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Middle East Journal of Cancer is Scopus-indexed (Q4, CiteScore 0.9), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Shiraz University of Medical Sciences.
Checked against the index lists dated .
ISSN 2008-6687Verify ISSN ↗2008-6709Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
Cost to publish: Checking DOAJ for article charges…
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oncology | 346 / 428 | 19th | Q4 |
| Cancer Research | 207 / 233 | 11th | Q4 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2014–present, best quartile Q4, CiteScore 0.9.
Middle East Journal of Cancer is Q4 in Oncology (rank 346 of 428) and Q4 in Cancer Research (rank 207 of 233), by CiteScore 2025.
Middle East Journal of Cancer is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, 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 0.9, which places it in quartile Q4 at the 19th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.192, quartile Q4, with an H-index of 15.
Middle East Journal of Cancer is published by Shiraz University of Medical Sciences. Its print ISSN is 2008-6687 and its online ISSN is 2008-6709.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Middle East Journal of Cancer has an h-index of 7 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.9, quartile Q4. On 2-year citations it ranks #402 of 424 Scopus journals in Oncology.
Middle East Journal of Cancer published 2 papers in 2018; its busiest recent year was 2010 with 19. 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.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none 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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