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MUSC Hollings Cancer Center

In research, MUSC Hollings Cancer Center stands highest in Medicine (#3,672 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,056 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology — Oncology is 12.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,358
of 28,054 · #7,205 all time
Rank in United States
#976
of 4,192
Research works
787
▼ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
31k
39.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
58%
world 28%

What is MUSC Hollings 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 #3,672 of 10,443 22.8%90 #2785
Health SciencesDomain #5,056 of 11,982 22.7%94 #3837

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

What does MUSC Hollings Cancer Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 12.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 23.1 works12×
← 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, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.45× its world share, 40 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 6.42× its world share, 11 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.86× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.48× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.76× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.82× its world share, 90 worksMedicineNursing: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.21× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 6.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at MUSC Hollings Cancer Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer, Immunotherapy, Psychiatric Disorders, Chemotherapy, Cancer Risk, Cancer Immunotherapy, Lymphoma and Health Consequences.

▲ 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. Cancer16▲ 6.9×34 topics
  2. Immunotherapy12▲ 10×13 topics
  3. Psychiatric Disorders12▲ 53×2 topics
  4. Inflammation10▲ 3.0×43 topics
  5. Chemotherapy10▲ 8.6×17 topics
  6. Cancer Risk10▲ 27×5 topics
  7. Cancer Immunotherapy9▲ 35×3 topics
  8. Lymphoma9▲ 33×4 topics
  9. Health Consequences9▲ 18×2 topics
  10. Smoking Cessation8▲ 170×1 topic
  11. Tobacco Use8▲ 170×1 topic
  12. Oxidative Stress8▲ 3.0×30 topics
  13. Cancer Incidence8▲ 34×4 topics
  14. Tumor Regression7▲ 40×2 topics
  15. Leukemia7▲ 51×2 topics
  16. CAR T Cells7▲ 55×1 topic
  17. Chimeric Antigen Receptor7▲ 55×1 topic
  18. Cancer Therapy6▲ 6.5×17 topics
  19. Human Papillomavirus6▲ 30×3 topics
  20. Apoptosis6▲ 12×9 topics
  21. Depression6▲ 4.1×13 topics
  22. Risk Factors6▲ 3.2×12 topics
  23. Tumor Microenvironment6▲ 7.8×8 topics
  24. Radiotherapy5▲ 8.2×8 topics
  25. Immunity5▲ 7.4×6 topics
  26. Prognostic Factors5▲ 6.3×9 topics
  27. Cell Death4▲ 11×6 topics
  28. Transcriptional Regulation4▲ 16×6 topics
  29. Cervical Cancer4▲ 23×3 topics
  30. Health Disparities4▲ 9.4×2 topics
  31. Mortality Rates4▲ 26×2 topics
  32. Anxiety4▲ 5.1×6 topics
  33. Preventive Services4▲ 41×2 topics
  34. Population-Based Study4▲ 35×2 topics
  35. Substance Use Disorders4▲ 32×2 topics
  36. Breast Cancer Screening4▲ 51×1 topic
  37. Global Surveillance4▲ 51×1 topic
  38. Prognosis4▲ 6.8×5 topics
  39. Innate Immunity4▲ 6.8×6 topics
  40. Global Burden of Disease4▲ 8.4×3 topics

Which research topics does MUSC Hollings Cancer Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Smoking Behavior and Cessation, CAR-T cell therapy research, Global Cancer Incidence and Screening and Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes.

Smoking Behavior and Ces…8Smoking Behavior and Cessation: 8 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 7 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence and Screening: 4 fractional worksSubstance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 3 fractional worksCervical Cancer and HPV Research: 3 fractional worksHead and Neck Cancer Stu…2Head and Neck Cancer Studies: 2 fractional worksImmune Cell Function and Interaction: 2 fractional worksCannabis and Cannabinoid Research: 2 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 2 fractional worksSphingolipid Metabolism and Signaling: 2 fractional works
PhysiologyOncologyEpidemiologyOtorhinolaryngology3 others

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

  1. 1 Smoking Behavior and Cessation Physiology 8 works
  2. 2 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 7 works
  3. 3 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 4 works
  4. 4 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 3 works
  5. 5 Cervical Cancer and HPV Research Epidemiology 3 works
  6. 6 Head and Neck Cancer Studies Otorhinolaryngology 2 works
  7. 7 Immune Cell Function and Interaction Immunology 2 works
  8. 8 Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research Pharmacology 2 works
  9. 9 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 2 works
  10. 10 Sphingolipid Metabolism and Signaling 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 available57.9%not open42.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.2%domestic only85.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has MUSC Hollings Cancer Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% lower than in 2013–2017.

200020102020
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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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