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London Cancer

In research, London Cancer stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,067 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#1,123 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (Oncology is 14.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#4,741
of 22,385 · #2,313 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#200
of 862
Research works
808
▲ 19% vs 2018-21
Citations
32k
39.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.11×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
56%
world 40%
International
50%
world 18%
London Cancer

What is London Cancer known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #1,067 of 9,902 19.9%131 #829
MedicineField #1,123 of 8,541 18.8%122 #888

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where London Cancer 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does London Cancer work in?

In 2022-now, 66% of research at London Cancer is in Health Sciences, 25% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (61%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (19%), Immunology and Microbiology (4%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 160 fractional works · 65.7% of its workMedicine: 148 fractional works · 60.9% of its workOncology: 40 fractional works · 16.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 25 fractional works · 10.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 14 fractional works · 5.6% of its workSurgery: 10 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEpidemiology: 7 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 7 fractional works · 2.7% of its workHematology: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPeriodontics: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workResearch and Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 60 fractional works · 24.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 46 fractional works · 19.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 24 fractional works · 9.7% of its workCancer Research: 12 fractional works · 5.1% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 11 fractional works · 4.3% of its workImmunology: 9 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 14 fractional works · 5.6% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiation: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKLondon Cancer243fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences25%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences66%Social Sciences4%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine14860.9%
    2. Health Professions73.0%
    3. Dentistry31.4%
    4. Nursing10.3%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4619.0%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology114.3%
    3. Neuroscience20.8%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.4%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
    1. Engineering51.9%
    2. Computer Science41.5%
    3. Physics and Astronomy21.0%
    4. Mathematics10.4%
    5. Chemistry10.3%
    6. Materials Science10.3%
    7. Environmental Science10.3%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance41.6%
    2. Psychology20.8%
    3. Social Sciences20.6%
    4. Decision Sciences10.4%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.3%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does London Cancer specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 14.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 40.2 works15×
  2. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 25.1 works6.7×
← 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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.56× its world share, 46 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.30× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.02× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.93× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.16× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.17× its world share, 148 worksMedicineNursing: 0.68× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.76× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology4.30×10 works
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.56×46 works
  3. Medicine3.17×148 works
  4. Dentistry2.93×4 works
  5. Health Professions1.16×7 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.02×1 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.76×4 works
  8. Nursing0.68×1 works
  9. Neuroscience0.52×2 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.44×1 works
  11. Physics and Astronomy0.43×2 works
  12. Mathematics0.34×1 works
  13. Psychology0.26×2 works
  14. Veterinary0.25×0 works
  15. Chemistry0.19×1 works
  16. Computer Science0.19×4 works
  17. Engineering0.13×5 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.10×1 works
  19. Materials Science0.08×1 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.06×0 works
  21. Environmental Science0.05×1 works
  22. Social Sciences0.05×2 works
  23. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.03×0 works
  24. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at London Cancer?

Ranked on the quality score, Leona Knox, Paul Trevatt and Beverley Van Der Molen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is London Cancer.

  1. 1 Leona Knox United Kingdom · #1,100,966 worldwide 214 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Paul Trevatt United Kingdom · #2,147,623 worldwide 848 citations · 33 works
  3. 3 Beverley Van Der Molen United Kingdom · #4,328,904 worldwide 198 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at London Cancer

What are the most cited papers from London Cancer?

The most cited paper from London Cancer is "Intratumor Heterogeneity and Branched Evolution Revealed by Multiregion Sequencing" (Marco Gerlinger et al., 2012), with 7,931 citations. Next come "Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)" (6,023) and "Cancer statistics for the year 2020: An overview" (5,836).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Intratumor Heterogeneity and Branched Evolution Revealed by Multiregion Sequencing Marco Gerlinger et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 7 Mar 2012 7,931
2 Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) Daniel J. Klionsky et al. · Autophagy Open access2,467 authors 2 Jan 2016 6,023
3 Cancer statistics for the year 2020: An overview Jacques Ferlay, Murielle Colombet, Isabelle Soerjomataram et al. · International Journal of Cancer Open access 5 Apr 2021 5,836
4 Cisplatin plus Gemcitabine versus Gemcitabine for Biliary Tract Cancer Juan W. Valle, Harpreet Singh Wasan, Daniel H. Palmer et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 7 Apr 2010 4,489
5 The repertoire of mutational signatures in human cancer Ludmil B. Alexandrov et al. · Nature Open access1,384 authors 5 Feb 2020 3,854
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at London Cancer?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chemotherapy, Immunotherapy, Radiotherapy, Targeted Therapy, Clinical Trials, Cancer, Prognostic Factors and Tumor Microenvironment.

