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Virginia Cancer Institute

In research, Virginia Cancer Institute stands highest in Medicine (#6,580 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,355 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology — Oncology is 17.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,956
of 28,054 · #20,531 all time
Rank in United States
#2,414
of 4,192
Research works
422
▲ 37% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.6k
18.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

What is Virginia Cancer Institute 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 #6,580 of 10,443 11.1%105 #8820
Health SciencesDomain #8,355 of 11,982 11.1%107 #10645

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

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 17.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 29.8 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: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.06× its world share, 25 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.10× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.98× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.62× its world share, 105 worksMedicineNursing: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryDecision Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.60× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× 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, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Virginia Cancer Institute?

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

▲ 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. Chemotherapy19▲ 18×21 topics
  2. Immunotherapy14▲ 13×14 topics
  3. Targeted Therapy12▲ 37×4 topics
  4. Clinical Trials11▲ 11×7 topics
  5. Tumor Microenvironment11▲ 17×7 topics
  6. Prognostic Factors11▲ 16×13 topics
  7. Cancer9▲ 4.4×27 topics
  8. Radiotherapy9▲ 15×12 topics
  9. Quality of Life7▲ 3.0×11 topics
  10. Immune Checkpoint Blockade6▲ 38×1 topic
  11. PD-1 and PD-L16▲ 38×1 topic
  12. Molecular Characterization6▲ 24×4 topics
  13. Genomic Instability6▲ 37×3 topics
  14. Cancer Therapy6▲ 6.9×12 topics
  15. Genomic Profiling6▲ 39×2 topics
  16. Survival Analysis6▲ 14×6 topics
  17. Neoadjuvant Therapy6▲ 15×5 topics
  18. Treatment Guidelines5▲ 16×2 topics
  19. ALK Inhibitors5▲ 53×1 topic
  20. Clinical Practice Guidelines5▲ 6.1×7 topics
  21. EGFR Mutations5▲ 53×1 topic
  22. Biomarkers5▲ 4.8×9 topics
  23. Cell-Free DNA5▲ 32×2 topics
  24. Metastasis5▲ 9.4×7 topics
  25. Cancer Genomics5▲ 43×1 topic
  26. Mutational Signatures5▲ 43×1 topic
  27. Breast Cancer5▲ 13×9 topics
  28. Lymphoma5▲ 19×3 topics
  29. Cancer Incidence4▲ 22×4 topics
  30. Gene Expression4▲ 4.8×8 topics
  31. Rituximab4▲ 19×3 topics
  32. PET Imaging4▲ 16×4 topics
  33. Cost of Care4▲ 86×1 topic
  34. Financial Toxicity4▲ 86×1 topic
  35. Dosimetry4▲ 34×2 topics
  36. Metastatic Breast Cancer4▲ 41×2 topics
  37. Genetic Variants3▲ 13×4 topics
  38. Molecular Profiling3▲ 22×3 topics
  39. Adjuvant Therapy3▲ 17×2 topics
  40. Gene Expression Profiling3▲ 26×2 topics

Which research topics does Virginia Cancer Institute publish most on?

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

Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 6 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 5 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diag…5Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 5 fractional worksEconomic and Financial I…4Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer: 4 fractional worksAdvanced Radiotherapy Techniques: 3 fractional worksLymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional worksAcute Myeloid Leukemia R…2Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research: 2 fractional worksBladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments: 2 fractional worksLung Cancer Research Studies: 2 fractional worksAdvances in Oncology and Radiotherapy: 2 fractional works
OncologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineCancer ResearchEconomics and Econometrics5 others

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

  1. 1 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 6 works
  2. 2 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  3. 3 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 5 works
  4. 4 Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  5. 5 Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques Radiation 3 works
  6. 6 Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pathology and Forensic Medicine 3 works
  7. 7 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research Hematology 2 works
  8. 8 Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Lung Cancer Research Studies Oncology 2 works
  10. 10 Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 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 available41.0%not open59.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.5%domestic only86.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Virginia Cancer Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 37% 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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