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National Cancer Institute of Sri Lanka

In research, National Cancer Institute of Sri Lanka stands highest in Health Sciences (#16,727 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#22,770
of 28,054 · #38,088 all time
Rank in Sri Lanka
#31
of 37
Research works
179
▲ 222% vs 2013–17
Citations
886
5.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
74%
world 28%

What is National Cancer Institute of Sri Lanka 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
Health SciencesDomain #16,727 of 20,462 4.7%122

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Cancer Institute of Sri Lanka 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: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.18× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.89× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 9.80× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.48× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.02× its world share, 36 worksMedicineNursing: 1.07× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.74× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.74× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 9.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at National Cancer Institute of Sri Lanka?

Ranked on the composite score, Kanishka De Silva lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Cancer Institute of Sri Lanka.

  1. 1 Kanishka De Silva Sri Lanka · #664,848 worldwide 82 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at National Cancer Institute of Sri Lanka

Which keywords describe research at National Cancer Institute of Sri Lanka?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chemotherapy, Quality of Life, Epidemiology, Radiotherapy, Clinical Trials, Metastasis, Risk Factors and Biomarkers.

▲ 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. Epidemiology9▲ 3.7×31 topics
  2. Chemotherapy8▲ 18×12 topics
  3. Quality of Life7▲ 7.7×12 topics
  4. Radiotherapy4▲ 15×8 topics
  5. Risk Factors4▲ 5.3×8 topics
  6. Clinical Trials4▲ 8.3×9 topics
  7. Metastasis3▲ 15×6 topics
  8. Biomarkers3▲ 7.1×5 topics
  9. Cancer Incidence3▲ 32×4 topics
  10. Health-related Quality of Life3▲ 18×3 topics
  11. Human Papillomavirus3▲ 34×2 topics
  12. Anxiety2▲ 7.8×3 topics
  13. Cancer Survivorship2▲ 50×2 topics
  14. Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 6.7×8 topics
  15. Depression2▲ 4.2×4 topics
  16. Physical Activity2▲ 7.4×2 topics
  17. Prognosis2▲ 11×3 topics
  18. Cytoreductive Surgery2▲ 55×2 topics
  19. Genomic Analysis2▲ 14×2 topics
  20. Ovarian Cancer2▲ 39×2 topics
  21. Prevention2▲ 8.5×7 topics
  22. Squamous Cell Carcinoma2▲ 40×3 topics
  23. Mutation Analysis2▲ 46×1 topic
  24. Patient-Reported Outcomes2▲ 63×1 topic
  25. Psychosocial Interventions2▲ 63×1 topic
  26. Tumor Models2▲ 58×1 topic
  27. Cetuximab2▲ 38×2 topics
  28. Global Burden2▲ 5.9×4 topics
  29. Dental Caries2▲ 31×2 topics
  30. Immunohistochemistry2▲ 38×3 topics
  31. Survival2▲ 22×2 topics
  32. Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma2▲ 54×1 topic
  33. Oropharyngeal Cancer2▲ 54×1 topic
  34. Population-Based Study2▲ 41×2 topics
  35. Cost-effectiveness Analysis2▲ 30×1 topic
  36. Health Utility Measures2▲ 30×1 topic
  37. Prenatal Diagnosis2▲ 18×3 topics
  38. Cervical Cancer2▲ 23×2 topics
  39. Global Surveillance2▲ 51×1 topic
  40. Survival Analysis2▲ 8.8×4 topics

Which research topics does National Cancer Institute of Sri Lanka publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment, Cancer survivorship and care, Head and Neck Cancer Studies and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life.

Ovarian cancer diagnosis…2Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment: 2 fractional worksCancer survivorship and …2Cancer survivorship and care: 2 fractional worksHead and Neck Cancer Stu…2Head and Neck Cancer Studies: 2 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic…2Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 2 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence and Screening: 2 fractional worksEconomic and Financial Impacts of Cancer: 1 fractional worksGestational Trophoblasti…1Gestational Trophoblastic Disease Studies: 1 fractional worksDental Health and Care Utilization: 1 fractional worksOral microbiology and periodontitis research: 1 fractional worksCervical Cancer and HPV Research: 1 fractional works
Reproductive MedicineOncologyOtorhinolaryngologyEconomics and Econometrics3 others

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

  1. 1 Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment Reproductive Medicine 2 works
  2. 2 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 2 works
  3. 3 Head and Neck Cancer Studies Otorhinolaryngology 2 works
  4. 4 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  5. 5 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 2 works
  6. 6 Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  7. 7 Gestational Trophoblastic Disease Studies Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  8. 8 Dental Health and Care Utilization Periodontics 1 works
  9. 9 Oral microbiology and periodontitis research Periodontics 1 works
  10. 10 Cervical Cancer and HPV Research Epidemiology 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 available73.9%not open26.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.9%domestic only76.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Cancer Institute of Sri Lanka's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 222% 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.