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Molecular Carcinogenesis

Wiley-Liss Inc. · United States · Est. 1983

ISSN1098-2744

SJR Q2✓ 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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

1.048

H-Indexi

127

SNIPi

0.643

Total Worksi

5,162

Total Citationsi

144,400

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.63

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Oncology; Cancer Research; Molecular Biology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1983

FrequencyTwelve No. A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications5,162

Publisher OrgWiley

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Submission Info

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?

Wiley-Liss Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1098-2744

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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

199

4.7k

2019

137

3.3k

2020

121

1.7k

2021

126

1.4k

2022

182

1.5k

2023

208

1.2k

2024

164

280

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.

Cancer ResearchQ2

Molecular BiologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biochemistry & Molecular BiologyOncology

Scopus Categories

Cancer ResearchMolecular Biology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Cancer-related Molecular PathwaysRNA modifications and cancerEpigenetics and DNA MethylationCancer-related molecular mechanisms researchDNA Repair MechanismsCancer-related gene regulationMicroRNA in disease regulationCancer, Hypoxia, and MetabolismUbiquitin and proteasome pathwaysCancer Cells and Metastasis

Frequently asked questions about Molecular Carcinogenesis

Is Molecular Carcinogenesis a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Molecular Carcinogenesis: 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 Molecular Carcinogenesis?

Molecular Carcinogenesis 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 2.63.

Is Molecular Carcinogenesis indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Molecular Carcinogenesis is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Molecular Carcinogenesis?