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National Cancer Research Institute

In research, National Cancer Research Institute stands highest in Medicine (#5,203 of 10,443 worldwide), Life Sciences (#4,215 of 7,800 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,583 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Oncology is 11.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,251
of 28,054 · #5,109 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#344
of 1,094
Research works
2.9k
◆ 0% vs 2013–17
Citations
104k
36.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

What is National Cancer Research 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 #5,203 of 10,443 14.4%122 #3131
Life SciencesDomain #4,215 of 7,800 17.5%60 #2100
Health SciencesDomain #6,583 of 11,982 15.0%129 #4125

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Cancer Research 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#3,131 #5,203
  2. Life Sciences#2,100 #4,215
  3. Health Sciences#4,125 #6,583
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 Research Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 11.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 26.8 works11×
  2. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 22.5 works7.0×
← 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: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.38× its world share, 48 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.54× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.73× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.20× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.51× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.65× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.06× its world share, 122 worksMedicineNursing: 1.15× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.95× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at National Cancer Research Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Takashi Kohno, Minako Nagao and Tesshi Yamada lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Cancer Research Institute.

  1. 1 Takashi Kohno United Kingdom · #40,122 worldwide 305 citations · 77 works
  2. 2 Minako Nagao United Kingdom · #54,980 worldwide 370 citations · 69 works
  3. 3 Tesshi Yamada United Kingdom · #69,817 worldwide 316 citations · 45 works
  4. 4 Chikayoshi Nagata United Kingdom · #74,290 worldwide 208 citations · 34 works
  5. 5 Takashi Kawachi United Kingdom · #85,134 worldwide 157 citations · 35 works
  6. 6 Takashi Sügimura United Kingdom · #85,605 worldwide 1.3k citations · 260 works
  7. 7 Yoichi Taya United Kingdom · #94,640 worldwide 472 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Susumu Nishimura United Kingdom · #97,309 worldwide 517 citations · 86 works
  9. 9 Takeshi Hirayama United Kingdom · #104,032 worldwide 113 citations · 47 works
  10. 10 Kouya Shiraishi United Kingdom · #117,325 worldwide 136 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at National Cancer Research Institute

Which keywords describe research at National Cancer Research Institute?

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

▲ 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. Chemotherapy20▲ 14×22 topics
  2. Cancer18▲ 6.4×36 topics
  3. Immunotherapy15▲ 10×17 topics
  4. Targeted Therapy14▲ 30×4 topics
  5. Prognostic Factors13▲ 14×14 topics
  6. Tumor Microenvironment11▲ 12×8 topics
  7. Clinical Trials10▲ 7.5×11 topics
  8. Inflammation10▲ 2.3×46 topics
  9. Clinical Practice Guidelines10▲ 8.5×12 topics
  10. Radiotherapy10▲ 12×11 topics
  11. Biomarkers8▲ 5.8×11 topics
  12. Cancer Therapy8▲ 6.8×14 topics
  13. Genomic Instability7▲ 32×2 topics
  14. Metastasis7▲ 9.5×12 topics
  15. Precision Medicine7▲ 7.0×6 topics
  16. PET Imaging6▲ 19×5 topics
  17. Cell-Free DNA6▲ 31×2 topics
  18. Cancer Genomics6▲ 41×1 topic
  19. Mutational Signatures6▲ 41×1 topic
  20. Gene Expression6▲ 4.5×11 topics
  21. Molecular Classification6▲ 18×4 topics
  22. Neoadjuvant Therapy5▲ 11×5 topics
  23. Immune Checkpoint Blockade5▲ 22×1 topic
  24. PD-1 and PD-L15▲ 22×1 topic
  25. Ewing's Sarcoma5▲ 50×1 topic
  26. Osteosarcoma5▲ 50×1 topic
  27. Soft Tissue Sarcoma5▲ 44×2 topics
  28. Adjuvant Therapy5▲ 18×2 topics
  29. Molecular Characterization5▲ 13×4 topics
  30. Cancer Incidence5▲ 17×4 topics
  31. Endoscopic Resection5▲ 22×2 topics
  32. Genomic Profiling5▲ 22×2 topics
  33. Lymphoma5▲ 14×4 topics
  34. Treatment Guidelines4▲ 10×4 topics
  35. Survival Analysis4▲ 7.7×6 topics
  36. Glioblastoma4▲ 30×1 topic
  37. Temozolomide4▲ 30×1 topic
  38. Cancer Immunotherapy4▲ 12×3 topics
  39. Cancer Treatment4▲ 8.2×8 topics
  40. ALK Inhibitors4▲ 30×1 topic

Which research topics does National Cancer Research Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment and Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment.

Cancer Genomics and Diag…6Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 6 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…5Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 5 fractional worksSarcoma Diagnosis and Tr…5Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 5 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Tre…4Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 4 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 4 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Le…3Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 3 fractional worksEsophageal Cancer Research and Treatment: 2 fractional worksRadiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications: 2 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence and Screening: 2 fractional works
Cancer ResearchOncologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineGenetics2 others

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

  1. 1 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 6 works
  2. 2 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 5 works
  3. 3 Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  4. 4 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 4 works
  5. 5 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  6. 6 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  7. 7 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 3 works
  8. 8 Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  10. 10 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 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 available41.2%not open58.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors56.4%domestic only43.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Cancer Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 0% 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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