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Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

In research, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre stands highest in Health Sciences (#422 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#437 of 8,541 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#680 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology, Genetics and Cancer Research (Oncology is 14.8× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#1,201
of 22,385 · #1,091 all time
Rank in Australia
#42
of 270
Research works
5.5k
▲ 8% vs 2018-21
Citations
212k
38.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.26×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
41%
world 40%
International
30%
world 18%
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

What is Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #422 of 9,902 16.1%764 #444
MedicineField #437 of 8,541 16.0%734 #457
Life SciencesDomain #680 of 6,403 14.4%206 #712
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #459 of 2,964 13.9%156 #571
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #217 of 1,037 17.5%122 #216
OncologySubfield #165 of 755 13.9%179 #159
Molecular BiologySubfield #483 of 1,880 15.4%75 #587
SurgerySubfield #484 of 1,532 15.0%73 #476

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#444 #422
  2. Medicine#457 #437
  3. Life Sciences#712 #680
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#571 #459
  5. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#216 #217
  6. Oncology#159 #165
  7. Molecular Biology#587 #483
  8. Surgery#476 #484
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre work in?

In 2022-now, 72% of research at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre is in Health Sciences, 20% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (69%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (15%), Immunology and Microbiology (4%). It does 3.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 862 fractional works · 71.5% of its workMedicine: 828 fractional works · 68.7% of its workOncology: 200 fractional works · 16.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 139 fractional works · 11.5% of its workSurgery: 81 fractional works · 6.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 64 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 36 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGenetics: 34 fractional works · 2.9% of its workHematology: 33 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEpidemiology: 33 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 32 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPhysiology: 23 fractional works · 1.9% of its workReproductive Medicine: 13 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 11 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDermatology: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 27 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 17 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 243 fractional works · 20.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 182 fractional works · 15.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 88 fractional works · 7.3% of its workCancer Research: 48 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGenetics: 27 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCell Biology: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiotechnology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 46 fractional works · 3.8% of its workImmunology: 44 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 57 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 19 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRadiation: 17 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 17 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 43 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 14 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 14 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychology: 12 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKPeter MacCallumCancer Centre1,205fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences20%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences72%Social Sciences4%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine82868.7%
    2. Health Professions272.3%
    3. Nursing40.3%
    4. Dentistry30.2%
    5. Veterinary10.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology18215.1%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology463.8%
    3. Neuroscience80.7%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics40.3%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.2%
    1. Physics and Astronomy191.6%
    2. Engineering171.4%
    3. Computer Science100.8%
    4. Environmental Science40.3%
    5. Mathematics30.3%
    6. Chemistry30.3%
    7. Materials Science10.1%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance141.1%
    2. Psychology121.0%
    3. Social Sciences121.0%
    4. Decision Sciences30.2%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting30.2%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 14.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 199.9 works15×
  2. GeneticsSubfield · 34.4 works10×
  3. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 48.0 works9.2×
  4. HematologySubfield · 33.2 works9.1×
  5. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 138.6 works7.5×
  6. Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSubfield · 64.1 works5.9×
← 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: 2.83× its world share, 182 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.81× its world share, 46 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.43× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.95× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 17 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.22× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.71× its world share, 19 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.86× its world share, 27 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.57× its world share, 828 worksMedicineNursing: 0.68× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.53× its world share, 14 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.33× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology3.81×46 works
  2. Medicine3.57×828 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.83×182 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.95×4 works
  5. Health Professions0.86×27 works
  6. Physics and Astronomy0.71×19 works
  7. Nursing0.68×4 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.53×14 works
  9. Neuroscience0.43×8 works
  10. Dentistry0.43×2 works
  11. Veterinary0.35×1 works
  12. Psychology0.33×12 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.24×3 works
  14. Mathematics0.22×3 works
  15. Chemistry0.16×3 works
  16. Computer Science0.10×10 works
  17. Engineering0.09×17 works
  18. Social Sciences0.08×12 works
  19. Environmental Science0.07×4 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.07×3 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.04×2 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.03×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.02×1 works
  24. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.01×0 works
  25. Arts and Humanities0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre?

Ranked on the quality score, Sherene Loi, David D.L. Bowtell and Mark John Smyth lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre.

  1. 1 Sherene Loi Australia · #2,426 worldwide 83k citations · 1,200 works
  2. 2 David D.L. Bowtell Australia · #4,322 worldwide 70k citations · 1,062 works
  3. 3 Mark John Smyth Australia · #4,763 worldwide 122k citations · 1,372 works
  4. 4 Roberto Salgado Australia · #5,281 worldwide 40k citations · 597 works
  5. 5 Sián Fereday Australia · #7,271 worldwide 27k citations · 367 works
  6. 6 Dariush Etemadmoghadam Australia · #7,279 worldwide 28k citations · 216 works
  7. 7 Kathryn Alsop Australia · #9,393 worldwide 22k citations · 253 works
  8. 8 Sarah‐Jane Dawson Australia · #10,350 worldwide 24k citations · 251 works
  9. 9 Nadia Traficante Australia · #10,524 worldwide 21k citations · 284 works
  10. 10 Shahneen Kaur Sandhu Australia · #12,930 worldwide 37k citations · 647 works
All ranked researchers at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

What are the most cited papers from Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre?

