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Instituto Nacional de Câncer - INCA

In research, Instituto Nacional de Câncer - INCA stands highest in Medicine (#1,909 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,643 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#5,526 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Hematology and Oncology — Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health is 13.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,530
of 28,054 · #9,830 all time
Rank in Brazil
#112
of 714
Research works
3.3k
▲ 60% vs 2013–17
Citations
42k
13.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
66%
world 28%

What is Instituto Nacional de Câncer - INCA 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 #1,909 of 10,443 5.2%663 #2545
Health SciencesDomain #2,643 of 11,982 5.4%740 #3199
Life SciencesDomain #5,526 of 7,800 7.4%124 #5201
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield #661 of 828 4.5%191 #896
OncologySubfield #644 of 772 8.3%110 #971
Social SciencesDomain #9,471 of 10,521 6.9%121 #13588
Social SciencesField #6,019 of 6,365 6.4%82 #8664
Health ProfessionsField #1,855 of 1,928 5.0%62 #3178
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #3,507 of 3,579 8.3%78 #5271

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Instituto Nacional de Câncer - INCA 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#2,545 #1,909
  2. Health Sciences#3,199 #2,643
  3. Life Sciences#5,201 #5,526
  4. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health#896 #661
  5. Oncology#971 #644
  6. Social Sciences#13,588 #9,471
  7. Social Sciences#8,664 #6,019
  8. Health Professions#3,178 #1,855
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#5,271 #3,507
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 Nacional de Câncer - INCA specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health takes 13.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield · 190.8 works14×
  2. HematologySubfield · 30.7 works9.8×
  3. OncologySubfield · 109.8 works9.4×
← 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: 0.31× its world share, 15 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.41× its world share, 78 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.25× its world share, 24 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.27× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.69× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.27× its world share, 22 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.23× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.36× its world share, 7 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.28× its world share, 62 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.33× its world share, 663 worksMedicineNursing: 1.45× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.24× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.60× its world share, 13 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.32× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.63× its world share, 82 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Instituto Nacional de Câncer - INCA?

Ranked on the composite score, José Bines, Guilherme Suarez‐Kurtz and Carlos Gil Ferreira lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Instituto Nacional de Câncer - INCA.

  1. 1 José Bines Brazil · #105,060 worldwide 221 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Guilherme Suarez‐Kurtz Brazil · #245,299 worldwide 163 citations · 32 works
  3. 3 Carlos Gil Ferreira Brazil · #290,444 worldwide 110 citations · 60 works
  4. 4 Anke Bergmann Brazil · #382,762 worldwide 122 citations · 53 works
  5. 5 Luiz Cláudio Santos Thuler Brazil · #593,252 worldwide 33 citations · 32 works
  6. 6 Antônio Augusto Ornellas Brazil · #679,155 worldwide 43 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 André Salem Szklo Brazil · #816,250 worldwide 38 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Eliana Abdelhay Brazil · #837,743 worldwide 27 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 João Emílio Peixoto Brazil · #881,089 worldwide 22 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Maria S. Pombo‐de‐Oliveira Brazil · #894,304 worldwide 56 citations · 39 works
All ranked researchers at Instituto Nacional de Câncer - INCA

Which keywords describe research at Instituto Nacional de Câncer - INCA?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Quality of Life, Healthcare Access, Breast Cancer, Cervical Cancer, Psychological Impact, Social Support, Mastectomy and Papanicolaou Test.

▲ 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. Quality of Life180▲ 12×40 topics
  2. Healthcare Access144▲ 49×5 topics
  3. Breast Cancer128▲ 52×10 topics
  4. Cervical Cancer115▲ 105×3 topics
  5. Psychological Impact103▲ 31×7 topics
  6. Social Support103▲ 18×8 topics
  7. Mastectomy100▲ 584×1 topic
  8. Papanicolaou Test100▲ 584×1 topic
  9. Chemotherapy67▲ 9.2×23 topics
  10. Epidemiology66▲ 1.60×78 topics
  11. Prognostic Factors61▲ 13×14 topics
  12. Palliative Care56▲ 34×4 topics
  13. End-of-Life56▲ 60×3 topics
  14. Pediatric Oncology54▲ 95×2 topics
  15. Public Health50▲ 3.4×32 topics
  16. Radiotherapy48▲ 12×11 topics
  17. Cancer42▲ 3.1×40 topics
  18. Risk Factors41▲ 3.6×26 topics
  19. Cancer Incidence40▲ 28×4 topics
  20. Nursing39▲ 20×4 topics
  21. Communication37▲ 12×4 topics
  22. Spirituality37▲ 37×2 topics
  23. Clinical Practice Guidelines37▲ 6.6×12 topics
  24. Bioethics37▲ 95×1 topic
  25. Grief37▲ 217×1 topic
  26. Immunotherapy36▲ 4.9×18 topics
  27. Social Determinants35▲ 16×6 topics
  28. Metastasis28▲ 7.9×12 topics
  29. Primary Care25▲ 6.4×8 topics
  30. Health-related Quality of Life25▲ 10×3 topics
  31. Population-Based Study24▲ 36×2 topics
  32. Health Policy24▲ 15×4 topics
  33. Chronic Diseases24▲ 8.9×7 topics
  34. Judicialization23▲ 78×1 topic
  35. Medication23▲ 78×1 topic
  36. Survival23▲ 17×4 topics
  37. Epidemiological Research23▲ 36×2 topics
  38. Survival Analysis23▲ 8.0×6 topics
  39. Human Papillomavirus22▲ 18×3 topics
  40. Health Disparities22▲ 8.2×6 topics

Which research topics does Instituto Nacional de Câncer - INCA publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Women's cancer prevention and management, Palliative and Oncologic Care, Public Health in Brazil and Global Cancer Incidence and Screening.

Women's cancer preventio…100Women's cancer prevention and management: 100 fractional worksPalliative and Oncologic…37Palliative and Oncologic Care: 37 fractional worksPublic Health in Brazil23Public Health in Brazil: 23 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence …21Global Cancer Incidence and Screening: 21 fractional worksHealth, Nursing, Elderly…20Health, Nursing, Elderly Care: 20 fractional worksAcute Lymphoblastic Leuk…17Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research: 17 fractional worksChildhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life: 15 fractional worksHealthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic: 15 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 14 fractional worksAcute Myeloid Leukemia Research: 13 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSociology and Political ScienceOncologyGeneral Health Professions3 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 100 works
  2. 2 Palliative and Oncologic Care Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 37 works
  3. 3 Public Health in Brazil Sociology and Political Science 23 works
  4. 4 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 21 works
  5. 5 Health, Nursing, Elderly Care General Health Professions 20 works
  6. 6 Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 17 works
  7. 7 Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 15 works
  8. 8 Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic Information Systems 15 works
  9. 9 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 14 works
  10. 10 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research Hematology 13 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 available66.2%not open33.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.0%domestic only84.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Instituto Nacional de Câncer - INCA's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 60% 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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