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National Cancer Registration Service

In research, National Cancer Registration Service stands highest in Medicine (#8,586 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#11,264 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Medicine — Medicine is 3.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, all time
#30,356
of 42,892
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,621
of 2,253
Research works
194
▲ 84% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.9k
46.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
47%
world 28%

What is National Cancer Registration Service 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 #8,586 of 17,978 20.9%132
Health SciencesDomain #11,264 of 20,462 20.9%140

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Cancer Registration Service 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 National Cancer Registration Service specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Medicine takes 3.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MedicineField · 24.1 works3.5×
← 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: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.30× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.15× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.00× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.52× its world share, 24 worksMedicineNursing: 1.91× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.68× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at National Cancer Registration Service?

Ranked on the composite score, Brian Rous, Sally Vernon and Hans Rostad lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Cancer Registration Service.

  1. 1 Brian Rous United Kingdom · #267,845 worldwide 182 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Sally Vernon United Kingdom · #354,550 worldwide 124 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Hans Rostad United Kingdom · #1,040,468 worldwide 14 citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at National Cancer Registration Service

Which keywords describe research at National Cancer Registration Service?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Risk Factors, Cancer Incidence, Chemotherapy, Population-Based Study, Health Disparities, Radiotherapy, Preventive Services and Epidemiology.

▲ 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 33 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 33 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology4▲ 2.5×28 topics
  2. Risk Factors3▲ 8.5×11 topics
  3. Cancer Incidence3▲ 60×4 topics
  4. Chemotherapy3▲ 10×17 topics
  5. Population-Based Study2▲ 107×2 topics
  6. Health Disparities2▲ 25×2 topics
  7. Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 10×7 topics
  8. Immunotherapy2▲ 7.9×12 topics
  9. Mortality Rates2▲ 59×2 topics
  10. Preventive Services2▲ 97×2 topics
  11. Radiotherapy2▲ 15×7 topics
  12. Survival Analysis2▲ 21×5 topics
  13. Breast Cancer Screening2▲ 118×1 topic
  14. Global Surveillance2▲ 118×1 topic
  15. Quality of Life2▲ 3.7×14 topics
  16. Genetic Alterations2▲ 63×2 topics
  17. Neoadjuvant Therapy2▲ 19×4 topics
  18. Prognostic Factors2▲ 11×9 topics
  19. Breast Cancer1▲ 17×7 topics
  20. Health-related Quality of Life1▲ 17×3 topics
  21. Cancer Survivorship1▲ 42×2 topics
  22. Clinical Trials1▲ 4.6×8 topics
  23. Deep Learning1◆ 0.90×4 topics
  24. Depression1▲ 3.4×8 topics
  25. Guidelines1▲ 6.6×8 topics
  26. Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy1▲ 38×2 topics
  27. International Institutions1▲ 134×1 topic
  28. Minimal Residual Disease1▲ 42×2 topics
  29. Power1▲ 40×1 topic
  30. Prevention1▲ 7.0×4 topics
  31. Public Health1▲ 1.98×7 topics
  32. Treatment1▲ 2.4×12 topics
  33. Tumor Staging1▲ 26×2 topics

Which research topics does National Cancer Registration Service publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Cancer Incidence and Screening, International Relations and Foreign Policy, Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research and Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life.

Global Cancer Incidence …2Global Cancer Incidence and Screening: 2 fractional worksInternational Relations and Foreign Policy: 1 fractional worksAcute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research: 1 fractional worksChildhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life: 1 fractional worksCutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management: 1 fractional worksBreast Cancer Treatment Studies: 1 fractional worksEconomic and Financial I…1Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer: 1 fractional worksMultiple and Secondary Primary Cancers: 1 fractional worksBRCA gene mutations in cancer: 0 fractional worksCancer survivorship and care: 0 fractional works
OncologyPolitical Science and International RelationsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health4 others

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

  1. 1 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 2 works
  2. 2 International Relations and Foreign Policy Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  3. 3 Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  4. 4 Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  5. 5 Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management Oncology 1 works
  6. 6 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 1 works
  7. 7 Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  8. 8 Multiple and Secondary Primary Cancers Epidemiology 1 works
  9. 9 BRCA gene mutations in cancer Genetics 0 works
  10. 10 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 0 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 available47.1%not open52.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors47.3%domestic only52.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Cancer Registration Service's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 84% 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.

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