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Supportive Care in Cancer

Springer Verlag · Germany · Est. 1993

ISSN1433-7339

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.03

H-Indexi

172

SNIPi

1.13

Total Worksi

12,106

Total Citationsi

307,636

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.63

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Supportive Care in Cancer presents the most recent scientific and clinical practice information on all aspects of supportive care in cancer patients. It covers the physical, psychosocial and spiritual aspects of the patient’s journey from diagnosis through to end-of-life care, with a focus on interventions to mitigate symptoms and side effects.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1993

FrequencyTwelve No. A Year 2003-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications12,106

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 Verlag

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1433-7339

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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

✅

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

633

18k

2019

667

15k

2020

804

13k

2021

823

10k

2022

716

6.1k

2023

840

3.7k

2024

1.2k

1.5k

2025

851

122

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.

Oncology (nursing)Q1

RehabilitationQ1

OncologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Health Care Sciences & ServicesOncologyRehabilitation

Scopus Categories

RehabilitationOncology (nursing)Oncology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Cancer survivorship and carePalliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesChildhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of LifeOral health in cancer treatmentCancer-related cognitive impairment studiesNutrition and Health in AgingNausea and vomiting managementPain Management and Opioid UseNeutropenia and Cancer InfectionsFamily Support in Illness

Frequently asked questions about Supportive Care in Cancer

Is Supportive Care in Cancer a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Supportive Care in 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 Supportive Care in Cancer?

Supportive Care in 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 1.63.

Is Supportive Care in Cancer indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Supportive Care in Cancer is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.