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Scripps MD Anderson Cancer Center

In research, Scripps MD Anderson Cancer Center stands highest in Medicine (#9,594 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#11,147 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#23,568
of 28,054 · #27,345 all time
Rank in United States
#3,537
of 4,192
Research works
299
▲ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.3k
11.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
49%
world 28%

What is Scripps MD Anderson Cancer Center 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 #9,594 of 10,443 6.7%64 #12675
Health SciencesDomain #11,147 of 11,982 6.6%69 #15624

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Scripps MD Anderson 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 2.40× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.57× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 1.42× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.06× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.63× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.42× its world share, 64 worksMedicineVeterinary: 1.26× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.97× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 1 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.

Which keywords describe research at Scripps MD Anderson Cancer Center?

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

▲ 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. Immunotherapy9▲ 12×14 topics
  2. Treatment8▲ 6.5×13 topics
  3. Radiotherapy6▲ 17×10 topics
  4. Prognostic Factors6▲ 14×13 topics
  5. Clinical Practice Guidelines6▲ 11×9 topics
  6. Diagnosis6▲ 6.7×11 topics
  7. Chemotherapy5▲ 6.9×13 topics
  8. Cancer4▲ 2.9×17 topics
  9. Risk Factors4▲ 3.6×6 topics
  10. Oxidative Stress4▲ 2.3×11 topics
  11. Tumor Microenvironment3▲ 7.9×7 topics
  12. Dosimetry3▲ 46×2 topics
  13. Genetic Mutations3▲ 7.5×7 topics
  14. Hepatocellular Carcinoma3▲ 15×3 topics
  15. Medical Imaging3▲ 5.8×5 topics
  16. Cancer Treatment3▲ 12×5 topics
  17. Management3▲ 3.7×5 topics
  18. Targeted Therapy3▲ 13×4 topics
  19. Image-Guided Radiotherapy3▲ 67×1 topic
  20. Molecular Characterization3▲ 16×5 topics
  21. Prophylaxis3▲ 22×2 topics
  22. Radiotherapy Physics3▲ 67×1 topic
  23. Clinical Trials3▲ 4.0×7 topics
  24. Clinical Guidelines2▲ 9.0×6 topics
  25. Medical Education2▲ 9.9×7 topics
  26. Surgical Management2▲ 6.2×8 topics
  27. Cancer Therapy2▲ 4.4×9 topics
  28. Ethical Considerations2▲ 7.2×5 topics
  29. Survival2▲ 18×3 topics
  30. Liver Cancer2▲ 42×1 topic
  31. Radiofrequency Ablation2▲ 22×1 topic
  32. Antithrombotic Therapy2▲ 29×1 topic
  33. Venous Thromboembolism2▲ 37×1 topic
  34. Genomic Instability2▲ 19×3 topics
  35. Metastatic2▲ 32×2 topics
  36. Global Access2▲ 22×1 topic
  37. Health Economics2▲ 39×1 topic
  38. Tumor Targeting2▲ 11×3 topics
  39. Cell Death2▲ 8.0×4 topics
  40. Gene Therapy2▲ 9.8×3 topics

Which research topics does Scripps MD Anderson Cancer Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques, Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis, Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management and Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy.

Advanced Radiotherapy Te…3Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques: 3 fractional worksHepatocellular Carcinoma…2Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis: 2 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism D…2Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 2 fractional worksAdvances in Oncology and…2Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy: 2 fractional worksMedical Imaging and Pathology Studies: 2 fractional worksRenal cell carcinoma treatment: 2 fractional worksEconomic and Financial I…1Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer: 1 fractional worksBrain Metastases and Treatment: 1 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 1 fractional worksMicrotubule and mitosis …1Microtubule and mitosis dynamics: 1 fractional works
RadiationHepatologyInternal MedicineRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging3 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques Radiation 3 works
  2. 2 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Hepatology 2 works
  3. 3 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  5. 5 Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Renal cell carcinoma treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  8. 8 Brain Metastases and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  10. 10 Microtubule and mitosis dynamics Cell Biology 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 available48.9%not open51.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.9%domestic only84.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Scripps MD Anderson Cancer Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% 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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