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Head and Neck Cancer Studies

Head and Neck Cancer Studies is a research topic within Otorhinolaryngology. Science Explorer counts 54k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the epidemiology, treatment, and prognosis of head and neck cancer, with a particular emphasis on human papillomavirus (HPV)-related oropharyngeal cancer. It covers topics such as the impact of HPV infection, the role of radiotherapy and chemotherapy, survival outcomes, and the molecular landscape of head and neck squamous cell carcinomas.

  • Human Papillomavirus
  • Oropharyngeal Cancer
  • Radiotherapy
  • Chemotherapy
  • Squamous Cell Carcinoma
  • Survival
  • Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
  • HPV Infection
  • Cetuximab
  • Prognosis
Research works
54k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
5.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+8%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
27% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Head and Neck Cancer Studies

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

Which countries lead Head and Neck Cancer Studies research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (2.5k and 2.4k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 2.5k works
  2. 2 United States 2.4k works
  3. 3 India 1.3k works
  4. 4 Japan 685 works
  5. 5 Germany 530 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 481 works
  7. 7 Brazil 433 works
  8. 8 Italy 375 works
  9. 9 Taiwan 263 works
  10. 10 Canada 237 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.

China: 27.2%United States: 25.9%India: 14.1%Japan: 7.5%6 others listed: 25.4%27%largest
China2,482 · 27.2%United States2,367 · 25.9%India1,287 · 14.1%Japan685 · 7.5%6 others listed2,318 · 25.4%

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

Which institutions lead Head and Neck Cancer Studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, Sun Yat-sen University publishes the most Head and Neck Cancer Studies research, followed by Harvard University and Sichuan University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 253 works
  2. 2 Harvard UniversityUnited States 86 works
  3. 3 Sichuan UniversityChina 77 works
  4. 4 The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterUnited States 77 works
  5. 5 Fudan UniversityChina 76 works
  6. 6 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 75 works
  7. 7 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 74 works
  8. 8 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 73 works
  9. 9 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 65 works
  10. 10 Fujian Medical UniversityChina 64 works

Who are the leading researchers in Head and Neck Cancer Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Head and Neck Cancer Studies include Ahmedin Jemal, Christopher J L Murray and Rebecca L. Siegel.

  1. 1 Ahmedin Jemal United States 761k citations
  2. 2 Christopher J L Murray United States 583k citations
  3. 3 Rebecca L. Siegel United States 582k citations
  4. 4 Freddie Bray France 550k citations
  5. 5 Jacques Ferlay France 486k citations
  6. 6 Simon Iain Hay United States 452k citations
  7. 7 George Davey Smith United Kingdom 435k citations
  8. 8 Ali H. Mokdad United States 429k citations
  9. 9 Stacey L. Gabriel United States 402k citations
  10. 10 Julian P. T. Higgins United Kingdom 390k citations

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

What are the most cited papers in Head and Neck Cancer Studies?

The most cited paper in Head and Neck Cancer Studies is "Human Papillomavirus and Survival of Patients with Oropharyngeal Cancer" (K. Kian Ang, Jonathan Harris, Richard H. Wheeler et al., 2010), with 6,617 citations. Next come "Epidemiologic Classification of Human Papillomavirus Types Associated with Cervical Cancer" (6,330) and "Nivolumab for Recurrent Squamous-Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck" (5,189).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Human Papillomavirus and Survival of Patients with Oropharyngeal Cancer K. Kian Ang, Jonathan Harris, Richard H. Wheeler et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 7 Jun 2010 6,617
2 Epidemiologic Classification of Human Papillomavirus Types Associated with Cervical Cancer Núbia Muñóz, Francesc Xavier Bosch, Sílvia de Sanjosé et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 5 Feb 2003 6,330
3 Nivolumab for Recurrent Squamous-Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck Robert Louis Ferris et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 9 Oct 2016 5,189
4 Radiotherapy plus Cetuximab for Squamous-Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck James A. Bonner, Paul M. Harari, J. Giralt et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 8 Feb 2006 5,137
5 Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma Daniel E. Johnson, Barbara Ann Burtness, Charles René Leemans et al. · Nature Reviews Disease Primers ReviewOpen access 26 Nov 2020 4,223
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Where is Head and Neck Cancer Studies research done?

The largest centres of Head and Neck Cancer Studies research in 2022-now are Guangzhou (China), Beijing (China), Shanghai (China) and Chennai (India). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Plainview and Kashiwa.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 GuangzhouChina 332 works
  2. 2 BeijingChina 261 works
  3. 3 ShanghaiChina 227 works
  4. 4 ChennaiIndia 149 works
  5. 5 New YorkUnited States 140 works
  6. 6 SeoulSouth Korea 135 works
  7. 7 LondonUnited Kingdom 134 works
  8. 8 TokyoJapan 132 works
  9. 9 ChengduChina 126 works
  10. 10 MumbaiIndia 118 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. PlainviewUS · 23.3 works24×
  2. KashiwaJP · 24.3 works22×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Head and Neck Cancer Studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Head and Neck Cancer Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Sun Yat-sen University, Humanitas University and University of Groningen 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%30%mean 19.89%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Chinese University o…Humanitas UniversityUniversity of Gronin…Sun Yat-sen University
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 73.414.2%11.3×253 +15.2%
2Humanitas UniversityItaly 67.420.3%11.7×18 +82.2%
3University of GroningenNetherlands 66.518.5%4.2×31 -12.6%
4Chinese University of Hong KongChina 64.623.4%2.9×23 +1.9%
5Karolinska InstitutetSweden 64.118.7%4.7×29 -0.7%
6Wuhan UniversityChina 62.426.9%1.9×29 +24.6%
7Harvard UniversityUnited States 62.218.9%2.5×86 -14.4%
8McGill UniversityCanada 61.318.5%2.6×28 +38.9%
9Sichuan UniversityChina 60.015.8%3.2×77 +15.0%
10University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"Italy 59.523.7%3.9×9 +106.6%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Head and Neck Cancer Studies, country by country

Is Head and Neck Cancer Studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 8% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Head and Neck Cancer Studies.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Head and Neck Cancer Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.050% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Head and Neck Cancer Studies0.053% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Head and Neck Cancer Studies over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

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Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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