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Macmillan Cancer Support

In research, Macmillan Cancer Support stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,512 of 20,462 worldwide), Social Sciences (#9,107 of 16,945 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#7,350 of 10,206 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,965
of 28,054 · #16,885 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#632
of 1,094
Research works
806
▼ 25% vs 2013–17
Citations
10k
12.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

What is Macmillan Cancer Support 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
Health SciencesDomain #6,512 of 20,462 9.8%398
Social SciencesDomain #9,107 of 16,945 17.7%294
Social SciencesField #7,350 of 10,206 20.1%139
MedicineField #13,767 of 17,978 10.1%260
Health ProfessionsField #3,095 of 3,776 8.9%127

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Macmillan Cancer Support 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).

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: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.06× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 4.49× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.88× its world share, 30 worksMedicineNursing: 2.02× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.53× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.94× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.36× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.01× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.39× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.07× its world share, 22 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Macmillan Cancer Support?

Ranked on the composite score, Asher Mullard, Carina Dennis and 隆弘 福西 lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Macmillan Cancer Support.

  1. 1 Asher Mullard United Kingdom · #481,989 worldwide 335 citations · 248 works
  2. 2 Carina Dennis United Kingdom · #788,305 worldwide 54 citations · 38 works
  3. 3 隆弘 福西 United Kingdom · #1,044,675 worldwide 0 citations · 31 works
  4. 4 Ezzie Hutchinson United Kingdom · #1,064,629 worldwide 50 citations · 47 works
  5. 5 Sarah Crunkhorn United Kingdom · #1,115,971 worldwide 41 citations · 222 works
  6. 6 Bernard Holländer United Kingdom · #1,255,244 worldwide 0 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 Kristine Novak United Kingdom · #1,259,519 worldwide 22 citations · 68 works
  8. 8 Monica Hoyos Flight United Kingdom · #1,259,685 worldwide 27 citations · 63 works
  9. 9 Man Tsuey Tse United Kingdom · #1,565,192 worldwide 4 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Macmillan Cancer Support

Which keywords describe research at Macmillan Cancer Support?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Healthcare, Quality of Life, Palliative Care, Ethical Considerations, COVID-19, Health Care Costs, Advance Care Planning and End-of-Life.

▲ 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. Healthcare7▲ 7.7×7 topics
  2. Quality of Life7▲ 5.7×16 topics
  3. COVID-196▲ 5.4×10 topics
  4. Palliative Care5▲ 40×2 topics
  5. Ethical Considerations5▲ 19×3 topics
  6. Health Care Costs5▲ 75×2 topics
  7. Advance Care Planning5▲ 103×1 topic
  8. End-of-Life5▲ 67×1 topic
  9. Globalization5▲ 3.1×22 topics
  10. Pandemic5▲ 5.5×7 topics
  11. Cancer5▲ 4.3×8 topics
  12. Depression4▲ 6.2×7 topics
  13. Health-related Quality of Life4▲ 22×2 topics
  14. Clinical Trials4▲ 7.4×7 topics
  15. Anxiety4▲ 10×5 topics
  16. Cancer Survivorship4▲ 61×2 topics
  17. Mortality4▲ 7.5×3 topics
  18. Physical Activity4▲ 8.9×2 topics
  19. Mental Health4▲ 2.9×12 topics
  20. Fatigue3▲ 35×2 topics
  21. Stroke3▲ 23×2 topics
  22. Surgery3▲ 12×2 topics
  23. Emergency Department Visits3▲ 70×1 topic
  24. Oncology3▲ 70×1 topic
  25. Patient-Reported Outcomes3▲ 75×1 topic
  26. Psychosocial Interventions3▲ 75×1 topic
  27. Medical Education3▲ 14×4 topics
  28. Identity3▲ 5.0×12 topics
  29. Social Support2▲ 5.5×8 topics
  30. History2▲ 4.2×8 topics
  31. Primary Care2▲ 7.9×7 topics
  32. Citizenship2▲ 23×4 topics
  33. Colonialism2▲ 5.7×8 topics
  34. Patient Satisfaction2▲ 8.4×4 topics
  35. Clinical Practice2▲ 17×2 topics
  36. Gender Differences2▲ 6.7×3 topics
  37. Health Disparities2▲ 9.9×4 topics
  38. Multiculturalism2▲ 13×3 topics
  39. Cancer Incidence2▲ 18×2 topics
  40. Population-Based Study2▲ 37×2 topics

Which research topics does Macmillan Cancer Support publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues, Cancer survivorship and care, COVID-19 and healthcare impacts and Empathy and Medical Education.

Palliative Care and End-…5Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 5 fractional worksCancer survivorship and care: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 3 fractional worksEmpathy and Medical Educ…2Empathy and Medical Education: 2 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence …2Global Cancer Incidence and Screening: 2 fractional worksEvaluation and Performan…1Evaluation and Performance Assessment: 1 fractional worksCancer Research and Treatment: 1 fractional worksAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research: 1 fractional worksResearch in Social Sciences: 1 fractional worksEmployment and Welfare Studies: 1 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthOncologyPsychiatry and Mental healthManagement Science and Operations Research3 others

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

  1. 1 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  2. 2 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 3 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 3 works
  4. 4 Empathy and Medical Education Psychiatry and Mental health 2 works
  5. 5 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 2 works
  6. 6 Evaluation and Performance Assessment Management Science and Operations Research 1 works
  7. 7 Cancer Research and Treatment Oncology 1 works
  8. 8 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research Neurology 1 works
  9. 9 Research in Social Sciences Education 1 works
  10. 10 Employment and Welfare Studies General Health Professions 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 available38.2%not open61.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.0%domestic only82.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Macmillan Cancer Support's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 25% lower 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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