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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

In research, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center stands highest in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (#5 of 1,144 worldwide), Medicine (#47 of 10,443 worldwide) and Oncology (#4 of 772 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology, Cancer Research and Radiation — Oncology is 12.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#299
of 28,054 · #182 all time
Rank in United States
#66
of 4,192
Research works
47k
▲ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.6M
56.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

What is Memorial Sloan Kettering 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
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #5 of 1,144 20.1%699 #1
MedicineField #47 of 10,443 18.8%4,573 #28
OncologySubfield #4 of 772 19.5%956 #2
Health SciencesDomain #65 of 11,982 18.8%4,725 #33
Life SciencesDomain #72 of 7,800 22.4%1,280 #48
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSubfield #8 of 569 19.9%372 #9
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #80 of 3,579 21.7%1,022 #61
SurgerySubfield #42 of 1,816 19.0%600 #15
Molecular BiologySubfield #53 of 2,175 23.6%507 #31
Cancer ResearchSubfield #9 of 237 18.4%306 #4

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Memorial Sloan Kettering 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. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#1 #5
  2. Medicine#28 #47
  3. Oncology#2 #4
  4. Health Sciences#33 #65
  5. Life Sciences#48 #72
  6. Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging#9 #8
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#61 #80
  8. Surgery#15 #42
  9. Molecular Biology#31 #53
  10. Cancer Research#4 #9
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 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 12.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 956.1 works13×
  2. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 305.9 works11×
  3. RadiationSubfield · 95.4 works10×
  4. HematologySubfield · 174.2 works8.7×
  5. GeneticsSubfield · 150.3 works8.3×
  6. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 698.6 works6.9×
  7. OtorhinolaryngologySubfield · 43.7 works6.6×
  8. Pathology and Forensic MedicineSubfield · 222.7 works6.5×
← 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: 0.06× its world share, 18 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.89× its world share, 1,022 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.89× its world share, 192 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.33× its world share, 35 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.54× its world share, 13 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.19× its world share, 20 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 77 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 105 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 21 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.30× its world share, 23 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.70× its world share, 103 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.46× its world share, 15 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.71× its world share, 124 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.59× its world share, 4,573 worksMedicineNursing: 0.30× its world share, 10 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.37× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 10 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 14 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.73× its world share, 104 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.28× its world share, 56 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 59 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center?

Ranked on the composite score, William D. Travis, Nikolaus Schultz and Valerie W. Rusch lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

  1. 1 William D. Travis United States · #194 worldwide 2.6k citations · 141 works
  2. 2 Nikolaus Schultz United States · #729 worldwide 2.3k citations · 187 works
  3. 3 Valerie W. Rusch United States · #788 worldwide 1.9k citations · 169 works
  4. 4 Douglas A. Levine United States · #878 worldwide 2.7k citations · 101 works
  5. 5 Ronald Ghossein United States · #1,030 worldwide 1.9k citations · 97 works
  6. 6 Marc Ladanyi United States · #1,265 worldwide 3.1k citations · 252 works
  7. 7 Samuel Singer United States · #1,284 worldwide 2k citations · 100 works
  8. 8 Lawrence H. Schwartz United States · #1,383 worldwide 5.8k citations · 81 works
  9. 9 Mithat Gönen United States · #1,417 worldwide 2.1k citations · 153 works
  10. 10 Hikmat Al‐Ahmadie United States · #1,483 worldwide 1.7k citations · 119 works
All ranked researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Which keywords describe research at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chemotherapy, Immunotherapy, Prognostic Factors, Radiotherapy, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Targeted Therapy, Clinical Trials and Survival Analysis.

▲ 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. Chemotherapy685▲ 15×24 topics
  2. Immunotherapy681▲ 14×19 topics
  3. Prognostic Factors448▲ 16×14 topics
  4. Radiotherapy445▲ 17×13 topics
  5. Clinical Practice Guidelines403▲ 11×14 topics
  6. Epidemiology352▲ 1.34×119 topics
  7. Targeted Therapy338▲ 23×5 topics
  8. Clinical Trials328▲ 7.4×19 topics
  9. Quality of Life301▲ 3.2×46 topics
  10. Cancer298▲ 3.4×49 topics
  11. Survival Analysis287▲ 16×7 topics
  12. Neoadjuvant Therapy280▲ 18×5 topics
  13. Tumor Microenvironment262▲ 8.9×8 topics
  14. Lymphoma248▲ 23×4 topics
  15. Genetic Mutations227▲ 7.9×21 topics
  16. Metastasis220▲ 9.8×12 topics
  17. Precision Medicine216▲ 7.0×8 topics
  18. Biomarkers214▲ 4.7×16 topics
  19. Breast Cancer203▲ 13×11 topics
  20. Molecular Characterization200▲ 17×6 topics
  21. Cancer Immunotherapy190▲ 19×3 topics
  22. Gene Expression180▲ 4.5×17 topics
  23. Genomic Instability179▲ 24×3 topics
  24. PET Imaging173▲ 15×5 topics
  25. Tumor Regression168▲ 23×2 topics
  26. Genomic Profiling157▲ 23×2 topics
  27. Leukemia151▲ 27×2 topics
  28. Rituximab151▲ 15×4 topics
  29. Cell-Free DNA147▲ 22×2 topics
  30. Somatic Mutations145▲ 27×2 topics
  31. Cancer Genomics144▲ 30×1 topic
  32. Mutational Signatures144▲ 30×1 topic
  33. CAR T Cells142▲ 29×1 topic
  34. Chimeric Antigen Receptor142▲ 29×1 topic
  35. Radiation Therapy139▲ 16×5 topics
  36. Molecular Classification138▲ 14×4 topics
  37. Molecular Subtypes137▲ 25×3 topics
  38. Molecular Profiling131▲ 20×3 topics
  39. Dosimetry127▲ 27×2 topics
  40. Prostate Cancer126▲ 15×6 topics

Which research topics does Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, CAR-T cell therapy research, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers and Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging.

Cancer Genomics and Diag…144Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 144 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy resea…142CAR-T cell therapy research: 142 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 111 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 100 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 97 fractional worksLymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 93 fractional worksBreast Cancer Treatment Studies: 90 fractional worksAdvanced Radiotherapy Te…88Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques: 88 fractional worksSarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 67 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 65 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 144 works
  2. 2 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 142 works
  3. 3 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 111 works
  4. 4 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 100 works
  5. 5 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 97 works
  6. 6 Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pathology and Forensic Medicine 93 works
  7. 7 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 90 works
  8. 8 Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques Radiation 88 works
  9. 9 Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 67 works
  10. 10 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 65 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 available38.3%not open61.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.1%domestic only86.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% 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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