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Cancer Cell International

BioMed Central Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1976

ISSN1475-2867eISSN1475-2867

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.75

H-Indexi

115

SNIPi

1.097

Total Worksi

4,741

Total Citationsi

126,130

2yr Mean Citednessi

5.06

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Oncology; Genetics; Cancer Research.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1976

Annual Volume~ 424 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,741

Publisher OrgBioMed Central

OA Since2000

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

LOCKSSPMC

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

BioMed Central Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1475-2867 / 1475-2867

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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?

LOCKSS, PMC

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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

360

15k

2019

600

22k

2020

708

22k

2021

423

12k

2022

335

6.5k

2023

438

5.1k

2024

499

2.4k

2025

313

142

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.

GeneticsQ1

OncologyQ1

Cancer ResearchQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Oncology

Scopus Categories

GeneticsCancer ResearchOncology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Cancer-related molecular mechanisms researchMicroRNA in disease regulationFerroptosis and cancer prognosisCircular RNAs in diseasesCancer Cells and MetastasisCancer Immunotherapy and BiomarkersRNA modifications and cancerCancer, Hypoxia, and MetabolismEpigenetics and DNA MethylationImmune cells in cancer

Frequently asked questions about Cancer Cell International

Is Cancer Cell International a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Cancer Cell International: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 Cancer Cell International?

Cancer Cell International 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 5.06.

Is Cancer Cell International indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Cancer Cell International is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Cancer Cell International?