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Iridium Kankernetwerk

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Research works
87
▲ 83% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.6k
18.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
56%
world 40%
International
56%
world 18%
Iridium Kankernetwerk

Not ranked overall: Iridium Kankernetwerk is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Iridium Kankernetwerk work in?

In 2022-now, 65% of research at Iridium Kankernetwerk is in Health Sciences, 19% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (64%), Physics and Astronomy (13%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (13%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 30 fractional works · 65.0% of its workMedicine: 30 fractional works · 64.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 10 fractional works · 20.6% of its workOncology: 5 fractional works · 10.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 5 fractional works · 10.4% of its workSurgery: 5 fractional works · 9.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 9 fractional works · 19.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 6 fractional works · 13.2% of its workRadiation: 6 fractional works · 13.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 14.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 12.5% of its workCancer Research: 4 fractional works · 9.0% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKIridiumKankernetwerk47fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences19%Health Sciences65%Social Sciences2%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine3064.1%
    2. Health Professions00.7%
    3. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Physics and Astronomy613.2%
    2. Environmental Science12.2%
    3. Engineering11.9%
    4. Computer Science00.9%
    5. Materials Science00.5%
    6. Mathematics00.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology612.5%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology00.9%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.3%
    4. Neuroscience00.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Decision Sciences00.8%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.6%
    3. Social Sciences00.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.35× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.89× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 5.92× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.33× its world share, 30 worksMedicineDecision Sciences: 0.79× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 5.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy5.92×6 works
  2. Medicine3.33×30 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.35×6 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology0.89×0 works
  5. Decision Sciences0.79×0 works
  6. Mathematics0.45×0 works
  7. Environmental Science0.44×1 works
  8. Health Professions0.29×0 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.27×0 works
  10. Dentistry0.25×0 works
  11. Neuroscience0.15×0 works
  12. Materials Science0.15×0 works
  13. Engineering0.13×1 works
  14. Computer Science0.11×0 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.08×0 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.07×0 works
  17. Social Sciences0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Iridium Kankernetwerk?

Ranked on the quality score, Piet R. Dirix, Alessia Gasparini and Michaël Claessens lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Iridium Kankernetwerk.

  1. 1 Piet R. Dirix Belgium · #325,143 worldwide 5.1k citations · 181 works
  2. 2 Alessia Gasparini Belgium · #732,839 worldwide 1.6k citations · 86 works
  3. 3 Michaël Claessens Belgium · #776,988 worldwide 1.8k citations · 26 works
  4. 4 M. Pacitti Belgium · #794,480 worldwide 575 citations · 30 works
  5. 5 Charlotte Billiet Belgium · #1,475,284 worldwide 1.3k citations · 81 works
  6. 6 P.I.E.T. Ost Belgium · #1,515,368 worldwide 34 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Federica Galante Belgium · #1,531,408 worldwide 470 citations · 39 works
  8. 8 Carole Mercier Belgium · #1,588,661 worldwide 702 citations · 81 works
  9. 9 Evy Bossuyt Belgium · #2,179,076 worldwide 124 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Ines Joye Belgium · #2,731,358 worldwide 1k citations · 81 works
All ranked researchers at Iridium Kankernetwerk

What are the most cited papers from Iridium Kankernetwerk?

