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Regional Cancer Center

In research, Regional Cancer Center stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,961 of 16,688 worldwide), Medicine (#6,514 of 14,558 worldwide) and Oncology (#974 of 1,474 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#20,978
of 22,385 · #17,700 all time
Rank in United States
#3,105
of 3,332
Research works
894
▼ 46% vs 2018-21
Citations
22k
24.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
30%
world 40%
International
31%
world 18%
Regional Cancer Center

What is Regional Cancer Center 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
Health SciencesDomain #6,961 of 16,688 8.7%613
MedicineField #6,514 of 14,558 8.6%584
OncologySubfield #974 of 1,474 11.2%122
Life SciencesDomain #9,248 of 11,023 7.9%129

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Regional Cancer Center 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 fields of science does Regional Cancer Center work in?

In 2022-now, 72% of research at Regional Cancer Center is in Health Sciences, 14% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (67%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (12%), Social Sciences (4%). It does 2.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 61 fractional works · 71.9% of its workMedicine: 57 fractional works · 67.4% of its workOncology: 16 fractional works · 19.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 8 fractional works · 10.1% of its workSurgery: 6 fractional works · 6.8% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 12 fractional works · 14.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 11.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 9.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 4.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKRegional CancerCenter84fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences72%Social Sciences10%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine5767.4%
    2. Health Professions22.9%
    3. Nursing10.8%
    4. Dentistry10.7%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1011.6%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology21.8%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.4%
    4. Neuroscience00.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Social Sciences44.3%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance33.0%
    3. Psychology11.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.5%
    5. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Physics and Astronomy11.4%
    2. Engineering11.1%
    3. Environmental Science00.5%
    4. Computer Science00.5%
    5. Mathematics00.2%
    6. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    7. Chemistry00.1%
    8. Materials Science00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.17× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.78× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.49× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.11× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.50× its world share, 57 worksMedicineNursing: 1.65× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.42× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.50×57 works
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.17×10 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology1.78×2 works
  4. Nursing1.65×1 works
  5. Dentistry1.49×1 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.42×3 works
  7. Health Professions1.11×2 works
  8. Veterinary0.73×0 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy0.63×1 works
  10. Psychology0.57×2 works
  11. Social Sciences0.34×4 works
  12. Chemical Engineering0.28×0 works
  13. Neuroscience0.27×0 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.22×0 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.22×0 works
  16. Mathematics0.18×0 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.16×0 works
  18. Environmental Science0.11×0 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.09×0 works
  20. Engineering0.07×1 works
  21. Computer Science0.06×0 works
  22. Chemistry0.04×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Regional Cancer Center?

Ranked on the quality score, Banu Erhan Symington, Bruno S. Fang and Mary Sewall Gardner lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Regional Cancer Center.

  1. 1 Banu Erhan Symington United States · #799,567 worldwide 1.4k citations · 44 works
  2. 2 Bruno S. Fang United States · #927,250 worldwide 1.1k citations · 62 works
  3. 3 Mary Sewall Gardner United States · #1,945,724 worldwide 785 citations · 41 works
  4. 4 Hasan Murshed United States · #2,843,879 worldwide 603 citations · 45 works
  5. 5 Robert O. Kerr United States · #3,024,208 worldwide 702 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Zoubir Ouhib United States · #3,282,708 worldwide 1.1k citations · 58 works
  7. 7 Lawrence R. Nycum United States · #4,278,814 worldwide 2.1k citations · 30 works
  8. 8 Peter Brams United States · #4,762,808 worldwide 434 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Mitch Clemens United States · #5,098,920 worldwide 12 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Ran Jiang United States · #5,196,603 worldwide 1.1k citations · 134 works
All ranked researchers at Regional Cancer Center

What are the most cited papers from Regional Cancer Center?

