Table 1. Number (Percentage) of Publications For Neoplasms In PubMed and the Web of Science (WoS).
PubMed | WoS | |||||
Quartile | Rank | Cancer | Output (%) | Rank | Cancer | Output (%) |
1 | 1 | Breast | 8736 (13.81) | 1 | Breast | 17563 (13.83) |
1 | 2 | Intestinal | 6304 (9.97) | 2 | Intestinal | 11305 (8.91) |
1 | 3 | Lung | 5127 (8.10) | 3 | Lung | 11237 (8.86) |
1 | 4 | Leukemia | 4762 (7.53) | 4 | Leukemia | 10226 (8.06) |
1 | 5 | Prostatic | 4606 (7.28) | 5 | Pancreatic | 9118 (7.19) |
1 | 6 | CNS | 4106 (6.49) | 6 | Prostatic | 8573 (6.76) |
2 | 7 | Liver | 3877 (6.13) | 7 | Liver | 7091 (5.59) |
2 | 8 | Uterine | 3181 (5.03) | 8 | CNS | 6664 (5.25) |
2 | 9 | Lymphoma | 2801 (4.43) | 9 | Lymphoma | 5270 (4.15) |
2 | 10 | Melanoma | 2371 (3.75) | 10 | Kidney | 4563 (3.60) |
2 | 11 | Ovarian | 2235 (3.53) | 11 | Melanoma | 4398 (3.47) |
2 | 12 | Stomach | 1938 (3.06) | 12 | Ovarian | 4153 (3.27) |
2 | 13 | Pancreatic | 1937 (3.06) | 13 | Soft Tissue | 3826 (3.02) |
2 | 14 | Kidney | 1788 (2.83) | 14 | Mouth | 3348 (2.64) |
3 | 15 | Mouth | 1545 (2.44) | 15 | Stomach | 3143 (2.48) |
3 | 16 | Urinary | 1208 (1.91) | 16 | Hodgkin | 3130 (2.47) |
3 | 17 | Esophageal | 1191 (1.88) | 17 | Myeloma | 2683 (2.12) |
3 | 18 | Thyroid | 1182 (1.87) | 18 | Uterine | 2378 (1.87) |
3 | 19 | Soft Tissue | 1112 (1.76) | 19 | Urinary | 2259 (1.78) |
3 | 20 | Myeloma | 1085 (1.72) | 20 | Thyroid | 1991 (1.57) |
4 | 21 | Testicular | 568 (0.90) | 21 | Esophageal | 1454 (1.15) |
4 | 22 | Hodgkin | 500 (0.79) | 22 | Testicular | 1017 (0.80) |
4 | 23 | Laryngeal | 442 (0.70) | 23 | Mesothelioma | 567 (0.45) |
4 | 24 | Mesothelioma | 336 (0.53) | 24 | Laryngeal | 526 (0.41) |
4 | 25 | Gallbladder | 163 (0.26) | 25 | Gallbladder | 213 (0.17) |
4 | 26 | Vulvar | 159 (0.25) | 26 | Vulvar | 149 (0.12) |
Total | 63260 (100) | Total | 126845 (100) |
Neoplasms are listed in order of their decreasing contribution to the overall research output for the 26 neoplasms in each database, in 2007.