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National Center for Tumor Diseases

In research, National Center for Tumor Diseases stands highest in Medicine (#1,470 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,035 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,375 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology, Cancer Research and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Oncology is 14.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,614
of 28,054 · #3,898 all time
Rank in Germany
#128
of 1,178
Research works
1.7k
▲ 49% vs 2013–17
Citations
58k
34.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
28.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
60%
world 28%

What is National Center for Tumor Diseases 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 #1,470 of 10,443 27.9%298 #1950
Health SciencesDomain #2,035 of 11,982 27.8%310 #2569
Life SciencesDomain #1,375 of 7,800 30.9%112 #1741
OncologySubfield #315 of 772 25.4%79 #427
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,607 of 3,579 30.5%87 #2486

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Center for Tumor Diseases 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#1,950 #1,470
  2. Health Sciences#2,569 #2,035
  3. Life Sciences#1,741 #1,375
  4. Oncology#427 #315
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#2,486 #1,607
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 Center for Tumor Diseases specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 14.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 78.9 works14×
  2. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 20.1 works9.3×
  3. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 47.8 works6.2×
← 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: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.27× its world share, 87 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.55× its world share, 18 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.63× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.50× its world share, 19 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 16 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.83× its world share, 9 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.78× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.11× its world share, 298 worksMedicineNursing: 0.65× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.77× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at National Center for Tumor Diseases?

Ranked on the composite score, Christof von Kalle, Manfred Schmidt and Dirk Jäger lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Center for Tumor Diseases.

  1. 1 Christof von Kalle Germany · #7,985 worldwide 920 citations · 68 works
  2. 2 Manfred Schmidt Germany · #52,154 worldwide 389 citations · 67 works
  3. 3 Dirk Jäger Germany · #53,476 worldwide 418 citations · 61 works
  4. 4 Stefanie Speidel Germany · #206,548 worldwide 164 citations · 54 works
  5. 5 Joachim Wiskemann Germany · #304,674 worldwide 81 citations · 36 works
  6. 6 Dirk Jaeger Germany · #305,341 worldwide 87 citations · 31 works
  7. 7 Hans‐Joachim Lück Germany · #355,045 worldwide 52 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Dirk Jäger Germany · #457,495 worldwide 102 citations · 32 works
  9. 9 Sebastian Bodenstedt Germany · #760,502 worldwide 70 citations · 41 works
  10. 10 Carsten Grüllich Germany · #1,041,885 worldwide 31 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at National Center for Tumor Diseases

Which keywords describe research at National Center for Tumor Diseases?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Immunotherapy, Chemotherapy, Radiotherapy, Prognostic Factors, Tumor Microenvironment, Cancer, Precision Medicine 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. Immunotherapy52▲ 15×18 topics
  2. Chemotherapy36▲ 10×24 topics
  3. Cancer30▲ 4.6×45 topics
  4. Machine Learning29▲ 1.80×23 topics
  5. Radiotherapy27▲ 14×12 topics
  6. Prognostic Factors25▲ 12×14 topics
  7. Tumor Microenvironment25▲ 11×7 topics
  8. Precision Medicine23▲ 9.9×8 topics
  9. Targeted Therapy22▲ 20×5 topics
  10. Quality of Life21▲ 2.9×21 topics
  11. Clinical Trials19▲ 5.8×15 topics
  12. Medical Imaging19▲ 7.3×8 topics
  13. Cancer Immunotherapy15▲ 20×3 topics
  14. Genetic Mutations15▲ 7.0×20 topics
  15. Gene Expression15▲ 4.9×14 topics
  16. Clinical Practice Guidelines15▲ 5.5×11 topics
  17. Cancer Therapy14▲ 5.1×16 topics
  18. Biomarkers14▲ 4.1×15 topics
  19. Health-related Quality of Life14▲ 12×5 topics
  20. Molecular Classification14▲ 18×4 topics
  21. Metastasis13▲ 7.8×12 topics
  22. Survival Analysis13▲ 9.3×6 topics
  23. Neoadjuvant Therapy12▲ 11×5 topics
  24. Genomic Instability12▲ 22×3 topics
  25. Immune Checkpoint Blockade12▲ 22×1 topic
  26. PD-1 and PD-L112▲ 22×1 topic
  27. Cancer Survivorship12▲ 33×2 topics
  28. Predictive Modeling12▲ 8.9×3 topics
  29. Tumor Regression12▲ 22×2 topics
  30. Glioblastoma12▲ 35×1 topic
  31. Temozolomide12▲ 35×1 topic
  32. Immunity12▲ 5.8×9 topics
  33. Lymphoma11▲ 14×4 topics
  34. Quantitative Analysis11▲ 11×3 topics
  35. Breast Cancer11▲ 9.3×11 topics
  36. Texture Analysis11▲ 9.4×2 topics
  37. Patient-Reported Outcomes11▲ 40×1 topic
  38. Psychosocial Interventions11▲ 40×1 topic
  39. Radiomics10▲ 17×1 topic
  40. Tumor Heterogeneity10▲ 17×1 topic

Which research topics does National Center for Tumor Diseases publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment, Cancer survivorship and care and Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging.

Cancer Immunotherapy and…12Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 12 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Tre…12Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 12 fractional worksCancer survivorship and …11Cancer survivorship and care: 11 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Le…10Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 10 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 10 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 10 fractional worksRadiation Therapy and Do…6Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry: 6 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 6 fractional worksAdvanced Radiotherapy Techniques: 6 fractional worksAI in cancer detection6AI in cancer detection: 6 fractional works
OncologyGeneticsRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingCancer Research3 others

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

  1. 1 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 12 works
  2. 2 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 12 works
  3. 3 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 11 works
  4. 4 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 10 works
  5. 5 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 10 works
  6. 6 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 10 works
  7. 7 Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  8. 8 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  9. 9 Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques Radiation 6 works
  10. 10 AI in cancer detection Artificial Intelligence 6 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 available59.7%not open40.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors36.9%domestic only63.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Center for Tumor Diseases's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 49% 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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