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Cancer Cell

Cell Press · United States · Est. 1983

ISSN1535-6108eISSN1878-3686

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q1+25

Total50

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

19.027

H-Index

480

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

5.728

Total Works

4,193

Total Citations

878,406

2yr Mean Citedness

26.91

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Retractions

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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal publishes research on the mechanisms of cancer progression and treatment response, focusing on tumor microenvironment, molecular heterogeneity, and systemic metabolic syndromes like cachexia.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1983

Annual Volume~ 195 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,193

Publisher OrgCell Press

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Submission Info

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Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Cell Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1535-6108 / 1878-3686

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Cancer ResearchQ1

Cell BiologyQ1

OncologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Cell BiologyOncology

Scopus Categories

Cancer ResearchOncologyCell Biology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Cancer Immunotherapy and BiomarkersEpigenetics and DNA MethylationCancer Genomics and DiagnosticsCancer-related Molecular PathwaysCAR-T cell therapy researchCancer, Hypoxia, and MetabolismImmunotherapy and Immune ResponsesCancer Cells and MetastasisUbiquitin and proteasome pathwaysImmune cells in cancer