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Markey Cancer Center

In research, Markey Cancer Center stands highest in Medicine (#2,703 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#3,820 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,592 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology — Oncology is 10.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,298
of 28,054 · #6,601 all time
Rank in United States
#720
of 4,192
Research works
1.3k
▲ 24% vs 2013–17
Citations
49k
38.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
56%
world 28%

What is Markey Cancer Center 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 #2,703 of 10,443 21.8%123 #3200
Health SciencesDomain #3,820 of 11,982 21.9%130 #4130
Life SciencesDomain #2,592 of 7,800 28.9%86 #2992
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,168 of 3,579 28.4%73 #2345

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

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#3,200 #2,703
  2. Health Sciences#4,130 #3,820
  3. Life Sciences#2,992 #2,592
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#2,345 #2,168
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Markey Cancer Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 10.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 29.2 works11×
  2. Molecular BiologySubfield · 43.6 works5.9×
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField · 72.6 works5.6×
← 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: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5.57× its world share, 73 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.73× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.41× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.88× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.62× its world share, 123 worksMedicineNursing: 1.02× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.67× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 5.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Markey Cancer Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Kenneth A. Foon, Aju Mathew and Tianyan Gao lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Markey Cancer Center.

  1. 1 Kenneth A. Foon United States · #41,085 worldwide 259 citations · 52 works
  2. 2 Aju Mathew United States · #870,549 worldwide 24 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Tianyan Gao United States · #1,434,610 worldwide 14 citations · 36 works
All ranked researchers at Markey Cancer Center

Which keywords describe research at Markey Cancer Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer, Chemotherapy, Immunotherapy, Biomarkers, Tumor Microenvironment, Clinical Trials, Cancer Therapy and Targeted 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 2022–2025 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. Cancer22▲ 6.8×38 topics
  2. Chemotherapy18▲ 10×22 topics
  3. Immunotherapy17▲ 9.6×16 topics
  4. Biomarkers12▲ 7.5×9 topics
  5. Clinical Trials12▲ 7.3×10 topics
  6. Tumor Microenvironment12▲ 11×8 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress11▲ 2.7×28 topics
  8. Cancer Therapy10▲ 7.5×14 topics
  9. Inflammation10▲ 2.0×40 topics
  10. Targeted Therapy10▲ 18×5 topics
  11. Genetic Mutations10▲ 9.1×12 topics
  12. Prognostic Factors9▲ 8.8×12 topics
  13. Cancer Incidence9▲ 28×4 topics
  14. Radiotherapy8▲ 8.8×11 topics
  15. Risk Factors8▲ 3.1×11 topics
  16. Population-Based Study7▲ 44×2 topics
  17. Health Disparities7▲ 10×4 topics
  18. Cancer Risk7▲ 12×6 topics
  19. Precision Medicine6▲ 5.4×6 topics
  20. Metastasis6▲ 7.2×11 topics
  21. Mortality Rates6▲ 25×2 topics
  22. Breast Cancer Screening6▲ 51×1 topic
  23. Global Surveillance6▲ 51×1 topic
  24. Immunity6▲ 5.8×9 topics
  25. Preventive Services6▲ 40×2 topics
  26. Apoptosis6▲ 7.6×15 topics
  27. Genomic Profiling6▲ 22×2 topics
  28. Genomic Instability6▲ 20×3 topics
  29. Metabolism6▲ 4.4×11 topics
  30. Cell Death5▲ 9.4×6 topics
  31. Molecular Characterization5▲ 12×4 topics
  32. Breast Cancer5▲ 8.8×10 topics
  33. Survival Analysis5▲ 7.5×7 topics
  34. Oxygen Sensing5▲ 17×2 topics
  35. Tumor Hypoxia4▲ 28×2 topics
  36. HIF-14▲ 30×1 topic
  37. Warburg Effect4▲ 30×1 topic
  38. Cancer Genomics4▲ 24×1 topic
  39. Mutational Signatures4▲ 24×1 topic
  40. Cancer Immunotherapy4▲ 11×3 topics

Which research topics does Markey Cancer Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Cancer Incidence and Screening, Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism, Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation.

Global Cancer Incidence …6Global Cancer Incidence and Screening: 6 fractional worksCancer, Hypoxia, and Met…4Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism: 4 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diag…4Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 4 fractional worksEpigenetics and DNA Meth…3Epigenetics and DNA Methylation: 3 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 3 fractional worksProstate Cancer Treatment and Research: 3 fractional worksCancer, Lipids, and Meta…3Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism: 3 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 3 fractional worksRNA modifications and cancer: 2 fractional worksMetabolomics and Mass Sp…2Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies: 2 fractional works
OncologyCancer ResearchMolecular BiologyPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

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

  1. 1 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 6 works
  2. 2 Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism Cancer Research 4 works
  3. 3 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 4 works
  4. 4 Epigenetics and DNA Methylation Molecular Biology 3 works
  5. 5 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 3 works
  6. 6 Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  7. 7 Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism Cancer Research 3 works
  8. 8 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  9. 9 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 2 works
  10. 10 Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies Molecular Biology 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 available55.6%not open44.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.3%domestic only88.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Markey Cancer Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 24% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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