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Lifespan

In research, Lifespan stands highest in Medicine (#2,760 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#3,737 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Oncology is 7.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,516
of 28,054 · #9,355 all time
Rank in United States
#997
of 4,192
Research works
1.4k
▲ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
22k
15.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

What is Lifespan 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 #2,760 of 10,443 20.0%170 #4062
Health SciencesDomain #3,737 of 11,982 19.5%184 #4499

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Lifespan 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 Lifespan specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 7.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 23.9 works7.5×
  2. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 21.9 works5.0×
← 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: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.74× its world share, 26 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.21× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.21× its world share, 15 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.25× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.66× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.13× its world share, 170 worksMedicineNursing: 0.74× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.66× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.36× its world share, 20 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Lifespan?

Ranked on the composite score, Willem Van Den Broeck, Martine Van Puyvelde and Johan Vanderfaeillie lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Lifespan.

  1. 1 Willem Van Den Broeck · #591,289 worldwide 3 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 Martine Van Puyvelde · #729,527 worldwide 12 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Johan Vanderfaeillie · #1,084,094 worldwide 42 citations · 93 works
  4. 4 Dirk Van West · #1,104,275 worldwide 46 citations · 32 works
  5. 5 Skrällan De Maeyer · #1,151,774 worldwide 5 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Caroline Andries · #1,191,062 worldwide 17 citations · 51 works
  7. 7 Frank Van Holen · #1,262,424 worldwide 9 citations · 46 works
  8. 8 Eva Dierckx · #1,265,374 worldwide 19 citations · 32 works
  9. 9 Mary H. Hohenhaus · #1,416,608 worldwide 1 citations · 28 works
  10. 10 Veerle Soyez · #1,602,369 worldwide 1 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Lifespan

Which keywords describe research at Lifespan?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Chemotherapy, Immunotherapy, Guidelines, Depression, Clinical Trials, Tumor Microenvironment and Risk Factors.

▲ 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. Epidemiology28▲ 2.5×77 topics
  2. Chemotherapy14▲ 6.8×22 topics
  3. Immunotherapy13▲ 6.5×15 topics
  4. Depression11▲ 4.4×16 topics
  5. Treatment11▲ 3.2×28 topics
  6. Risk Factors11▲ 3.5×25 topics
  7. Quality of Life11▲ 2.6×30 topics
  8. Inflammation10▲ 1.77×56 topics
  9. Guidelines10▲ 7.5×13 topics
  10. Clinical Trials10▲ 5.1×14 topics
  11. Biomarkers9▲ 4.6×16 topics
  12. Cancer9▲ 2.3×37 topics
  13. Mental Health9▲ 2.1×26 topics
  14. Cardiovascular Disease8▲ 2.6×26 topics
  15. Tumor Microenvironment8▲ 6.5×8 topics
  16. Anxiety8▲ 5.9×9 topics
  17. Diagnosis7▲ 2.7×24 topics
  18. Neurological Disorders7▲ 4.2×15 topics
  19. Genetic Mutations7▲ 5.4×13 topics
  20. Clinical Practice Guidelines6▲ 4.2×13 topics
  21. Neoadjuvant Therapy6▲ 8.7×5 topics
  22. Breast Cancer6▲ 8.3×9 topics
  23. Radiotherapy6▲ 5.1×9 topics
  24. Prognostic Factors5▲ 4.4×10 topics
  25. Neuroimaging5▲ 7.0×9 topics
  26. Targeted Therapy5▲ 8.2×4 topics
  27. Adolescents5▲ 4.8×7 topics
  28. Echocardiography5▲ 6.7×8 topics
  29. Functional Connectivity5▲ 14×3 topics
  30. Molecular Characterization5▲ 9.9×5 topics
  31. Emotion Regulation5▲ 5.4×7 topics
  32. Myocardial Infarction5▲ 7.3×6 topics
  33. Psychopathology5▲ 8.9×3 topics
  34. Default Mode Network4▲ 22×1 topic
  35. Immune Checkpoint Blockade4▲ 14×1 topic
  36. PD-1 and PD-L14▲ 14×1 topic
  37. Resting-State fMRI4▲ 22×1 topic
  38. Health-related Quality of Life4▲ 6.5×4 topics
  39. Pulmonary Hypertension4▲ 11×3 topics
  40. Lymphoma4▲ 8.4×4 topics

Which research topics does Lifespan publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Cancer survivorship and care and Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications.

Cancer Immunotherapy and…4Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 4 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connect…4Functional Brain Connectivity Studies: 4 fractional worksCancer survivorship and care: 3 fractional worksAdvanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications: 2 fractional worksMental Health Research Topics: 2 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 2 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diag…2Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 2 fractional worksBladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments: 2 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy resea…2CAR-T cell therapy research: 2 fractional works
OncologyCognitive NeuroscienceRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingExperimental and Cognitive Psychology4 others

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

  1. 1 Cancer Immunotherapy and BiomarkersOncology 4 works
  2. 2 Functional Brain Connectivity StudiesCognitive Neuroscience 4 works
  3. 3 Cancer survivorship and careOncology 3 works
  4. 4 Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and ApplicationsRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  5. 5 Mental Health Research TopicsExperimental and Cognitive Psychology 2 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Valve Diseases and TreatmentsCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Cancer Genomics and DiagnosticsCancer Research 2 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesInfectious Diseases 2 works
  9. 9 Bladder and Urothelial Cancer TreatmentsSurgery 2 works
  10. 10 CAR-T cell therapy researchOncology 2 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 available29.5%not open70.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.3%domestic only81.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Lifespan's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% 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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