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Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University

In research, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University stands highest in Life Sciences (#1,331 of 7,800 worldwide), Medicine (#1,925 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#2,687 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology — Oncology is 8.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,060
of 28,054 · #3,610 all time
Rank in ??
#32
of 692
Research works
1.6k
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
86k
54.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University 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
Life SciencesDomain #1,331 of 7,800 31.3%103 #1902
MedicineField #1,925 of 10,443 24.3%176 #1233
Health SciencesDomain #2,687 of 11,982 24.0%188 #1598
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,598 of 3,579 29.2%79 #1890

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University 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. Life Sciences#1,902 #1,331
  2. Medicine#1,233 #1,925
  3. Health Sciences#1,598 #2,687
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,890 #1,598
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 Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 8.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 29.9 works8.3×
← 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: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.62× its world share, 79 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.11× its world share, 16 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.94× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.24× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.06× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.86× its world share, 176 worksMedicineNursing: 1.57× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.45× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.59× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 5.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University?

Ranked on the composite score, Nancy Krett and Cormac Cosgrove lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University.

  1. 1 Nancy Krett ?? · #1,110,481 worldwide 70 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Cormac Cosgrove ?? · #1,410,376 worldwide 10 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University

Which keywords describe research at Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University?

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

▲ 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. Immunotherapy26▲ 11×17 topics
  2. Cancer24▲ 5.6×42 topics
  3. Epidemiology20▲ 1.57×83 topics
  4. Inflammation18▲ 2.6×52 topics
  5. Prognostic Factors17▲ 12×14 topics
  6. Tumor Microenvironment15▲ 10×8 topics
  7. Chemotherapy12▲ 5.2×20 topics
  8. Radiotherapy11▲ 9.1×12 topics
  9. Cancer Therapy10▲ 5.6×16 topics
  10. Immunity10▲ 7.8×10 topics
  11. Cancer Immunotherapy10▲ 20×3 topics
  12. Lymphoma9▲ 17×3 topics
  13. Molecular Classification8▲ 17×4 topics
  14. Targeted Therapy8▲ 11×5 topics
  15. Gene Expression8▲ 4.0×15 topics
  16. Biomarkers8▲ 3.5×12 topics
  17. Genetic Mutations8▲ 5.5×18 topics
  18. Clinical Trials7▲ 3.5×14 topics
  19. Tumor Regression7▲ 21×2 topics
  20. Innate Immunity7▲ 6.8×9 topics
  21. Metabolism7▲ 4.2×16 topics
  22. Glioblastoma7▲ 31×1 topic
  23. Temozolomide7▲ 31×1 topic
  24. Hematopoietic Stem Cells6▲ 22×3 topics
  25. Stem Cells6▲ 7.0×15 topics
  26. Transcriptional Regulation6▲ 11×7 topics
  27. Genomic Instability6▲ 16×3 topics
  28. PET Imaging6▲ 10×4 topics
  29. Rituximab6▲ 12×4 topics
  30. Cell Death6▲ 7.4×6 topics
  31. Cell-Free DNA6▲ 18×2 topics
  32. Leukemia6▲ 20×2 topics
  33. Breast Cancer5▲ 7.0×9 topics
  34. CAR T Cells5▲ 23×1 topic
  35. Chimeric Antigen Receptor5▲ 23×1 topic
  36. AML5▲ 33×1 topic
  37. Acute Myeloid Leukemia5▲ 33×1 topic
  38. Cancer Progression5▲ 8.8×8 topics
  39. DNA Methylation5▲ 14×3 topics
  40. Therapeutic Targets5▲ 10×7 topics

Which research topics does Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment, CAR-T cell therapy research, Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research and Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics.

Glioma Diagnosis and Tre…7Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 7 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy resea…5CAR-T cell therapy research: 5 fractional worksAcute Myeloid Leukemia Research: 5 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diag…5Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 5 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…5Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 5 fractional worksImmune cells in cancer: 4 fractional worksEpigenetics and DNA Methylation: 4 fractional worksImmunotherapy and Immune…4Immunotherapy and Immune Responses: 4 fractional worksProtein Degradation and Inhibitors: 3 fractional worksLymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional works
GeneticsOncologyHematologyCancer Research3 others

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

  1. 1 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 7 works
  2. 2 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 5 works
  3. 3 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research Hematology 5 works
  4. 4 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 5 works
  5. 5 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 5 works
  6. 6 Immune cells in cancer Immunology 4 works
  7. 7 Epigenetics and DNA Methylation Molecular Biology 4 works
  8. 8 Immunotherapy and Immune Responses Immunology 4 works
  9. 9 Protein Degradation and Inhibitors Molecular Biology 3 works
  10. 10 Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pathology and Forensic Medicine 3 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 available48.0%not open52.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.7%domestic only83.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% 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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