The most cited paper from Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre is "Integrated genomic analyses of ovarian carcinoma" (Debra Bell et al., 2011), with 8,268 citations. Next come "Combined Nivolumab and Ipilimumab or Monotherapy in Untreated Melanoma" (8,266) and "Improved Survival with Vemurafenib in Melanoma with BRAF V600E Mutation" (7,801).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Integrated genomic analyses of ovarian carcinoma Debra Bell et al. · Nature Open access255 authors 28 Jun 2011 8,268
2 Combined Nivolumab and Ipilimumab or Monotherapy in Untreated Melanoma James Larkin et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 31 May 2015 8,266
3 Improved Survival with Vemurafenib in Melanoma with BRAF V600E Mutation Paul B. Chapman et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 5 Jun 2011 7,801
4 Comprehensive molecular characterization of gastric adenocarcinoma Adam Joel Bass et al. · Nature Open access258 authors 23 Jul 2014 6,680
5 Cancer Immunoediting: Integrating Immunity’s Roles in Cancer Suppression and Promotion Robert D. Schreiber, Lloyd J. Old, Mark John Smyth · Science 24 Mar 2011 6,561
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre?

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

▲ 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-now 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. Immunotherapy119▲ 14×19 topics
  2. Chemotherapy106▲ 12×23 topics
  3. Prognostic Factors74▲ 14×14 topics
  4. Clinical Trials70▲ 8.7×16 topics
  5. Epidemiology69▲ 1.44×102 topics
  6. Targeted Therapy67▲ 25×5 topics
  7. Radiotherapy62▲ 13×13 topics
  8. Cancer60▲ 3.7×45 topics
  9. Biomarkers55▲ 6.6×16 topics
  10. Genetic Mutations54▲ 10×21 topics
  11. Lymphoma54▲ 28×4 topics
  12. Quality of Life52▲ 3.0×39 topics
  13. Tumor Microenvironment51▲ 9.4×8 topics
  14. Clinical Practice Guidelines49▲ 7.4×14 topics
  15. Prostate Cancer48▲ 29×5 topics
  16. Cancer Immunotherapy48▲ 26×3 topics
  17. PET Imaging44▲ 22×5 topics
  18. Breast Cancer43▲ 14×11 topics
  19. Genomic Profiling41▲ 33×2 topics
  20. Survival Analysis39▲ 12×7 topics
  21. Rituximab38▲ 22×4 topics
  22. Neoadjuvant Therapy38▲ 13×5 topics
  23. Cancer Therapy37▲ 5.4×17 topics
  24. Metastasis36▲ 8.8×12 topics
  25. Tumor Regression36▲ 27×2 topics
  26. Leukemia34▲ 33×2 topics
  27. Immune Checkpoint Blockade33▲ 24×1 topic
  28. PD-1 and PD-L133▲ 24×1 topic
  29. Dosimetry33▲ 39×2 topics
  30. CAR T Cells32▲ 37×1 topic
  31. Chimeric Antigen Receptor32▲ 37×1 topic
  32. Precision Medicine32▲ 5.3×7 topics
  33. Genomic Instability32▲ 23×3 topics
  34. Hormone Therapy30▲ 29×3 topics
  35. Clinical Guidelines29▲ 8.3×9 topics
  36. Androgen Receptor28▲ 31×2 topics
  37. Metastatic Prostate Cancer27▲ 55×1 topic
  38. Molecular Biology27▲ 54×1 topic
  39. Cell-Free DNA27▲ 23×2 topics
  40. Somatic Mutations27▲ 27×2 topics

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

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

Cancer Immunotherapy and…33Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 33 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy resea…32CAR-T cell therapy research: 32 fractional worksProstate Cancer Treatmen…27Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research: 27 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diag…26Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 26 fractional worksLymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 20 fractional worksCancer survivorship and care: 18 fractional worksProstate Cancer Diagnosi…18Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 18 fractional worksRadiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications: 18 fractional worksChronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research: 17 fractional worksAdvanced Radiotherapy Te…16Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques: 16 fractional works
OncologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineCancer ResearchPathology and Forensic Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 33 works
  2. 2 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 32 works
  3. 3 Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 27 works
  4. 4 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 26 works
  5. 5 Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pathology and Forensic Medicine 20 works
  6. 6 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 18 works
  7. 7 Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 18 works
  8. 8 Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 18 works
  9. 9 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research Genetics 17 works
  10. 10 Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques Radiation 16 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 8% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0050% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre0.0047% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre15.7% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 21.0% in 2010.

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