Cancer, Stress, Anesthesia, and Immune Response
Cancer, Stress, Anesthesia, and Immune Response is a research topic within Psychiatry and Mental health. Science Explorer counts 26k research works in it since 1950. 17.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores the impact of chronic stress, neuroendocrine modulation, anesthetic techniques, and immune suppression on tumor growth, metastasis promotion, and angiogenesis regulation. It delves into the influence of the nervous system during the perioperative period and highlights the role of adrenergic signaling in cancer progression.
- Chronic Stress
- Tumor Growth
- Neuroendocrine Modulation
- Anesthetic Technique
- Immune Suppression
- Metastasis Promotion
- Adrenergic Signaling
- Nervous System Influence
- Angiogenesis Regulation
- Perioperative Period
- Research works
- 26k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 4.5k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 17.5% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +25% 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, Stress, Anesthesia, and Immune Response research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.6k and 1k works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 1.6k works
- 2 United States 1k works
- 3 Japan 216 works
- 4 India 214 works
- 5 Germany 140 works
- 6 South Korea 132 works
- 7 Italy 123 works
- 8 United Kingdom 121 works
- 9 Türkiye 110 works
- 10 Iran 109 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Cancer, Stress, Anesthesia, and Immune Response research?
By volume in 2022–2025, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center publishes the most Cancer, Stress, Anesthesia, and Immune Response research, followed by Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College and Sichuan University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterUnited States 35 works
- 2 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 26 works
- 3 Sichuan UniversityChina 23 works
- 4 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 22 works
- 5 Nanjing Medical UniversityChina 18 works
- 6 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 17 works
- 7 Peking UniversityChina 16 works
- 8 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 15 works
- 9 Xuzhou Medical CollegeChina 15 works
- 10 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 15 works
Who are the leading researchers in Cancer, Stress, Anesthesia, and Immune Response?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Cancer, Stress, Anesthesia, and Immune Response include Jost B. Jonas, Guido Kroemer and Michael Karin.
- 1 Jost B. Jonas Germany 7.7k citations
- 2 Guido Kroemer France 4.2k citations
- 3 Michael Karin United States 4k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Cancer, Stress, Anesthesia, and Immune Response research done?
The largest centres of Cancer, Stress, Anesthesia, and Immune Response research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Guangzhou (China) and Seoul (South Korea). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Bratislava and Shijiazhuang.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- BratislavaSK · 20.9 works5.1×
- ShijiazhuangCN · 24.6 works4.9×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Cancer, Stress, Anesthesia, and Immune Response than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Cancer, Stress, Anesthesia, and Immune Response?
Among universities, judged by research, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Shandong First Medical University and Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nanjing University of Chinese MedicineChina | 60.0 | 29.0% | 9.3× | 11 | +254.5% |
| 2 | Shandong First Medical UniversityChina | 51.7 | 23.8% | 9.3× | 12 | +101.3% |
| 3 | Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina | 50.0 | 34.1% | 10.0× | 9 | -10.7% |
| 4 | Xuzhou Medical CollegeChina | 49.1 | 25.6% | 15.1× | 15 | -37.5% |
| 5 | Sichuan UniversityChina | 47.9 | 36.7% | 2.8× | 23 | +41.3% |
| 6 | Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina | 47.0 | 21.6% | 5.6× | 26 | +23.8% |
| 7 | Harbin Medical UniversityChina | 46.4 | 26.2% | 10.4× | 10 | -4.0% |
| 8 | Nanjing Medical UniversityChina | 42.6 | 21.1% | 7.3× | 18 | -14.3% |
| 9 | China Medical UniversityChina | 42.5 | 24.4% | 8.4× | 13 | -32.4% |
| 10 | Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina | 41.4 | 33.3% | 1.6× | 17 | +64.0% |
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 Cancer, Stress, Anesthesia, and Immune Response research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 25% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Cancer, Stress, Anesthesia, and Immune Response.
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Which topics inside it are moving
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