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NSABP Foundation

In research, NSABP Foundation stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,344 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#3,665 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#14,731
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#3,037
of 7,310
Research works
277
▼ 21% vs 2018-21
Citations
47k
168.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.47×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
29%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
NSABP Foundation

What is NSABP Foundation 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 #3,344 of 16,688 34.5%163
MedicineField #3,665 of 14,558 35.3%158

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where NSABP Foundation 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does NSABP Foundation work in?

In all years, 59% of research at NSABP Foundation is in Health Sciences, 35% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (57%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (35%), Mathematics (2%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 163 fractional works · 58.7% of its workMedicine: 158 fractional works · 57.2% of its workOncology: 75 fractional works · 27.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 21 fractional works · 7.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 18 fractional works · 6.4% of its workSurgery: 15 fractional works · 5.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 10 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 98 fractional works · 35.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 96 fractional works · 34.8% of its workCancer Research: 59 fractional works · 21.3% of its workGenetics: 25 fractional works · 9.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 3.8% of its workBiotechnology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 8 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMathematics: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workStatistics and Probability: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKNSABP Foundation277fractional works, all years
Life Sciences35%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences59%Social Sciences3%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine15857.2%
    2. Health Professions31.0%
    3. Nursing10.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology9634.8%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology10.3%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    5. Neuroscience00.1%
    1. Mathematics52.0%
    2. Environmental Science10.4%
    3. Computer Science10.2%
    4. Engineering10.2%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    7. Chemistry00.0%
    8. Materials Science00.0%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance31.1%
    2. Social Sciences31.0%
    3. Decision Sciences10.3%
    4. Psychology00.2%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.77× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.79× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.08× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.81× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringHealth Professions: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.09× its world share, 10 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 1 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, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 12 fields, with their numbers
  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.77×4 works
  2. Medicine3.09×10 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology2.79×0 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.08×0 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.81×0 works
  6. Health Professions0.62×0 works
  7. Psychology0.42×0 works
  8. Social Sciences0.34×1 works
  9. Arts and Humanities0.33×0 works
  10. Computer Science0.21×0 works
  11. Neuroscience0.12×0 works
  12. Engineering0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at NSABP Foundation?

Ranked on the quality score, Charles E. Geyer, Soonmyung Paik and Donald Lawrence Wickerham lead among researchers whose main affiliation is NSABP Foundation.

  1. 1 Charles E. Geyer United States · #6,767 worldwide 51k citations · 385 works
  2. 2 Soonmyung Paik United States · #12,672 worldwide 65k citations · 341 works
  3. 3 Donald Lawrence Wickerham United States · #14,848 worldwide 53k citations · 180 works
  4. 4 Linda H. Colangelo United States · #117,653 worldwide 8.7k citations · 67 works
  5. 5 Ann M. Brown United States · #226,279 worldwide 14k citations · 40 works
  6. 6 Eduardo R. Pajon United States · #303,595 worldwide 5.1k citations · 31 works
  7. 7 Nikolay V. Dimitrov United States · #411,670 worldwide 8.9k citations · 27 works
  8. 8 Lawrence D. Wickerham United States · #441,256 worldwide 6.2k citations · 25 works
  9. 9 D. L. Wickerham United States · #793,405 worldwide 3.3k citations · 29 works
  10. 10 Mirsada Begovič United States · #797,799 worldwide 4.7k citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at NSABP Foundation

What are the most cited papers from NSABP Foundation?

