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. 2010 Nov 9;5(11):e13902. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013902

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.