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Abstract
This study explores to identify prominent institutes contributing to cancer research in India, major publication channels used and impact of highly cited papers on social media. Scopus citation database was used to extract the bibliographic data for the period 2003 to 2012. ‘Research articles’ and ‘Review papers’ were filtered out for analysis. Citations appeared in Scopus, Google Scholar and scores appeared on Altmetric Explorer (Altmetrics) are extracted for comparison. The impact of highly cited Indian cancer research papers on Altmetric Explorer is negligible. The Indian cancer research is widely spread and published in multidisciplinary channels. Major cancer research is produced by few premier research institutes and reflection of highly cited papers in social media is negligible. Results of the study give an insight of Indian cancer research scenario to researchers, clinicians, policy makers to identify prolific institutes for collaborations and devise better cancer controlling policies.