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Weston Park Cancer Centre

In research, Weston Park Cancer Centre stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,278 of 20,462 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,583 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#16,276
of 42,892
Rank in United Kingdom
#881
of 2,253
Research works
589
▲ 22% vs 2013–17
Citations
21k
35.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
31%
world 28%

What is Weston Park 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
Health SciencesDomain #6,278 of 20,462 20.2%472
MedicineField #5,583 of 17,978 20.4%453

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Weston Park 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).

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: 2.01× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.49× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Earth and Planetary Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringMathematics: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.11× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.04× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.99× its world share, 34 worksMedicineNursing: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.19× 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: Medicine, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Weston Park Cancer Centre?

Ranked on the composite score, Robert E. Coleman, Jonathan Wadsley and Sarah Danson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Weston Park Cancer Centre.

  1. 1 Robert E. Coleman United Kingdom · #21,253 worldwide 634 citations · 97 works
  2. 2 Jonathan Wadsley United Kingdom · #123,319 worldwide 184 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 Sarah Danson United Kingdom · #130,262 worldwide 185 citations · 40 works
  4. 4 Matthew Winter United Kingdom · #417,508 worldwide 62 citations · 30 works
  5. 5 Barry W. Hancock United Kingdom · #424,028 worldwide 56 citations · 33 works
  6. 6 P.M. Fisher United Kingdom · #1,259,797 worldwide 7 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 M. Hatton United Kingdom · #1,314,336 worldwide 20 citations · 41 works
All ranked researchers at Weston Park Cancer Centre

Which keywords describe research at Weston Park Cancer Centre?

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

▲ 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. Chemotherapy8▲ 28×18 topics
  2. Immunotherapy5▲ 17×14 topics
  3. Radiotherapy4▲ 22×10 topics
  4. Prenatal Diagnosis3▲ 50×3 topics
  5. Clinical Trials3▲ 11×6 topics
  6. Tumor Microenvironment3▲ 13×7 topics
  7. Targeted Therapy2▲ 26×4 topics
  8. Cancer2▲ 4.1×12 topics
  9. Biomarkers2▲ 7.3×4 topics
  10. Cancer Treatment2▲ 22×4 topics
  11. Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 9.3×10 topics
  12. Immunohistochemistry2▲ 69×3 topics
  13. Breast Cancer2▲ 21×9 topics
  14. Genetic Mutations2▲ 11×6 topics
  15. Maternal Mortality2▲ 21×2 topics
  16. Gestational Trophoblastic Disease2▲ 555×1 topic
  17. Hydatidiform Mole2▲ 555×1 topic
  18. Prognostic Factors2▲ 10×11 topics
  19. Prostate Cancer2▲ 34×3 topics
  20. Quality of Life2▲ 3.0×10 topics
  21. Genomic Profiling2▲ 40×2 topics
  22. Dosimetry2▲ 56×2 topics
  23. Neoadjuvant Therapy2▲ 17×5 topics
  24. Survival2▲ 28×4 topics
  25. BRAF Mutation2▲ 48×2 topics
  26. Cancer Immunotherapy2▲ 22×2 topics
  27. Cancer Therapy1▲ 5.5×7 topics
  28. PET Imaging1▲ 19×3 topics
  29. Molecular Characterization1▲ 16×4 topics
  30. Precision Medicine1▲ 6.0×3 topics
  31. Thyroid Carcinoma1▲ 53×2 topics
  32. Ultrasound1▲ 26×2 topics
  33. Adjuvant Therapy1▲ 20×2 topics
  34. Androgen Receptor1▲ 34×1 topic
  35. Differentiated Thyroid Cancer1▲ 65×1 topic
  36. Endothelial Dysfunction1▲ 11×2 topics
  37. Hormone Therapy1▲ 31×1 topic
  38. Metastasis1▲ 7.5×5 topics
  39. Survival Analysis1▲ 9.4×6 topics
  40. Thyroid Nodules1▲ 65×1 topic

Which research topics does Weston Park Cancer Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Gestational Trophoblastic Disease Studies, Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies, Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment and Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research.

Gestational Trophoblasti…2Gestational Trophoblastic Disease Studies: 2 fractional worksPregnancy and preeclamps…1Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies: 1 fractional worksThyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksProstate Cancer Treatment and Research: 1 fractional worksMaternal and fetal healthcare: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Radiotherapy Techniques: 1 fractional worksAdvances in Oncology and Radiotherapy: 1 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…1Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 1 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 1 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthObstetrics and GynecologyEndocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine4 others

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

  1. 1 Gestational Trophoblastic Disease Studies Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  2. 2 Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies Obstetrics and Gynecology 1 works
  3. 3 Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 1 works
  4. 4 Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  5. 5 Maternal and fetal healthcare Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  6. 6 Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques Radiation 1 works
  7. 7 Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  8. 8 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 1 works
  9. 9 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 1 works
  10. 10 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory 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 available31.0%not open69.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.6%domestic only86.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Weston Park Cancer Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 22% 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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