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Swiss Cancer Center Léman

In research, Swiss Cancer Center Léman stands highest in Life Sciences (#1,895 of 14,347 worldwide), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#3,283 of 7,814 worldwide) and Molecular Biology (#2,139 of 4,961 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Life Sciences — Life Sciences is 3.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, all time
#4,820
of 42,892
Rank in Switzerland
#49
of 429
Research works
345
▲ 86% vs 2013–17
Citations
30k
87.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
42.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
world 28%

What is Swiss Cancer Center Léman 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
Life SciencesDomain #1,895 of 14,347 41.3%218
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #3,283 of 7,814 38.0%166
Molecular BiologySubfield #2,139 of 4,961 37.3%121

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Swiss Cancer Center Léman 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).

What does Swiss Cancer Center Léman specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Life Sciences takes 3.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Life SciencesDomain · 21.3 works3.6×
← 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: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5.46× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 16.02× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.02× its world share, 18 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.90× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.96× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 0.77× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 16.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Swiss Cancer Center Léman?

Ranked on the composite score, P Cerutti lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Swiss Cancer Center Léman.

  1. 1 P Cerutti Switzerland · #206,248 worldwide 231 citations · 49 works
All ranked researchers at Swiss Cancer Center Léman

Which keywords describe research at Swiss Cancer Center Léman?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer Immunotherapy, Immunotherapy, Immunity, Tumor Microenvironment, Antigen Presentation, Cancer, Tumor Regression and Innate Immunity.

▲ 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. Cancer Immunotherapy5▲ 74×3 topics
  2. Immunotherapy5▲ 16×13 topics
  3. Immunity5▲ 27×6 topics
  4. Tumor Microenvironment4▲ 20×6 topics
  5. Cancer4▲ 6.4×16 topics
  6. Antigen Presentation4▲ 90×2 topics
  7. Inflammation3▲ 3.3×11 topics
  8. Tumor Regression3▲ 59×2 topics
  9. Innate Immunity3▲ 19×3 topics
  10. Lymphoma3▲ 36×2 topics
  11. CAR T Cells2▲ 73×1 topic
  12. Chimeric Antigen Receptor2▲ 73×1 topic
  13. Immune Checkpoint Blockade2▲ 51×1 topic
  14. PD-1 and PD-L12▲ 51×1 topic
  15. Dendritic Cells2▲ 59×1 topic
  16. Tumor Antigen2▲ 87×1 topic
  17. Chemotherapy2▲ 7.1×14 topics
  18. Metabolism2▲ 9.2×3 topics
  19. Activation2▲ 75×1 topic
  20. Macrophage2▲ 62×1 topic
  21. Gene Expression2▲ 7.0×7 topics
  22. Targeted Therapy2▲ 19×5 topics
  23. Biomarkers2▲ 5.2×7 topics
  24. Cancer Therapy2▲ 6.2×8 topics
  25. RNA-Seq2▲ 30×2 topics
  26. Single-Cell2▲ 73×1 topic
  27. Transcriptomics2▲ 73×1 topic
  28. Genomic Instability1▲ 25×2 topics
  29. NK Cell Recognition1▲ 44×1 topic
  30. Natural Killer Cells1▲ 44×1 topic
  31. Epitope Prediction1▲ 98×1 topic
  32. Mental Health1▲ 1.77×4 topics
  33. Peptide-MHC Binding1▲ 98×1 topic
  34. Chromatin1▲ 53×2 topics
  35. Metastasis1▲ 7.3×5 topics
  36. PET Imaging1▲ 14×4 topics
  37. Quality of Life1▲ 1.69×5 topics
  38. DNA Methylation1▲ 20×1 topic
  39. Epigenetic Reprogramming1▲ 25×2 topics
  40. Histone Modification1▲ 33×1 topic

Which research topics does Swiss Cancer Center Léman publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, CAR-T cell therapy research, Immunotherapy and Immune Responses and Immune cells in cancer.

Cancer Immunotherapy and…2Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 2 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy resea…2CAR-T cell therapy research: 2 fractional worksImmunotherapy and Immune…2Immunotherapy and Immune Responses: 2 fractional worksImmune cells in cancer2Immune cells in cancer: 2 fractional worksSingle-cell and spatial transcriptomics: 2 fractional worksImmune Cell Function and Interaction: 1 fractional worksvaccines and immunoinfor…1vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches: 1 fractional worksEpigenetics and DNA Methylation: 1 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 1 fractional worksCancer Cells and Metastasis: 1 fractional works
OncologyImmunologyMolecular BiologyCancer Research

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

  1. 1 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 2 works
  2. 2 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 2 works
  3. 3 Immunotherapy and Immune Responses Immunology 2 works
  4. 4 Immune cells in cancer Immunology 2 works
  5. 5 Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics Molecular Biology 2 works
  6. 6 Immune Cell Function and Interaction Immunology 1 works
  7. 7 vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches Molecular Biology 1 works
  8. 8 Epigenetics and DNA Methylation Molecular Biology 1 works
  9. 9 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 1 works
  10. 10 Cancer Cells and Metastasis 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 available43.0%not open57.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.7%domestic only75.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Swiss Cancer Center Léman's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 86% 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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