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Thoracic Surgery Foundation

In research, Thoracic Surgery Foundation stands highest in Medicine (#1,963 of 17,978 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,540 of 20,462 worldwide) and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (#1,110 of 2,717 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#9,967
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#2,203
of 8,685
Research works
800
▼ 49% vs 2013–17
Citations
31k
38.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
28%
world 28%

What is Thoracic Surgery Foundation 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 #1,963 of 17,978 19.6%599
Health SciencesDomain #2,540 of 20,462 19.5%614
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #1,110 of 2,717 20.0%180
Life SciencesDomain #7,990 of 14,347 23.7%155
SurgerySubfield #2,377 of 4,227 20.5%122
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #6,727 of 7,814 25.1%126

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Thoracic Surgery Foundation 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.80× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.62× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.03× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEngineering: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.20× its world share, 18 worksMedicinePsychology: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksPsychology1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Thoracic Surgery Foundation?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chemotherapy, Radiotherapy, Tumor Staging, CT Screening, Lung Cancer, Immunotherapy, Tumor Microenvironment and Metastasis.

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

All 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Chemotherapy3▲ 22×5 topics
  2. Radiotherapy2▲ 29×3 topics
  3. Tumor Staging2▲ 97×2 topics
  4. CT Screening2▲ 155×1 topic
  5. Lung Cancer2▲ 61×1 topic
  6. Immunotherapy2▲ 13×8 topics
  7. Epidemiology2▲ 2.1×11 topics
  8. Cancer2▲ 5.2×8 topics
  9. Tumor Microenvironment2▲ 16×5 topics
  10. Diagnosis1▲ 6.3×8 topics
  11. Metastasis1▲ 17×5 topics
  12. Targeted Therapy1▲ 26×3 topics
  13. Treatment1▲ 4.7×10 topics
  14. Clinical Trials1▲ 7.8×2 topics
  15. Prognosis1▲ 15×4 topics
  16. Prognostic Factors1▲ 12×5 topics
  17. Biomarkers1▲ 6.6×3 topics

Which research topics does Thoracic Surgery Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers and Tracheal and airway disorders.

Lung Cancer Diagnosis an…2Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksPleural and Pulmonary Diseases: 1 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 1 fractional worksTracheal and airway diso…1Tracheal and airway disorders: 1 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 1 fractional worksMyasthenia Gravis and Thymoma: 1 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Le…1Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 1 fractional worksEsophageal Cancer Research and Treatment: 1 fractional worksLung Cancer Research Studies: 0 fractional worksThyroid and Parathyroid Surgery: 0 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineOncologyNeurologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging1 others

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

  1. 1 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  2. 2 Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  3. 3 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 1 works
  4. 4 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  5. 5 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 Myasthenia Gravis and Thymoma Neurology 1 works
  7. 7 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  8. 8 Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment Surgery 1 works
  9. 9 Lung Cancer Research Studies Oncology 0 works
  10. 10 Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery Surgery 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 available27.6%not open72.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors40.7%domestic only59.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Thoracic Surgery Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 49% 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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