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Clinical Oncology

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1989

ISSN1433-2981

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.926

H-Indexi

111

SNIPi

0.85

Total Worksi

7,433

Total Citationsi

98,413

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.02

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Clinical Oncology covers all aspects of the clinical management of cancer patients, including pathology, diagnosis, and therapy such as radiotherapy, chemotherapy, surgery, combined modality treatment, and palliative care. The journal features multidisciplinary research on all types of malignant disease and is essential reading for those interested in the treatment of cancer.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1989

FrequencyTen No. A Year, 2006-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications7,433

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

Visit Journal Website

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?

Elsevier Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1433-2981

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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

286

3.7k

2019

253

2.9k

2020

202

2.5k

2021

329

1.7k

2022

260

1.2k

2023

292

682

2024

250

257

2025

278

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.

Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingQ1

OncologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Oncology

Scopus Categories

Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingOncology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Advanced Radiotherapy TechniquesAdvances in Oncology and RadiotherapyLung Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentHead and Neck Cancer StudiesBreast Cancer Treatment StudiesProstate Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentProstate Cancer Treatment and ResearchManagement of metastatic bone diseaseLung Cancer Treatments and MutationsBrain Metastases and Treatment

Frequently asked questions about Clinical Oncology

Is Clinical Oncology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Clinical Oncology: 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 Clinical Oncology?

Clinical Oncology 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 1.02.

Is Clinical Oncology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Clinical Oncology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.