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Clinical Cancer Research

American Association for Cancer Research Inc. · United States

ISSN1078-0432eISSN1557-3265

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

4.751

H-Indexi

417

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.973

Total Worksi

27,294

Total Citationsi

1,616,589

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.42

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Clinical Cancer Research publishes articles that focus on innovative clinical and translational research bridging the laboratory and the clinic. Topics include targeted therapies; mechanisms of drug sensitivity and resistance; pharmacogenetics and pharmacogenomics; personalized medicine; immunotherapy; gene therapy; diagnostic biomarkers; innovative imaging, and clinical genetics.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencySemimonthly, Aug. 15, 2003-

StatusActive

Total Publications27,294

Publisher OrgAmerican Association for Cancer Research

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer ReviewSingle-blind peer review

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/12 · 67%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

American Association for Cancer Research Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1078-0432 / 1557-3265

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

✅

Peer review process documented?

Single-blind peer review

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

✅

Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

922

65k

2019

1.5k

50k

2020

1.1k

36k

2021

748

22k

2022

668

14k

2023

874

7.5k

2024

2.8k

2.9k

2025

2.3k

241

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

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Oncology

Scopus Categories

Cancer ResearchOncology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Cancer Genomics and DiagnosticsCancer Immunotherapy and BiomarkersAdvanced Breast Cancer TherapiesHER2/EGFR in Cancer ResearchImmunotherapy and Immune Responses

Frequently asked questions about Clinical Cancer Research

Is Clinical Cancer Research a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Clinical Cancer Research: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Clinical Cancer Research?

Clinical Cancer Research 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 1.42.

Is Clinical Cancer Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Clinical Cancer Research is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.