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Willis-Knighton Cancer Center

In research, Willis-Knighton Cancer Center stands highest in Medicine (#5,732 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,525 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 6.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,977
of 28,054 · #28,575 all time
Rank in United States
#2,585
of 4,192
Research works
340
▼ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.2k
6.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
37%
world 28%

What is Willis-Knighton 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 #5,732 of 10,443 5.7%103 #10073
Health SciencesDomain #7,525 of 11,982 5.6%108 #12384

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Willis-Knighton 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).

What does Willis-Knighton Cancer Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 6.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 21.2 works6.9×
← 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: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.71× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.97× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.46× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksChemistryEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.17× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.37× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.07× its world share, 102 worksMedicineNursing: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.66× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× 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, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Willis-Knighton Cancer Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Destin Black, L Rosen and Het Patel lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Willis-Knighton Cancer Center.

  1. 1 Destin Black United States · #655,123 worldwide 16 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 L Rosen United States · #1,292,255 worldwide 1 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Het Patel United States · #1,531,358 worldwide 1 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Willis-Knighton Cancer Center

Which keywords describe research at Willis-Knighton Cancer Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Graft Survival, Kidney Transplantation, Immunosuppressive Drugs, Antibody-Mediated Rejection, Renal Allograft, Transplantation, Diagnosis and Magnetic Resonance Imaging.

▲ 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. Epidemiology9▲ 1.78×44 topics
  2. Graft Survival9▲ 85×3 topics
  3. Kidney Transplantation8▲ 94×2 topics
  4. Treatment7▲ 4.4×21 topics
  5. Diagnosis6▲ 5.3×21 topics
  6. Antibody-Mediated Rejection6▲ 122×1 topic
  7. Immunosuppressive Drugs6▲ 73×2 topics
  8. Renal Allograft6▲ 122×1 topic
  9. Transplantation6▲ 42×3 topics
  10. Magnetic Resonance Imaging5▲ 16×4 topics
  11. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention5▲ 31×4 topics
  12. Heart Failure5▲ 9.2×10 topics
  13. Chemotherapy5▲ 5.1×13 topics
  14. Stroke Prevention4▲ 28×2 topics
  15. Management4▲ 4.2×14 topics
  16. Genetic Mutations4▲ 7.5×12 topics
  17. Guidelines4▲ 6.9×9 topics
  18. Liver Transplantation4▲ 25×2 topics
  19. Immunotherapy4▲ 4.1×10 topics
  20. Rejection4▲ 71×2 topics
  21. Ethical Considerations4▲ 8.2×5 topics
  22. Dosimetry3▲ 37×2 topics
  23. Image-Guided Radiotherapy3▲ 61×1 topic
  24. Radiotherapy Physics3▲ 61×1 topic
  25. Atherosclerosis3▲ 8.8×5 topics
  26. Carotid Artery Stenosis3▲ 52×1 topic
  27. Endarterectomy3▲ 52×1 topic
  28. Donor Risk Index3▲ 60×1 topic
  29. Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury3▲ 39×1 topic
  30. Prognostic Factors3▲ 5.5×11 topics
  31. Cardiac Imaging3▲ 20×3 topics
  32. Clinical Practice Guidelines3▲ 4.4×10 topics
  33. Immunosuppressive Therapy3▲ 13×4 topics
  34. Myocardial Infarction3▲ 10×4 topics
  35. Imaging3▲ 8.9×5 topics
  36. Glaucoma3▲ 14×2 topics
  37. Clinical Management3▲ 12×5 topics
  38. Echocardiography3▲ 7.6×6 topics
  39. Heart Transplant3▲ 63×1 topic
  40. Lung Transplant3▲ 63×1 topic

Which research topics does Willis-Knighton Cancer Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments, Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques, Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases and Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes.

Renal Transplantation Ou…6Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments: 6 fractional worksAdvanced Radiotherapy Techniques: 3 fractional worksCerebrovascular and Caro…3Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases: 3 fractional worksOrgan Transplantation Te…3Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes: 3 fractional worksTransplantation: Methods and Outcomes: 3 fractional worksSexual function and dysfunction studies: 2 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory S…2Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 2 fractional worksCoronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksOrgan Donation and Transplantation: 2 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 2 fractional works
TransplantationRadiationPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSurgery4 others

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

  1. 1 Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments Transplantation 6 works
  2. 2 Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques Radiation 3 works
  3. 3 Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  4. 4 Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes Surgery 3 works
  5. 5 Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes Surgery 3 works
  6. 6 Sexual function and dysfunction studies Psychiatry and Mental health 2 works
  7. 7 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  8. 8 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Organ Donation and Transplantation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  10. 10 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics 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 available36.7%not open63.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.4%domestic only90.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Willis-Knighton Cancer Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% lower 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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