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Moores Cancer Center

In research, Moores Cancer Center stands highest in Medicine (#2,732 of 17,978 worldwide), Health Sciences (#3,708 of 20,462 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#4,118 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,187
of 28,054 · #7,670 all time
Rank in ??
#204
of 692
Research works
741
▼ 22% vs 2013–17
Citations
34k
46.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

What is Moores Cancer Center 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
MedicineField #2,732 of 17,978 19.6%413
Health SciencesDomain #3,708 of 20,462 19.6%428
Life SciencesDomain #4,118 of 14,347 26.0%258
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #4,371 of 7,814 26.3%204

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

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: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.49× its world share, 21 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 6.87× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.40× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.15× its world share, 54 worksMedicineNursing: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 6.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Moores Cancer Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Kristy Ward lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Moores Cancer Center.

  1. 1 Kristy Ward ?? · #964,332 worldwide 9 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Moores Cancer Center

Which keywords describe research at Moores Cancer Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer, Immunotherapy, Chemotherapy, Tumor Microenvironment, Cancer Therapy, Prognostic Factors, Targeted Therapy and Immunity.

▲ 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. Cancer9▲ 7.5×29 topics
  2. Chemotherapy8▲ 13×17 topics
  3. Immunotherapy8▲ 13×16 topics
  4. Cancer Therapy7▲ 14×13 topics
  5. Tumor Microenvironment7▲ 18×8 topics
  6. Prognostic Factors6▲ 16×13 topics
  7. Inflammation5▲ 2.8×27 topics
  8. Targeted Therapy5▲ 26×5 topics
  9. Clinical Trials4▲ 6.5×9 topics
  10. Immunity4▲ 11×6 topics
  11. Cancer Incidence4▲ 32×4 topics
  12. Metastasis4▲ 12×9 topics
  13. Proteasome Inhibitors4▲ 59×2 topics
  14. Lymphoma4▲ 24×4 topics
  15. Cancer Immunotherapy3▲ 25×3 topics
  16. PET Imaging3▲ 23×4 topics
  17. Proteasome3▲ 105×1 topic
  18. Ubiquitin3▲ 105×1 topic
  19. Human Papillomavirus3▲ 29×2 topics
  20. Radiotherapy3▲ 9.1×9 topics
  21. Genomic Instability3▲ 31×2 topics
  22. Immune Checkpoint Blockade3▲ 31×1 topic
  23. PD-1 and PD-L13▲ 31×1 topic
  24. Cervical Cancer3▲ 31×2 topics
  25. Survival3▲ 24×3 topics
  26. Precision Medicine3▲ 6.7×5 topics
  27. Rituximab3▲ 21×2 topics
  28. Clinical Practice Guidelines3▲ 5.6×8 topics
  29. Survival Analysis3▲ 11×6 topics
  30. Angiogenesis2▲ 8.7×6 topics
  31. Cancer Genomics2▲ 39×1 topic
  32. Innate Immunity2▲ 8.8×6 topics
  33. Metabolism2▲ 5.4×4 topics
  34. Mutational Signatures2▲ 39×1 topic
  35. Tumor Regression2▲ 26×2 topics
  36. Breast Cancer2▲ 12×9 topics
  37. Cetuximab2▲ 32×2 topics
  38. Molecular Classification2▲ 16×4 topics
  39. Molecular Profiling2▲ 24×3 topics
  40. Therapeutic Targets2▲ 15×7 topics

Which research topics does Moores Cancer Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics and Immune cells in cancer.

Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways: 3 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 3 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diag…2Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksImmune cells in cancer2Immune cells in cancer: 2 fractional worksCervical Cancer and HPV Research: 2 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 2 fractional worksPeptidase Inhibition and…2Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis: 2 fractional worksImmunotherapy and Immune Responses: 2 fractional worksLymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksChronic Lymphocytic Leuk…1Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research: 1 fractional works
Molecular BiologyOncologyCancer ResearchImmunology3 others

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

  1. 1 Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways Molecular Biology 3 works
  2. 2 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 3 works
  3. 3 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 2 works
  4. 4 Immune cells in cancer Immunology 2 works
  5. 5 Cervical Cancer and HPV Research Epidemiology 2 works
  6. 6 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 2 works
  7. 7 Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis Oncology 2 works
  8. 8 Immunotherapy and Immune Responses Immunology 2 works
  9. 9 Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pathology and Forensic Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research Genetics 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 available42.1%not open57.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.1%domestic only82.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Moores Cancer Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 22% 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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