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Ontario Institute for Cancer Research

In research, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research stands highest in Medicine (#4,584 of 10,443 worldwide), Life Sciences (#3,902 of 7,800 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,157 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology — Oncology is 11.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,358
of 28,054 · #1,171 all time
Rank in Canada
#145
of 403
Research works
4k
▼ 46% vs 2013–17
Citations
294k
73.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

What is Ontario Institute for Cancer Research 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 #4,584 of 10,443 20.5%90 #751
Life SciencesDomain #3,902 of 7,800 19.7%77 #432
Health SciencesDomain #6,157 of 11,982 20.7%92 #1004
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,429 of 3,579 18.8%69 #463

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ontario Institute for Cancer Research 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#751 #4,584
  2. Life Sciences#432 #3,902
  3. Health Sciences#1,004 #6,157
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#463 #2,429
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 Ontario Institute for Cancer Research 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 · 24.9 works12×
  2. Molecular BiologySubfield · 39.0 works6.7×
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField · 68.7 works6.7×
← 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, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6.72× its world share, 69 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.30× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.72× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.89× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.75× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.44× its world share, 90 worksMedicineNursing: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.58× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.57× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× 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, 6.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ontario Institute for Cancer Research?

Ranked on the composite score, Lincoln Stein, John M.S. Bartlett and Thomas J. Hudson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ontario Institute for Cancer Research.

  1. 1 Lincoln Stein Canada · #10,139 worldwide 994 citations · 54 works
  2. 2 John M.S. Bartlett Canada · #11,968 worldwide 881 citations · 98 works
  3. 3 Thomas J. Hudson Canada · #18,843 worldwide 614 citations · 61 works
  4. 4 John D. McPherson Canada · #28,799 worldwide 616 citations · 36 works
  5. 5 J. E. Till Canada · #37,691 worldwide 387 citations · 38 works
  6. 6 Linda Z. Penn Canada · #42,491 worldwide 624 citations · 37 works
  7. 7 E. A. McCulloch Canada · #43,048 worldwide 360 citations · 42 works
  8. 8 James R. Woodgett Canada · #44,927 worldwide 452 citations · 39 works
  9. 9 Faiyaz Notta Canada · #63,234 worldwide 341 citations · 29 works
  10. 10 Julie M. Wilson Canada · #67,628 worldwide 262 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at Ontario Institute for Cancer Research

Which keywords describe research at Ontario Institute for Cancer Research?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Targeted Therapy, Immunotherapy, Genomic Instability, Cell-Free DNA, Cancer Genomics, Mutational Signatures, Tumor Microenvironment and Chemotherapy.

▲ 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. Targeted Therapy18▲ 42×5 topics
  2. Immunotherapy17▲ 12×16 topics
  3. Genomic Instability16▲ 75×3 topics
  4. Cell-Free DNA15▲ 80×2 topics
  5. Cancer Genomics15▲ 107×1 topic
  6. Mutational Signatures15▲ 107×1 topic
  7. Tumor Microenvironment13▲ 16×7 topics
  8. Chemotherapy13▲ 9.6×20 topics
  9. Cancer12▲ 4.7×33 topics
  10. Cancer Risk11▲ 26×6 topics
  11. Gene Expression10▲ 8.2×11 topics
  12. Psychiatric Disorders8▲ 32×3 topics
  13. Neoadjuvant Therapy7▲ 15×5 topics
  14. Health Consequences7▲ 12×2 topics
  15. Smoking Cessation7▲ 115×1 topic
  16. Tobacco Use7▲ 115×1 topic
  17. Biomarkers6▲ 4.9×12 topics
  18. Prognostic Factors6▲ 7.7×10 topics
  19. Cancer Therapy6▲ 5.2×15 topics
  20. Clinical Trials6▲ 4.4×12 topics
  21. Data Integration6▲ 18×2 topics
  22. Pancreatic Cancer6▲ 26×3 topics
  23. Gemcitabine5▲ 38×1 topic
  24. Surgical Complications5▲ 34×1 topic
  25. Breast Cancer5▲ 11×10 topics
  26. Precision Medicine5▲ 5.6×7 topics
  27. RNA-Seq5▲ 23×2 topics
  28. Genetic Mutations5▲ 5.7×12 topics
  29. Bioinformatics4▲ 21×4 topics
  30. Immune Checkpoint Blockade4▲ 21×1 topic
  31. PD-1 and PD-L14▲ 21×1 topic
  32. Molecular Characterization4▲ 12×5 topics
  33. Radiotherapy4▲ 5.7×7 topics
  34. Genetic Testing4▲ 18×3 topics
  35. Metastasis4▲ 6.1×11 topics
  36. Cancer Immunotherapy4▲ 13×3 topics
  37. Cell Death4▲ 8.8×5 topics
  38. Transcriptional Regulation4▲ 12×8 topics
  39. Lymphoma4▲ 12×2 topics
  40. Epigenetic Reprogramming4▲ 20×2 topics

Which research topics does Ontario Institute for Cancer Research publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, Smoking Behavior and Cessation, Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research and Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers.

Cancer Genomics and Diag…15Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 15 fractional worksSmoking Behavior and Ces…7Smoking Behavior and Cessation: 7 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic O…5Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 5 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 4 fractional worksEpigenetics and DNA Methylation: 3 fractional worksSingle-cell and spatial …3Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics: 3 fractional worksGenetic factors in colorectal cancer: 3 fractional worksBiomedical Text Mining and Ontologies: 3 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 2 fractional worksRNA modifications and cancer: 2 fractional works
Cancer ResearchPhysiologyOncologyMolecular Biology1 others

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

  1. 1 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 15 works
  2. 2 Smoking Behavior and Cessation Physiology 7 works
  3. 3 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 5 works
  4. 4 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 4 works
  5. 5 Epigenetics and DNA Methylation Molecular Biology 3 works
  6. 6 Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics Molecular Biology 3 works
  7. 7 Genetic factors in colorectal cancer Pathology and Forensic Medicine 3 works
  8. 8 Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies Molecular Biology 3 works
  9. 9 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 2 works
  10. 10 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 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 available33.6%not open66.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.8%domestic only70.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ontario Institute for Cancer Research's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 46% lower 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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