Cancer survivorship and care
Cancer survivorship and care is a research topic within Oncology. Science Explorer counts 41k research works in it since 1952. 20.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the quality of life, survivorship, and psychosocial aspects of individuals who have undergone cancer treatment. It includes research on patient-reported outcomes, depression, anxiety, physical activity, symptom management, and the impact of cancer on various aspects of well-being.
- Cancer Survivorship
- Quality of Life
- Patient-Reported Outcomes
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Physical Activity
- Psychosocial Interventions
- Symptom Management
- Health-related Quality of Life
- Fatigue
- Research works
- 41k fractional, since 1952
- In the world top 10%
- 8.4k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 20.5% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +45% 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 survivorship and care research?
By volume, the United States and China publish the most (3.1k and 1.3k works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 3.1k works
- 2 China 1.3k works
- 3 United Kingdom 622 works
- 4 Germany 504 works
- 5 Australia 484 works
- 6 Canada 459 works
- 7 Netherlands 337 works
- 8 Spain 304 works
- 9 India 299 works
- 10 Italy 286 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 survivorship and care research?
By volume in 2022–2025, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill publishes the most Cancer survivorship and care research, followed by The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 105 works
- 2 The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterUnited States 83 works
- 3 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterUnited States 64 works
- 4 Harvard UniversityUnited States 51 works
- 5 Dana-Farber Cancer InstituteUnited States 50 works
- 6 University of TorontoCanada 44 works
- 7 University of MichiganUnited States 35 works
- 8 The University of SydneyAustralia 34 works
- 9 University of Alabama at BirminghamUnited States 34 works
- 10 Massachusetts General HospitalUnited States 32 works
Who are the leading researchers in Cancer survivorship and care?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Cancer survivorship and care include Hermann Brenner.
- 1 Hermann Brenner Germany 5.8k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Cancer survivorship and care research done?
The largest centres of Cancer survivorship and care research in 2022–2025 are New York (United States), London (United Kingdom), Boston (United States) and Seoul (South Korea).
Largest cities, 2022–2025
- 1 New York United States 175 works
- 2 London United Kingdom 170 works
- 3 Boston United States 162 works
- 4 Seoul South Korea 137 works
- 5 Toronto Canada 129 works
- 6 Houston United States 121 works
- 7 Melbourne Australia 118 works
- 8 Chapel Hill United States 110 works
- 9 Beijing China 110 works
- 10 Guangzhou China 102 works
Where is the best place to study Cancer survivorship and care?
Among universities, judged by research, Iranshahr University, Edith Cowan University and University of Alabama at Birmingham 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 | Iranshahr UniversityIran | 60.4 | 23.1% | 15.3× | 14 | +515.9% |
| 2 | Edith Cowan UniversityAustralia | 57.4 | 24.3% | 7.7× | 12 | +200.2% |
| 3 | University of Alabama at BirminghamUnited States | 50.5 | 19.9% | 6.6× | 34 | +98.2% |
| 4 | Flinders UniversityAustralia | 50.0 | 32.5% | 6.2× | 15 | +43.3% |
| 5 | University of SurreyUnited Kingdom | 49.7 | 34.5% | 3.4× | 9 | +169.9% |
| 6 | University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States | 49.5 | 10.3% | 5.8× | 106 | +87.5% |
| 7 | Harvard UniversityUnited States | 49.2 | 23.4% | 3.8× | 51 | +65.7% |
| 8 | University of CalgaryCanada | 47.8 | 22.0% | 4.6× | 32 | +89.4% |
| 9 | University of MilanItaly | 47.0 | 31.2% | 2.0× | 14 | +314.6% |
| 10 | The University of SydneyAustralia | 46.3 | 28.6% | 3.2× | 34 | +42.8% |
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 survivorship and care research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 45% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Cancer survivorship and care.
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.