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Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation

In research, Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation stands highest in Medicine (#4,747 of 17,978 worldwide), Health Sciences (#6,115 of 20,462 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#7,518 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#10,764
of 42,892
Rank in Canada
#245
of 896
Research works
748
▼ 43% vs 2013–17
Citations
33k
43.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
21%
world 28%

What is Ottawa Regional Cancer 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
MedicineField #4,747 of 17,978 19.6%441
Health SciencesDomain #6,115 of 20,462 20.4%458
Life SciencesDomain #7,518 of 14,347 20.3%185
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #5,763 of 7,814 20.0%160

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ottawa Regional Cancer 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 2.39× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.33× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.04× its world share, 7 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation?

Ranked on the composite score, Jean A. Maroun, H.C. Birnboim and G. P. Raaphorst lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation.

  1. 1 Jean A. Maroun Canada · #119,607 worldwide 212 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 H.C. Birnboim Canada · #255,669 worldwide 328 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 G. P. Raaphorst Canada · #383,439 worldwide 119 citations · 41 works
  4. 4 A. Girard Canada · #1,030,080 worldwide 30 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation

Which keywords describe research at Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chemotherapy, Radiotherapy, Immunotherapy, Clinical Trials, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Targeted Therapy, Prognostic Factors and Quality of Life.

▲ 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. Chemotherapy104▲ 20×21 topics
  2. Radiotherapy66▲ 23×11 topics
  3. Immunotherapy64▲ 13×17 topics
  4. Clinical Trials44▲ 9.5×14 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress44▲ 3.2×37 topics
  6. Quality of Life42▲ 4.2×18 topics
  7. Clinical Practice Guidelines41▲ 9.8×11 topics
  8. Cancer40▲ 3.8×39 topics
  9. Targeted Therapy34▲ 21×5 topics
  10. Prognostic Factors32▲ 9.6×14 topics
  11. Dosimetry31▲ 45×2 topics
  12. Apoptosis30▲ 10×13 topics
  13. Biomarkers30▲ 6.6×12 topics
  14. Genomic Instability30▲ 31×3 topics
  15. Monte Carlo Simulation29▲ 13×4 topics
  16. Metastasis28▲ 11×12 topics
  17. Quality Assurance28▲ 20×2 topics
  18. Image-Guided Radiotherapy28▲ 71×1 topic
  19. Radiotherapy Physics28▲ 71×1 topic
  20. Cancer Therapy26▲ 5.5×17 topics
  21. Molecular Subtypes26▲ 39×3 topics
  22. Breast Cancer26▲ 12×10 topics
  23. Prostate Cancer24▲ 22×4 topics
  24. Neoadjuvant Therapy24▲ 15×5 topics
  25. Cancer Treatment24▲ 12×10 topics
  26. Cetuximab24▲ 39×2 topics
  27. Metastatic Breast Cancer23▲ 47×2 topics
  28. Survival Analysis23▲ 11×7 topics
  29. Precision Medicine22▲ 9.7×5 topics
  30. Genomic Profiling22▲ 30×2 topics
  31. Genetic Variants21▲ 13×4 topics
  32. Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy20▲ 54×1 topic
  33. Genetic Mutations20▲ 5.2×12 topics
  34. Taxanes20▲ 54×1 topic
  35. Blood-Brain Barrier19▲ 38×3 topics
  36. Gene Therapy19▲ 9.4×5 topics
  37. Molecular Classification17▲ 15×4 topics
  38. Radiation Therapy16▲ 15×5 topics
  39. Fibrosis16▲ 11×4 topics
  40. BRAF Mutation16▲ 30×2 topics

Which research topics does Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Advanced Breast Cancer Therapies, Cancer survivorship and care, Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research and Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment.

Advanced Breast Cancer Therapies: 0 fractional worksCancer survivorship and care: 0 fractional worksProstate Cancer Treatmen…0Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research: 0 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Tre…0Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 0 fractional worksGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 0 fractional worksMeningioma and schwannoma management: 0 fractional worksLung Cancer Research Stu…0Lung Cancer Research Studies: 0 fractional worksProtein Degradation and Inhibitors: 0 fractional worksMultiple Myeloma Research and Treatments: 0 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diag…0Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 0 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineOncologyGeneticsEpidemiology3 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Breast Cancer Therapies Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  2. 2 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 0 works
  3. 3 Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  4. 4 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 0 works
  5. 5 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  6. 6 Meningioma and schwannoma management Epidemiology 0 works
  7. 7 Lung Cancer Research Studies Oncology 0 works
  8. 8 Protein Degradation and Inhibitors Molecular Biology 0 works
  9. 9 Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments Hematology 0 works
  10. 10 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 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 available20.6%not open79.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.1%domestic only82.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 43% 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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