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VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology

In research, VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology stands highest in Life Sciences (#1,212 of 7,800 worldwide), Medicine (#3,484 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,833 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology — Molecular Biology is 7.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,265
of 28,054 · #4,284 all time
Rank in Belgium
#17
of 138
Research works
778
▼ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
53k
67.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
37.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
69%
world 28%

What is VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology 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 #1,212 of 7,800 41.0%89 #1558
MedicineField #3,484 of 10,443 34.4%73 #3835
Health SciencesDomain #4,833 of 11,982 34.1%74 #5220
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,451 of 3,579 39.6%71 #1674

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology 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#1,558 #1,212
  2. Medicine#3,835 #3,484
  3. Health Sciences#5,220 #4,833
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,674 #1,451
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 VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Molecular Biology takes 7.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Molecular BiologySubfield · 41.2 works7.9×
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField · 70.5 works7.6×
← 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: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7.64× its world share, 70 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 7.44× its world share, 13 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.38× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.71× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.20× its world share, 73 worksMedicineNursing: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.17× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryDecision Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 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, 7.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology?

Ranked on the composite score, Florian Rambow, Gabriele Bergers and Sarah‐Maria Fendt lead among researchers whose main affiliation is VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology.

  1. 1 Florian Rambow Belgium · #110,311 worldwide 709 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Gabriele Bergers Belgium · #114,541 worldwide 554 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Sarah‐Maria Fendt Belgium · #327,644 worldwide 185 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Sofie Demeyer Belgium · #348,471 worldwide 82 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Bart Ghesquière Belgium · #835,949 worldwide 98 citations · 46 works
  6. 6 Anna Sablina Belgium · #1,494,061 worldwide 32 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology

Which keywords describe research at VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer, Tumor Microenvironment, Inflammation, Immunotherapy, Gene Expression, Immunity, Oxidative Stress and Cancer 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. Cancer22▲ 9.3×38 topics
  2. Inflammation17▲ 4.7×50 topics
  3. Tumor Microenvironment16▲ 21×8 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress11▲ 3.9×34 topics
  5. Immunotherapy10▲ 8.5×15 topics
  6. Gene Expression10▲ 9.4×13 topics
  7. Immunity10▲ 14×8 topics
  8. Cancer Therapy8▲ 7.8×18 topics
  9. Targeted Therapy7▲ 19×5 topics
  10. Chemotherapy7▲ 5.7×19 topics
  11. Metabolism6▲ 7.3×13 topics
  12. Cell Death6▲ 16×6 topics
  13. Oxygen Sensing6▲ 32×2 topics
  14. Tumor Hypoxia6▲ 54×2 topics
  15. HIF-16▲ 59×1 topic
  16. Warburg Effect6▲ 59×1 topic
  17. Immune Checkpoint Blockade6▲ 29×1 topic
  18. PD-1 and PD-L16▲ 29×1 topic
  19. Cell-Free DNA5▲ 31×2 topics
  20. Genomic Instability5▲ 28×3 topics
  21. Reactive Oxygen Species5▲ 7.6×9 topics
  22. Cancer Genomics5▲ 41×1 topic
  23. Mutational Signatures5▲ 41×1 topic
  24. Metastasis5▲ 8.3×10 topics
  25. Data Integration5▲ 16×2 topics
  26. Prognostic Factors5▲ 6.2×9 topics
  27. RNA-Seq5▲ 25×2 topics
  28. Single-Cell5▲ 60×1 topic
  29. Transcriptomics5▲ 60×1 topic
  30. Activation4▲ 44×1 topic
  31. Cancer Immunotherapy4▲ 17×3 topics
  32. Macrophage4▲ 36×1 topic
  33. Radiotherapy4▲ 6.4×8 topics
  34. Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition4▲ 26×2 topics
  35. Innate Immunity4▲ 7.7×8 topics
  36. Angiogenesis4▲ 7.2×10 topics
  37. Drug Resistance4▲ 8.2×3 topics
  38. Transcriptional Regulation4▲ 14×7 topics
  39. Tumor Metastasis4▲ 42×2 topics
  40. Cancer Stem Cells4▲ 52×1 topic

Which research topics does VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics and Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics.

Cancer, Hypoxia, and Met…6Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism: 6 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…6Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 6 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diag…5Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 5 fractional worksSingle-cell and spatial …5Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics: 5 fractional worksImmune cells in cancer: 4 fractional worksCancer Cells and Metastasis: 4 fractional worksAngiogenesis and VEGF in…2Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer: 2 fractional worksMitochondrial Function and Pathology: 2 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksHippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ: 2 fractional works
Cancer ResearchOncologyMolecular BiologyImmunology2 others

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

  1. 1 Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism Cancer Research 6 works
  2. 2 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 6 works
  3. 3 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 5 works
  4. 4 Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics Molecular Biology 5 works
  5. 5 Immune cells in cancer Immunology 4 works
  6. 6 Cancer Cells and Metastasis Oncology 4 works
  7. 7 Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer Molecular Biology 2 works
  8. 8 Mitochondrial Function and Pathology Molecular Biology 2 works
  9. 9 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 2 works
  10. 10 Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ Cell Biology 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 available68.8%not open31.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors52.5%domestic only47.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% 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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