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Thompson Cancer Survival Center

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World rank, all time
#21,611
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#4,668
of 8,685
Research works
199
▼ 86% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.8k
24.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
20%
world 28%

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: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.95× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 1.02× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 1.45× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 8.74× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.41× its world share, 9 worksMedicineNursing: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.04× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 8.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Thompson Cancer Survival Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Bergein F. Overholt, R. Seibert and Masoud Panjehpour lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Thompson Cancer Survival Center.

  1. 1 Bergein F. Overholt United States · #139,473 worldwide 118 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 R. Seibert United States · #332,582 worldwide 146 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Masoud Panjehpour United States · #551,348 worldwide 54 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 S. Mahan United States · #1,298,232 worldwide 12 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 C Ramsey United States · #1,484,375 worldwide 3 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at Thompson Cancer Survival Center

Which keywords describe research at Thompson Cancer Survival Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Particle Therapy, Proton Therapy, Dosimetry, Image-Guided Radiotherapy, Radiotherapy Physics, Radiotherapy, Genomic Instability and CMOS Technology.

▲ 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 10 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 10 words, with their numbers
  1. Particle Therapy4▲ 713×1 topic
  2. Proton Therapy4▲ 713×1 topic
  3. Dosimetry2▲ 172×2 topics
  4. Image-Guided Radiotherapy2▲ 247×1 topic
  5. Radiotherapy Physics2▲ 247×1 topic
  6. Radiotherapy2▲ 19×8 topics
  7. CMOS Technology1▲ 72×2 topics
  8. Genomic Instability1▲ 53×2 topics
  9. Scanning Electron Microscopy1▲ 219×1 topic
  10. X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy1▲ 64×1 topic

Which research topics does Thompson Cancer Survival Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry, Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques, Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques and Effects of Radiation Exposure.

Radiation Therapy and Do…4Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry: 4 fractional worksAdvanced Radiotherapy Techniques: 2 fractional worksElectron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques: 1 fractional worksEffects of Radiation Exposure: 1 fractional worksRadiation Effects in Ele…1Radiation Effects in Electronics: 1 fractional worksNuclear Physics and Applications: 1 fractional worksBrain Metastases and Treatment: 0 fractional worksAsphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation: 0 fractional worksAtomic and Subatomic Physics Research: 0 fractional worksPARP inhibition in cancer therapy: 0 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineRadiationSurfaces, Coatings and FilmsRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging4 others

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

  1. 1 Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  2. 2 Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques Radiation 2 works
  3. 3 Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques Surfaces, Coatings and Films 1 works
  4. 4 Effects of Radiation Exposure Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  5. 5 Radiation Effects in Electronics Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Nuclear Physics and Applications Radiation 1 works
  7. 7 Brain Metastases and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  8. 8 Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 0 works
  10. 10 PARP inhibition in cancer therapy Oncology 0 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 available20.4%not open79.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors3.0%domestic only97.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Thompson Cancer Survival Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 86% 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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