The most cited paper from Iridium Kankernetwerk is "Breast cancer" (Sibylle Loibl, Philip M. Poortmans, Monica Morrow et al., 2021), with 1,696 citations. Next come "Characterisation and classification of oligometastatic disease: a European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology and European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer consensus recommendation" (1,113) and "Early breast cancer: ESMO Clinical Practice Guideline for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up" (991).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Breast cancer Sibylle Loibl, Philip M. Poortmans, Monica Morrow et al. · The Lancet 2 Apr 2021 1,696
2 Characterisation and classification of oligometastatic disease: a European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology and European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer consensus recommendation Matthias Gückenberger, Yolande N. Lievens, Angelique B. Bouma et al. · The Lancet Oncology Open access 2020 1,113
3 Early breast cancer: ESMO Clinical Practice Guideline for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up Sibylle Loibl et al. · Annals of Oncology Open access 13 Dec 2023 991
4 Defining oligometastatic disease from a radiation oncology perspective: An ESTRO-ASTRO consensus document Yolande N. Lievens, Matthias Gückenberger, Daniel Richard Gomez et al. · Radiotherapy and Oncology Open access 22 Apr 2020 678
5 Relevance of a systematic geriatric screening and assessment in older patients with cancer: results of a prospective multicentric study Cindy Kenis, Dominique Bron, Yves Libert et al. · Annals of Oncology Open access 4 Jan 2013 340
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Iridium Kankernetwerk?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Radiotherapy, Dosimetry, Monte Carlo Simulation, Image-Guided Radiotherapy, Radiotherapy Physics, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Prostate Cancer and Neoadjuvant 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-now 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. Radiotherapy9▲ 47×11 topics
  2. Dosimetry6▲ 186×2 topics
  3. Image-Guided Radiotherapy6▲ 279×1 topic
  4. Monte Carlo Simulation6▲ 60×2 topics
  5. Radiotherapy Physics6▲ 279×1 topic
  6. Clinical Practice Guidelines5▲ 19×8 topics
  7. Prostate Cancer5▲ 73×4 topics
  8. Neoadjuvant Therapy4▲ 40×5 topics
  9. Immunotherapy4▲ 12×11 topics
  10. Survival Analysis4▲ 30×4 topics
  11. Gene Expression4▲ 13×5 topics
  12. Chemotherapy4▲ 11×14 topics
  13. Biopsy4▲ 117×2 topics
  14. Prognostic Markers4▲ 68×2 topics
  15. Breast Tumours3▲ 147×1 topic
  16. Molecular Subtypes3▲ 84×2 topics
  17. Treatment Response3▲ 147×1 topic
  18. Radiation Therapy3▲ 48×2 topics
  19. Breast Cancer3▲ 25×7 topics
  20. Clinical Guidelines3▲ 21×3 topics
  21. Clinical Trials3▲ 8.8×7 topics
  22. MRI Imaging3▲ 68×2 topics
  23. Gleason Grading3▲ 137×1 topic
  24. Screening3▲ 58×1 topic
  25. Biomarkers2▲ 7.2×7 topics
  26. Cancer2▲ 3.6×10 topics
  27. Genomic Profiling2▲ 49×2 topics
  28. Particle Therapy2▲ 197×1 topic
  29. Proton Therapy2▲ 197×1 topic
  30. Genetic Mutations2▲ 11×4 topics
  31. Quality of Life2▲ 3.2×8 topics
  32. Androgen Receptor2▲ 55×1 topic
  33. Cancer Treatment2▲ 17×5 topics
  34. Hormone Therapy2▲ 48×1 topic
  35. Prognostic Factors2▲ 8.8×9 topics
  36. Survival2▲ 27×4 topics
  37. Targeted Therapy2▲ 17×4 topics
  38. Surgical Management2▲ 8.0×5 topics
  39. Genomic Instability1▲ 28×2 topics
  40. Cancer Risk1▲ 12×3 topics

Which research topics does Iridium Kankernetwerk publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques, Breast Cancer Treatment Studies, Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment and Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry.

Advanced Radiotherapy Te…6Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques: 6 fractional worksBreast Cancer Treatment Studies: 3 fractional worksProstate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional worksRadiation Therapy and Dosimetry: 2 fractional worksProstate Cancer Treatment and Research: 2 fractional worksManagement of metastatic…1Management of metastatic bone disease: 1 fractional worksMedical Imaging Techniques and Applications: 1 fractional worksAdvances in Oncology and Radiotherapy: 1 fractional worksCoastal and Marine Management: 1 fractional worksBreast Lesions and Carcinomas: 1 fractional works
RadiationCancer ResearchPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSurgery3 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques Radiation 6 works
  2. 2 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 3 works
  3. 3 Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  4. 4 Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Management of metastatic bone disease Surgery 1 works
  7. 7 Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  8. 8 Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  9. 9 Coastal and Marine Management Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 1 works
  10. 10 Breast Lesions and Carcinomas Pathology and Forensic Medicine 1 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 available55.7%not open44.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors55.8%domestic only44.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Iridium Kankernetwerk's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 83% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Iridium Kankernetwerk as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00014% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%0.00030%Iridium Kankernetwerk0.00015% in 202520102020

Fractional works of Iridium Kankernetwerk over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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