Top 25 government institutions in cancer research

The table shows the top 25 government institutions ranked by their article share (Share) in cancer research from January 2015 to August 2019. Also listed are each institution's number of cancer articles (Count) from January 2015 to August 2019, and percentage of internationally collaborative articles in cancer research (International articles %) over the period.

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Rank	Institution	Country / Region	Share Jan 2015- Aug 2019	Count Jan 2015- Aug 2019	International articles (%)
1	Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)	China	435.50	1,001	37.5%
2	National Institutes of Health (NIH)	United States of America (USA)	361.58	920	61.3%
3	People's Liberation Army (PLA)	China	94.87	329	55.6%
4	Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)	Singapore	59.41	212	81.6%
5	Academia Sinica	Taiwan	36.30	113	57.5%
6	RIKEN	Japan	29.15	113	61.9%
7	U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs	United States of America (USA)	28.72	316	46.2%
8	Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)	India	27.98	49	38.8%
9	Medical Research Council (MRC)	United Kingdom (UK)	20.88	66	69.7%
10	Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)	Spain	18.71	72	76.4%
11	Institute of Health Carlos III (ISCIII)	Spain	16.97	202	86.1%
12	BC Cancer Research Centre (BCCRC)	Canada	16.67	94	87.2%
13	Czech Academy of Sciences (CAS)	Czech Republic	16.28	55	81.8%
14	National Research Council (CNR)	Italy	15.14	104	80.8%
15	European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL)	Germany	14.51	114	86.0%
16	Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW)	Austria	11.64	43	100.0%
17	Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST)	South Korea	11.49	44	52.3%
18	Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)	South Korea	11.05	46	65.2%
19	National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)	Japan	11.02	36	52.8%
20	Institute for Basic Science (IBS)	South Korea	10.74	60	53.3%
21	Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)	United States of America (USA)	9.63	53	49.1%
22	National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing (NIBS)	China	9.57	27	33.3%
23	India Ministry of Science and Technology	India	8.73	12	8.3%
24	State Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Biology (SKLMMB), CAMS & PUMC	China	7.24	30	43.3%
25	Spanish National Center for Cardiovascular Research (CNIC)	Spain	6.22	26	84.6%