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National Cancer Institute

In research, National Cancer Institute stands highest in Medicine (#180 of 10,443 worldwide), Oncology (#15 of 772 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#155 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology, Cancer Research and Immunology — Oncology is 12.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#515
of 28,054 · #102 all time
Rank in United States
#104
of 4,192
Research works
40k
▼ 12% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.7M
67.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

What is National Cancer Institute 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 #180 of 10,443 24.6%1,317 #42
OncologySubfield #15 of 772 24.6%358 #4
Life SciencesDomain #155 of 7,800 24.5%937 #22
Health SciencesDomain #270 of 11,982 24.8%1,376 #55
Molecular BiologySubfield #147 of 2,175 24.7%432 #24
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #243 of 3,579 23.8%720 #36
Immunology and MicrobiologyField #67 of 682 27.4%159 #7
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #158 of 1,144 23.4%170 #24
ImmunologySubfield #66 of 455 27.8%142 #8
SurgerySubfield #353 of 1,816 29.2%70 #74

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Cancer Institute 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#42 #180
  2. Oncology#4 #15
  3. Life Sciences#22 #155
  4. Health Sciences#55 #270
  5. Molecular Biology#24 #147
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#36 #243
  7. Immunology and Microbiology#7 #67
  8. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#24 #158
  9. Immunology#8 #66
  10. Surgery#74 #353
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 Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 12.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 357.8 works12×
  2. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 128.9 works11×
  3. ImmunologySubfield · 141.7 works7.8×
  4. GeneticsSubfield · 49.7 works6.9×
  5. Immunology and MicrobiologyField · 159.5 works6.0×
  6. BiotechnologySubfield · 23.4 works5.6×
  7. Molecular BiologySubfield · 431.9 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: 0.17× its world share, 22 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5.10× its world share, 720 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.99× its world share, 160 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.59× its world share, 26 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.04× its world share, 10 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.52× its world share, 22 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 32 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 36 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.47× its world share, 62 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 15 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.94× its world share, 29 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.21× its world share, 12 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.37× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.65× its world share, 45 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.59× its world share, 1,317 worksMedicineNursing: 0.59× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 9 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.77× its world share, 43 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.27× its world share, 22 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 38 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 6.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at National Cancer Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Steven A. Rosenberg, Joseph F. Fraumeni and W. Marston Linehan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Cancer Institute.

  1. 1 Steven A. Rosenberg United States · #1,280 worldwide 2.7k citations · 198 works
  2. 2 Joseph F. Fraumeni United States · #1,403 worldwide 1.8k citations · 111 works
  3. 3 W. Marston Linehan United States · #1,501 worldwide 1.8k citations · 130 works
  4. 4 Electron Kebebew United States · #1,591 worldwide 1.8k citations · 92 works
  5. 5 Mark E. Sherman United States · #1,711 worldwide 1.5k citations · 102 works
  6. 6 Nicolas Wentzensen United States · #1,761 worldwide 2.1k citations · 82 works
  7. 7 Nathan Mantel United States · #1,812 worldwide 2.3k citations · 81 works
  8. 8 Larry Rubinstein United States · #1,932 worldwide 3.6k citations · 76 works
  9. 9 Elaine S. Jaffe United States · #1,940 worldwide 2k citations · 152 works
  10. 10 Robert C. Gallo United States · #2,607 worldwide 1.6k citations · 130 works
All ranked researchers at National Cancer Institute

Which keywords describe research at National Cancer Institute?

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

▲ 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. Immunotherapy238▲ 13×19 topics
  2. Cancer208▲ 5.8×51 topics
  3. Epidemiology152▲ 1.46×110 topics
  4. Chemotherapy137▲ 7.4×24 topics
  5. Inflammation130▲ 2.4×79 topics
  6. Tumor Microenvironment113▲ 9.7×8 topics
  7. Biomarkers103▲ 5.7×16 topics
  8. Prognostic Factors100▲ 8.7×14 topics
  9. Cancer Immunotherapy97▲ 24×3 topics
  10. Targeted Therapy96▲ 16×5 topics
  11. Genetic Mutations96▲ 8.4×22 topics
  12. Cancer Therapy95▲ 6.3×20 topics
  13. Clinical Trials91▲ 5.2×18 topics
  14. Oxidative Stress90▲ 2.1×54 topics
  15. Cancer Incidence89▲ 25×4 topics
  16. Gene Expression82▲ 5.1×17 topics
  17. Genomic Instability79▲ 27×3 topics
  18. Radiotherapy79▲ 7.8×13 topics
  19. Risk Factors79▲ 2.7×26 topics
  20. Lymphoma77▲ 18×4 topics
  21. Tumor Regression74▲ 26×2 topics
  22. Immunity71▲ 6.7×11 topics
  23. Precision Medicine68▲ 5.5×8 topics
  24. Innate Immunity61▲ 7.2×11 topics
  25. Breast Cancer59▲ 9.5×11 topics
  26. Leukemia58▲ 26×2 topics
  27. Cell-Free DNA57▲ 22×2 topics
  28. Somatic Mutations57▲ 26×2 topics
  29. Cancer Genomics56▲ 29×1 topic
  30. Mutational Signatures56▲ 29×1 topic
  31. CAR T Cells55▲ 28×1 topic
  32. Chimeric Antigen Receptor55▲ 28×1 topic
  33. Cancer Risk53▲ 9.1×8 topics
  34. Health Disparities51▲ 7.4×8 topics
  35. Population-Based Study51▲ 29×2 topics
  36. Immune Checkpoint Blockade48▲ 16×1 topic
  37. PD-1 and PD-L148▲ 16×1 topic
  38. Prostate Cancer44▲ 13×5 topics
  39. Molecular Classification44▲ 11×4 topics
  40. Mortality Rates44▲ 18×2 topics

Which research topics does National Cancer Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, CAR-T cell therapy research, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers and Global Cancer Incidence and Screening.

Cancer Genomics and Diag…56Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 56 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy resea…55CAR-T cell therapy research: 55 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…48Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 48 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence …41Global Cancer Incidence and Screening: 41 fractional worksImmunotherapy and Immune Responses: 37 fractional worksRNA modifications and cancer: 30 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Tre…30Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 30 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 28 fractional worksImmune Cell Function and Interaction: 27 fractional worksProstate Cancer Treatmen…27Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research: 27 fractional works
Cancer ResearchOncologyImmunologyMolecular Biology3 others

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

  1. 1 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 56 works
  2. 2 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 55 works
  3. 3 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 48 works
  4. 4 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 41 works
  5. 5 Immunotherapy and Immune Responses Immunology 37 works
  6. 6 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 30 works
  7. 7 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 30 works
  8. 8 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 28 works
  9. 9 Immune Cell Function and Interaction Immunology 27 works
  10. 10 Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 27 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 available38.1%not open61.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.4%domestic only82.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Cancer Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 12% lower 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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