Get an email when this journal's indexing changes
Added to or removed from Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ, FT50, UT Dallas or ONOS. One confirmation click; unsubscribe anytime.
World Journal of Oncology is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 3.5), WoS ESCI. Published by Elmer Press.
Checked against the index lists dated .
ISSN 1920-4531Verify ISSN ↗1920-454XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elmer Press
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oncology | 243 / 428 | 43rd | Q3 |
| Cancer Research | 168 / 233 | 28th | Q3 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2014–2016 (also 2020–present), best quartile Q3, CiteScore 3.5.
World Journal of Oncology is Q3 in Oncology (rank 243 of 428) and Q3 in Cancer Research (rank 168 of 233), by CiteScore 2025.
World Journal of Oncology 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 3.5, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 43rd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.735, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 17.
World Journal of Oncology is published by Elmer Press. Its print ISSN is 1920-4531 and its online ISSN is 1920-454X.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
World Journal of Oncology has an h-index of 34 and a 2-year mean of 2.67 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.5, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #136 of 424 Scopus journals in Oncology.
World Journal of Oncology published 74 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 88. 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 98 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from China (33%), United States (15.7%) and Japan (11.1%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 6 retracted papers are recorded (7.6 per 1,000 papers). 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.
Comments load as you scroll here.