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Spanish National Cancer Research Centre

In research, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre stands highest in Life Sciences (#2,578 of 7,800 worldwide), Medicine (#5,316 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,031 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology — Oncology is 11.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,973
of 28,054 · #2,680 all time
Rank in Spain
#163
of 658
Research works
1.6k
▼ 31% vs 2013–17
Citations
132k
83.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
28.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
57%
world 28%

What is Spanish National Cancer Research Centre 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 #2,578 of 7,800 29.3%102 #956
MedicineField #5,316 of 10,443 30.0%74 #2669
Health SciencesDomain #7,031 of 11,982 29.9%75 #3643
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,270 of 3,579 28.0%81 #520

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Spanish National Cancer Research Centre 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#956 #2,578
  2. Medicine#2,669 #5,316
  3. Health Sciences#3,643 #7,031
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#520 #2,270
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 Spanish National Cancer Research Centre specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 11.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 23.3 works11×
  2. Molecular BiologySubfield · 54.2 works9.5×
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField · 81.4 works8.1×
← 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: 0.45× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8.10× its world share, 81 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 6.10× its world share, 12 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.39× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.64× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.05× its world share, 74 worksMedicineNursing: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 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, 8.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Spanish National Cancer Research Centre?

Ranked on the composite score, Javier Benı́tez, Mariano Barbacid and Anna González‐Neira lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Spanish National Cancer Research Centre.

  1. 1 Javier Benı́tez Spain · #8,010 worldwide 959 citations · 98 works
  2. 2 Mariano Barbacid Spain · #14,663 worldwide 708 citations · 63 works
  3. 3 Anna González‐Neira Spain · #41,633 worldwide 491 citations · 34 works
  4. 4 David Olmos Spain · #47,241 worldwide 391 citations · 49 works
  5. 5 Marı́a A. Blasco Spain · #55,865 worldwide 429 citations · 51 works
  6. 6 Manuel Serrano Spain · #56,564 worldwide 412 citations · 61 works
  7. 7 Héctor Peinado Spain · #74,099 worldwide 340 citations · 28 works
  8. 8 Ana Osório Spain · #91,022 worldwide 247 citations · 39 works
  9. 9 Fátima Al‐Shahrour Spain · #121,574 worldwide 224 citations · 30 works
  10. 10 Marcos Malumbres Spain · #156,782 worldwide 218 citations · 38 works
All ranked researchers at Spanish National Cancer Research Centre

Which keywords describe research at Spanish National Cancer Research Centre?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer, Immunotherapy, Tumor Microenvironment, Cancer Therapy, Gene Expression, Chemotherapy, Targeted Therapy and Inflammation.

▲ 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. Cancer20▲ 7.8×43 topics
  2. Immunotherapy15▲ 11×15 topics
  3. Inflammation13▲ 3.3×47 topics
  4. Tumor Microenvironment13▲ 15×8 topics
  5. Cancer Therapy12▲ 11×14 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress10▲ 3.2×34 topics
  7. Chemotherapy10▲ 7.4×20 topics
  8. Gene Expression10▲ 8.4×14 topics
  9. Targeted Therapy9▲ 22×5 topics
  10. Genomic Instability8▲ 36×2 topics
  11. Biomarkers6▲ 5.0×9 topics
  12. Apoptosis6▲ 11×13 topics
  13. Immunity6▲ 7.7×10 topics
  14. Metabolism6▲ 5.9×15 topics
  15. Genetic Mutations6▲ 6.9×14 topics
  16. Metastasis6▲ 8.7×11 topics
  17. Tumor Suppression6▲ 41×4 topics
  18. Transcriptional Regulation5▲ 18×9 topics
  19. Aging5▲ 5.2×12 topics
  20. Cancer Genomics5▲ 39×1 topic
  21. Cancer Immunotherapy5▲ 18×3 topics
  22. Cell-Free DNA5▲ 29×2 topics
  23. Mutational Signatures5▲ 39×1 topic
  24. Cancer Progression5▲ 15×7 topics
  25. Clinical Trials5▲ 4.1×9 topics
  26. Regulation5▲ 5.0×8 topics
  27. Chromatin5▲ 56×2 topics
  28. Innate Immunity5▲ 8.1×9 topics
  29. Neoadjuvant Therapy5▲ 11×3 topics
  30. Cell Death5▲ 11×6 topics
  31. Epigenetic Regulation4▲ 11×6 topics
  32. Lymphoma4▲ 14×3 topics
  33. Angiogenesis4▲ 6.8×11 topics
  34. Biogenesis4▲ 12×3 topics
  35. Pancreatic Cancer4▲ 19×2 topics
  36. Stem Cells4▲ 8.4×9 topics
  37. Gemcitabine4▲ 29×1 topic
  38. RNA-Seq4▲ 19×2 topics
  39. Surgical Complications4▲ 26×1 topic
  40. Mutation4▲ 11×5 topics

Which research topics does Spanish National Cancer Research Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers and Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research.

Cancer Genomics and Diag…5Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 5 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic O…4Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 4 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…4Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 4 fractional worksMonoclonal and Polyclona…3Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research: 3 fractional worksRNA modifications and cancer: 3 fractional worksEpigenetics and DNA Methylation: 3 fractional worksGenomics and Chromatin D…3Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics: 3 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 3 fractional worksImmune Cell Function and Interaction: 3 fractional worksRNA Research and Splicing2RNA Research and Splicing: 2 fractional works
Cancer ResearchOncologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingMolecular Biology1 others

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

  1. 1 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 5 works
  2. 2 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 4 works
  3. 3 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 4 works
  4. 4 Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 3 works
  5. 5 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 3 works
  6. 6 Epigenetics and DNA Methylation Molecular Biology 3 works
  7. 7 Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics Molecular Biology 3 works
  8. 8 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 3 works
  9. 9 Immune Cell Function and Interaction Immunology 3 works
  10. 10 RNA Research and Splicing Molecular Biology 2 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 available56.9%not open43.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors39.3%domestic only60.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Spanish National Cancer Research Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 31% 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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