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The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

In research, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center stands highest in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (#1 of 1,144 worldwide), Medicine (#13 of 10,443 worldwide) and Oncology (#1 of 772 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Hematology, Genetics and Oncology — Hematology is 18.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#137
of 28,054 · #197 all time
Rank in United States
#41
of 4,192
Research works
75k
◆ 0% vs 2013–17
Citations
3M
39.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
35%
world 28%

What is The University of Texas MD Anderson 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
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #1 of 1,144 16.4%945 #4
MedicineField #13 of 10,443 17.2%7,445 #18
OncologySubfield #1 of 772 18.0%1,628 #3
Health SciencesDomain #17 of 11,982 17.3%7,665 #27
Life SciencesDomain #34 of 7,800 18.9%2,465 #59
HematologySubfield #1 of 117 19.3%605 #1
GeneticsSubfield #1 of 98 15.6%409 #2
Pathology and Forensic MedicineSubfield #3 of 268 15.9%331 #8
Immunology and MicrobiologyField #8 of 682 20.7%432 #27
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #51 of 3,579 18.2%1,843 #72

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where The University of Texas MD Anderson 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. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#4 #1
  2. Medicine#18 #13
  3. Oncology#3 #1
  4. Health Sciences#27 #17
  5. Life Sciences#59 #34
  6. Hematology#1 #1
  7. Genetics#2 #1
  8. Pathology and Forensic Medicine#8 #3
  9. Immunology and Microbiology#27 #8
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#72 #51
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 Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Hematology takes 18.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. HematologySubfield · 605.4 works18×
  2. GeneticsSubfield · 408.7 works14×
  3. OncologySubfield · 1,627.8 works13×
  4. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 461.8 works9.7×
  5. OtorhinolaryngologySubfield · 73.3 works6.7×
  6. RadiationSubfield · 90.3 works6.0×
  7. Pathology and Forensic MedicineSubfield · 330.9 works5.8×
  8. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 944.7 works5.6×
← 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: 0.06× its world share, 29 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.13× its world share, 1,843 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.89× its world share, 432 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.78× its world share, 139 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.57× its world share, 22 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.24× its world share, 41 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 87 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 159 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.04× its world share, 21 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 25 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.58× its world share, 75 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.40× its world share, 98 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.39× its world share, 21 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.60× its world share, 173 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.51× its world share, 7,445 worksMedicineNursing: 0.33× its world share, 18 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.58× its world share, 9 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 12 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 27 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.59× its world share, 139 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.30× its world share, 100 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 98 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Bharat B. Aggarwal, Alexander J. Lazar and Linghua Wang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

  1. 1 Bharat B. Aggarwal United States · #202 worldwide 4.2k citations · 117 works
  2. 2 Alexander J. Lazar United States · #1,358 worldwide 2.3k citations · 196 works
  3. 3 Linghua Wang United States · #1,539 worldwide 1.9k citations · 109 works
  4. 4 John N. Weinstein United States · #1,699 worldwide 2.2k citations · 93 works
  5. 5 Anne S. Tsao United States · #1,747 worldwide 1.6k citations · 107 works
  6. 6 Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis United States · #2,210 worldwide 1.4k citations · 103 works
  7. 7 María E. Suarez‐Almazor United States · #2,370 worldwide 1.5k citations · 81 works
  8. 8 Stanley R. Hamilton United States · #2,381 worldwide 1.4k citations · 122 works
  9. 9 Bita Esmaeli United States · #2,393 worldwide 1.5k citations · 82 works
  10. 10 Yiling Lu United States · #2,516 worldwide 1.8k citations · 82 works
All ranked researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Which keywords describe research at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Prognostic Factors, Immunotherapy, Chemotherapy, Tumor Microenvironment, Radiotherapy, Cancer, Clinical Practice Guidelines 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. Prognostic Factors1,027▲ 21×14 topics
  2. Immunotherapy989▲ 13×19 topics
  3. Chemotherapy971▲ 13×25 topics
  4. Cancer645▲ 4.4×53 topics
  5. Tumor Microenvironment572▲ 12×8 topics
  6. Epidemiology570▲ 1.31×125 topics
  7. Radiotherapy541▲ 13×13 topics
  8. Clinical Practice Guidelines460▲ 7.7×14 topics
  9. Targeted Therapy435▲ 18×5 topics
  10. Lymphoma430▲ 24×4 topics
  11. Quality of Life406▲ 2.6×49 topics
  12. Clinical Trials398▲ 5.4×19 topics
  13. Cancer Immunotherapy368▲ 22×3 topics
  14. Rituximab354▲ 21×4 topics
  15. Hematopoietic Stem Cells354▲ 37×3 topics
  16. Cancer Therapy335▲ 5.3×19 topics
  17. Gene Expression329▲ 4.9×19 topics
  18. Neoadjuvant Therapy328▲ 13×5 topics
  19. Tumor Regression321▲ 27×2 topics
  20. Survival Analysis317▲ 11×7 topics
  21. Biomarkers314▲ 4.2×16 topics
  22. Breast Cancer299▲ 11×11 topics
  23. Metastasis298▲ 7.9×12 topics
  24. Precision Medicine297▲ 5.8×8 topics
  25. AML293▲ 54×1 topic
  26. Acute Myeloid Leukemia293▲ 54×1 topic
  27. Genetic Mutations282▲ 5.9×23 topics
  28. PET Imaging269▲ 14×5 topics
  29. Immune Checkpoint Blockade260▲ 21×1 topic
  30. PD-1 and PD-L1260▲ 21×1 topic
  31. Leukemia259▲ 28×2 topics
  32. Genomic Instability258▲ 21×3 topics
  33. CAR T Cells248▲ 31×1 topic
  34. Chimeric Antigen Receptor248▲ 31×1 topic
  35. Therapeutic Targets232▲ 14×8 topics
  36. Mutation226▲ 11×5 topics
  37. Molecular Profiling223▲ 21×3 topics
  38. Molecular Characterization222▲ 11×6 topics
  39. Cell-Free DNA205▲ 19×2 topics
  40. Somatic Mutations203▲ 22×2 topics

Which research topics does The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center publish most on?

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

Acute Myeloid Leukemia R…293Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research: 293 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…260Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 260 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy resea…248CAR-T cell therapy research: 248 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diag…202Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 202 fractional worksChronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research: 182 fractional worksLymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 167 fractional worksChronic Myeloid Leukemia…159Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Treatments: 159 fractional worksAcute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research: 124 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 120 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 119 fractional works
HematologyOncologyCancer ResearchGenetics4 others

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

  1. 1 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research Hematology 293 works
  2. 2 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 260 works
  3. 3 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 248 works
  4. 4 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 202 works
  5. 5 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research Genetics 182 works
  6. 6 Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pathology and Forensic Medicine 167 works
  7. 7 Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Treatments Hematology 159 works
  8. 8 Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 124 works
  9. 9 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 120 works
  10. 10 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 119 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 available35.2%not open64.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.8%domestic only86.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 0% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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