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International Journal of Oncology is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 10.2), WoS SCIE. Published by Spandidos Publications.
Checked against the index lists dated .
ISSN 1019-6439Verify ISSN ↗1791-2423Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Spandidos Publications
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oncology | 51 / 428 | 88th | Q1 |
| Cancer Research | 47 / 233 | 80th | Q1 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1993–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 10.2.
International Journal of Oncology is Q1 in Oncology (rank 51 of 428) and Q1 in Cancer Research (rank 47 of 233), by CiteScore 2025.
International Journal of Oncology is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 10.2, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 88th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.408, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 146.
International Journal of Oncology is published by Spandidos Publications. Its print ISSN is 1019-6439 and its online ISSN is 1791-2423.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
International Journal of Oncology has an h-index of 154 and a 2-year mean of 12.31 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 10.2, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #14 of 424 Scopus journals in Oncology.
International Journal of Oncology published 127 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2018 with 434. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 95 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from China (66.3%), United States (10.5%) and Japan (4.7%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 152 retracted papers are recorded (13.2 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 4 of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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