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Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques

Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques is a research topic within Radiation. Science Explorer counts 58k research works in it since 1950. 16.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers advances in radiotherapy physics and technology, including topics such as dosimetry, image-guided radiotherapy, intensity-modulated radiotherapy, respiratory motion management, Monte Carlo simulation, quality assurance, brachytherapy dose calculation, second cancer risk, and clinical implementation.

  • Radiotherapy Physics
  • Dosimetry
  • Image-Guided Radiotherapy
  • Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy
  • Respiratory Motion Management
  • Monte Carlo Simulation
  • Quality Assurance
  • Brachytherapy Dose Calculation
  • Second Cancer Risk
  • Clinical Implementation
Research works
58k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
9.6k
per year above
Top-10% rate
16.6%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-12%
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Which countries lead Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (2.3k and 1.1k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 2.3k works
  2. 2 China 1.1k works
  3. 3 Japan 627 works
  4. 4 Germany 444 works
  5. 5 India 367 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 346 works
  7. 7 Canada 337 works
  8. 8 Italy 326 works
  9. 9 France 292 works
  10. 10 Netherlands 250 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United States: 35.6%China: 17.2%Japan: 9.9%Germany: 7.0%6 others listed: 30.2%36%largest
United States2,258 · 35.6%China1,093 · 17.2%Japan627 · 9.9%Germany444 · 7.0%6 others listed1,917 · 30.2%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center publishes the most Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques research, followed by The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterUnited States 88 works
  2. 2 The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterUnited States 83 works
  3. 3 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 52 works
  4. 4 The University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterUnited States 50 works
  5. 5 Stanford UniversityUnited States 44 works
  6. 6 Emory UniversityUnited States 38 works
  7. 7 Washington University in St. LouisUnited States 38 works
  8. 8 University of Wisconsin–MadisonUnited States 36 works
  9. 9 University of TorontoCanada 35 works
  10. 10 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 32 works

Who are the leading researchers in Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques include C. Leroy and C. Lacasta.

  1. 1 C. Leroy Israel 7.3k citations
  2. 2 C. Lacasta United Kingdom 6.9k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques research done?

The largest centres of Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), New York (United States), Seoul (South Korea) and London (United Kingdom).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 194 works
  2. 2 New York United States 158 works
  3. 3 Seoul South Korea 141 works
  4. 4 London United Kingdom 129 works
  5. 5 Tokyo Japan 127 works
  6. 6 Shanghai China 122 works
  7. 7 Toronto Canada 110 works
  8. 8 Houston United States 105 works
  9. 9 Guangzhou China 96 works
  10. 10 Heidelberg Germany 89 works
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Where is the best place to study Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques?

Among universities, judged by research, Institute of Cancer Research, Heidelberg University and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 28.93%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Institute of Cancer Research: 16, 29.6%Heidelberg University: 27, 27.5%Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München: 16, 30.9%Dartmouth College: 12, 19.4%Washington University in St. Louis: 38, 25.7%University of Lausanne: 10, 46.5%Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College: 52, 16.7%University of Groningen: 11, 39.4%Emory University: 38, 16.6%University of Zurich: 11, 37.0%Ludwig-Maximilians-U…Institute of Cancer …Heidelberg UniversityDartmouth College
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Institute of Cancer ResearchUnited Kingdom 59.829.6%58.1×16 +32.9%
2 Heidelberg UniversityGermany 49.427.5%6.1×27 -2.6%
3 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany 47.830.9%3.0×16 +155.9%
4 Dartmouth CollegeUnited States 47.719.4%7.3×12 +145.4%
5 Washington University in St. LouisUnited States 47.525.7%6.2×38 -21.9%
6 University of LausanneSwitzerland 47.246.5%3.3×10 +20.1%
7 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 46.916.7%6.4×52 +21.5%
8 University of GroningenNetherlands 45.939.4%2.7×11 +76.7%
9 Emory UniversityUnited States 44.416.6%6.5×38 +15.5%
10 University of ZurichSwitzerland 43.937.0%2.4×11 +82.0%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 12% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2016. The fastest-growing topics are Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques.

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Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.