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Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre

In research, Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre stands highest in Medicine (#10,777 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#13,382 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Medicine — Medicine is 3.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#18,353
of 28,054 · #24,734 all time
Rank in Australia
#306
of 391
Research works
208
▲ 318% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.6k
22.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
64%
world 28%

What is Victorian Comprehensive 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 #10,777 of 17,978 22.2%132
Health SciencesDomain #13,382 of 20,462 22.6%144

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

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Medicine takes 3.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MedicineField · 47.8 works3.3×
← 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: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.46× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.54× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.88× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.18× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.93× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.34× its world share, 48 worksMedicineNursing: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.41× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chemotherapy, Risk Factors, Immunotherapy, Quality of Life, Clinical Trials, Cancer Incidence, Health-related Quality of Life and Radiotherapy.

▲ 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. Chemotherapy6▲ 11×18 topics
  2. Risk Factors5▲ 6.5×9 topics
  3. Quality of Life5▲ 4.6×14 topics
  4. Immunotherapy5▲ 8.7×15 topics
  5. Clinical Trials4▲ 7.5×10 topics
  6. Cancer Incidence4▲ 34×4 topics
  7. Health-related Quality of Life3▲ 18×2 topics
  8. Clinical Practice Guidelines3▲ 7.3×10 topics
  9. Population-Based Study3▲ 62×2 topics
  10. Radiotherapy3▲ 11×10 topics
  11. Targeted Therapy3▲ 18×4 topics
  12. Health Disparities3▲ 15×4 topics
  13. Prognostic Factors3▲ 9.0×13 topics
  14. Anxiety3▲ 7.9×6 topics
  15. Cancer Risk3▲ 17×5 topics
  16. Depression3▲ 4.3×7 topics
  17. Preventive Services3▲ 65×2 topics
  18. Adjuvant Chemotherapy3▲ 53×2 topics
  19. Genetic Testing3▲ 32×2 topics
  20. Metastasis3▲ 11×11 topics
  21. Mortality3▲ 6.4×6 topics
  22. Screening3▲ 39×2 topics
  23. Cancer Survivorship3▲ 48×2 topics
  24. Genetic Mutations3▲ 8.0×10 topics
  25. Global Surveillance3▲ 77×1 topic
  26. Guidelines3▲ 7.5×6 topics
  27. Mortality Rates3▲ 37×1 topic
  28. Tumor Microenvironment2▲ 7.5×6 topics
  29. Colorectal Cancer2▲ 41×3 topics
  30. Prevention2▲ 7.6×5 topics
  31. Breast Cancer2▲ 13×9 topics
  32. Physical Activity2▲ 6.2×3 topics
  33. Molecular Characterization2▲ 16×4 topics
  34. Neoadjuvant Therapy2▲ 12×5 topics
  35. Patient-Reported Outcomes2▲ 56×1 topic
  36. Psychosocial Interventions2▲ 56×1 topic
  37. Survival Analysis2▲ 11×6 topics
  38. Tumor Markers2▲ 36×2 topics
  39. Colonoscopy2▲ 61×1 topic
  40. Polyps2▲ 61×1 topic

Which research topics does Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Cancer Incidence and Screening, Cancer survivorship and care, Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection and Genetic factors in colorectal cancer.

Global Cancer Incidence …3Global Cancer Incidence and Screening: 3 fractional worksCancer survivorship and …2Cancer survivorship and care: 2 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Screen…2Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 2 fractional worksGenetic factors in color…1Genetic factors in colorectal cancer: 1 fractional worksBRCA gene mutations in cancer: 1 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 1 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Surgic…1Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments: 1 fractional worksEconomic and Financial Impacts of Cancer: 1 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 1 fractional worksLymphoma Diagnosis and T…1Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional works
OncologyPathology and Forensic MedicineGeneticsEconomics and Econometrics1 others

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

  1. 1 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 3 works
  2. 2 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 2 works
  3. 3 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 2 works
  4. 4 Genetic factors in colorectal cancer Pathology and Forensic Medicine 1 works
  5. 5 BRCA gene mutations in cancer Genetics 1 works
  6. 6 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 1 works
  7. 7 Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Oncology 1 works
  8. 8 Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  9. 9 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 1 works
  10. 10 Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pathology and Forensic Medicine 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 available63.7%not open36.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors38.1%domestic only61.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 318% 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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