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Rutgers Cancer Institute

In research, Rutgers Cancer Institute stands highest in Medicine (#3,526 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#4,824 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#4,706 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Oncology is 15.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,541
of 28,054 · #5,875 all time
Rank in United States
#1,137
of 4,192
Research works
1.7k
▲ 19% vs 2013–17
Citations
69k
39.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

What is Rutgers Cancer Institute 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 #3,526 of 10,443 17.0%197 #3218
Health SciencesDomain #4,824 of 11,982 17.4%203 #3982
Life SciencesDomain #4,706 of 7,800 17.3%70 #2874

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Rutgers Cancer Institute 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#3,218 #3,526
  2. Health Sciences#3,982 #4,824
  3. Life Sciences#2,874 #4,706
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 Rutgers Cancer Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 15.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 52.7 works15×
  2. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 27.8 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: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.48× its world share, 57 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.04× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.60× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.71× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.35× its world share, 197 worksMedicineNursing: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.63× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.36× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Rutgers Cancer Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, David A. August, Elizabeth Poplin and Debabrata Banerjee lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Rutgers Cancer Institute.

  1. 1 David A. August United States · #93,844 worldwide 144 citations · 35 works
  2. 2 Elizabeth Poplin United States · #445,189 worldwide 66 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Debabrata Banerjee United States · #622,871 worldwide 73 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Michael Reiß United States · #715,008 worldwide 59 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Susan Goodin United States · #1,135,171 worldwide 25 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Rutgers Cancer Institute

Which keywords describe research at Rutgers Cancer Institute?

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

▲ 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. Chemotherapy32▲ 15×23 topics
  2. Immunotherapy30▲ 14×18 topics
  3. Cancer22▲ 5.4×40 topics
  4. Tumor Microenvironment18▲ 13×8 topics
  5. Radiotherapy16▲ 13×12 topics
  6. Neoadjuvant Therapy15▲ 21×5 topics
  7. Prognostic Factors14▲ 11×13 topics
  8. Clinical Practice Guidelines13▲ 8.0×11 topics
  9. Clinical Trials13▲ 6.3×9 topics
  10. Molecular Characterization13▲ 23×5 topics
  11. Survival Analysis12▲ 14×7 topics
  12. Targeted Therapy12▲ 17×5 topics
  13. Lymphoma11▲ 23×3 topics
  14. Quality of Life11▲ 2.5×16 topics
  15. Breast Cancer10▲ 14×11 topics
  16. Genetic Mutations10▲ 7.8×15 topics
  17. Risk Factors10▲ 3.0×12 topics
  18. Biomarkers10▲ 4.6×10 topics
  19. Cancer Incidence9▲ 22×4 topics
  20. Precision Medicine9▲ 6.4×7 topics
  21. Rituximab9▲ 20×3 topics
  22. PET Imaging8▲ 16×4 topics
  23. Health-related Quality of Life8▲ 12×3 topics
  24. Gene Expression8▲ 4.4×11 topics
  25. Cancer Immunotherapy8▲ 17×3 topics
  26. Guidelines8▲ 5.7×8 topics
  27. Genomic Instability8▲ 22×3 topics
  28. Clinical Guidelines7▲ 8.3×6 topics
  29. Immune Checkpoint Blockade7▲ 22×1 topic
  30. PD-1 and PD-L17▲ 22×1 topic
  31. Prostate Cancer7▲ 18×5 topics
  32. Cancer Treatment7▲ 10.0×8 topics
  33. Metastasis7▲ 6.8×12 topics
  34. Tumor Regression7▲ 21×2 topics
  35. Molecular Subtypes7▲ 27×2 topics
  36. Cancer Risk7▲ 10×6 topics
  37. Medical Education7▲ 8.4×6 topics
  38. Population-Based Study6▲ 33×2 topics
  39. Molecular Profiling6▲ 21×3 topics
  40. Health Disparities6▲ 7.9×6 topics

Which research topics does Rutgers Cancer Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment and Global Cancer Incidence and Screening.

Cancer Immunotherapy and…7Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 7 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diag…6Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 6 fractional worksLymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 6 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence and Screening: 6 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 5 fractional worksCancer survivorship and care: 5 fractional worksAdvances in Oncology and Radiotherapy: 5 fractional worksBladder and Urothelial C…5Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments: 5 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 5 fractional worksProstate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 4 fractional works
OncologyCancer ResearchPathology and Forensic MedicineRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging2 others

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

  1. 1 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 7 works
  2. 2 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 6 works
  3. 3 Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pathology and Forensic Medicine 6 works
  4. 4 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 6 works
  5. 5 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 5 works
  6. 6 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 5 works
  7. 7 Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 5 works
  8. 8 Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments Surgery 5 works
  9. 9 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 5 works
  10. 10 Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 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 available45.5%not open54.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.4%domestic only82.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Rutgers Cancer Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 19% 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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