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UPMC Hillman Cancer Center

In research, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center stands highest in Life Sciences (#445 of 7,800 worldwide), Medicine (#954 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#1,426 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology, Immunology and Cancer Research — Oncology is 16.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,339
of 28,054 · #1,061 all time
Rank in United States
#221
of 4,192
Research works
5.3k
▼ 20% vs 2013–17
Citations
282k
53.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
44%
world 28%

What is UPMC Hillman 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
Life SciencesDomain #445 of 7,800 28.9%233 #394
MedicineField #954 of 10,443 22.8%355 #500
Health SciencesDomain #1,426 of 11,982 22.8%363 #688
OncologySubfield #110 of 772 26.3%121 #72
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,192 of 3,579 27.7%160 #698
Molecular BiologySubfield #982 of 2,175 27.7%97 #585

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where UPMC Hillman 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. Life Sciences#394 #445
  2. Medicine#500 #954
  3. Health Sciences#688 #1,426
  4. Oncology#72 #110
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#698 #1,192
  6. Molecular Biology#585 #982
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 UPMC Hillman Cancer Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 16.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 121.3 works17×
  2. ImmunologySubfield · 55.3 works12×
  3. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 33.7 works12×
  4. Immunology and MicrobiologyField · 56.7 works8.8×
← 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: 0.19× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.66× its world share, 160 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 8.76× its world share, 57 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.83× its world share, 9 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.83× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.59× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.34× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.87× its world share, 355 worksMedicineNursing: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.31× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 8.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center?

Ranked on the composite score, John M. Kirkwood, Steffi Oesterreich and Julie E. Bauman lead among researchers whose main affiliation is UPMC Hillman Cancer Center.

  1. 1 John M. Kirkwood United States · #5,526 worldwide 1.6k citations · 175 works
  2. 2 Steffi Oesterreich United States · #22,873 worldwide 544 citations · 73 works
  3. 3 Julie E. Bauman United States · #41,751 worldwide 493 citations · 32 works
  4. 4 Jian Yu United States · #46,714 worldwide 442 citations · 52 works
  5. 5 Theresa L. Whiteside United States · #47,108 worldwide 506 citations · 122 works
  6. 6 William E. Gooding United States · #58,964 worldwide 326 citations · 59 works
  7. 7 Lisa H. Butterfield United States · #67,189 worldwide 240 citations · 41 works
  8. 8 Robert L. Ferris United States · #70,903 worldwide 610 citations · 143 works
  9. 9 Jian‐Min Yuan United States · #104,934 worldwide 620 citations · 124 works
  10. 10 Hannah Rabinowich United States · #135,734 worldwide 393 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center

Which keywords describe research at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Immunotherapy, Cancer, Tumor Microenvironment, Chemotherapy, Cancer Immunotherapy, Radiotherapy, Immune Checkpoint Blockade and PD-1 and PD-L1.

▲ 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. Immunotherapy65▲ 14×18 topics
  2. Cancer64▲ 7.5×46 topics
  3. Tumor Microenvironment52▲ 18×8 topics
  4. Chemotherapy48▲ 11×21 topics
  5. Cancer Immunotherapy40▲ 40×3 topics
  6. Inflammation39▲ 2.9×65 topics
  7. Radiotherapy35▲ 14×11 topics
  8. Immune Checkpoint Blockade32▲ 44×1 topic
  9. PD-1 and PD-L132▲ 44×1 topic
  10. Immunity31▲ 12×9 topics
  11. Lymphoma28▲ 27×4 topics
  12. Tumor Regression27▲ 39×2 topics
  13. Targeted Therapy26▲ 18×5 topics
  14. Gene Expression26▲ 6.6×17 topics
  15. Prognostic Factors25▲ 8.9×14 topics
  16. Cancer Therapy25▲ 6.8×16 topics
  17. Innate Immunity23▲ 11×10 topics
  18. Biomarkers22▲ 5.1×16 topics
  19. Clinical Trials22▲ 5.1×17 topics
  20. Leukemia22▲ 40×2 topics
  21. CAR T Cells21▲ 45×1 topic
  22. Chimeric Antigen Receptor21▲ 45×1 topic
  23. Genomic Instability21▲ 30×3 topics
  24. Clinical Practice Guidelines21▲ 6.0×11 topics
  25. Survival Analysis19▲ 11×7 topics
  26. Breast Cancer18▲ 12×10 topics
  27. Antigen Presentation17▲ 30×2 topics
  28. Dendritic Cells17▲ 29×2 topics
  29. Tumor Antigen16▲ 41×1 topic
  30. Vaccine Adjuvants16▲ 41×1 topic
  31. Precision Medicine16▲ 5.2×7 topics
  32. Metastasis16▲ 7.1×12 topics
  33. Cell Death14▲ 9.7×6 topics
  34. Neoadjuvant Therapy14▲ 9.3×5 topics
  35. Apoptosis13▲ 6.7×19 topics
  36. Homologous Recombination13▲ 44×2 topics
  37. PET Imaging12▲ 11×4 topics
  38. Cetuximab12▲ 22×2 topics
  39. Survival12▲ 13×4 topics
  40. Genomic Profiling11▲ 17×2 topics

Which research topics does UPMC Hillman Cancer Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, CAR-T cell therapy research, Immunotherapy and Immune Responses and Immune Cell Function and Interaction.

Cancer Immunotherapy and…32Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 32 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 21 fractional worksImmunotherapy and Immune Responses: 16 fractional worksImmune Cell Function and Interaction: 11 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 11 fractional worksDNA Repair Mechanisms: 8 fractional worksImmune cells in cancer: 8 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 8 fractional worksAdvanced Radiotherapy Techniques: 8 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 7 fractional works
OncologyImmunologyCancer ResearchMolecular Biology3 others

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

  1. 1 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 32 works
  2. 2 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 21 works
  3. 3 Immunotherapy and Immune Responses Immunology 16 works
  4. 4 Immune Cell Function and Interaction Immunology 11 works
  5. 5 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 11 works
  6. 6 DNA Repair Mechanisms Molecular Biology 8 works
  7. 7 Immune cells in cancer Immunology 8 works
  8. 8 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 8 works
  9. 9 Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques Radiation 8 works
  10. 10 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 7 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 available43.9%not open56.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.8%domestic only84.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has UPMC Hillman Cancer Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% 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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