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Journal of Clinical Oncology

Lippincott Williams and Wilkins · United States · Est. 1971

ISSN1527-7755

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

4.648

H-Indexi

734

SNIPi

5.983

Total Worksi

166,372

Total Citationsi

4,419,759

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.75

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Oncology; Cancer Research; Medicine (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1971

FrequencyThree Times A Month, 2005-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications166,372

Publisher OrgLippincott Williams & Wilkins

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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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Lippincott Williams and Wilkins

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1527-7755

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

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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

7.6k

101k

2019

7.8k

93k

2020

6.5k

77k

2021

7.6k

73k

2022

56k

2023

8.2k

32k

2024

8.7k

12k

2025

9.7k

1.2k

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.

Cancer ResearchQ1

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

OncologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Oncology

Scopus Categories

Cancer ResearchOncologyMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Lung Cancer Treatments and MutationsCancer Treatment and PharmacologyCancer Genomics and DiagnosticsColorectal Cancer Treatments and StudiesCancer Immunotherapy and BiomarkersProstate Cancer Treatment and ResearchGastric Cancer Management and OutcomesLung Cancer Research StudiesBreast Cancer Treatment StudiesEconomic and Financial Impacts of Cancer

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Clinical Oncology

Is Journal of Clinical Oncology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of 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 Journal of Clinical Oncology?

Journal of 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 1.75.

Is Journal of Clinical Oncology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Clinical Oncology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Clinical Oncology?