8.2%339 #2851
Health SciencesDomain #3,112 of 11,982 8.5%356 #3808
Life SciencesDomain #5,325 of 7,800 15.3%60 #7807

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo 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#2,851 #2,229
  2. Health Sciences#3,808 #3,112
  3. Life Sciences#7,807 #5,325
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 Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 11.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 56.8 works11×
  2. Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismSubfield · 20.1 works8.3×
  3. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 49.0 works7.1×
← 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: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.90× its world share, 46 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.80× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.59× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.58× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.87× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.92× its world share, 339 worksMedicineNursing: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo?

Ranked on the composite score, Gilberto de Castro, Paulo M. Hoff and Laura Testa lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo.

  1. 1 Gilberto de Castro Brazil · #7,216 worldwide 791 citations · 66 works
  2. 2 Paulo M. Hoff Brazil · #15,386 worldwide 676 citations · 96 works
  3. 3 Laura Testa Brazil · #253,051 worldwide 81 citations · 30 works
  4. 4 Maria Ignez Braghiroli Brazil · #323,977 worldwide 58 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Renata A. Coudry Brazil · #375,696 worldwide 99 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Max S. Mano Brazil · #585,439 worldwide 39 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 Bruno da Costa Martins Brazil · #654,071 worldwide 52 citations · 34 works
  8. 8 Maria Del Pilar Estevez-Diz Brazil · #689,746 worldwide 13 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Leonardo Gomes da Fonseca Brazil · #745,158 worldwide 30 citations · 27 works
  10. 10 Renata Colombo Bonadio Brazil · #868,193 worldwide 13 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo

Which keywords describe research at Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chemotherapy, Radiotherapy, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Immunotherapy, Quality of Life, Prognostic Factors, Genetic Mutations and Breast Cancer.

▲ 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. Chemotherapy51▲ 16×22 topics
  2. Quality of Life33▲ 5.2×32 topics
  3. Epidemiology32▲ 1.83×70 topics
  4. Radiotherapy32▲ 18×13 topics
  5. Clinical Practice Guidelines31▲ 13×12 topics
  6. Immunotherapy29▲ 9.0×19 topics
  7. Prognostic Factors26▲ 13×14 topics
  8. Cancer25▲ 4.1×35 topics
  9. Genetic Mutations22▲ 11×15 topics
  10. Breast Cancer21▲ 20×10 topics
  11. Survival Analysis21▲ 17×6 topics
  12. Neoadjuvant Therapy18▲ 17×5 topics
  13. Clinical Trials18▲ 6.0×11 topics
  14. Biomarkers18▲ 5.8×14 topics
  15. Cervical Cancer17▲ 36×3 topics
  16. Treatment17▲ 3.1×33 topics
  17. Prognosis15▲ 10×8 topics
  18. Survival15▲ 25×4 topics
  19. Human Papillomavirus15▲ 26×3 topics
  20. Metastasis14▲ 9.4×12 topics
  21. Healthcare Access14▲ 11×3 topics
  22. Tumor Microenvironment14▲ 6.8×7 topics
  23. Molecular Classification13▲ 19×4 topics
  24. Surgical Management13▲ 7.0×15 topics
  25. Molecular Characterization12▲ 15×5 topics
  26. Cancer Incidence12▲ 20×4 topics
  27. Targeted Therapy12▲ 12×4 topics
  28. Cetuximab11▲ 30×2 topics
  29. BRAF Mutation11▲ 35×2 topics
  30. Prostate Cancer11▲ 19×5 topics
  31. Psychological Impact11▲ 7.4×3 topics
  32. Clinical Management10▲ 13×8 topics
  33. Mastectomy10▲ 136×1 topic
  34. Papanicolaou Test10▲ 136×1 topic
  35. Squamous Cell Carcinoma10▲ 24×3 topics
  36. Thyroid Carcinoma10▲ 43×2 topics
  37. Ultrasound10▲ 21×2 topics
  38. Endoscopic Resection9▲ 21×2 topics
  39. Adjuvant Therapy9▲ 16×2 topics
  40. Robotic Surgery9▲ 14×4 topics

Which research topics does Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Women's cancer prevention and management, Head and Neck Cancer Studies, Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment and Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes.

Women's cancer preventio…10Women's cancer prevention and management: 10 fractional worksHead and Neck Cancer Stu…8Head and Neck Cancer Studies: 8 fractional worksThyroid Cancer Diagnosis…8Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 8 fractional worksGastric Cancer Managemen…6Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 6 fractional worksBreast Cancer Treatment Studies: 5 fractional worksProstate Cancer Treatment and Research: 5 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…5Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 5 fractional worksThyroid and Parathyroid Surgery: 5 fractional worksNeuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances: 5 fractional worksCancer Treatment and Pha…4Cancer Treatment and Pharmacology: 4 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthOtorhinolaryngologyEndocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine4 others

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

  1. 1 Women's cancer prevention and management Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 10 works
  2. 2 Head and Neck Cancer Studies Otorhinolaryngology 8 works
  3. 3 Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 8 works
  4. 4 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  5. 5 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 5 works
  6. 6 Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  7. 7 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 5 works
  8. 8 Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery Surgery 5 works
  9. 9 Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances Epidemiology 5 works
  10. 10 Cancer Treatment and Pharmacology Oncology 4 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 available57.9%not open42.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.5%domestic only79.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 67% 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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