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1. Cancer Research: Current Trends
& Future Directions
Cancer is the leading cause of premature death in
28 European countries and across the United States1
Globally, the US leads with the
largest shares of institutions,
publication volume, and patent
level citations in cancer research.
US
0.32
Canada
0.26
France
0.22
Germany
0.28
UK0.25
Italy
0.22
China
0.13
Japan
0.17
2010 Patent Citations Per Publication
US
34,674
Canada
4,653
France
5,023
Germany
6,540
UK7,122
Italy
6,011
China
20,505
Japan
8,001
2014 Publication Output
2005-2014 Institution Output
19,811
17,115
Harvard University
University of Texas
MD Anderson Cancer Center
National Institutes
of Health
Memorial Sloan-Kettering
Cancer Center
Johns Hopkins
University
University of California
at San Francisco
Dana Farber
Cancer Institute
University of Toronto
University of Michigan
Mayo Clinic Rochester MN
16,172
10,049
10,075
6,917
4,643
9,925
7,144
5,483
The critical mass of cancer research globally remains
situated in the US
1 Leading causes of death in US & Europe: fact sheet, WHO Europe.
http://www.cancer.org/acs/groups/content/@research/documents/document/acspc-047079.pdf
2 Reference http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=MSTI_PUB#
China has dramatically increased
publication output in cancer research
and today commands over 17% of the
global share of publications, up from
around 5% a decade ago.
China has benefited from a rise in
research and development
expenditure (as a share of GDP)
and a shift from socialist economic
planning to a more market driven
system over the past decade.
Some countries such as
Germany, the UK, and
most noticeably China,
show a general increase
in impact over the
period 2005–2014. The
US displays a relatively
static performance.
US 2005 China 2014
20,505
20,314
In 2014, China produced as
many papers as the US did in 2005.
China’s Gross Expenditures For R&D
as Share of GDP 1991-20102
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
1991 1995 2000 2005 2010
Field-Weighted Citation Impact for Cancer Research
China has increased its FWCI over the past decade
0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
2005 20142006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
World average (= 1.0)
US
China
Japan
UK
Germany
Italy
Canada
France
Source: Scopus