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Moffitt Cancer Center

In research, Moffitt Cancer Center stands highest in Medicine (#413 of 10,443 worldwide), Oncology (#35 of 772 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#618 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Hematology, Oncology and Genetics — Hematology is 20.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,074
of 28,054 · #1,192 all time
Rank in United States
#187
of 4,192
Research works
13k
▲ 13% vs 2013–17
Citations
364k
28.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is Moffitt 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 #413 of 10,443 12.8%1,905 #367
OncologySubfield #35 of 772 15.0%489 #44
Health SciencesDomain #618 of 11,982 12.8%1,959 #481
Life SciencesDomain #429 of 7,800 15.6%628 #459
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #210 of 1,144 14.0%233 #195
SurgerySubfield #392 of 1,816 14.6%183 #527
Physical SciencesDomain #2,839 of 12,888 21.3%148 #3771
Immunology and MicrobiologyField #171 of 682 19.0%135 #180
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,009 of 3,579 14.6%461 #754
Molecular BiologySubfield #665 of 2,175 15.3%235 #442

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Moffitt 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#367 #413
  2. Oncology#44 #35
  3. Health Sciences#481 #618
  4. Life Sciences#459 #429
  5. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#195 #210
  6. Surgery#527 #392
  7. Physical Sciences#3,771 #2,839
  8. Immunology and Microbiology#180 #171
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#754 #1,009
  10. Molecular Biology#442 #665
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 Moffitt Cancer Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Hematology takes 20.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. HematologySubfield · 171.8 works20×
  2. OncologySubfield · 489.1 works15×
  3. GeneticsSubfield · 104.6 works14×
  4. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 118.1 works9.6×
  5. ImmunologySubfield · 128.9 works6.6×
  6. Pathology and Forensic MedicineSubfield · 85.2 works5.8×
  7. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 232.9 works5.4×
← 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: 0.08× its world share, 11 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.06× its world share, 462 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.74× its world share, 135 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.36× its world share, 16 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.46× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.45× its world share, 20 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.18× its world share, 39 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 33 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.67× its world share, 22 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.28× its world share, 18 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.39× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.56× its world share, 42 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.51× its world share, 1,906 worksMedicineNursing: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.74× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.46× its world share, 28 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.31× its world share, 27 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 26 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Scott Antonia, Dmitry I. Gabrilovich and Jhanelle E. Gray lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Moffitt Cancer Center.

  1. 1 Scott Antonia United States · #1,052 worldwide 3.2k citations · 92 works
  2. 2 Dmitry I. Gabrilovich United States · #2,166 worldwide 2.1k citations · 80 works
  3. 3 Jhanelle E. Gray United States · #4,711 worldwide 1.1k citations · 79 works
  4. 4 Jeffrey S. Weber United States · #4,774 worldwide 1.3k citations · 121 works
  5. 5 Claudio Anasetti United States · #10,829 worldwide 843 citations · 109 works
  6. 6 Richard Jove United States · #11,369 worldwide 668 citations · 52 works
  7. 7 Anna R. Giuliano United States · #12,697 worldwide 474 citations · 86 works
  8. 8 Matthew B. Schabath United States · #13,664 worldwide 477 citations · 62 works
  9. 9 Nikhil I. Khushalani United States · #14,465 worldwide 692 citations · 79 works
  10. 10 Paul B. Jacobsen United States · #18,723 worldwide 432 citations · 58 works
All ranked researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center

Which keywords describe research at Moffitt Cancer Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Immunotherapy, Chemotherapy, Prognostic Factors, Lymphoma, Cancer Immunotherapy, Tumor Microenvironment, Tumor Regression 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. Immunotherapy349▲ 17×19 topics
  2. Chemotherapy240▲ 12×24 topics
  3. Prognostic Factors237▲ 19×14 topics
  4. Lymphoma166▲ 36×4 topics
  5. Cancer Immunotherapy166▲ 38×3 topics
  6. Epidemiology166▲ 1.48×108 topics
  7. Tumor Microenvironment163▲ 13×8 topics
  8. Cancer143▲ 3.8×51 topics
  9. Tumor Regression134▲ 43×2 topics
  10. Targeted Therapy124▲ 20×5 topics
  11. Clinical Trials122▲ 6.4×17 topics
  12. Radiotherapy120▲ 11×13 topics
  13. Leukemia120▲ 50×2 topics
  14. CAR T Cells116▲ 56×1 topic
  15. Chimeric Antigen Receptor116▲ 56×1 topic
  16. Hematopoietic Stem Cells92▲ 38×3 topics
  17. Clinical Practice Guidelines87▲ 5.7×14 topics
  18. Neoadjuvant Therapy85▲ 13×5 topics
  19. Rituximab84▲ 20×4 topics
  20. Immune Checkpoint Blockade83▲ 27×1 topic
  21. PD-1 and PD-L183▲ 27×1 topic
  22. Genetic Mutations83▲ 6.8×20 topics
  23. Survival Analysis82▲ 11×7 topics
  24. Cancer Therapy81▲ 5.0×18 topics
  25. Biomarkers80▲ 4.2×16 topics
  26. Gene Expression76▲ 4.4×17 topics
  27. Precision Medicine74▲ 5.6×7 topics
  28. Metastasis74▲ 7.7×12 topics
  29. Immunity73▲ 6.4×11 topics
  30. PET Imaging72▲ 15×5 topics
  31. Molecular Characterization69▲ 14×6 topics
  32. AML68▲ 49×1 topic
  33. Acute Myeloid Leukemia68▲ 49×1 topic
  34. Minimal Residual Disease66▲ 34×2 topics
  35. Genomic Instability62▲ 20×3 topics
  36. Innate Immunity60▲ 6.7×9 topics
  37. Breast Cancer57▲ 8.5×11 topics
  38. Molecular Profiling56▲ 20×3 topics
  39. Genomic Profiling56▲ 19×2 topics
  40. Cell-Free DNA56▲ 20×2 topics

Which research topics does Moffitt Cancer Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: CAR-T cell therapy research, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research and Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics.

CAR-T cell therapy resea…116CAR-T cell therapy research: 116 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 83 fractional worksAcute Myeloid Leukemia R…68Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research: 68 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diag…55Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 55 fractional worksImmunotherapy and Immune Responses: 46 fractional worksLymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 46 fractional worksMultiple Myeloma Researc…40Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments: 40 fractional worksChronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research: 37 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 33 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 32 fractional works
OncologyHematologyCancer ResearchImmunology4 others

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

  1. 1 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 116 works
  2. 2 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 83 works
  3. 3 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research Hematology 68 works
  4. 4 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 55 works
  5. 5 Immunotherapy and Immune Responses Immunology 46 works
  6. 6 Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pathology and Forensic Medicine 46 works
  7. 7 Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments Hematology 40 works
  8. 8 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research Genetics 37 works
  9. 9 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 33 works
  10. 10 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 32 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 available40.4%not open59.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.3%domestic only86.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Moffitt Cancer Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% 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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