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UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

In research, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center stands highest in Medicine (#1,490 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,971 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,387 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology, Cancer Research and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Oncology is 18.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,829
of 28,054 · #1,884 all time
Rank in United States
#410
of 4,192
Research works
2.2k
▲ 15% vs 2013–17
Citations
156k
69.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
30.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
50%
world 28%

What is UCSF Helen Diller Family 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 #1,490 of 10,443 26.8%250 #799
Health SciencesDomain #1,971 of 11,982 26.7%259 #1049
Life SciencesDomain #1,387 of 7,800 37.2%117 #839
OncologySubfield #186 of 772 30.0%84 #135
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,550 of 3,579 36.3%100 #786

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where UCSF Helen Diller Family 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).

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#799 #1,490
  2. Health Sciences#1,049 #1,971
  3. Life Sciences#839 #1,387
  4. Oncology#135 #186
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#786 #1,550
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 UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center specialise in?

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

  1. OncologySubfield · 83.6 works18×
  2. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 21.6 works12×
  3. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 51.4 works8.1×
← 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: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.55× its world share, 100 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.27× its world share, 14 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.59× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.74× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.16× its world share, 250 worksMedicineNursing: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.78× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 5 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, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Frank McCormick, Stefanie Ueda and H. S. Rugo lead among researchers whose main affiliation is UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center.

  1. 1 Frank McCormick United States · #51,969 worldwide 665 citations · 86 works
  2. 2 Stefanie Ueda United States · #308,518 worldwide 70 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 H. S. Rugo United States · #333,246 worldwide 73 citations · 31 works
  4. 4 Étienne Lessard United States · #766,712 worldwide 40 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Byron Hann United States · #822,724 worldwide 27 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Bin Liu United States · #1,448,869 worldwide 25 citations · 29 works
  7. 7 Scott Bidlingmaier United States · #1,532,026 worldwide 4 citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

Which keywords describe research at UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center?

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

▲ 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. Immunotherapy51▲ 17×18 topics
  2. Chemotherapy36▲ 12×22 topics
  3. Cancer31▲ 5.5×41 topics
  4. Clinical Trials26▲ 9.6×14 topics
  5. Breast Cancer26▲ 27×10 topics
  6. Tumor Microenvironment24▲ 13×8 topics
  7. Targeted Therapy23▲ 25×5 topics
  8. Genetic Mutations22▲ 13×13 topics
  9. Prostate Cancer22▲ 41×4 topics
  10. Biomarkers21▲ 7.5×13 topics
  11. Cancer Therapy21▲ 9.0×17 topics
  12. Genomic Profiling19▲ 44×2 topics
  13. Neoadjuvant Therapy17▲ 18×5 topics
  14. Prognostic Factors17▲ 9.2×14 topics
  15. Quality of Life17▲ 2.8×19 topics
  16. Radiotherapy16▲ 10.0×12 topics
  17. Metastatic Breast Cancer15▲ 65×2 topics
  18. Hormone Therapy15▲ 44×3 topics
  19. Cancer Immunotherapy14▲ 22×3 topics
  20. Androgen Receptor14▲ 46×1 topic
  21. Metastatic Prostate Cancer14▲ 83×1 topic
  22. Lymphoma13▲ 20×4 topics
  23. Gene Expression13▲ 5.2×14 topics
  24. Tumor Regression13▲ 29×2 topics
  25. Clinical Practice Guidelines13▲ 5.7×12 topics
  26. Genomic Instability12▲ 27×3 topics
  27. Immune Checkpoint Blockade12▲ 26×1 topic
  28. PD-1 and PD-L112▲ 26×1 topic
  29. Precision Medicine12▲ 6.2×7 topics
  30. Survival Analysis12▲ 10×7 topics
  31. Leukemia11▲ 31×2 topics
  32. PET Imaging11▲ 15×4 topics
  33. CAR T Cells10▲ 35×1 topic
  34. Chimeric Antigen Receptor10▲ 35×1 topic
  35. Screening10▲ 26×2 topics
  36. Cell Cycle Control10▲ 80×2 topics
  37. Molecular Characterization10▲ 14×5 topics
  38. Clinical Guidelines10▲ 8.2×6 topics
  39. CDK4/6 Inhibitors10▲ 95×1 topic
  40. Palbociclib10▲ 95×1 topic

Which research topics does UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, CAR-T cell therapy research and Advanced Breast Cancer Therapies.

Prostate Cancer Treatmen…14Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research: 14 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…12Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 12 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy resea…10CAR-T cell therapy research: 10 fractional worksAdvanced Breast Cancer T…10Advanced Breast Cancer Therapies: 10 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 10 fractional worksProstate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 8 fractional worksHER2/EGFR in Cancer Rese…7HER2/EGFR in Cancer Research: 7 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence and Screening: 7 fractional worksBladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments: 6 fractional worksRadiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications: 6 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineOncologyCancer ResearchSurgery1 others

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

  1. 1 Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 14 works
  2. 2 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 12 works
  3. 3 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 10 works
  4. 4 Advanced Breast Cancer Therapies Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 10 works
  5. 5 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 10 works
  6. 6 Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 8 works
  7. 7 HER2/EGFR in Cancer Research Oncology 7 works
  8. 8 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 7 works
  9. 9 Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments Surgery 6 works
  10. 10 Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 6 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 available50.1%not open49.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.6%domestic only78.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% 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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