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Instituto Nacional de Cancerología

In research, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología stands highest in Medicine (#6,374 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,071 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Oncology is 12.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,897
of 28,054 · #22,529 all time
Rank in Colombia
#79
of 173
Research works
1.2k
▲ 39% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.6k
7.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
74%
world 28%

What is Instituto Nacional de Cancerología 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 #6,374 of 10,443 6.5%203 #7272
Health SciencesDomain #8,071 of 11,982 6.4%214 #8406

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Instituto Nacional de Cancerología 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 Instituto Nacional de Cancerología specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 12.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 38.2 works12×
  2. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 29.7 works7.0×
← 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: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.30× its world share, 34 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.44× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.34× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.86× its world share, 203 worksMedicineNursing: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.52× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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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 Nacional de Cancerología?

Ranked on the composite score, Gustavo Hernández-Suárez, Humberto Martínez‐Cordero and Ricardo Cendales lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Instituto Nacional de Cancerología.

  1. 1 Gustavo Hernández-Suárez Colombia · #309,873 worldwide 47 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Humberto Martínez‐Cordero Colombia · #419,887 worldwide 44 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Ricardo Cendales Colombia · #580,312 worldwide 24 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Juliana Rodríguez Colombia · #692,511 worldwide 3 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 René Pareja Colombia · #707,917 worldwide 16 citations · 41 works
  6. 6 María Mercedes Bravo Colombia · #900,028 worldwide 17 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Mauricio García Colombia · #994,591 worldwide 4 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Carolina Wiesner Colombia · #998,652 worldwide 7 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Raúl Murillo Colombia · #1,034,638 worldwide 5 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 David López Colombia · #1,257,314 worldwide 3 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Instituto Nacional de Cancerología

Which keywords describe research at Instituto Nacional de Cancerología?

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

▲ 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. Chemotherapy29▲ 15×21 topics
  2. Epidemiology25▲ 2.3×55 topics
  3. Survival Analysis25▲ 33×6 topics
  4. Clinical Practice Guidelines24▲ 16×11 topics
  5. Immunotherapy20▲ 10×17 topics
  6. Radiotherapy18▲ 17×12 topics
  7. Breast Cancer16▲ 25×11 topics
  8. Prognostic Factors16▲ 14×14 topics
  9. Quality of Life15▲ 3.8×27 topics
  10. Clinical Trials15▲ 8.0×11 topics
  11. Cancer14▲ 3.8×29 topics
  12. Metastasis13▲ 14×8 topics
  13. Neoadjuvant Therapy13▲ 21×5 topics
  14. Biomarkers12▲ 6.2×10 topics
  15. Cervical Cancer11▲ 37×3 topics
  16. Gene Expression11▲ 6.4×8 topics
  17. Diagnosis10▲ 4.0×22 topics
  18. Genetic Mutations10▲ 8.5×15 topics
  19. Radiation Therapy10▲ 28×5 topics
  20. Prognostic Markers10▲ 33×3 topics
  21. Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy10▲ 43×2 topics
  22. Cancer Incidence9▲ 25×4 topics
  23. Molecular Classification9▲ 22×4 topics
  24. Ovarian Cancer9▲ 38×3 topics
  25. Tumor Microenvironment9▲ 7.5×6 topics
  26. Cancer Risk9▲ 14×6 topics
  27. Molecular Subtypes8▲ 35×3 topics
  28. Robotic Surgery8▲ 20×5 topics
  29. Cytoreductive Surgery8▲ 43×2 topics
  30. Breast Tumours7▲ 57×1 topic
  31. Gastric Cancer7▲ 23×3 topics
  32. Treatment Response7▲ 57×1 topic
  33. Targeted Therapy7▲ 12×5 topics
  34. Molecular Characterization7▲ 14×5 topics
  35. Chemoradiotherapy7▲ 47×2 topics
  36. Genetic Testing7▲ 21×2 topics
  37. Molecular Profiling6▲ 24×3 topics
  38. Brachytherapy6▲ 57×1 topic
  39. Endometrial Carcinoma6▲ 57×1 topic
  40. Immunohistochemistry6▲ 30×3 topics

Which research topics does Instituto Nacional de Cancerología publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Breast Cancer Treatment Studies, Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments, Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment and BRCA gene mutations in cancer.

Breast Cancer Treatment Studies: 7 fractional worksEndometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments: 6 fractional worksOvarian cancer diagnosis and treatment: 4 fractional worksBRCA gene mutations in cancer: 4 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 4 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence and Screening: 4 fractional worksNonmelanoma Skin Cancer …4Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Studies: 4 fractional worksCervical Cancer and HPV Research: 3 fractional worksCutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management: 3 fractional worksProstate Cancer Treatmen…3Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research: 3 fractional works
Cancer ResearchObstetrics and GynecologyReproductive MedicineGenetics3 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 Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments Obstetrics and Gynecology 6 works
  3. 3 Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment Reproductive Medicine 4 works
  4. 4 BRCA gene mutations in cancer Genetics 4 works
  5. 5 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 4 works
  6. 6 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 4 works
  7. 7 Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Studies Epidemiology 4 works
  8. 8 Cervical Cancer and HPV Research Epidemiology 3 works
  9. 9 Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management Oncology 3 works
  10. 10 Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 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 available73.9%not open26.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Instituto Nacional de Cancerología's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 39% 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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