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Virginia Cancer Specialists

In research, Virginia Cancer Specialists stands highest in Medicine (#11,872 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#14,989 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#20,975
of 28,054 · #26,624 all time
Rank in United States
#3,093
of 4,192
Research works
200
▲ 160% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.9k
19.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

What is Virginia Cancer Specialists 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 #11,872 of 17,978 17.0%137
Health SciencesDomain #14,989 of 20,462 17.3%142

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Virginia Cancer Specialists 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).

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: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.23× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.48× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.11× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.12× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.87× its world share, 49 worksMedicineNursing: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Virginia Cancer Specialists?

Ranked on the composite score, Alexander I. Spira lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Virginia Cancer Specialists.

  1. 1 Alexander I. Spira United States · #33,339 worldwide 772 citations · 118 works
All ranked researchers at Virginia Cancer Specialists

Which keywords describe research at Virginia Cancer Specialists?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chemotherapy, Targeted Therapy, Clinical Trials, Genomic Profiling, Immunotherapy, ALK Inhibitors, EGFR Mutations and Tumor Microenvironment.

▲ 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. Chemotherapy11▲ 24×22 topics
  2. Targeted Therapy10▲ 66×5 topics
  3. Clinical Trials8▲ 18×7 topics
  4. Genomic Profiling6▲ 82×2 topics
  5. Immunotherapy5▲ 11×13 topics
  6. ALK Inhibitors5▲ 130×1 topic
  7. EGFR Mutations5▲ 130×1 topic
  8. Tumor Microenvironment5▲ 17×7 topics
  9. Prognostic Factors4▲ 15×11 topics
  10. Breast Cancer4▲ 25×7 topics
  11. Precision Medicine3▲ 11×4 topics
  12. Lymphoma3▲ 31×2 topics
  13. Immune Checkpoint Blockade3▲ 44×1 topic
  14. PD-1 and PD-L13▲ 44×1 topic
  15. PET Imaging3▲ 28×4 topics
  16. Cancer3▲ 3.4×27 topics
  17. Molecular Subtypes3▲ 52×2 topics
  18. BRAF Mutation3▲ 60×2 topics
  19. Cetuximab3▲ 50×2 topics
  20. Cancer Immunotherapy3▲ 27×3 topics
  21. Fluorouracil3▲ 128×1 topic
  22. KRAS Mutations3▲ 128×1 topic
  23. Rituximab3▲ 27×2 topics
  24. Biomarkers3▲ 5.9×5 topics
  25. Metastatic Breast Cancer3▲ 69×2 topics
  26. Cancer Therapy2▲ 6.6×11 topics
  27. Metastasis2▲ 11×7 topics
  28. Metastatic2▲ 56×2 topics
  29. Trastuzumab2▲ 71×2 topics
  30. Tumor Regression2▲ 28×2 topics
  31. EGFR2▲ 106×1 topic
  32. HER22▲ 106×1 topic
  33. Monoclonal Antibody2▲ 59×2 topics
  34. Receptor tyrosine kinases2▲ 87×2 topics
  35. Adjuvant Therapy2▲ 22×2 topics
  36. Tumor Markers2▲ 33×2 topics
  37. CAR T Cells2▲ 35×1 topic
  38. Chimeric Antigen Receptor2▲ 35×1 topic
  39. Genomic Profiles2▲ 62×1 topic
  40. Small-Cell Lung Cancer2▲ 62×1 topic

Which research topics does Virginia Cancer Specialists publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies and HER2/EGFR in Cancer Research.

Lung Cancer Treatments a…5Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 5 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 3 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies: 3 fractional worksHER2/EGFR in Cancer Research: 2 fractional worksLung Cancer Research Studies: 2 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 2 fractional worksLymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Breast Cancer Therapies: 1 fractional worksCancer Treatment and Pharmacology: 1 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineOncologyPathology and Forensic MedicineCancer Research

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

  1. 1 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  2. 2 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 3 works
  3. 3 Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies Oncology 3 works
  4. 4 HER2/EGFR in Cancer Research Oncology 2 works
  5. 5 Lung Cancer Research Studies Oncology 2 works
  6. 6 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 2 works
  7. 7 Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pathology and Forensic Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 2 works
  9. 9 Advanced Breast Cancer Therapies Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Cancer Treatment and Pharmacology 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 available37.9%not open62.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.9%domestic only72.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Virginia Cancer Specialists's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 160% 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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