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Top Oncology Research Institutions

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 772 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 The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterUnited States · Houston 100.0 18.0% 1.6k 15k#3
2 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina · Beijing 89.6 22.1% 1.2k 16k#40
3 Harvard UniversityUnited States · Cambridge 83.5 25.7% 747 9.8k#1
4 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterUnited States · New York 79.2 19.5% 956 12k#2
5 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina · Guangzhou 75.8 24.4% 872 9.5k#41
6 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States · Philadelphia 73.1 19.5% 604 6.6k#11
7 Sichuan UniversityChina · Chengdu 70.7 27.6% 736 9.4k#65
8 Dana-Farber Cancer InstituteUnited States · Boston 68.7 23.0% 540 6.5k#5
9 Massachusetts General HospitalUnited States · Boston 67.0 20.5% 547 5.5k#10
10 Cornell UniversityUnited States · Ithaca 65.4 24.5% 438 6.4k#13
11 Stanford UniversityUnited States · Stanford 63.9 21.6% 507 5.3k#12
12 Central South UniversityChina · Changsha 62.6 27.5% 426 5.6k—
13 Zhejiang UniversityChina · Hangzhou 61.4 25.9% 418 5.6k—
14 Peking UniversityChina · Beijing 60.3 21.9% 582 5.8k#94
15 National Cancer InstituteUnited States · Bethesda 59.3 24.6% 358 6.2k#4
16 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina · Shanghai 58.3 25.8% 517 6.2k—
17 University of California, San FranciscoUnited States · San Francisco 57.4 18.3% 498 4.9k#9
18 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States · Baltimore 56.5 19.7% 475 5.3k#7
19 Fudan UniversityChina · Shanghai 55.7 25.4% 397 4.7k—
20 China Medical UniversityChina · Shenyang 54.9 30.8% 352 4.3k—
21 Nanjing Medical UniversityChina · Nanjing 54.2 23.5% 532 5.3k—
22 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina · Wuhan 53.5 26.7% 479 5.7k—
23 InsermFrance · Paris 52.8 22.2% 450 4.9k#20
24 Brigham and Women's HospitalUnited States · Boston 52.2 23.4% 369 4k#14
25 Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere ScientificoItaly · Rome 51.6 23.3% 456 4.7k#82
26 University College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 51.0 22.2% 333 3.3k#32
27 University of California, Los AngelesUnited States · Los Angeles 50.4 20.0% 378 3.6k#16
28 Yale UniversityUnited States · New Haven 49.9 19.9% 438 5.3k#15
29 Sun Yat-sen University Cancer CenterChina · Guangzhou 49.4 25.1% 328 3.7k—
30 Washington University in St. LouisUnited States · St Louis 48.8 17.7% 429 3.7k#25
31 University of MichiganUnited States · Ann Arbor 48.4 19.1% 503 4.1k#17
32 West China Hospital of Sichuan UniversityChina · Chengdu 47.9 25.0% 397 3.9k—
33 Southern Medical UniversityChina · Guangzhou 47.4 28.0% 324 3.7k—
34 Wuhan UniversityChina · Wuhan 47.0 32.0% 281 3.5k—
35 Moffitt Cancer CenterUnited States · Tampa 46.5 15.0% 489 3.4k#44
36 Heidelberg UniversityGermany · Heidelberg 46.1 22.0% 350 3.6k#33
37 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiUnited States · New York 45.7 16.2% 403 3.4k#49
38 Emory UniversityUnited States · Atlanta 45.3 17.0% 402 4.2k#53
39 University of California San DiegoUnited States · San Diego 44.9 22.1% 311 3.8k#21
40 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States · Chapel Hill 44.5 7.9% 930 3.5k#28
41 Soochow UniversityChina · Suzhou 44.1 22.3% 384 3.6k—
42 Fudan University Shanghai Cancer CenterChina · Shanghai 43.8 18.3% 333 3k—
43 University of WashingtonUnited States · Seattle 43.4 18.4% 383 4.5k#18
44 First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou UniversityChina · Zhengzhou 43.1 21.9% 290 3.5k—
45 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing 42.7 32.0% 214 3.2k—
46 Capital Medical UniversityChina · Beijing 42.4 20.1% 391 3.5k—
47 Mayo Clinic in ArizonaUnited States · Scottsdale 42.1 14.8% 479 3.1k#42
48 University of TorontoCanada · Toronto 41.8 17.9% 382 2.9k#27
49 Center for Cancer ResearchUnited States · Bethesda 41.5 33.9% 148 3.2k#39
50 Zhengzhou UniversityChina · Zhengzhou 41.2 27.8% 250 3.4k—
51 Peking Union Medical College HospitalChina · Beijing 40.9 21.8% 321 2.6k—
52 The University of MelbourneAustralia · Melbourne 40.6 24.6% 246 2.9k#58
53 Northwestern UniversityUnited States · Evanston 40.3 17.2% 324 2.7k#51
54 Karolinska InstitutetSweden · Stockholm 40.0 22.5% 301 2.8k#22
55 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom · Oxford 39.7 24.5% 231 2.8k#34
