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Journal of Carcinogenesis

Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications · India

ISSN0974-6773

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR✓ Open Access

Removed from DOAJ (2023-07-17). DOAJ's stated reason: Changed publisher. 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 ↗

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 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

0.445

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.965

Total Worksi

1,435

Total Citationsi

11,790

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.01

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis; Oncology; Cancer Research.

General Information

Country / RegionIndia

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 385 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications1,435

Publisher OrgMedknow

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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

5/11 · 45%

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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?

0974-6773

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

N/A

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

102

2019

123

2020

359

2021

2022

2023

2024

1.1k

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.

Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisQ3

OncologyQ3

Cancer ResearchQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Cancer ResearchOncologyHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Geochemistry and Geologic MappingGeological Modeling and AnalysisElectrical and Electromagnetic ResearchGeological and Geophysical StudiesSeismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Carcinogenesis

Is Journal of Carcinogenesis a predatory journal?

Journal of Carcinogenesis was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Changed publisher" (2023-07-17). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Journal of Carcinogenesis?

Journal of Carcinogenesis is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.445.

Is Journal of Carcinogenesis indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Carcinogenesis is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Carcinogenesis?