The most cited paper from NSABP Foundation is "A Multigene Assay to Predict Recurrence of Tamoxifen-Treated, Node-Negative Breast Cancer" (Soonmyung Paik, Steven Shak, Gong Tang et al., 2004), with 6,414 citations. Next come "Twenty-Year Follow-up of a Randomized Trial Comparing Total Mastectomy, Lumpectomy, and Lumpectomy plus Irradiation for the Treatment of Invasive Breast Cancer" (6,293) and "Tamoxifen for Prevention of Breast Cancer: Report of the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project P-1 Study" (5,532).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A Multigene Assay to Predict Recurrence of Tamoxifen-Treated, Node-Negative Breast Cancer Soonmyung Paik, Steven Shak, Gong Tang et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 10 Dec 2004 6,414
2 Twenty-Year Follow-up of a Randomized Trial Comparing Total Mastectomy, Lumpectomy, and Lumpectomy plus Irradiation for the Treatment of Invasive Breast Cancer Bernard Fisher, Stewart Anderson, John Bryant et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 16 Oct 2002 6,293
3 Tamoxifen for Prevention of Breast Cancer: Report of the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project P-1 Study Bernard Fisher, Joseph P. Costantino, Donald Lawrence Wickerham et al. · JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute Open access 16 Sep 1998 5,532
4 Trastuzumab plus Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Operable HER2-Positive Breast Cancer Edward H. Romond et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 20 Oct 2005 5,398
5 Pathological complete response and long-term clinical benefit in breast cancer: the CTNeoBC pooled analysis Patricia Cortazar et al. · The Lancet Open access 13 Feb 2014 4,858
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at NSABP Foundation?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Molecular Subtypes, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Neoadjuvant Therapy, Breast Cancer, Radiotherapy, Gene Expression, Survival Analysis and Prognostic Markers.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Molecular Subtypes69▲ 284×3 topics
  2. Clinical Practice Guidelines68▲ 44×9 topics
  3. Neoadjuvant Therapy64▲ 104×5 topics
  4. Breast Cancer62▲ 79×10 topics
  5. Radiotherapy60▲ 57×9 topics
  6. Gene Expression59▲ 35×7 topics
  7. Survival Analysis57▲ 76×6 topics
  8. Breast Tumours51▲ 377×1 topic
  9. Prognostic Markers51▲ 196×3 topics
  10. Treatment Response51▲ 377×1 topic
  11. Chemotherapy47▲ 24×17 topics
  12. Quality of Life29▲ 7.7×8 topics
  13. Precision Medicine27▲ 31×5 topics
  14. Metastatic Breast Cancer24▲ 129×2 topics
  15. Adjuvant Chemotherapy18▲ 87×2 topics
  16. Cancer Risk17▲ 23×4 topics
  17. Genetic Testing16▲ 37×2 topics
  18. Cetuximab16▲ 69×2 topics
  19. Fluorouracil16▲ 168×1 topic
  20. KRAS Mutations16▲ 168×1 topic
  21. Estrogen15▲ 71×2 topics
  22. Signaling14▲ 45×3 topics
  23. Transcriptional Regulation14▲ 20×4 topics
  24. Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy14▲ 99×1 topic
  25. Receptor14▲ 69×2 topics
  26. Taxanes14▲ 99×1 topic
  27. Glucocorticoids14▲ 88×1 topic
  28. Nuclear Receptors14▲ 27×1 topic
  29. Biopsy12▲ 65×2 topics
  30. Mammography12▲ 171×1 topic
  31. Ultrasound12▲ 41×1 topic
  32. Trastuzumab12▲ 103×2 topics
  33. Molecular Characterization11▲ 22×4 topics
  34. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy11▲ 55×2 topics
  35. Metastatic11▲ 63×2 topics
  36. Ovarian Cancer11▲ 43×3 topics
  37. Tumor Markers11▲ 55×2 topics
  38. Laparoscopic Surgery11▲ 35×1 topic
  39. Rectal Cancer11▲ 105×1 topic
  40. EGFR10▲ 125×1 topic

Which research topics does NSABP Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Breast Cancer Treatment Studies, Advanced Breast Cancer Therapies, Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics and Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies.

Breast Cancer Treatment …2Breast Cancer Treatment Studies: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Breast Cancer Therapies: 1 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 1 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies: 1 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 1 fractional worksHER2/EGFR in Cancer Rese…1HER2/EGFR in Cancer Research: 1 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments: 0 fractional worksCancer Treatment and Pharmacology: 0 fractional worksGenetic factors in colorectal cancer: 0 fractional worksImmunotherapy and Immune Responses: 0 fractional works
Cancer ResearchPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineOncologyPathology and Forensic Medicine1 others

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

  1. 1 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 2 works
  2. 2 Advanced Breast Cancer Therapies Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  3. 3 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 1 works
  4. 4 Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies Oncology 1 works
  5. 5 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 1 works
  6. 6 HER2/EGFR in Cancer Research Oncology 1 works
  7. 7 Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Oncology 0 works
  8. 8 Cancer Treatment and Pharmacology Oncology 0 works
  9. 9 Genetic factors in colorectal cancer Pathology and Forensic Medicine 0 works
  10. 10 Immunotherapy and Immune Responses Immunology 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 available29.0%not open71.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.7%domestic only88.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has NSABP Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 21% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is NSABP Foundation as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000084% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%NSABP Foundation0.000040% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of NSABP Foundation over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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