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UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center

In research, UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center stands highest in Medicine (#4,701 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,231 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology — Oncology is 15.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,687
of 28,054 · #9,450 all time
Rank in ??
#96
of 692
Research works
566
▲ 19% vs 2013–17
Citations
17k
30.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is UC Davis Comprehensive 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 #4,701 of 10,443 22.6%81 #5451
Health SciencesDomain #6,231 of 11,982 23.1%83 #7176

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where UC Davis Comprehensive 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).

What does UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 15.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 22.5 works16×
← 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: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.12× its world share, 28 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.62× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.65× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.77× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.25× its world share, 81 worksMedicineNursing: 1.32× its world share, 1 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 1 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, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center?

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

▲ 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. Chemotherapy14▲ 16×20 topics
  2. Immunotherapy14▲ 15×15 topics
  3. Inflammation13▲ 5.0×37 topics
  4. Cancer11▲ 6.2×35 topics
  5. Targeted Therapy10▲ 35×5 topics
  6. Clinical Trials10▲ 11×10 topics
  7. Prognostic Factors9▲ 17×13 topics
  8. Tumor Microenvironment8▲ 15×8 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress8▲ 3.8×31 topics
  10. Genomic Profiling7▲ 55×2 topics
  11. Metabolism7▲ 11×9 topics
  12. Radiotherapy7▲ 14×12 topics
  13. Cancer Therapy6▲ 8.2×16 topics
  14. Biomarkers6▲ 6.2×8 topics
  15. Genetic Mutations5▲ 9.0×10 topics
  16. Immune Checkpoint Blockade5▲ 33×1 topic
  17. PD-1 and PD-L15▲ 33×1 topic
  18. ALK Inhibitors5▲ 57×1 topic
  19. EGFR Mutations5▲ 57×1 topic
  20. Hypertension5▲ 12×5 topics
  21. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 6.4×11 topics
  22. Cardiovascular Function4▲ 89×2 topics
  23. Cytochrome P4504▲ 99×2 topics
  24. Arachidonic Acid4▲ 237×1 topic
  25. Epoxyeicosatrienoic Acids4▲ 237×1 topic
  26. Cancer Immunotherapy4▲ 20×3 topics
  27. Metastasis4▲ 9.2×8 topics
  28. Molecular Characterization4▲ 17×5 topics
  29. Immunity4▲ 7.5×6 topics
  30. Genomic Instability4▲ 27×3 topics
  31. Prostate Cancer4▲ 21×3 topics
  32. Adjuvant Therapy3▲ 21×2 topics
  33. Cancer Genomics3▲ 32×1 topic
  34. Lymphoma3▲ 14×2 topics
  35. Mutational Signatures3▲ 32×1 topic
  36. Tumor Staging3▲ 21×2 topics
  37. Neoadjuvant Therapy3▲ 9.5×5 topics
  38. Therapeutic Targets3▲ 15×8 topics
  39. Cell Death3▲ 9.5×6 topics
  40. Hormone Therapy3▲ 27×3 topics

Which research topics does UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations, Eicosanoids and Hypertension Pharmacology and Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics.

Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 5 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 5 fractional worksEicosanoids and Hyperten…4Eicosanoids and Hypertension Pharmacology: 4 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diag…3Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 3 fractional worksProstate Cancer Treatment and Research: 3 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional worksAcute Myeloid Leukemia R…2Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research: 2 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 2 fractional worksImmunotherapy and Immune Responses: 2 fractional worksLung Cancer Research Studies: 2 fractional works
OncologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineBiochemistryCancer Research2 others

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

  1. 1 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 5 works
  2. 2 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  3. 3 Eicosanoids and Hypertension Pharmacology Biochemistry 4 works
  4. 4 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 3 works
  5. 5 Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  6. 6 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  7. 7 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research Hematology 2 works
  8. 8 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 2 works
  9. 9 Immunotherapy and Immune Responses Immunology 2 works
  10. 10 Lung Cancer Research Studies Oncology 2 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 available47.9%not open52.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.4%domestic only77.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 19% 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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