56 City of HopeUnited States · Lancaster 39.5 18.4% 264 2.3k—
57 Cleveland ClinicUnited States · Cleveland 39.2 12.0% 518 2.8k#47
58 Fujian Medical UniversityChina · Fuzhou 38.9 19.0% 437 3.1k—
59 Tongji HospitalChina · Wuhan 38.7 27.1% 242 3k—
60 University of MilanItaly · Milan 38.4 25.5% 229 2.6k#93
61 National Institutes of HealthUnited States · Bethesda 38.2 22.2% 229 2.6k#6
62 Mayo ClinicUnited States · Rochester 37.9 19.4% 329 3k#23
63 Fred Hutch Cancer CenterUnited States · Seattle 37.7 20.0% 264 2.4k#37
64 Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and HospitalChina · Tianjin 37.5 23.0% 289 2.4k—
65 University of ChicagoUnited States · Chicago 37.2 17.6% 340 2.6k#26
66 American Cancer SocietyUnited States · Atlanta 37.0 36.8% 89 44k#19
67 The University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterUnited States · Dallas 36.8 17.2% 322 2.5k#29
68 Shandong First Medical UniversityChina · Jinan 36.5 20.2% 343 2.6k—
69 The Ohio State UniversityUnited States · Columbus 36.3 16.0% 386 2.9k#78
70 Xiangya Hospital Central South UniversityChina · Changsha 36.1 30.9% 159 2.9k—
71 Chinese University of Hong KongHong Kong · Hong Kong 35.9 27.0% 216 2.6k—
72 Nanjing University of Chinese MedicineChina · Nanjing 35.7 25.9% 209 2k—
73 The University of SydneyAustralia · Sydney 35.5 21.1% 293 2.9k#90
74 Institut Gustave RoussyFrance · Villejuif 35.3 19.7% 214 2.4k#57
75 Johns Hopkins MedicineUnited States · Baltimore 35.1 22.6% 227 2.2k#36
76 Jilin UniversityChina · Changchun 34.9 25.9% 234 2.7k—
77 Guangzhou Medical UniversityChina · Guangzhou 34.7 23.9% 234 2.3k—
78 University of PittsburghUnited States · Pittsburgh 34.5 16.2% 317 2.3k#31
79 China Pharmaceutical UniversityChina · Nanjing 34.3 32.1% 216 2.7k—
80 Baylor College of MedicineUnited States · Houston 34.1 16.6% 309 2.3k#35
81 Medical University of ViennaAustria · Vienna 33.9 16.6% 274 2.3k—
82 University of Alabama at BirminghamUnited States · Birmingham 33.7 15.5% 346 2.1k#61
83 Tongji UniversityChina · Shanghai 33.5 25.1% 208 2.5k—
84 Wenzhou Medical UniversityChina · Wenzhou 33.4 23.5% 292 2.6k—
85 The Netherlands Cancer InstituteNetherlands · Amsterdam 33.2 23.7% 174 2.7k#50
86 Yonsei UniversitySouth Korea · Seoul 33.0 15.9% 355 2.7k—
87 Mayo Clinic in FloridaUnited States · Jacksonville 32.8 17.7% 324 2.4k#91
88 German Cancer Research CenterGermany · Heidelberg 32.7 29.1% 172 2.3k#66
89 Duke UniversityUnited States · Durham 32.5 15.8% 312 2.1k#60
90 The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina · Guangzhou 32.3 24.7% 194 2.2k—
91 Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer CenterUnited States · Baltimore 32.2 30.5% 116 2.5k#64
92 National University of SingaporeSingapore · Singapore 32.0 28.1% 157 2k—
93 Harbin Medical UniversityChina · Harbin 31.8 21.1% 266 2.5k—
94 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance · Paris 31.7 22.0% 226 2.4k#63
95 Chongqing Medical UniversityChina · Chongqing 31.5 20.3% 291 2.3k—
96 University of British ColumbiaCanada · Vancouver 31.4 19.1% 238 2.1k#67
97 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing 31.2 30.2% 157 2.5k—
98 University of MinnesotaUnited States · Minneapolis 31.0 15.3% 278 2k#54
99 European Institute of OncologyItaly · Milan 30.9 30.2% 144 1.9k#96
100 Zhejiang Chinese Medical UniversityChina · Hangzhou 30.7 24.6% 230 2.2k—

institutions ranked worldwide in Oncology (772). 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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One bar per band of score, counting the rows on this page.

Ranked by volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterUnited States 1.6k works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 1.2k works
  3. 3 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterUnited States 956 works
  4. 4 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 930 works
  5. 5 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 872 works
  6. 6 Harvard UniversityUnited States 747 works
  7. 7 Sichuan UniversityChina 736 works
  8. 8 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States 604 works
  9. 9 Peking UniversityChina 582 works
  10. 10 Massachusetts General HospitalUnited States 547 works
  11. 11 Dana-Farber Cancer InstituteUnited States 540 works
  12. 12 Nanjing Medical UniversityChina 532 works
  13. 13 Cleveland ClinicUnited States 519 works
  14. 14 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 517 works
  15. 15 Stanford UniversityUnited States 507 works

Oncology by country