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Global Cancer Incidence and Screening

Global Cancer Incidence and Screening is a research topic within Oncology. Science Explorer counts 43k research works in it since 1950. 15.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the global patterns of cancer incidence, mortality, and survival, with an emphasis on epidemiological research, health disparities, and the impact of various screening and preventive services. It covers a wide range of topics including breast cancer screening, risk factors for cancer, and the effectiveness of different healthcare interventions.

  • Cancer Incidence
  • Mortality Rates
  • Global Surveillance
  • Breast Cancer Screening
  • Epidemiological Research
  • Health Disparities
  • Cancer Survival
  • Risk Factors
  • Preventive Services
  • Population-Based Study
Research works
43k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
6.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
15.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+35%
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 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (3.6k and 593 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 3.6k works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 593 works
  3. 3 China 515 works
  4. 4 India 371 works
  5. 5 Australia 323 works
  6. 6 Canada 292 works
  7. 7 Brazil 284 works
  8. 8 France 179 works
  9. 9 Iran 176 works
  10. 10 Italy 158 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: 55.2%United Kingdom: 9.2%China: 8.0%India: 5.7%6 others listed: 21.9%55%largest
United States3,565 · 55.2%United Kingdom593 · 9.2%China515 · 8.0%India371 · 5.7%6 others listed1,414 · 21.9%

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

Which institutions lead Global Cancer Incidence and Screening research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill publishes the most Global Cancer Incidence and Screening research, followed by The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Harvard University.

Who are the leading researchers in Global Cancer Incidence and Screening?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Global Cancer Incidence and Screening include Ali H. Mokdad, Yousef Khader and Walter C. Willett.

  1. 1 Ali H. Mokdad United States 10k citations
  2. 2 Yousef Khader Jordan 7.7k citations
  3. 3 Walter C. Willett United States 6.8k citations

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

Where is Global Cancer Incidence and Screening research done?

The largest centres of Global Cancer Incidence and Screening research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), New York (United States), Boston (United States) and Philadelphia (United States).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 London United Kingdom 186 works
  2. 2 New York United States 181 works
  3. 3 Boston United States 146 works
  4. 4 Philadelphia United States 119 works
  5. 5 Chapel Hill United States 108 works
  6. 6 Atlanta United States 100 works
  7. 7 Houston United States 99 works
  8. 8 Beijing China 95 works
  9. 9 Los Angeles United States 93 works
  10. 10 Sydney Australia 86 works
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Where is the best place to study Global Cancer Incidence and Screening?

Among universities, judged by research, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and Addis Ababa University 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 21.37%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College: 38, 46.6%London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine: 13, 23.0%Addis Ababa University: 16, 21.9%University of Gondar: 12, 34.1%Medical College of Wisconsin: 18, 13.9%Karolinska Institutet: 20, 26.5%University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: 104, 6.1%Augusta University: 10, 11.5%University of Alabama at Birmingham: 33, 14.9%Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: 30, 15.2%Chinese Academy of M…University of GondarLondon School of Hyg…Addis Ababa 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 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 67.446.6%4.2×38 +260.1%
2 London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineUnited Kingdom 56.623.0%9.3×13 +67.7%
3 Addis Ababa UniversityEthiopia 54.821.9%7.3×16 +451.2%
4 University of GondarEthiopia 54.034.1%8.9×12
5 Medical College of WisconsinUnited States 49.513.9%7.7×18 +289.0%
6 Karolinska InstitutetSweden 47.526.5%5.0×20 +43.5%
7 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 47.06.1%6.6×104 +73.7%
8 Augusta UniversityUnited States 46.411.5%8.5×10 +238.9%
9 University of Alabama at BirminghamUnited States 44.814.9%7.4×33 +43.6%
10 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiUnited States 44.215.2%6.6×30 +63.3%

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 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 35% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Global Cancer Incidence and Screening.

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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.