Breast

Churchill Livingstone · United Kingdom · Est. 1974

ISSN1532-3080

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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

2.654

H-Indexi

127

SNIPi

2.108

Total Worksi

10,477

Total Citationsi

122,384

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.52

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Obstetrics & Gynecology; Oncology; Cancer Research; Medicine (miscellaneous); Surgery.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1974

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications10,477

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

OA Since2019

Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Churchill Livingstone

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1532-3080

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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?

N/A

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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

741

5.7k

2019

190

4.5k

2020

524

4.3k

2021

162

7.4k

2022

666

1.9k

2023

190

1.5k

2024

768

786

2025

184

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

SurgeryQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Obstetrics & GynecologyOncology

Scopus Categories

SurgeryCancer ResearchOncologyMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Breast Cancer Treatment StudiesBreast Lesions and CarcinomasCancer Treatment and PharmacologyGlobal Cancer Incidence and ScreeningHER2/EGFR in Cancer ResearchAdvanced Breast Cancer TherapiesBreast Implant and ReconstructionEstrogen and related hormone effectsBRCA gene mutations in cancerCancer Risks and Factors

Frequently asked questions about Breast

Is Breast a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Breast: 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 Breast?

Breast 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 1.52.

Is Breast indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Breast is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Breast?