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Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics

Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications · India

ISSN0973-1482eISSN1998-4138

SJR Q3✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ Open Access

Removed from DOAJ (2020-04-09). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal is not open access. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

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.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.425

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.544

Total Worksi

5,584

Total Citationsi

54,903

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.09

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Oncology; Medicine (miscellaneous); Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

General Information

Country / RegionIndia

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 336 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications5,584

Publisher OrgBioMed Central

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0973-1482 / 1998-4138

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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

248

3.2k

2019

312

2.7k

2020

288

1.9k

2021

474

2.3k

2022

525

1.9k

2023

247

618

2024

237

196

2025

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.

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q3

OncologyQ3

Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Oncology

Scopus Categories

Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingOncologyMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Advanced Radiotherapy TechniquesHead and Neck Cancer StudiesSarcoma Diagnosis and TreatmentCancer Diagnosis and TreatmentLung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics

Is Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics a predatory journal?

Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal is not open access" (2020-04-09). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Web of Science, Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics?

Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics 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 1.09.

Is Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics?