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USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center

In research, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center stands highest in Medicine (#5,252 of 10,443 worldwide), Life Sciences (#4,356 of 7,800 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,882 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology — Oncology is 13.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,135
of 28,054 · #4,659 all time
Rank in United States
#1,224
of 4,192
Research works
1.7k
▲ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
91k
54.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

What is USC Norris 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 #5,252 of 10,443 17.3%141 #2594
Life SciencesDomain #4,356 of 7,800 21.1%61 #1991
Health SciencesDomain #6,882 of 11,982 17.2%145 #3289

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where USC Norris 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#2,594 #5,252
  2. Life Sciences#1,991 #4,356
  3. Health Sciences#3,289 #6,882
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 USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 13.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 33.7 works13×
← 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: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.93× its world share, 48 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.75× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.75× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.77× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.19× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.57× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.20× its world share, 141 worksMedicineNursing: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.59× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 2 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, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Betty Chan, Kevin McDonnell and Michael A. Gordon lead among researchers whose main affiliation is USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center.

  1. 1 Betty Chan United States · #283,024 worldwide 286 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Kevin McDonnell United States · #412,222 worldwide 65 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Michael A. Gordon United States · #645,460 worldwide 56 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Wu Zhang United States · #1,205,633 worldwide 25 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 H. J. Lenz United States · #1,285,451 worldwide 31 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Yan Ning United States · #1,600,105 worldwide 1 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center

Which keywords describe research at USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chemotherapy, Immunotherapy, Prognostic Factors, Cancer, Molecular Characterization, Targeted Therapy, Tumor Microenvironment and Neoadjuvant 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. Chemotherapy24▲ 15×21 topics
  2. Immunotherapy22▲ 13×16 topics
  3. Cancer16▲ 5.3×34 topics
  4. Prognostic Factors15▲ 15×13 topics
  5. Epidemiology14▲ 1.51×43 topics
  6. Molecular Characterization12▲ 30×5 topics
  7. Targeted Therapy12▲ 24×5 topics
  8. Tumor Microenvironment12▲ 12×8 topics
  9. Clinical Trials11▲ 7.4×10 topics
  10. Neoadjuvant Therapy11▲ 21×5 topics
  11. Guidelines10▲ 8.9×6 topics
  12. Inflammation9▲ 1.96×35 topics
  13. Biomarkers8▲ 5.4×13 topics
  14. Cancer Therapy8▲ 6.5×16 topics
  15. Radiotherapy8▲ 9.2×13 topics
  16. Clinical Practice Guidelines8▲ 6.4×9 topics
  17. Gene Expression8▲ 5.6×11 topics
  18. Bladder Cancer8▲ 89×1 topic
  19. Urothelial Carcinoma8▲ 77×1 topic
  20. Metastasis7▲ 9.1×11 topics
  21. Precision Medicine7▲ 6.1×7 topics
  22. Breast Cancer6▲ 12×10 topics
  23. Immune Checkpoint Blockade6▲ 26×1 topic
  24. PD-1 and PD-L16▲ 26×1 topic
  25. Genomic Instability6▲ 25×3 topics
  26. Survival Analysis6▲ 9.6×6 topics
  27. Cell-Free DNA5▲ 24×2 topics
  28. Genomic Profiling5▲ 23×2 topics
  29. Cancer Genomics5▲ 32×1 topic
  30. Genetic Mutations5▲ 5.4×14 topics
  31. Mutational Signatures5▲ 32×1 topic
  32. Cancer Immunotherapy5▲ 15×3 topics
  33. Immunity5▲ 5.3×7 topics
  34. Molecular Subtypes5▲ 25×3 topics
  35. Cancer Risk5▲ 9.3×5 topics
  36. Innate Immunity4▲ 6.2×8 topics
  37. Genetic Alterations4▲ 25×2 topics
  38. DNA Methylation4▲ 16×3 topics
  39. Epigenetic Regulation4▲ 8.2×5 topics
  40. Epigenetic Reprogramming4▲ 19×2 topics

Which research topics does USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation.

Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments: 8 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 6 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diag…5Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 5 fractional worksEpigenetics and DNA Meth…4Epigenetics and DNA Methylation: 4 fractional worksAcute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research: 4 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies: 3 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments a…3Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 3 fractional worksUrinary and Genital Oncology Studies: 3 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 3 fractional worksAcute Myeloid Leukemia Research: 3 fractional works
SurgeryOncologyCancer ResearchMolecular Biology3 others

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

  1. 1 Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments Surgery 8 works
  2. 2 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 6 works
  3. 3 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 5 works
  4. 4 Epigenetics and DNA Methylation Molecular Biology 4 works
  5. 5 Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  6. 6 Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies Oncology 3 works
  7. 7 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  8. 8 Urinary and Genital Oncology Studies Surgery 3 works
  9. 9 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 3 works
  10. 10 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research Hematology 3 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 available38.1%not open61.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.4%domestic only82.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% 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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