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Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry

Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry is a research topic within Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Science Explorer counts 36k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the advancements in particle therapy for cancer treatment, focusing on the use of proton therapy, gold nanoparticles for radiation sensitization, Monte Carlo simulations to address range uncertainties, and the biological effectiveness of different radiation modalities. It also delves into the implications of space radiation and the potential clinical applications of these developments.

  • Particle Therapy
  • Proton Therapy
  • Gold Nanoparticles
  • Radiation Sensitization
  • Monte Carlo Simulations
  • Biological Effectiveness
  • Space Radiation
  • Nanoparticle Radiosensitization
  • Range Uncertainties
  • Clinical Applications
Research works
36k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+3%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
31% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry

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

Which countries lead Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.3k and 735 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 1.3k works
  2. 2 China 735 works
  3. 3 Japan 472 works
  4. 4 Germany 345 works
  5. 5 Italy 321 works
  6. 6 India 230 works
  7. 7 France 220 works
  8. 8 Russia 194 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 194 works
  10. 10 Canada 159 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: 30.7%China: 17.8%Japan: 11.4%Germany: 8.3%6 others listed: 31.8%31%largest
United States1,271 · 30.7%China735 · 17.8%Japan472 · 11.4%Germany345 · 8.3%6 others listed1,318 · 31.8%

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

Which institutions lead Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry research, followed by Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 85 works
  2. 2 Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresGermany 75 works
  3. 3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 67 works
  4. 4 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 62 works
  5. 5 Mayo ClinicUnited States 51 works
  6. 6 Heidelberg UniversityGermany 51 works
  7. 7 National Institutes for Quantum Science and TechnologyJapan 49 works
  8. 8 The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterUnited States 44 works
  9. 9 Harvard UniversityUnited States 44 works
  10. 10 European Organization for Nuclear ResearchSwitzerland 30 works

Who are the leading researchers in Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry include Ahmedin Jemal, Zhong Lin Wang and M. Weber.

  1. 1 Ahmedin Jemal United States 761k citations
  2. 2 Zhong Lin Wang United States 491k citations
  3. 3 M. Weber Israel 267k citations
  4. 4 Xiaogang Wang China 260k 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 Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry?

The most cited paper in Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry is "Geant4—a simulation toolkit" (Stefano Agostinelli et al., 2003), with 25,572 citations. Next come "Geant4 developments and applications" (7,047) and "Toxicity criteria of the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) and the European organization for research and treatment of cancer (EORTC)" (4,860).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Geant4—a simulation toolkit Stefano Agostinelli et al. · Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment Open access127 authors 21 Jun 2003 25,572
2 Geant4 developments and applications John E. Allison et al. · IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science Open access Feb 2006 7,047
3 Toxicity criteria of the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) and the European organization for research and treatment of cancer (EORTC) James D. Cox, JoAnn Stetz, Thomas F. Pajak · International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics Mar 1995 4,860
4 Recent developments in Geant4 John E. Allison et al. · Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment Open access 2 Jul 2016 4,221
5 A Direct Measurement of the Radiation Sensitivity of Normal Mouse Bone Marrow Cells1 James E. Till, E. A. McCulloch · Radiation Research Open access 8 Dec 2010 4,063
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Where is Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry research done?

The largest centres of Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia), Heidelberg (Germany) and Tokyo (Japan). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Villigen and Maebashi.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 182 works
  2. 2 MoscowRussia 116 works
  3. 3 HeidelbergGermany 83 works
  4. 4 TokyoJapan 80 works
  5. 5 SeoulSouth Korea 77 works
  6. 6 ParisFrance 71 works
  7. 7 HoustonUnited States 65 works
  8. 8 RomeItaly 65 works
  9. 9 ShanghaiChina 63 works
  10. 10 New YorkUnited States 61 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. VilligenCH · 21.6 works43×
  2. MaebashiJP · 20.4 works25×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry?

Among universities, judged by research, Heidelberg University, Aarhus University and University of Lausanne 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 17.42%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of LausanneAarhus UniversityHarvard UniversityHeidelberg 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
1Heidelberg UniversityGermany 68.013.3%12.7×51 -7.9%
2Aarhus UniversityDenmark 65.417.9%6.3×29 +47.8%
3University of LausanneSwitzerland 63.940.2%3.8×9 +43.0%
4Harvard UniversityUnited States 58.517.3%2.6×44 -25.3%
5University of TorontoCanada 51.913.9%1.9×20 +21.3%
6Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 51.511.5%3.5×28 +68.3%
7University of KansasUnited States 50.021.6%5.7×15 +492.5%
8University of TrentoItaly 49.813.8%10.5×14 +8.4%
9University of BernSwitzerland 49.79.9%5.7×16 +23.7%
10University of GroningenNetherlands 48.714.8%5.5×20 -28.3%

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 Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry, country by country

Is Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry.

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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 Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.025% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry 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.

still counting5%10%15%Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry9.7% in 2025200020102020

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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