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University Cancer Center Hamburg

In research, University Cancer Center Hamburg stands highest in Medicine (#6,411 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,149 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,053
of 28,054 · #14,762 all time
Rank in Germany
#506
of 1,178
Research works
422
▲ 24% vs 2013–17
Citations
17k
40.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is University Cancer Center Hamburg 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 #6,411 of 10,443 17.9%80 #5440
Health SciencesDomain #8,149 of 11,982 17.6%82 #7354

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University Cancer Center Hamburg 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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.48× its world share, 21 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.41× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.81× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.67× its world share, 80 worksMedicineNursing: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University Cancer Center Hamburg?

Ranked on the composite score, Eray Goekkurt, Alex Stein and Manfred Kindler lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University Cancer Center Hamburg.

  1. 1 Eray Goekkurt Germany · #793,042 worldwide 34 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 Alex Stein Germany · #1,204,076 worldwide 12 citations · 41 works
  3. 3 Manfred Kindler Germany · #1,426,928 worldwide 1 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at University Cancer Center Hamburg

Which keywords describe research at University Cancer Center Hamburg?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chemotherapy, Immunotherapy, Cancer, Tumor Microenvironment, Clinical Trials, Inflammation, Prognostic Factors 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. Chemotherapy11▲ 13×22 topics
  2. Immunotherapy9▲ 12×16 topics
  3. Cancer8▲ 5.2×35 topics
  4. Inflammation8▲ 3.4×50 topics
  5. Epidemiology6▲ 1.46×42 topics
  6. Tumor Microenvironment6▲ 12×8 topics
  7. Clinical Trials6▲ 7.6×10 topics
  8. Prognostic Factors5▲ 10×12 topics
  9. Targeted Therapy5▲ 20×5 topics
  10. Clinical Practice Guidelines5▲ 7.8×11 topics
  11. Guidelines5▲ 8.7×10 topics
  12. Treatment4▲ 3.2×20 topics
  13. Radiotherapy4▲ 9.7×11 topics
  14. Biomarkers4▲ 5.2×12 topics
  15. Quality of Life4▲ 2.5×14 topics
  16. Genetic Mutations4▲ 8.1×12 topics
  17. Genomic Instability4▲ 31×3 topics
  18. Neoadjuvant Therapy4▲ 14×5 topics
  19. Cancer Therapy4▲ 5.4×15 topics
  20. Health-related Quality of Life3▲ 12×3 topics
  21. Survival Analysis3▲ 11×6 topics
  22. Breast Cancer3▲ 12×9 topics
  23. Catheter Ablation3▲ 23×2 topics
  24. Genetic Variants3▲ 15×5 topics
  25. Herbal Medicine3▲ 9.1×4 topics
  26. Molecular Characterization3▲ 15×4 topics
  27. Heart Failure3▲ 5.9×9 topics
  28. Prostate Cancer3▲ 20×4 topics
  29. Anxiety3▲ 5.2×6 topics
  30. Immune Checkpoint Blockade3▲ 21×1 topic
  31. PD-1 and PD-L13▲ 21×1 topic
  32. Statins3▲ 33×2 topics
  33. Cancer Genomics3▲ 32×1 topic
  34. Cancer Survivorship3▲ 32×2 topics
  35. Metastasis3▲ 6.7×10 topics
  36. Mutational Signatures3▲ 32×1 topic
  37. Prognosis3▲ 7.1×5 topics
  38. Genomic Profiling2▲ 20×2 topics
  39. Patient-Reported Outcomes2▲ 38×1 topic
  40. Psychosocial Interventions2▲ 38×1 topic

Which research topics does University Cancer Center Hamburg publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, Cancer survivorship and care and Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health.

Cancer Immunotherapy and…3Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 3 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diag…3Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 3 fractional worksCancer survivorship and …2Cancer survivorship and care: 2 fractional worksLipoproteins and Cardiov…2Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health: 2 fractional worksCancer Cells and Metastasis: 2 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Tre…2Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksProstate Cancer Treatmen…2Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research: 2 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and …1Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 1 fractional worksComplementary and Altern…1Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies: 1 fractional works
OncologyCancer ResearchSurgeryCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 3 works
  2. 2 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 3 works
  3. 3 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 2 works
  4. 4 Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health Surgery 2 works
  5. 5 Cancer Cells and Metastasis Oncology 2 works
  6. 6 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 2 works
  8. 8 Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies Complementary and alternative medicine 1 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 available48.1%not open51.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.1%domestic only67.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University Cancer Center Hamburg's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 24% 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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