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Stanford Cancer Institute

In research, Stanford Cancer Institute stands highest in Medicine (#6,351 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,488 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,038
of 28,054 · #15,584 all time
Rank in ??
#309
of 692
Research works
322
▲ 49% vs 2013–17
Citations
9.1k
28.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
world 28%

What is Stanford Cancer Institute known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
MedicineField #6,351 of 17,978 20.6%227
Health SciencesDomain #8,488 of 20,462 20.6%232

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

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: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.23× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.97× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.59× its world share, 46 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.81× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Stanford Cancer Institute?

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

▲ 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. Chemotherapy9▲ 19×21 topics
  2. Immunotherapy8▲ 18×15 topics
  3. Prognostic Factors6▲ 21×13 topics
  4. Lymphoma6▲ 54×3 topics
  5. Cancer Immunotherapy5▲ 53×3 topics
  6. Targeted Therapy5▲ 36×5 topics
  7. Radiotherapy5▲ 20×11 topics
  8. Tumor Regression5▲ 70×2 topics
  9. CAR T Cells4▲ 91×1 topic
  10. Chimeric Antigen Receptor4▲ 91×1 topic
  11. Leukemia4▲ 80×2 topics
  12. Cancer4▲ 4.7×25 topics
  13. Clinical Trials4▲ 8.0×6 topics
  14. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 9.8×8 topics
  15. Tumor Microenvironment4▲ 12×7 topics
  16. Breast Cancer3▲ 21×9 topics
  17. Quality of Life3▲ 2.9×11 topics
  18. Survival Analysis3▲ 15×7 topics
  19. Immune Checkpoint Blockade3▲ 35×1 topic
  20. PD-1 and PD-L13▲ 35×1 topic
  21. Hematopoietic Stem Cells2▲ 43×3 topics
  22. Genomic Instability2▲ 31×3 topics
  23. Health-related Quality of Life2▲ 14×3 topics
  24. Neoadjuvant Therapy2▲ 14×5 topics
  25. Cell-Free DNA2▲ 33×2 topics
  26. Adjuvant Therapy2▲ 23×2 topics
  27. Cancer Genomics2▲ 42×1 topic
  28. Mutational Signatures2▲ 42×1 topic
  29. Rituximab2▲ 20×2 topics
  30. Genomic Profiling2▲ 28×2 topics
  31. PET Imaging2▲ 17×4 topics
  32. Precision Medicine2▲ 6.1×5 topics
  33. ALK Inhibitors2▲ 44×1 topic
  34. EGFR Mutations2▲ 44×1 topic
  35. Molecular Subtypes2▲ 33×3 topics
  36. Survival2▲ 20×4 topics
  37. Treatment Guidelines2▲ 13×2 topics
  38. Molecular Profiling2▲ 25×3 topics
  39. Cetuximab2▲ 29×2 topics
  40. Tumor Staging2▲ 22×2 topics

Which research topics does Stanford Cancer Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: CAR-T cell therapy research, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics and Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations.

CAR-T cell therapy resea…4CAR-T cell therapy research: 4 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 3 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diag…2Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments a…2Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 2 fractional worksAcute Myeloid Leukemia Research: 2 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksLymphoma Diagnosis and T…1Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksChildhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life: 1 fractional worksCancer survivorship and care: 1 fractional worksCancer Treatment and Pharmacology: 1 fractional works
OncologyCancer ResearchPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineHematology2 others

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

  1. 1 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 4 works
  2. 2 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 3 works
  3. 3 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 2 works
  4. 4 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research Hematology 2 works
  6. 6 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pathology and Forensic Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  9. 9 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 1 works
  10. 10 Cancer Treatment and Pharmacology Oncology 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 available42.6%not open57.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.6%domestic only78.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Stanford Cancer Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 49% higher than in 2013–2017.

20152020
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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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