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Ludwig Cancer Research

In research, Ludwig Cancer Research stands highest in Life Sciences (#1,513 of 14,347 worldwide), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#1,382 of 7,814 worldwide) and Medicine (#3,183 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology — Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology is 8.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, all time
#3,879
of 42,892
Rank in United Kingdom
#248
of 2,253
Research works
599
▲ 56% vs 2013–17
Citations
59k
98.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
37.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is Ludwig Cancer Research known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Life SciencesDomain #1,513 of 14,347 43.8%378
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,382 of 7,814 42.8%316
MedicineField #3,183 of 17,978 45.4%181
Molecular BiologySubfield #891 of 4,961 42.6%222
Health SciencesDomain #4,244 of 20,462 45.9%185

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

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology takes 8.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField · 26.9 works8.8×
← 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, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8.82× its world share, 27 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 7.72× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.62× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.75× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.72× its world share, 19 worksMedicineNursing: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksNursingEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 8.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ludwig Cancer Research?

Ranked on the composite score, Xin Lü lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ludwig Cancer Research.

  1. 1 Xin Lü United Kingdom · #787,756 worldwide 133 citations · 46 works
All ranked researchers at Ludwig Cancer Research

Which keywords describe research at Ludwig Cancer Research?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer, Tumor Microenvironment, Inflammation, Immunotherapy, Epigenetic Reprogramming, Cancer Therapy, DNA Methylation and Cancer Epigenetics.

▲ 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. Cancer5▲ 7.0×27 topics
  2. Inflammation5▲ 4.2×30 topics
  3. Tumor Microenvironment4▲ 17×7 topics
  4. Cancer Therapy3▲ 9.7×13 topics
  5. Epigenetic Reprogramming3▲ 60×2 topics
  6. Immunotherapy3▲ 7.9×11 topics
  7. Cancer Epigenetics3▲ 72×1 topic
  8. DNA Methylation3▲ 45×2 topics
  9. Histone Modification3▲ 72×1 topic
  10. Transcriptional Regulation3▲ 29×7 topics
  11. Immunity3▲ 11×7 topics
  12. Cancer Immunotherapy2▲ 27×3 topics
  13. Cancer Progression2▲ 23×2 topics
  14. Chemotherapy2▲ 5.6×8 topics
  15. Gene Expression2▲ 6.2×11 topics
  16. Tumor Hypoxia2▲ 57×2 topics
  17. HIF-12▲ 61×1 topic
  18. Oxygen Sensing2▲ 34×2 topics
  19. Warburg Effect2▲ 61×1 topic
  20. Angiogenesis2▲ 10×6 topics
  21. Innate Immunity2▲ 10×6 topics
  22. RNA methylation2▲ 38×1 topic
  23. m6A-seq2▲ 38×1 topic
  24. Epigenetic Regulation2▲ 15×5 topics
  25. Metabolism2▲ 5.5×7 topics
  26. Prognostic Factors2▲ 6.0×7 topics
  27. Apoptosis1▲ 8.3×10 topics
  28. Cell-Free DNA1▲ 25×2 topics
  29. Cell Proliferation1▲ 26×2 topics
  30. Gene Regulation1▲ 26×3 topics
  31. Lymphoma1▲ 15×2 topics
  32. Macrophage1▲ 31×2 topics
  33. Mathematical Modeling1▲ 27×2 topics
  34. Tumor Regression1▲ 21×2 topics
  35. Activation1▲ 36×1 topic
  36. CAR T Cells1▲ 29×1 topic
  37. Chimeric Antigen Receptor1▲ 29×1 topic
  38. Immune System Interactions1▲ 64×2 topics
  39. Polarization1▲ 14×1 topic
  40. Targeted Therapy1▲ 9.8×3 topics

Which research topics does Ludwig Cancer Research publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism, RNA modifications and cancer and CAR-T cell therapy research.

Epigenetics and DNA Methylation: 3 fractional worksCancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism: 2 fractional worksRNA modifications and ca…2RNA modifications and cancer: 2 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy resea…1CAR-T cell therapy research: 1 fractional worksImmune cells in cancer: 1 fractional worksMathematical Biology Tumor Growth: 1 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diag…1Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 1 fractional worksMyeloproliferative Neoplasms: Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 1 fractional worksSingle-cell and spatial …1Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics: 1 fractional works
Molecular BiologyCancer ResearchOncologyImmunology2 others

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

  1. 1 Epigenetics and DNA Methylation Molecular Biology 3 works
  2. 2 Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism Cancer Research 2 works
  3. 3 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 2 works
  4. 4 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 1 works
  5. 5 Immune cells in cancer Immunology 1 works
  6. 6 Mathematical Biology Tumor Growth Modeling and Simulation 1 works
  7. 7 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 1 works
  8. 8 Myeloproliferative Neoplasms: Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 1 works
  9. 9 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 1 works
  10. 10 Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics Molecular Biology 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 available48.3%not open51.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors44.5%domestic only55.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ludwig Cancer Research's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 56% 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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