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Cancer and Skin Lesions

Cancer and Skin Lesions is a research topic within Dermatology. Science Explorer counts 29k research works in it since 1950. 7.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the study of cutaneous adnexal neoplasms, including topics such as extramammary Paget's disease, cylindromatosis gene mutations, Mohs micrographic surgery, and the use of immunohistochemistry in diagnosis. It also covers related syndromes and molecular markers associated with these neoplasms.

  • Extramammary Paget's Disease
  • Adnexal Neoplasms
  • Paget's Disease
  • Cylindromatosis Gene
  • Mohs Micrographic Surgery
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Trichoepithelioma
  • Pilomatricoma
  • Sweat Gland Carcinoma
  • ß-Catenin Mutation
Research works
29k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
7.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+14%
the tick is no change

This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Cancer and Skin Lesions research?

By volume, the United States and India publish the most (930 and 608 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 930 works
  2. 2 India 608 works
  3. 3 China 368 works
  4. 4 Japan 237 works
  5. 5 Spain 150 works
  6. 6 Italy 147 works
  7. 7 Brazil 135 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 135 works
  9. 9 Germany 128 works
  10. 10 Türkiye 107 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: 31.6%India: 20.6%China: 12.5%Japan: 8.0%6 others listed: 27.3%32%largest
United States930 · 31.6%India608 · 20.6%China368 · 12.5%Japan237 · 8.0%6 others listed803 · 27.3%

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

Which institutions lead Cancer and Skin Lesions research?

By volume in 2022–2025, All India Institute of Medical Sciences publishes the most Cancer and Skin Lesions research, followed by Institute of Medical Sciences and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

Who are the leading researchers in Cancer and Skin Lesions?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Cancer and Skin Lesions include Caroline Robert.

  1. 1 Caroline Robert France 3.3k citations

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

Where is Cancer and Skin Lesions research done?

The largest centres of Cancer and Skin Lesions research in 2022–2025 are New Delhi (India), Beijing (China), New York (United States) and Tokyo (Japan). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Fes, Rabat and Varanasi.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 New Delhi India 76 works
  2. 2 Beijing China 60 works
  3. 3 New York United States 50 works
  4. 4 Tokyo Japan 47 works
  5. 5 London United Kingdom 41 works
  6. 6 Chennai India 40 works
  7. 7 Houston United States 39 works
  8. 8 Shanghai China 36 works
  9. 9 Istanbul Türkiye 35 works
  10. 10 Seoul South Korea 35 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. FesMA · 24.3 works16×
  2. RabatMA · 21.7 works8.3×
  3. VaranasiIN · 27.2 works7.0×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Cancer and Skin Lesions than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Cancer and Skin Lesions?

Among universities, judged by research, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Mohammed V University and Institute of Medical Sciences 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%10%20%mean 3.71%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →All India Institute of Medical Sciences: 31, 0.3%Mohammed V University: 14, 0.1%Institute of Medical Sciences: 23, 0.3%Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research: 9, 8.8%Harvard University: 11, 16.7%Mohamed I University: 10, 0.0%All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhubaneswar: 9, 0.9%University of Miami: 10, 9.4%All India Institute of Medical Sciences Raipur: 8, 0.6%Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research: 9, 0.0%Post Graduate Instit…All India Institute …Institute of Medical…Mohammed V University
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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 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 52.30.3%12.2×31 +69.0%
2 Mohammed V UniversityMorocco 46.70.1%8.7×14 +224.0%
3 Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 45.50.3%17.7×23 +20.1%
4 Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and ResearchIndia 42.38.8%6.4×9 +242.0%
5 Harvard UniversityUnited States 35.816.7%2.2×11 +13.2%
6 Mohamed I UniversityMorocco 35.80.0%14.5×10
7 All India Institute of Medical Sciences BhubaneswarIndia 34.20.9%17.2×9
8 University of MiamiUnited States 33.09.4%4.9×10 +56.3%
9 All India Institute of Medical Sciences RaipurIndia 32.30.6%16.9×8
10 Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and ResearchIndia 31.90.0%16.4×9 +42.2%

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 Cancer and Skin Lesions research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2020. The fastest-growing topics are Cancer and Skin Lesions.

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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.

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.