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Top Cancer Research Research Institutions

Sun Yat-sen University ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 237 ranked institutions.

Composite score: field-normalised excellence, output and total citations weighted 50 / 30 / 20, each as a percentile so no single heavy-tailed measure dominates. Floor: 40 fractional works in this field.

Ranked by research quality, 2022–2025

#InstitutionScoreTop-10% rateWorksCitationsAll time
1 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina · Guangzhou 100.0 27.8% 462 6.5k#17
2 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina · Beijing 87.3 24.9% 476 5.8k#30
3 Sichuan UniversityChina · Chengdu 79.9 31.1% 326 5.4k#43
4 The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterUnited States · Houston 74.6 17.0% 462 4.9k#2
5 Central South UniversityChina · Changsha 70.6 29.0% 355 5.6k#40
6 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina · Shanghai 67.2 29.3% 319 4.6k#36
7 Harvard UniversityUnited States · Cambridge 64.4 26.5% 240 3.3k#1
8 Nanjing Medical UniversityChina · Nanjing 62.0 24.0% 399 5k#28
9 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterUnited States · New York 59.8 18.4% 306 3.8k#4
10 China Medical UniversityChina · Shenyang 57.9 27.6% 304 4.4k#51
11 Peking UniversityChina · Beijing 56.1 24.7% 248 3.2k#55
12 Fudan UniversityChina · Shanghai 54.6 29.3% 251 3.7k#64
13 Zhejiang UniversityChina · Hangzhou 53.1 27.1% 264 4.4k#45
14 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina · Wuhan 51.7 29.6% 287 3.9k#62
15 Wuhan UniversityChina · Wuhan 50.5 31.6% 228 3.6k#69
16 Southern Medical UniversityChina · Guangzhou 49.3 26.8% 235 2.9k#79
17 First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou UniversityChina · Zhengzhou 48.2 26.8% 196 3.2k#68
18 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing 47.1 33.5% 174 2.9k#47
19 Stanford UniversityUnited States · Stanford 46.2 23.3% 167 2.7k#8
20 Jilin UniversityChina · Changchun 45.2 30.4% 185 2.5k—
21 Soochow UniversityChina · Suzhou 44.3 23.6% 234 2.8k#82
22 Harbin Medical UniversityChina · Harbin 43.5 23.2% 253 3.1k#66
23 West China Hospital of Sichuan UniversityChina · Chengdu 42.7 30.2% 150 2.1k—
24 Xiangya Hospital Central South UniversityChina · Changsha 41.9 32.5% 126 2.4k#94
25 Nanjing University of Chinese MedicineChina · Nanjing 41.1 28.5% 141 1.7k—
26 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States · Baltimore 40.4 19.9% 176 2.1k#9
27 Cornell UniversityUnited States · Ithaca 39.7 23.4% 150 2.1k#15
28 Chongqing Medical UniversityChina · Chongqing 39.1 23.8% 195 2.2k—
29 Dana-Farber Cancer InstituteUnited States · Boston 38.4 21.1% 162 1.7k#11
30 Capital Medical UniversityChina · Beijing 37.8 21.2% 212 2.3k—
31 Sun Yat-sen University Cancer CenterChina · Guangzhou 37.2 29.9% 109 1.8k#91
32 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States · Philadelphia 36.6 21.9% 153 1.8k#21
33 Anhui Medical UniversityChina · Hefei 36.1 26.1% 182 2.1k—
34 Fudan University Shanghai Cancer CenterChina · Shanghai 35.5 24.5% 139 2k—
35 Qingdao UniversityChina · Qingdao 35.0 24.1% 182 2.1k—
36 Guangzhou Medical UniversityChina · Guangzhou 34.5 23.8% 188 2.1k—
37 Shandong UniversityChina · Jinan 34.0 31.9% 152 2.3k—
38 Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina · Chengdu 33.5 38.7% 96 1.5k—
39 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing 33.0 31.2% 127 2.3k—
40 University of South ChinaChina · Hengyang 32.5 29.8% 138 1.9k—
41 University of MichiganUnited States · Ann Arbor 32.1 17.8% 175 2.1k#20
42 Massachusetts General HospitalUnited States · Boston 31.6 22.4% 135 1.6k#14
43 Jiangsu UniversityChina · Zhenjiang 31.2 33.1% 104 1.6k—
44 Wenzhou Medical UniversityChina · Wenzhou 30.8 21.3% 205 2.1k—
45 Nantong UniversityChina · Nantong 30.4 20.3% 179 1.9k—
46 Dalian Medical UniversityChina · Dalian 30.0 25.7% 147 1.8k—
47 InsermFrance · Paris 29.6 22.4% 148 1.6k#25
48 Shandong First Medical UniversityChina · Jinan 29.2 23.1% 174 1.8k—
49 Brigham and Women's HospitalUnited States · Boston 28.8 23.3% 124 1.4k#13
50 University of California San DiegoUnited States · San Diego 28.5 22.9% 128 1.5k#7
51 Tongji UniversityChina · Shanghai 28.1 29.2% 124 1.9k—
52 Jiangsu Province HospitalChina · Nanjing 27.7 26.8% 111 1.9k—
53 Renmin Hospital of Wuhan UniversityChina · Wuhan 27.4 31.5% 98 1.5k—
54 Zhengzhou UniversityChina · Zhengzhou 27.0 27.6% 148 2k—
55 Tongji HospitalChina · Wuhan 26.7 29.0% 132 1.8k—
56 Yale UniversityUnited States · New Haven 26.4 20.9% 131 1.5k#19
57 Heidelberg UniversityGermany · Heidelberg 26.1 25.4% 114 1.4k#38
58 Qilu Hospital of Shandong UniversityChina · Jinan 25.7 29.2% 119 1.6k—
