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Breast Cancer

Springer Japan · Japan · Est. 1973

ISSN1340-6868eISSN1880-4233

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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

📊 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

1.036

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.977

Total Worksi

3,429

Total Citationsi

52,498

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.35

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Obstetrics & Gynecology; Oncology; Medicine (miscellaneous); Pharmacology (medical); Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

General Information

Country / RegionJapan

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1973

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,429

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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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

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Japan

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1340-6868 / 1880-4233

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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

2.5k

2019

155

3.8k

2020

149

2.2k

2021

159

2022

108

855

2023

155

988

2024

148

243

2025

138

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)Q1

Pharmacology (medical)Q1

Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingQ1

OncologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Obstetrics & GynecologyOncology

Scopus Categories

Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingPharmacology (medical)OncologyMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Breast Cancer Treatment StudiesBreast Lesions and CarcinomasBreast Implant and ReconstructionHER2/EGFR in Cancer ResearchCancer Treatment and PharmacologyEstrogen and related hormone effectsAdvanced Breast Cancer TherapiesBRCA gene mutations in cancerCancer and Skin LesionsGlobal Cancer Incidence and Screening

Frequently asked questions about Breast Cancer

Is Breast Cancer a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Breast 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 Breast Cancer?

Breast 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 2.35.

Is Breast Cancer indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Breast Cancer is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Breast Cancer?