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Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

In research, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre stands highest in Medicine (#509 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#680 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,027 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology, Genetics and Cancer Research — Oncology is 15.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,723
of 28,054 · #1,479 all time
Rank in Australia
#37
of 391
Research works
5.5k
▲ 31% vs 2013–17
Citations
212k
38.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

What is Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre 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 #509 of 10,443 21.4%734 #525
Health SciencesDomain #680 of 11,982 21.6%764 #699
Life SciencesDomain #1,027 of 7,800 25.5%206 #600
OncologySubfield #105 of 772 21.8%179 #113
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #162 of 1,144 22.6%122 #181
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,495 of 3,579 24.7%156 #916
SurgerySubfield #937 of 1,816 15.3%73 #962
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,156 of 2,175 28.3%75 #659

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre 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#525 #509
  2. Health Sciences#699 #680
  3. Life Sciences#600 #1,027
  4. Oncology#113 #105
  5. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#181 #162
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#916 #1,495
  7. Surgery#962 #937
  8. Molecular Biology#659 #1,156
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 Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 15.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 179.0 works15×
  2. GeneticsSubfield · 30.9 works11×
  3. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 43.1 works9.4×
  4. HematologySubfield · 28.8 works8.9×
  5. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 121.5 works7.4×
  6. Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSubfield · 57.3 works6.0×
← 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: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.75× its world share, 156 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.60× its world share, 38 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.37× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.95× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.10× its world share, 16 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.73× its world share, 17 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.88× its world share, 25 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.60× its world share, 734 worksMedicineNursing: 0.50× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.58× its world share, 13 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.33× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre?

Ranked on the composite score, Benjamin Solomon, Mark J. Smyth and Grant A. McArthur lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre.

  1. 1 Benjamin Solomon Australia · #2,768 worldwide 1.4k citations · 112 works
  2. 2 Mark J. Smyth Australia · #4,068 worldwide 1.7k citations · 151 works
  3. 3 Grant A. McArthur Australia · #4,714 worldwide 1.2k citations · 96 works
  4. 4 Sherene Loi Australia · #5,111 worldwide 1.3k citations · 131 works
  5. 5 Danny Rischin Australia · #12,223 worldwide 946 citations · 107 works
  6. 6 Roberto Salgado Australia · #14,417 worldwide 724 citations · 66 works
  7. 7 John F. Seymour Australia · #15,883 worldwide 794 citations · 118 works
  8. 8 David Ball Australia · #16,707 worldwide 431 citations · 61 works
  9. 9 Michael Dickinson Australia · #26,697 worldwide 431 citations · 76 works
  10. 10 Michael A. Henderson Australia · #37,642 worldwide 739 citations · 63 works
All ranked researchers at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

Which keywords describe research at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre?

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

▲ 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. Immunotherapy105▲ 14×19 topics
  2. Chemotherapy92▲ 12×23 topics
  3. Prognostic Factors65▲ 14×14 topics
  4. Clinical Trials62▲ 8.8×16 topics
  5. Epidemiology61▲ 1.45×98 topics
  6. Targeted Therapy61▲ 26×5 topics
  7. Radiotherapy53▲ 13×13 topics
  8. Cancer53▲ 3.7×43 topics
  9. Quality of Life49▲ 3.2×39 topics
  10. Biomarkers48▲ 6.6×16 topics
  11. Lymphoma48▲ 28×4 topics
  12. Genetic Mutations47▲ 10×19 topics
  13. Tumor Microenvironment46▲ 9.9×8 topics
  14. Clinical Practice Guidelines43▲ 7.4×14 topics
  15. Cancer Immunotherapy42▲ 26×3 topics
  16. Prostate Cancer42▲ 30×5 topics
  17. PET Imaging39▲ 21×5 topics
  18. Genomic Profiling37▲ 34×2 topics
  19. Breast Cancer35▲ 14×11 topics
  20. Rituximab34▲ 21×4 topics
  21. Neoadjuvant Therapy33▲ 13×5 topics
  22. Survival Analysis33▲ 11×7 topics
  23. Tumor Regression32▲ 28×2 topics
  24. Cancer Therapy32▲ 5.2×17 topics
  25. Metastasis32▲ 8.8×12 topics
  26. Immune Checkpoint Blockade30▲ 26×1 topic
  27. PD-1 and PD-L130▲ 26×1 topic
  28. Leukemia30▲ 34×2 topics
  29. Dosimetry30▲ 40×2 topics
  30. Genomic Instability30▲ 25×3 topics
  31. CAR T Cells29▲ 37×1 topic
  32. Chimeric Antigen Receptor29▲ 37×1 topic
  33. Hormone Therapy26▲ 30×3 topics
  34. Cell-Free DNA25▲ 24×2 topics
  35. Somatic Mutations25▲ 28×2 topics
  36. Cancer Genomics25▲ 32×1 topic
  37. Mutational Signatures25▲ 32×1 topic
  38. Clinical Guidelines24▲ 8.0×9 topics
  39. Androgen Receptor24▲ 32×2 topics
  40. Metastatic Prostate Cancer24▲ 56×1 topic

Which research topics does Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, CAR-T cell therapy research, Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics and Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research.

Cancer Immunotherapy and…30Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 30 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy resea…29CAR-T cell therapy research: 29 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diag…25Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 25 fractional worksProstate Cancer Treatmen…24Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research: 24 fractional worksCancer survivorship and care: 17 fractional worksLymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 17 fractional worksRadiopharmaceutical Chem…15Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications: 15 fractional worksChronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research: 15 fractional worksProstate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 15 fractional worksAdvanced Radiotherapy Te…14Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques: 14 fractional works
OncologyCancer ResearchPulmonary and Respiratory MedicinePathology and Forensic Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 30 works
  2. 2 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 29 works
  3. 3 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 25 works
  4. 4 Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 24 works
  5. 5 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 17 works
  6. 6 Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pathology and Forensic Medicine 17 works
  7. 7 Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 15 works
  8. 8 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research Genetics 15 works
  9. 9 Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 15 works
  10. 10 Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques Radiation 14 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 available41.1%not open58.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.6%domestic only70.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 31% 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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