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Tumor Biology

SAGE Publications Ltd · United Kingdom

ISSN1423-0380

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.802

H-Indexi

122

SNIPi

0.588

Total Worksi

8,702

Total Citationsi

206,349

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.88

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Medicine (miscellaneous); Cancer Research.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive

Total Publications8,702

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

CLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1423-0380

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

1.1k

937

2019

729

2020

324

2021

148

2022

249

2023

2024

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)Q2

Cancer ResearchQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Cancer ResearchMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Cancer-related molecular mechanisms researchMicroRNA in disease regulationRNA modifications and cancerCircular RNAs in diseasesCancer Cells and MetastasisEpigenetics and DNA MethylationCancer-related Molecular PathwaysCancer, Hypoxia, and MetabolismPeptidase Inhibition and AnalysisCancer-related gene regulation

Frequently asked questions about Tumor Biology

Is Tumor Biology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Tumor Biology: it is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Tumor Biology?

Tumor Biology is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.802.

Is Tumor Biology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Tumor Biology is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Tumor Biology?