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West Cancer Center

In research, West Cancer Center stands highest in Medicine (#5,905 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,683 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#18,379
of 28,054 · #18,998 all time
Rank in United States
#2,663
of 4,192
Research works
465
▲ 123% vs 2013–17
Citations
10k
21.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
world 28%

What is West Cancer Center 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 #5,905 of 10,443 12.1%65 #8021
Health SciencesDomain #7,683 of 11,982 12.1%68 #10689

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where West Cancer Center 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.68× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.59× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.20× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.91× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.74× its world share, 65 worksMedicineNursing: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.35× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.41× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× 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, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at West Cancer Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Axel Grothey, Lee S. Schwartzberg and Adam C. ElNaggar lead among researchers whose main affiliation is West Cancer Center.

  1. 1 Axel Grothey United States · #8,757 worldwide 795 citations · 81 works
  2. 2 Lee S. Schwartzberg United States · #87,105 worldwide 422 citations · 103 works
  3. 3 Adam C. ElNaggar United States · #1,176,807 worldwide 6 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Ari M. Vanderwalde United States · #1,238,305 worldwide 33 citations · 56 works
  5. 5 Noam A. VanderWalde United States · #1,327,432 worldwide 4 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Gregory A. Vidal United States · #1,527,316 worldwide 8 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at West Cancer Center

Which keywords describe research at West Cancer Center?

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

▲ 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. Immunotherapy10▲ 16×15 topics
  2. Chemotherapy10▲ 16×21 topics
  3. Clinical Trials9▲ 15×9 topics
  4. Targeted Therapy9▲ 44×5 topics
  5. Radiotherapy9▲ 25×9 topics
  6. Epidemiology6▲ 1.58×27 topics
  7. Clinical Practice Guidelines5▲ 11×9 topics
  8. Quality of Life5▲ 4.0×17 topics
  9. Genomic Profiling5▲ 54×2 topics
  10. Molecular Classification5▲ 36×3 topics
  11. Metastasis5▲ 16×10 topics
  12. Tumor Microenvironment5▲ 12×7 topics
  13. Survival Analysis5▲ 19×6 topics
  14. Cancer4▲ 3.7×26 topics
  15. Treatment Guidelines4▲ 23×3 topics
  16. Prognostic Factors4▲ 11×12 topics
  17. ALK Inhibitors4▲ 76×1 topic
  18. EGFR Mutations4▲ 76×1 topic
  19. Biomarkers4▲ 6.5×9 topics
  20. Breast Cancer4▲ 16×8 topics
  21. Precision Medicine3▲ 7.7×4 topics
  22. Glioblastoma3▲ 50×1 topic
  23. Molecular Subtypes3▲ 40×3 topics
  24. Temozolomide3▲ 50×1 topic
  25. Cancer Incidence3▲ 24×4 topics
  26. Cancer Therapy3▲ 5.8×13 topics
  27. Immune Checkpoint Blockade3▲ 29×1 topic
  28. PD-1 and PD-L13▲ 29×1 topic
  29. Cetuximab3▲ 35×2 topics
  30. Genomic Instability3▲ 26×3 topics
  31. Neoadjuvant Therapy2▲ 12×5 topics
  32. Tumor Regression2▲ 25×2 topics
  33. Cancer Genomics2▲ 37×1 topic
  34. Cost of Care2▲ 89×1 topic
  35. Financial Toxicity2▲ 89×1 topic
  36. Mutational Signatures2▲ 37×1 topic
  37. Molecular Characterization2▲ 15×5 topics
  38. Radiation Therapy2▲ 19×4 topics
  39. Adjuvant Therapy2▲ 19×2 topics
  40. Cervical Cancer2▲ 23×2 topics

Which research topics does West Cancer Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations, Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers and Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics.

Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 4 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…3Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 3 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diag…2Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksEconomic and Financial Impacts of Cancer: 2 fractional worksEndometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments: 2 fractional worksLung Cancer Research Stu…2Lung Cancer Research Studies: 2 fractional worksCancer Research and Treatments: 2 fractional worksBreast Cancer Treatment Studies: 2 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineGeneticsOncologyCancer Research3 others

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

  1. 1 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  2. 2 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 3 works
  3. 3 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 3 works
  4. 4 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 2 works
  5. 5 Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  6. 6 Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments Obstetrics and Gynecology 2 works
  7. 7 Lung Cancer Research Studies Oncology 2 works
  8. 8 Cancer Research and Treatments Biotechnology 2 works
  9. 9 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 2 works
  10. 10 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 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 available42.6%not open57.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.3%domestic only70.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has West Cancer Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 123% 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.