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Velindre Cancer Centre

In research, Velindre Cancer Centre stands highest in Medicine (#3,583 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,773 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Medicine and Health Sciences — Medicine is 3.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, all time
#11,338
of 42,892
Rank in United Kingdom
#630
of 2,253
Research works
623
▼ 44% vs 2013–17
Citations
15k
24.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

What is Velindre Cancer Centre known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
MedicineField #3,583 of 17,978 15.8%432
Health SciencesDomain #4,773 of 20,462 15.6%455

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Velindre Cancer Centre 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 Velindre Cancer Centre specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Medicine takes 3.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MedicineField · 38.5 works3.8×
  2. Health SciencesDomain · 41.1 works3.4×
← 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.72× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.40× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.75× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.77× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.79× its world share, 38 worksMedicineNursing: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× 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, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Velindre Cancer Centre?

Ranked on the composite score, Peter Barrett‐Lee, Richard Adams and Satish Kumar lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Velindre Cancer Centre.

  1. 1 Peter Barrett‐Lee United Kingdom · #160,634 worldwide 134 citations · 30 works
  2. 2 Richard Adams United Kingdom · #426,795 worldwide 162 citations · 81 works
  3. 3 Satish Kumar United Kingdom · #699,097 worldwide 33 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 J. Staffurth United Kingdom · #836,758 worldwide 21 citations · 29 works
  5. 5 Ricky Frazer United Kingdom · #900,627 worldwide 29 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Sarah Gwynne United Kingdom · #1,082,618 worldwide 18 citations · 38 works
  7. 7 D. G. Lewis United Kingdom · #1,126,839 worldwide 59 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Tom Crosby United Kingdom · #1,312,948 worldwide 2 citations · 27 works
  9. 9 Louise Hanna United Kingdom · #1,321,074 worldwide 11 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 W.H. Sutherland United Kingdom · #1,562,059 worldwide 20 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Velindre Cancer Centre

Which keywords describe research at Velindre Cancer Centre?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chemotherapy, Immunotherapy, Targeted Therapy, Clinical Trials, Radiotherapy, Genomic Profiling, Breast Cancer and Clinical Practice Guidelines.

▲ 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. Chemotherapy7▲ 20×21 topics
  2. Immunotherapy5▲ 14×14 topics
  3. Clinical Trials5▲ 13×6 topics
  4. Targeted Therapy5▲ 40×4 topics
  5. Radiotherapy4▲ 19×11 topics
  6. Genomic Profiling3▲ 63×2 topics
  7. Breast Cancer3▲ 27×9 topics
  8. Clinical Practice Guidelines3▲ 11×8 topics
  9. Quality of Life3▲ 4.3×14 topics
  10. Prognostic Factors3▲ 13×11 topics
  11. Tumor Microenvironment3▲ 12×7 topics
  12. Biomarkers3▲ 7.4×5 topics
  13. Survival Analysis3▲ 19×6 topics
  14. Genetic Mutations2▲ 11×6 topics
  15. Precision Medicine2▲ 10×5 topics
  16. Adjuvant Therapy2▲ 36×2 topics
  17. Molecular Characterization2▲ 26×4 topics
  18. Treatment Guidelines2▲ 21×2 topics
  19. ALK Inhibitors2▲ 71×1 topic
  20. EGFR Mutations2▲ 71×1 topic
  21. Treatment2▲ 3.5×12 topics
  22. Endoscopic Resection2▲ 42×2 topics
  23. Neoadjuvant Therapy2▲ 18×5 topics
  24. Metastatic Breast Cancer2▲ 70×2 topics
  25. Cancer Therapy2▲ 6.5×7 topics
  26. Prostate Cancer2▲ 27×2 topics
  27. Clinical Guidelines2▲ 11×4 topics
  28. Immune Checkpoint Blockade2▲ 29×1 topic
  29. Metastasis2▲ 9.5×7 topics
  30. PD-1 and PD-L12▲ 29×1 topic
  31. Gastric Cancer2▲ 27×3 topics
  32. Metastatic2▲ 48×2 topics
  33. Hormone Therapy2▲ 34×3 topics
  34. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy2▲ 36×2 topics
  35. Tumor Staging2▲ 26×2 topics
  36. Cancer Treatment1▲ 11×3 topics
  37. Chemoradiation1▲ 43×2 topics
  38. Surgery1▲ 7.5×5 topics
  39. PET Imaging1▲ 15×4 topics
  40. Radiation Therapy1▲ 19×4 topics

Which research topics does Velindre Cancer Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment and Advanced Breast Cancer Therapies.

Lung Cancer Treatments a…2Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 2 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…2Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 2 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Breast Cancer Therapies: 1 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 1 fractional worksProstate Cancer Treatment and Research: 1 fractional worksEsophageal Cancer Resear…1Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment: 1 fractional worksGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 1 fractional worksAdvances in Oncology and Radiotherapy: 1 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Treatm…1Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies: 1 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineOncologyCancer ResearchSurgery1 others

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

  1. 1 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  2. 2 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 2 works
  3. 3 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  4. 4 Advanced Breast Cancer Therapies Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  5. 5 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 1 works
  6. 6 Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment Surgery 1 works
  8. 8 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  10. 10 Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies Oncology 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 available30.5%not open69.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.1%domestic only85.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Velindre Cancer Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 44% 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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