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Princess Margaret Cancer Centre

In research, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre stands highest in Medicine (#310 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#479 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,070 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Hematology, Otorhinolaryngology and Radiation — Hematology is 18.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,483
of 28,054 · #1,376 all time
Rank in Canada
#33
of 403
Research works
8k
▲ 2% vs 2013–17
Citations
270k
33.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
37%
world 28%

What is Princess Margaret 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 #310 of 10,443 19.1%974 #272
Health SciencesDomain #479 of 11,982 19.2%1,013 #351
Life SciencesDomain #1,070 of 7,800 21.2%304 #972
OncologySubfield #113 of 772 19.2%206 #89
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #188 of 1,144 20.4%152 #81
Physical SciencesDomain #3,333 of 12,888 21.7%98 #2368
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,122 of 3,579 21.3%245 #929
Molecular BiologySubfield #755 of 2,175 22.9%135 #566
SurgerySubfield #691 of 1,816 19.4%83 #456
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSubfield #292 of 569 18.9%73 #263

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Princess Margaret 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#272 #310
  2. Health Sciences#351 #479
  3. Life Sciences#972 #1,070
  4. Oncology#89 #113
  5. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#81 #188
  6. Physical Sciences#2,368 #3,333
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#929 #1,122
  8. Molecular Biology#566 #755
  9. Surgery#456 #691
  10. Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging#263 #292
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 Princess Margaret Cancer Centre specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Hematology takes 18.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. HematologySubfield · 81.2 works18×
  2. OtorhinolaryngologySubfield · 21.6 works15×
  3. RadiationSubfield · 29.7 works15×
  4. OncologySubfield · 205.9 works12×
  5. GeneticsSubfield · 49.7 works12×
  6. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 66.2 works10×
  7. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 151.6 works6.7×
  8. Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSubfield · 73.5 works5.5×
← 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, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.12× its world share, 245 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.06× its world share, 45 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.37× its world share, 9 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.33× its world share, 8 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 14 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 30 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.04× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.33× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.94× its world share, 31 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.76× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.82× its world share, 32 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.44× its world share, 974 worksMedicineNursing: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.73× its world share, 23 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.32× its world share, 14 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 15 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre?

Ranked on the composite score, Malcolm J. Moore, Warren Mason and Ian F. Tannock lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Princess Margaret Cancer Centre.

  1. 1 Malcolm J. Moore Canada · #3,551 worldwide 1.3k citations · 69 works
  2. 2 Warren Mason Canada · #8,232 worldwide 1.3k citations · 52 works
  3. 3 Ian F. Tannock Canada · #9,157 worldwide 882 citations · 74 works
  4. 4 Ming‐Sound Tsao Canada · #11,098 worldwide 2k citations · 194 works
  5. 5 Natasha B. Leighl Canada · #12,781 worldwide 924 citations · 133 works
  6. 6 Michael Crump Canada · #13,792 worldwide 589 citations · 75 works
  7. 7 Frances A. Shepherd Canada · #14,075 worldwide 1.1k citations · 164 works
  8. 8 Jennifer J. Knox Canada · #25,787 worldwide 527 citations · 90 works
  9. 9 James D. Brierley Canada · #35,634 worldwide 316 citations · 48 works
  10. 10 Mary Gospodarowicz Canada · #46,756 worldwide 302 citations · 42 works
All ranked researchers at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre

Which keywords describe research at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre?

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

▲ 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. Chemotherapy150▲ 14×23 topics
  2. Immunotherapy138▲ 13×19 topics
  3. Prognostic Factors125▲ 19×14 topics
  4. Radiotherapy102▲ 18×13 topics
  5. Targeted Therapy84▲ 26×5 topics
  6. Clinical Trials84▲ 8.5×17 topics
  7. Cancer80▲ 4.0×46 topics
  8. Tumor Microenvironment65▲ 9.9×8 topics
  9. Quality of Life60▲ 2.8×40 topics
  10. Biomarkers56▲ 5.6×14 topics
  11. Clinical Practice Guidelines55▲ 6.9×14 topics
  12. Genetic Mutations50▲ 7.8×20 topics
  13. Metastasis48▲ 9.7×12 topics
  14. Hematopoietic Stem Cells48▲ 37×3 topics
  15. Cancer Therapy47▲ 5.6×17 topics
  16. Genomic Instability47▲ 29×3 topics
  17. Lymphoma44▲ 19×4 topics
  18. Precision Medicine41▲ 5.9×8 topics
  19. Genomic Profiling41▲ 27×2 topics
  20. Cell-Free DNA39▲ 27×2 topics
  21. Neoadjuvant Therapy38▲ 11×5 topics
  22. Cancer Genomics38▲ 35×1 topic
  23. Mutational Signatures38▲ 35×1 topic
  24. Somatic Mutations38▲ 31×2 topics
  25. Health-related Quality of Life37▲ 11×5 topics
  26. Radiation Therapy35▲ 18×5 topics
  27. Cancer Immunotherapy35▲ 15×3 topics
  28. Survival Analysis35▲ 8.6×7 topics
  29. Dosimetry35▲ 33×2 topics
  30. Molecular Classification34▲ 16×4 topics
  31. Monte Carlo Simulation33▲ 11×4 topics
  32. AML33▲ 45×1 topic
  33. Acute Myeloid Leukemia33▲ 45×1 topic
  34. Breast Cancer32▲ 9.2×11 topics
  35. PET Imaging32▲ 13×4 topics
  36. Survival32▲ 16×4 topics
  37. Prostate Cancer32▲ 16×6 topics
  38. Tumor Regression31▲ 19×2 topics
  39. Rituximab31▲ 14×4 topics
  40. Molecular Characterization30▲ 12×5 topics

Which research topics does Princess Margaret Cancer Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers and Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques.

Cancer Genomics and Diag…38Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 38 fractional worksAcute Myeloid Leukemia R…33Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research: 33 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 30 fractional worksAdvanced Radiotherapy Te…29Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques: 29 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments a…26Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 26 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 25 fractional worksCancer survivorship and care: 23 fractional worksHead and Neck Cancer Stu…21Head and Neck Cancer Studies: 21 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 19 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 18 fractional works
Cancer ResearchHematologyOncologyRadiation4 others

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

  1. 1 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 38 works
  2. 2 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research Hematology 33 works
  3. 3 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 30 works
  4. 4 Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques Radiation 29 works
  5. 5 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 26 works
  6. 6 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 25 works
  7. 7 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 23 works
  8. 8 Head and Neck Cancer Studies Otorhinolaryngology 21 works
  9. 9 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 19 works
  10. 10 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 18 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 available37.0%not open63.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors34.2%domestic only65.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Princess Margaret Cancer Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% 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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