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Lung Cancer

Elsevier Ireland Ltd · Ireland

ISSN0169-5002eISSN1872-8332

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

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The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

1.928

H-Indexi

185

SNIPi

1.223

Total Worksi

27,351

Total Citationsi

339,750

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.13

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Aims & Scope

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General Information

Country / RegionIreland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyTwelve No. A Year

StatusActive

Total Publications27,351

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

⚡ Hybrid journal — subscription model available.

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Ireland Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0169-5002 / 1872-8332

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

737

13k

2019

744

9.6k

2020

605

6.6k

2021

426

4.1k

2022

600

3.2k

2023

614

2.1k

2024

851

2025

565

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Cancer ResearchQ1

OncologyQ1

Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

OncologyRespiratory System

Scopus Categories

Cancer ResearchPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineOncology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Lung Cancer Treatments and MutationsLung Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentLung Cancer Research StudiesNeuroendocrine Tumor Research AdvancesRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging

Frequently asked questions about Lung Cancer

Is Lung Cancer a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Lung Cancer: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Lung Cancer?

Lung Cancer is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.13.

Is Lung Cancer indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Lung Cancer is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Lung Cancer?