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Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 6.4), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH.
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ISSN 0171-5216Verify ISSN ↗1432-1335Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oncology | 96 / 428 | 77th | Q1 |
| Cancer Research | 87 / 233 | 62nd | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1979–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 6.4.
Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology is Q1 in Oncology (rank 96 of 428) and Q2 in Cancer Research (rank 87 of 233), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical 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 6.4, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 77th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.954, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 118.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$4,390 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology is published by Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. Its print ISSN is 0171-5216 and its online ISSN is 1432-1335.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology has an h-index of 137 and a 2-year mean of 4.89 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 6.4, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #60 of 424 Scopus journals in Oncology.
Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology published 327 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2023 with 975. 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 96 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (38%), Germany (16.7%) and India (6.8%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 51 retracted papers are recorded (3 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 2 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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