The most cited paper from Regional Cancer Center is "Stereotactic body radiation therapy: The report of AAPM Task Group 101" (Stanley Benedict et al., 2010), with 2,228 citations. Next come "Decitabine improves patient outcomes in myelodysplastic syndromes" (1,537) and "HPV Vaccination and the Risk of Invasive Cervical Cancer" (1,515).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Stereotactic body radiation therapy: The report of AAPM Task Group 101 Stanley Benedict et al. · Medical Physics 14 Jul 2010 2,228
2 Decitabine improves patient outcomes in myelodysplastic syndromes Hagop M. Kantarjian, Jean‐Pierre J. Issa, Craig S. Rosenfeld et al. · Cancer 13 Mar 2006 1,537
3 HPV Vaccination and the Risk of Invasive Cervical Cancer Jiayao Lei, Alexander Ploner, K. Miriam Elfström et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 30 Sep 2020 1,515
4 Radical Prostatectomy or Watchful Waiting in Early Prostate Cancer Anna Bill‐Axelson, Lars Holmberg, Hans G. Garmo et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 5 Mar 2014 985
5 Adjuvant Docetaxel for Node-Positive Breast Cancer Miguel Martín et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access Jun 2005 957
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Regional Cancer Center?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chemotherapy, Risk Factors, Cancer Incidence, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Radiotherapy, Immunotherapy, Population-Based Study and Clinical Trials.

▲ 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. Chemotherapy8▲ 14×21 topics
  2. Risk Factors8▲ 8.0×14 topics
  3. Cancer Incidence6▲ 55×4 topics
  4. Epidemiology6▲ 1.76×30 topics
  5. Quality of Life6▲ 4.5×18 topics
  6. Clinical Practice Guidelines5▲ 12×11 topics
  7. Radiotherapy5▲ 16×11 topics
  8. Immunotherapy5▲ 8.2×15 topics
  9. Population-Based Study5▲ 86×2 topics
  10. Clinical Trials4▲ 7.9×9 topics
  11. Prognostic Factors4▲ 12×13 topics
  12. Breast Cancer4▲ 20×11 topics
  13. Survival Analysis4▲ 17×7 topics
  14. Preventive Services4▲ 75×2 topics
  15. Global Surveillance4▲ 91×1 topic
  16. Health Disparities4▲ 16×2 topics
  17. Mortality Rates4▲ 44×1 topic
  18. Depression4▲ 4.7×7 topics
  19. Targeted Therapy3▲ 18×4 topics
  20. Cervical Cancer3▲ 36×3 topics
  21. Mortality3▲ 6.6×5 topics
  22. Prevention3▲ 8.7×5 topics
  23. Cancer Survivorship3▲ 48×2 topics
  24. Guidelines3▲ 7.0×6 topics
  25. Cancer Risk3▲ 14×6 topics
  26. Human Papillomavirus2▲ 24×3 topics
  27. Neoadjuvant Therapy2▲ 13×5 topics
  28. Screening2▲ 29×2 topics
  29. Metastasis2▲ 7.8×8 topics
  30. Molecular Characterization2▲ 15×4 topics
  31. Anxiety2▲ 5.5×5 topics
  32. Lymphoma2▲ 16×3 topics
  33. Adjuvant Therapy2▲ 20×2 topics
  34. Genomic Profiling2▲ 24×2 topics
  35. Colorectal Cancer2▲ 31×3 topics
  36. Health-related Quality of Life2▲ 10×2 topics
  37. Molecular Classification2▲ 16×4 topics
  38. Colonoscopy2▲ 51×1 topic
  39. Cost of Care2▲ 75×1 topic
  40. Financial Toxicity2▲ 75×1 topic

Which research topics does Regional Cancer Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Global Cancer Incidence and Screening, Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection, Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer and Cancer survivorship and care.

Global Cancer Incidence …4Global Cancer Incidence and Screening: 4 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 2 fractional worksEconomic and Financial I…2Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer: 2 fractional worksCancer survivorship and …2Cancer survivorship and care: 2 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 2 fractional worksCervical Cancer and HPV Research: 1 fractional worksMultiple and Secondary P…1Multiple and Secondary Primary Cancers: 1 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Radiotherapy Techniques: 1 fractional worksHead and Neck Cancer Studies: 1 fractional works
OncologyEconomics and EconometricsPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineEpidemiology2 others

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

  1. 1 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 4 works
  2. 2 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 2 works
  3. 3 Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  4. 4 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 2 works
  5. 5 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Cervical Cancer and HPV Research Epidemiology 1 works
  7. 7 Multiple and Secondary Primary Cancers Epidemiology 1 works
  8. 8 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques Radiation 1 works
  10. 10 Head and Neck Cancer Studies Otorhinolaryngology 1 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 available30.5%not open69.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.4%domestic only68.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Regional Cancer Center's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 46% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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 Regional Cancer Center as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00037% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Regional Cancer Center0.00034% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Regional Cancer Center 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.

5%10%15%Regional Cancer Center12.2% in 2024all institutions10.0% in 202420102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.2% in 2024.

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