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Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

In research, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center stands highest in Medicine (#3,087 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,286 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology — Oncology is 17.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,308
of 28,054 · #9,422 all time
Rank in ??
#180
of 692
Research works
535
▲ 12% vs 2013–17
Citations
25k
46.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
world 28%

What is Vanderbilt-Ingram 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 #3,087 of 10,443 26.2%72 #3017
Health SciencesDomain #4,286 of 11,982 25.9%74 #4146

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Vanderbilt-Ingram 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 Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 17.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 21.1 works18×
← 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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.94× its world share, 17 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.95× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.85× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.52× its world share, 72 worksMedicineNursing: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.10× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center?

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

▲ 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. Chemotherapy16▲ 22×21 topics
  2. Immunotherapy10▲ 14×14 topics
  3. Prognostic Factors9▲ 19×11 topics
  4. Targeted Therapy9▲ 37×5 topics
  5. Clinical Trials7▲ 10×11 topics
  6. Quality of Life7▲ 4.8×17 topics
  7. Tumor Microenvironment7▲ 15×8 topics
  8. Molecular Characterization6▲ 33×4 topics
  9. Cancer6▲ 4.1×30 topics
  10. Precision Medicine6▲ 12×7 topics
  11. Clinical Practice Guidelines5▲ 9.0×10 topics
  12. Genetic Mutations5▲ 11×9 topics
  13. Neoadjuvant Therapy5▲ 19×5 topics
  14. Breast Cancer4▲ 17×8 topics
  15. Genomic Instability4▲ 37×3 topics
  16. Cell-Free DNA4▲ 40×2 topics
  17. Cancer Genomics4▲ 54×1 topic
  18. Mutational Signatures4▲ 54×1 topic
  19. Biomarkers4▲ 5.6×10 topics
  20. Survival Analysis4▲ 14×6 topics
  21. Immune Checkpoint Blockade4▲ 32×1 topic
  22. PD-1 and PD-L14▲ 32×1 topic
  23. Radiotherapy4▲ 8.8×12 topics
  24. Metastasis4▲ 9.8×11 topics
  25. Molecular Subtypes4▲ 40×2 topics
  26. Cetuximab3▲ 38×2 topics
  27. Cost of Care3▲ 106×1 topic
  28. Financial Toxicity3▲ 106×1 topic
  29. Genomic Profiling3▲ 32×2 topics
  30. Clinical Guidelines3▲ 10.0×4 topics
  31. Metastatic3▲ 48×2 topics
  32. BRAF Mutation3▲ 40×2 topics
  33. Therapy3▲ 15×3 topics
  34. Cancer Risk3▲ 13×5 topics
  35. Treatment Guidelines3▲ 13×4 topics
  36. Fluorouracil3▲ 81×1 topic
  37. Health-related Quality of Life3▲ 11×3 topics
  38. KRAS Mutations3▲ 81×1 topic
  39. Cancer Immunotherapy3▲ 16×3 topics
  40. Genetic Testing3▲ 22×2 topics

Which research topics does Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer and Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies.

Cancer Genomics and Diag…4Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 4 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…4Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 4 fractional worksEconomic and Financial I…3Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer: 3 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Treatm…3Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies: 3 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 2 fractional worksRenal cell carcinoma treatment: 2 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic…2Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 2 fractional worksColorectal and Anal Carcinomas: 2 fractional worksCancer survivorship and care: 2 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 2 fractional works
Cancer ResearchOncologyEconomics and EconometricsPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine1 others

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

  1. 1 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 4 works
  2. 2 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 4 works
  3. 3 Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  4. 4 Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies Oncology 3 works
  5. 5 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Renal cell carcinoma treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  8. 8 Colorectal and Anal Carcinomas Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 2 works
  10. 10 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research 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 available42.9%not open57.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 12% 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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