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The University of Kansas Cancer Center

In research, The University of Kansas Cancer Center stands highest in Medicine (#4,111 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#5,411 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#4,496 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology — Oncology is 13.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,533
of 28,054 · #10,179 all time
Rank in United States
#1,134
of 4,192
Research works
925
▲ 43% vs 2013–17
Citations
27k
28.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
49%
world 28%

What is The University of Kansas 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 #4,111 of 10,443 15.0%155 #5398
Health SciencesDomain #5,411 of 11,982 15.2%161 #7000
Life SciencesDomain #4,496 of 7,800 18.5%77 #4827
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #3,241 of 3,579 19.3%64 #4231

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where The University of Kansas 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#5,398 #4,111
  2. Health Sciences#7,000 #5,411
  3. Life Sciences#4,827 #4,496
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#4,231 #3,241
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 The University of Kansas Cancer Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 13.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 41.6 works14×
← 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: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.44× its world share, 64 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.91× its world share, 11 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.75× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.68× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.18× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.28× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.43× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.78× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.96× its world share, 155 worksMedicineNursing: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.15× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 3 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, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at The University of Kansas Cancer Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Abdulraheem Yacoub, Anwaar Saeed and Anup Kasi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is The University of Kansas Cancer Center.

  1. 1 Abdulraheem Yacoub United States · #441,701 worldwide 56 citations · 30 works
  2. 2 Anwaar Saeed United States · #507,239 worldwide 97 citations · 46 works
  3. 3 Anup Kasi United States · #529,546 worldwide 79 citations · 34 works
  4. 4 Dan A. Dixon United States · #1,270,304 worldwide 39 citations · 27 works
  5. 5 Chao Huang United States · #1,429,131 worldwide 23 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Marc Hoffmann United States · #1,504,114 worldwide 12 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at The University of Kansas Cancer Center

Which keywords describe research at The University of Kansas Cancer Center?

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

▲ 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. Immunotherapy24▲ 13×15 topics
  2. Cancer24▲ 6.5×36 topics
  3. Chemotherapy18▲ 9.5×21 topics
  4. Tumor Microenvironment15▲ 13×8 topics
  5. Clinical Trials13▲ 7.3×11 topics
  6. Inflammation13▲ 2.3×42 topics
  7. Lymphoma12▲ 28×4 topics
  8. Prognostic Factors12▲ 10×11 topics
  9. Cancer Immunotherapy12▲ 28×3 topics
  10. Tumor Regression11▲ 38×2 topics
  11. Biomarkers11▲ 5.7×13 topics
  12. Oxidative Stress10▲ 2.4×27 topics
  13. Targeted Therapy10▲ 17×5 topics
  14. Leukemia9▲ 41×2 topics
  15. Precision Medicine9▲ 7.4×7 topics
  16. CAR T Cells9▲ 46×1 topic
  17. Chimeric Antigen Receptor9▲ 46×1 topic
  18. Gene Expression9▲ 5.3×11 topics
  19. Breast Cancer8▲ 13×11 topics
  20. Genomic Instability8▲ 28×3 topics
  21. Neoadjuvant Therapy8▲ 13×5 topics
  22. Radiotherapy8▲ 7.8×11 topics
  23. Cancer Therapy8▲ 5.1×15 topics
  24. Clinical Practice Guidelines8▲ 5.3×11 topics
  25. Survival Analysis7▲ 9.7×7 topics
  26. Cancer Risk7▲ 12×5 topics
  27. Immune Checkpoint Blockade6▲ 21×1 topic
  28. Metastasis6▲ 6.7×10 topics
  29. PD-1 and PD-L16▲ 21×1 topic
  30. PET Imaging6▲ 13×4 topics
  31. Minimal Residual Disease6▲ 31×2 topics
  32. Molecular Characterization6▲ 12×4 topics
  33. Cell Death6▲ 9.0×5 topics
  34. Cancer Genomics5▲ 27×1 topic
  35. Mutational Signatures5▲ 27×1 topic
  36. Hematopoietic Stem Cells5▲ 22×3 topics
  37. Ovarian Cancer5▲ 20×3 topics
  38. Genomic Profiling5▲ 17×2 topics
  39. Rituximab5▲ 12×3 topics
  40. Biogenesis5▲ 9.9×3 topics

Which research topics does The University of Kansas Cancer Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: CAR-T cell therapy research, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics and Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer.

CAR-T cell therapy resea…9CAR-T cell therapy research: 9 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 6 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diag…5Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 5 fractional worksEconomic and Financial I…4Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer: 4 fractional worksAcute Myeloid Leukemia Research: 4 fractional worksMultiple Myeloma Research and Treatments: 4 fractional worksMyeloproliferative Neopl…3Myeloproliferative Neoplasms: Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional worksLymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 3 fractional worksBRCA gene mutations in cancer: 3 fractional works
OncologyCancer ResearchEconomics and EconometricsHematology3 others

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

  1. 1 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 9 works
  2. 2 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 6 works
  3. 3 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 5 works
  4. 4 Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  5. 5 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research Hematology 4 works
  6. 6 Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments Hematology 4 works
  7. 7 Myeloproliferative Neoplasms: Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 3 works
  8. 8 Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pathology and Forensic Medicine 3 works
  9. 9 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  10. 10 BRCA gene mutations in cancer Genetics 3 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 available49.1%not open50.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.4%domestic only86.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has The University of Kansas Cancer Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 43% 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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