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Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center

In research, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center stands highest in Medicine (#1,693 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,240 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,101 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology — Oncology is 11.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,124
of 28,054 · #2,085 all time
Rank in United States
#578
of 4,192
Research works
2.9k
▲ 35% vs 2013–17
Citations
172k
59.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
49%
world 28%

What is Sidney Kimmel 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 #1,693 of 10,443 15.2%329 #1011
Health SciencesDomain #2,240 of 11,982 15.0%352 #1269
Life SciencesDomain #2,101 of 7,800 25.3%108 #817
OncologySubfield #535 of 772 17.3%67 #303
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,697 of 3,579 25.7%78 #905

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sidney Kimmel 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).

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#1,011 #1,693
  2. Health Sciences#1,269 #2,240
  3. Life Sciences#817 #2,101
  4. Oncology#303 #535
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#905 #2,697
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 Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 11.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 66.6 works11×
← 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: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.83× its world share, 78 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.20× its world share, 22 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.72× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.33× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.52× its world share, 21 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.30× its world share, 329 worksMedicineNursing: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.20× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.97× its world share, 11 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.72× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center?

Ranked on the composite score, John Welsh, Michael McClelland and Robert Korngold lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center.

  1. 1 John Welsh United States · #94,930 worldwide 281 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Michael McClelland United States · #123,884 worldwide 170 citations · 36 works
  3. 3 Robert Korngold United States · #231,885 worldwide 132 citations · 37 works
  4. 4 Andrew E. Chapman United States · #640,842 worldwide 52 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Karen E. Knudsen United States · #662,073 worldwide 131 citations · 66 works
  6. 6 C M Croce United States · #789,177 worldwide 57 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Christopher McNair United States · #1,150,410 worldwide 12 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center

Which keywords describe research at Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center?

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

▲ 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. Immunotherapy36▲ 9.8×19 topics
  2. Epidemiology35▲ 1.70×99 topics
  3. Chemotherapy33▲ 9.0×23 topics
  4. Inflammation30▲ 2.8×63 topics
  5. Cancer29▲ 4.2×40 topics
  6. Prognostic Factors27▲ 12×14 topics
  7. Tumor Microenvironment24▲ 11×8 topics
  8. Clinical Trials23▲ 6.6×14 topics
  9. Quality of Life19▲ 2.5×35 topics
  10. Radiotherapy18▲ 9.2×12 topics
  11. Targeted Therapy18▲ 16×5 topics
  12. Genetic Mutations16▲ 7.2×19 topics
  13. Biomarkers16▲ 4.5×15 topics
  14. Risk Factors16▲ 2.7×24 topics
  15. Cancer Immunotherapy13▲ 17×3 topics
  16. Immune Checkpoint Blockade13▲ 24×1 topic
  17. PD-1 and PD-L113▲ 24×1 topic
  18. Genomic Profiling13▲ 24×2 topics
  19. Lymphoma13▲ 15×4 topics
  20. Precision Medicine12▲ 5.2×7 topics
  21. Cancer Therapy12▲ 4.2×16 topics
  22. Clinical Practice Guidelines12▲ 4.2×14 topics
  23. Neoadjuvant Therapy12▲ 9.7×5 topics
  24. Breast Cancer12▲ 9.4×10 topics
  25. Medical Education11▲ 8.4×11 topics
  26. Prostate Cancer11▲ 17×5 topics
  27. Immunity11▲ 5.3×9 topics
  28. Cancer Incidence11▲ 15×4 topics
  29. Metastasis11▲ 6.0×12 topics
  30. Cancer Risk10▲ 9.0×7 topics
  31. Clinical Guidelines10▲ 6.5×9 topics
  32. Health-related Quality of Life10▲ 8.0×5 topics
  33. Molecular Characterization10▲ 10×5 topics
  34. Health Disparities9▲ 6.8×7 topics
  35. Genomic Instability9▲ 16×3 topics
  36. Leukemia8▲ 19×2 topics
  37. Tumor Regression8▲ 14×2 topics
  38. Hormone Therapy8▲ 19×3 topics
  39. PET Imaging8▲ 9.1×4 topics
  40. Population-Based Study8▲ 23×2 topics

Which research topics does Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research, CAR-T cell therapy research and Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics.

Cancer Immunotherapy and…13Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 13 fractional worksProstate Cancer Treatmen…7Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research: 7 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 7 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 6 fractional worksEconomic and Financial I…6Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer: 6 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 6 fractional worksImmunotherapy and Immune Responses: 6 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence …6Global Cancer Incidence and Screening: 6 fractional worksCancer survivorship and care: 5 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 5 fractional works
OncologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineCancer ResearchEconomics and Econometrics1 others

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

  1. 1 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 13 works
  2. 2 Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 7 works
  3. 3 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 7 works
  4. 4 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 6 works
  5. 5 Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer Economics and Econometrics 6 works
  6. 6 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  7. 7 Immunotherapy and Immune Responses Immunology 6 works
  8. 8 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 6 works
  9. 9 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 5 works
  10. 10 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 5 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 available48.6%not open51.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.2%domestic only81.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 35% 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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