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National Cancer Center

In research, National Cancer Center stands highest in Health Sciences (#659 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#596 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#884 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Otorhinolaryngology, Oncology and Cancer Research — Otorhinolaryngology is 14.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,925
of 28,054 · #3,967 all time
Rank in United States
#290
of 4,192
Research works
5.2k
▲ 83% vs 2013–17
Citations
105k
20.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
53%
world 28%

What is National 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
Health SciencesDomain #659 of 11,982 17.3%1,063 #1252
MedicineField #596 of 10,443 17.1%1,029 #1071
Life SciencesDomain #884 of 7,800 23.5%268 #2200
OncologySubfield #106 of 772 20.2%238 #192
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #291 of 1,144 15.0%216 #333
SurgerySubfield #510 of 1,816 16.8%152 #687
Molecular BiologySubfield #800 of 2,175 25.3%110 #1740
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,384 of 3,579 23.1%210 #2704
Physical SciencesDomain #6,637 of 12,888 17.4%73 #10894
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSubfield #425 of 569 20.2%60 #936

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where National 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. Health Sciences#1,252 #659
  2. Medicine#1,071 #596
  3. Life Sciences#2,200 #884
  4. Oncology#192 #106
  5. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#333 #291
  6. Surgery#687 #510
  7. Molecular Biology#1,740 #800
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#2,704 #1,384
  9. Physical Sciences#10,894 #6,637
  10. Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging#936 #425
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 National Cancer Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Otorhinolaryngology takes 14.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OtorhinolaryngologySubfield · 21.4 works15×
  2. OncologySubfield · 237.6 works15×
  3. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 65.9 works11×
  4. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 216.1 works9.7×
  5. HepatologySubfield · 22.2 works8.0×
  6. GeneticsSubfield · 20.5 works5.2×
← 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: 0.04× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.73× its world share, 210 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.67× its world share, 39 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.41× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.32× its world share, 7 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 13 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 22 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.14× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.50× its world share, 16 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.71× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.53× its world share, 20 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.71× its world share, 1,029 worksMedicineNursing: 1.10× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.52× its world share, 16 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.17× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at National Cancer Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Tomohiro Matsuda, Shun‐ichi Watanabe and Akira Kawai lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Cancer Center.

  1. 1 Tomohiro Matsuda United States · #43,874 worldwide 271 citations · 36 works
  2. 2 Shun‐ichi Watanabe United States · #51,699 worldwide 340 citations · 82 works
  3. 3 Akira Kawai United States · #87,077 worldwide 474 citations · 98 works
  4. 4 Ryosuke Tsuchiya United States · #104,605 worldwide 213 citations · 54 works
  5. 5 Aya Kuchiba United States · #139,566 worldwide 151 citations · 32 works
  6. 6 Megumi Hori United States · #156,588 worldwide 121 citations · 30 works
  7. 7 Tsuguo Naruke United States · #166,444 worldwide 113 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 M Shimoyama United States · #218,762 worldwide 256 citations · 73 works
  9. 9 Kota Katanoda United States · #220,567 worldwide 156 citations · 40 works
  10. 10 Sunao Egawa United States · #255,925 worldwide 74 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at National Cancer Center

Which keywords describe research at National Cancer Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chemotherapy, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Immunotherapy, Radiotherapy, Tumor Microenvironment, Prognostic Factors, Neoadjuvant 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. Chemotherapy217▲ 21×22 topics
  2. Clinical Practice Guidelines119▲ 15×14 topics
  3. Immunotherapy112▲ 11×19 topics
  4. Cancer105▲ 5.4×48 topics
  5. Radiotherapy105▲ 19×12 topics
  6. Tumor Microenvironment101▲ 16×8 topics
  7. Epidemiology101▲ 1.77×84 topics
  8. Prognostic Factors92▲ 15×14 topics
  9. Neoadjuvant Therapy92▲ 27×5 topics
  10. Targeted Therapy91▲ 28×5 topics
  11. Clinical Trials87▲ 9.0×18 topics
  12. Survival Analysis74▲ 19×6 topics
  13. Endoscopic Resection69▲ 48×2 topics
  14. Inflammation68▲ 2.3×72 topics
  15. Adjuvant Therapy66▲ 36×2 topics
  16. Metastasis61▲ 12×12 topics
  17. Quality of Life59▲ 2.8×34 topics
  18. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy56▲ 49×2 topics
  19. Molecular Characterization53▲ 21×5 topics
  20. Gene Expression52▲ 5.9×14 topics
  21. Chemoradiation52▲ 56×2 topics
  22. Biomarkers51▲ 5.2×16 topics
  23. Breast Cancer46▲ 13×11 topics
  24. Precision Medicine46▲ 6.8×8 topics
  25. Survival45▲ 23×4 topics
  26. Genomic Profiling44▲ 30×2 topics
  27. Gastric Cancer43▲ 27×3 topics
  28. Treatment Guidelines43▲ 14×6 topics
  29. Surgery43▲ 8.5×9 topics
  30. Tumor Markers43▲ 37×2 topics
  31. Immune Checkpoint Blockade43▲ 27×1 topic
  32. PD-1 and PD-L143▲ 27×1 topic
  33. ALK Inhibitors42▲ 46×1 topic
  34. EGFR Mutations42▲ 46×1 topic
  35. Prognosis40▲ 8.4×9 topics
  36. Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy38▲ 32×2 topics
  37. Barrett's Esophagus36▲ 63×1 topic
  38. Esophageal Carcinoma36▲ 63×1 topic
  39. PET Imaging36▲ 15×4 topics
  40. Tumor Staging35▲ 22×2 topics

Which research topics does National Cancer Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations, Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment and Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes.

Cancer Immunotherapy and…43Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 43 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments a…42Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 42 fractional worksEsophageal Cancer Resear…36Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment: 36 fractional worksGastric Cancer Managemen…33Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 33 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 33 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 25 fractional worksLung Cancer Research Stu…23Lung Cancer Research Studies: 23 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diag…23Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 23 fractional worksHead and Neck Cancer Stu…20Head and Neck Cancer Studies: 20 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Surgic…20Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments: 20 fractional works
OncologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSurgeryRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging2 others

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

  1. 1 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 43 works
  2. 2 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 42 works
  3. 3 Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment Surgery 36 works
  4. 4 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 33 works
  5. 5 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 33 works
  6. 6 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 25 works
  7. 7 Lung Cancer Research Studies Oncology 23 works
  8. 8 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 23 works
  9. 9 Head and Neck Cancer Studies Otorhinolaryngology 20 works
  10. 10 Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Oncology 20 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 available53.0%not open47.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors66.0%domestic only34.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Cancer Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 83% 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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