59 The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina · Guangzhou 25.4 30.8% 103 1.6k—
60 The University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterUnited States · Dallas 25.1 23.9% 109 1.3k#12
61 Nanchang UniversityChina · Nanchang 24.8 22.2% 169 1.8k—
62 Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere ScientificoItaly · Rome 24.5 23.9% 146 1.4k—
63 Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina · Shanghai 24.2 29.7% 116 1.4k—
64 Fujian Medical UniversityChina · Fuzhou 23.9 16.6% 244 1.9k—
65 Union HospitalChina · Fuzhou 23.7 32.1% 102 1.4k—
66 Union HospitalChina · Shatin 23.4 32.8% 100 1.5k—
67 University of California, San FranciscoUnited States · San Francisco 23.1 18.9% 143 1.6k#5
68 Karolinska InstitutetSweden · Stockholm 22.8 25.4% 117 1.6k#26
69 Chinese University of Hong KongHong Kong · Hong Kong 22.6 28.1% 95 1.4k#73
70 Air Force Medical UniversityChina · Xi'an 22.3 31.4% 114 1.6k—
71 University of Hong KongHong Kong · Pok Fu Lam 22.0 24.0% 112 1.5k#97
72 Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and HospitalChina · Tianjin 21.8 24.7% 127 1.3k—
73 Shanghai Medical College of Fudan UniversityChina · Shanghai 21.5 34.1% 83 1.4k—
74 National Cancer InstituteUnited States · Bethesda 21.3 19.8% 129 1.2k#10
75 Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan UniversityChina · Wuhan 21.0 36.7% 70 1.4k—
76 China Pharmaceutical UniversityChina · Nanjing 20.8 33.9% 103 1.4k—
77 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States · Chapel Hill 20.6 9.0% 282 1.2k#22
78 University of California, Los AngelesUnited States · Los Angeles 20.3 20.0% 122 1.2k#24
79 National Institutes of HealthUnited States · Bethesda 20.1 23.2% 93 1.2k#6
80 Xuzhou Medical CollegeChina · Tongshan 19.9 25.2% 138 1.5k—
81 Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South UniversityChina · Changsha 19.6 29.7% 86 1.5k—
82 University of ChicagoUnited States · Chicago 19.4 21.0% 120 1.2k#27
83 Zhejiang Chinese Medical UniversityChina · Hangzhou 19.2 24.8% 132 1.3k—
84 Jinan UniversityChina · Guangzhou 19.0 27.6% 103 1.4k—
85 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiUnited States · New York 18.8 18.2% 115 1.1k#60
86 Zhongshan HospitalChina · Shanghai 18.5 29.1% 79 1.2k—
87 University College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 18.3 21.9% 96 1.2k#52
88 Peking Union Medical College HospitalChina · Beijing 18.1 23.1% 102 1.1k—
89 Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao UniversityChina · Qingdao 17.9 26.8% 106 1.4k—
90 University of MilanItaly · Milan 17.7 27.3% 94 1.3k#84
91 First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina · Xi'an 17.5 20.2% 139 1.4k—
92 Washington University in St. LouisUnited States · St Louis 17.3 14.9% 152 1.3k#23
93 Southeast UniversityChina · Nanjing 17.1 27.6% 86 1.1k—
94 Shahid Beheshti University of Medical SciencesIran · Tehran 16.9 21.1% 140 1.4k—
95 Broad InstituteUnited States · Cambridge 16.7 27.3% 62 987#53
96 University of TorontoCanada · Toronto 16.5 19.1% 126 1.3k#34
97 Nanjing UniversityChina · Nanjing 16.3 33.9% 76 1.1k—
98 University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina · Hefei 16.2 30.5% 84 1.1k—
99 Tianjin Medical UniversityChina · Tianjin 16.0 23.3% 103 1.1k—
100 Lanzhou UniversityChina · Lanzhou 15.8 22.8% 127 1.3k—

institutions ranked worldwide in Cancer Research (237). rank on the composite score within the stated pool. The score track runs 0 to 100; the rate track carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field.

How spread out this pool is

Every row above on one axis — one tick each, right is a higher score. A field where the top few are far clear of everyone and one that runs down evenly look identical as a table.

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Ranked by volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 476 works
  2. 2 The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterUnited States 462 works
  3. 3 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 462 works
  4. 4 Nanjing Medical UniversityChina 399 works
  5. 5 Central South UniversityChina 355 works
  6. 6 Sichuan UniversityChina 326 works
  7. 7 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 319 works
  8. 8 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterUnited States 306 works
  9. 9 China Medical UniversityChina 304 works
  10. 10 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 287 works
  11. 11 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 282 works
  12. 12 Zhejiang UniversityChina 264 works
  13. 13 Harbin Medical UniversityChina 253 works
  14. 14 Fudan UniversityChina 251 works
  15. 15 Peking UniversityChina 248 works

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