▲ 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. Chemotherapy21▲ 12×21 topics
  2. Immunotherapy20▲ 11×16 topics
  3. Epidemiology16▲ 1.63×62 topics
  4. Radiotherapy15▲ 16×13 topics
  5. Cancer15▲ 4.6×40 topics
  6. Targeted Therapy14▲ 26×5 topics
  7. Clinical Trials13▲ 8.1×13 topics
  8. Prognostic Factors11▲ 10×14 topics
  9. Risk Factors11▲ 4.1×13 topics
  10. Tumor Microenvironment11▲ 9.9×7 topics
  11. Cancer Immunotherapy10▲ 27×3 topics
  12. Lymphoma10▲ 26×4 topics
  13. Cancer Incidence10▲ 30×4 topics
  14. Precision Medicine10▲ 7.8×7 topics
  15. Biomarkers9▲ 5.4×13 topics
  16. Genomic Instability9▲ 33×3 topics
  17. Tumor Regression8▲ 31×2 topics
  18. Gene Expression8▲ 5.4×11 topics
  19. Cell-Free DNA8▲ 32×2 topics
  20. Metastasis8▲ 9.2×12 topics
  21. Cancer Genomics8▲ 43×1 topic
  22. Mutational Signatures8▲ 43×1 topic
  23. CAR T Cells7▲ 41×1 topic
  24. Chimeric Antigen Receptor7▲ 41×1 topic
  25. Leukemia7▲ 36×2 topics
  26. Breast Cancer7▲ 12×11 topics
  27. Health Disparities7▲ 11×5 topics
  28. Population-Based Study7▲ 42×2 topics
  29. Preventive Services7▲ 45×2 topics
  30. Genomic Profiling6▲ 26×2 topics
  31. Medical Imaging6▲ 5.0×6 topics
  32. Cancer Risk6▲ 11×6 topics
  33. Global Surveillance6▲ 54×1 topic
  34. Mortality Rates6▲ 26×1 topic
  35. Human Papillomavirus6▲ 19×3 topics
  36. Immune Checkpoint Blockade6▲ 21×1 topic
  37. PD-1 and PD-L16▲ 21×1 topic
  38. Adjuvant Therapy6▲ 18×2 topics
  39. Neoadjuvant Therapy5▲ 9.4×5 topics
  40. Prostate Cancer5▲ 16×5 topics

Which research topics does London Cancer publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, CAR-T cell therapy research, Global Cancer Incidence and Screening and Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers.

Cancer Genomics and Diag…8Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 8 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy resea…7CAR-T cell therapy research: 7 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence …6Global Cancer Incidence and Screening: 6 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…6Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 6 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 5 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 4 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments a…4Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 4 fractional worksCervical Cancer and HPV Research: 3 fractional worksHead and Neck Cancer Studies: 3 fractional worksProstate Cancer Treatment and Research: 3 fractional works
Cancer ResearchOncologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine2 others

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

  1. 1 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 8 works
  2. 2 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 7 works
  3. 3 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 6 works
  4. 4 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 6 works
  5. 5 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 5 works
  6. 6 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  7. 7 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  8. 8 Cervical Cancer and HPV Research Epidemiology 3 works
  9. 9 Head and Neck Cancer Studies Otorhinolaryngology 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 available56.3%not open43.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors50.1%domestic only49.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has London Cancer's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 19% 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 London Cancer as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00095% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%London Cancer0.00094% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of London Cancer over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%London Cancer20.0% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 28.9% in 2017.

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