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Lung Cancer Research Studies

Lung Cancer Research Studies is a research topic within Oncology. Science Explorer counts 38k research works in it since 1950. 17.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers represents a comprehensive exploration of small cell lung cancer, covering topics such as genomic profiles, immunotherapy, chemotherapy, prognostic factors, biomarkers, targeted therapy, clinical trials, metastasis, and tumor markers.

  • Small-Cell Lung Cancer
  • Genomic Profiles
  • Immunotherapy
  • Chemotherapy
  • Prognostic Factors
  • Biomarkers
  • Targeted Therapy
  • Clinical Trials
  • Metastasis
  • Tumor Markers
Research works
38k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
6.6k
per year above
Top-10% rate
17.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+44%
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 Lung Cancer Research Studies research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (2.7k and 2.1k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 2.7k works
  2. 2 United States 2.1k works
  3. 3 Japan 633 works
  4. 4 Italy 377 works
  5. 5 Germany 319 works
  6. 6 India 273 works
  7. 7 France 264 works
  8. 8 South Korea 229 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 222 works
  10. 10 Spain 219 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: 37.0%United States: 28.2%Japan: 8.7%Italy: 5.2%6 others listed: 20.9%37%largest
China2,703 · 37.0%United States2,062 · 28.2%Japan633 · 8.7%Italy377 · 5.2%6 others listed1,527 · 20.9%

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

Which institutions lead Lung Cancer Research Studies research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College publishes the most Lung Cancer Research Studies research, followed by The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

Who are the leading researchers in Lung Cancer Research Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Lung Cancer Research Studies include Ralph B. D’Agostino, Julie R. Brahmer and Larry Rubinstein.

  1. 1 Ralph B. D’Agostino United States 3.8k citations
  2. 2 Julie R. Brahmer United States 3.8k citations
  3. 3 Larry Rubinstein United States 3.6k citations

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

Where is Lung Cancer Research Studies research done?

The largest centres of Lung Cancer Research Studies research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Guangzhou (China) and New York (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Plainview and Kashiwa.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 344 works
  2. 2 Shanghai China 261 works
  3. 3 Guangzhou China 233 works
  4. 4 New York United States 147 works
  5. 5 Tokyo Japan 143 works
  6. 6 Seoul South Korea 131 works
  7. 7 Jinan China 130 works
  8. 8 Chengdu China 128 works
  9. 9 Hangzhou China 119 works
  10. 10 Nanjing China 113 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. PlainviewUS · 23.2 works35×
  2. KashiwaJP · 20.4 works26×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Lung Cancer Research Studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Lung Cancer Research Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Shandong First Medical University and Cornell 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 18.75%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College: 105, 16.3%Shandong First Medical University: 46, 14.1%Cornell University: 18, 36.1%Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University: 11, 19.6%Fujian Medical University: 24, 11.5%Nanjing Medical University: 34, 19.0%Wenzhou Medical University: 18, 18.3%Guangzhou Medical University: 18, 15.5%Southern Medical University: 17, 23.1%Guangxi Medical University: 16, 14.0%Cornell UniversityShanghai Medical Col…Chinese Academy of M…Shandong First Medic…
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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 66.916.3%12.6×105 +100.7%
2 Shandong First Medical UniversityChina 57.414.1%21.1×46 +88.1%
3 Cornell UniversityUnited States 53.036.1%2.1×18 +135.9%
4 Shanghai Medical College of Fudan UniversityChina 52.319.6%16.0×11 +100.4%
5 Fujian Medical UniversityChina 52.011.5%8.1×24 +296.1%
6 Nanjing Medical UniversityChina 50.719.0%7.8×34 +46.6%
7 Wenzhou Medical UniversityChina 50.018.3%6.0×18 +262.3%
8 Guangzhou Medical UniversityChina 48.815.5%8.0×18 +118.7%
9 Southern Medical UniversityChina 48.523.1%5.6×17 +124.2%
10 Guangxi Medical UniversityChina 46.214.0%11.3×16 +43.3%

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 Lung Cancer Research Studies research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 44% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Lung Cancer Research 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.

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.