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Yale Cancer Center

In research, Yale Cancer Center stands highest in Medicine (#768 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,150 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#886 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Hematology, Oncology and Cancer Research — Hematology is 13.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,958
of 28,054 · #2,358 all time
Rank in United States
#300
of 4,192
Research works
2.9k
▲ 29% vs 2013–17
Citations
117k
40.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is Yale 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 #768 of 10,443 23.3%396 #961
Health SciencesDomain #1,150 of 11,982 23.1%410 #1225
Life SciencesDomain #886 of 7,800 30.0%207 #944
OncologySubfield #202 of 772 25.5%100 #239
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,173 of 3,579 28.6%153 #1273
Molecular BiologySubfield #745 of 2,175 33.2%87 #805

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

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#961 #768
  2. Health Sciences#1,225 #1,150
  3. Life Sciences#944 #886
  4. Oncology#239 #202
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,273 #1,173
  6. Molecular Biology#805 #745
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Yale Cancer Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Hematology takes 13.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. HematologySubfield · 28.8 works14×
  2. OncologySubfield · 100.0 works13×
  3. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 33.3 works11×
  4. ImmunologySubfield · 27.2 works5.8×
  5. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 57.8 works5.5×
← 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: 0.15× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.16× its world share, 153 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.02× its world share, 28 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.73× its world share, 19 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.83× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.18× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.57× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.00× its world share, 396 worksMedicineNursing: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.67× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.49× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 14 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Yale Cancer Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Scott Gettinger, Patricia LoRusso and DeVita Vt lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Yale Cancer Center.

  1. 1 Scott Gettinger United States · #1,175 worldwide 2.7k citations · 92 works
  2. 2 Patricia LoRusso United States · #167,181 worldwide 647 citations · 152 works
  3. 3 DeVita Vt United States · #443,406 worldwide 55 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Francine M. Foss United States · #808,466 worldwide 25 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Julia Foldi United States · #831,137 worldwide 17 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Joseph P. Eder United States · #899,138 worldwide 84 citations · 46 works
  7. 7 Erin Hofstatter United States · #912,513 worldwide 29 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Lohith Gowda United States · #1,605,923 worldwide 4 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Yale Cancer Center

Which keywords describe research at Yale Cancer Center?

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

▲ 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. Chemotherapy49▲ 10×24 topics
  2. Cancer43▲ 4.7×42 topics
  3. Immunotherapy43▲ 8.8×18 topics
  4. Epidemiology37▲ 1.37×80 topics
  5. Inflammation37▲ 2.6×62 topics
  6. Prognostic Factors36▲ 12×14 topics
  7. Targeted Therapy36▲ 24×5 topics
  8. Tumor Microenvironment33▲ 11×8 topics
  9. Breast Cancer32▲ 19×11 topics
  10. Clinical Trials30▲ 6.4×16 topics
  11. Gene Expression29▲ 6.9×16 topics
  12. Radiotherapy27▲ 10×12 topics
  13. Quality of Life23▲ 2.3×30 topics
  14. Cancer Therapy22▲ 5.6×17 topics
  15. Immune Checkpoint Blockade20▲ 26×1 topic
  16. PD-1 and PD-L120▲ 26×1 topic
  17. Genomic Instability19▲ 24×3 topics
  18. Genetic Mutations18▲ 6.2×20 topics
  19. Neoadjuvant Therapy18▲ 11×5 topics
  20. Cancer Immunotherapy18▲ 17×3 topics
  21. Survival Analysis18▲ 9.6×6 topics
  22. Hematopoietic Stem Cells18▲ 29×3 topics
  23. Precision Medicine17▲ 5.3×7 topics
  24. Clinical Practice Guidelines17▲ 4.5×13 topics
  25. Cell-Free DNA16▲ 24×2 topics
  26. Metastasis16▲ 6.8×12 topics
  27. Genomic Profiling16▲ 22×2 topics
  28. Somatic Mutations16▲ 27×2 topics
  29. Cancer Genomics15▲ 31×1 topic
  30. Lymphoma15▲ 14×4 topics
  31. Mutational Signatures15▲ 31×1 topic
  32. Immunity15▲ 5.5×9 topics
  33. Molecular Subtypes14▲ 25×3 topics
  34. AML14▲ 41×1 topic
  35. Acute Myeloid Leukemia14▲ 41×1 topic
  36. Cancer Risk14▲ 9.0×8 topics
  37. Treatment Guidelines13▲ 8.6×4 topics
  38. Metastatic12▲ 29×2 topics
  39. ALK Inhibitors12▲ 29×1 topic
  40. EGFR Mutations12▲ 29×1 topic

Which research topics does Yale Cancer Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research and Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations.

Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 20 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 15 fractional worksAcute Myeloid Leukemia R…14Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research: 14 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments a…12Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 12 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 10 fractional worksBreast Cancer Treatment Studies: 10 fractional worksHER2/EGFR in Cancer Rese…8HER2/EGFR in Cancer Research: 8 fractional worksCancer survivorship and care: 8 fractional worksImmunotherapy and Immune Responses: 7 fractional worksAdvanced Breast Cancer Therapies: 6 fractional works
OncologyCancer ResearchHematologyPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine1 others

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

  1. 1 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 20 works
  2. 2 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 15 works
  3. 3 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research Hematology 14 works
  4. 4 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 12 works
  5. 5 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 10 works
  6. 6 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 10 works
  7. 7 HER2/EGFR in Cancer Research Oncology 8 works
  8. 8 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 8 works
  9. 9 Immunotherapy and Immune Responses Immunology 7 works
  10. 10 Advanced Breast Cancer Therapies Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 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 available47.6%not open52.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.8%domestic only79.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Yale Cancer Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 29% 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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