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Molecular Cancer Research

American Association for Cancer Research Inc. · United States · Est. 2002

ISSN1541-7786eISSN1557-3125

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.759

H-Indexi

155

SNIPi

0.851

Total Worksi

4,944

Total Citationsi

164,830

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.45

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas (NLM/MEDLINE-assigned): Cells, Molecular Biology, Neoplasms, Research.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2002

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,944

Publisher OrgAmerican Association for Cancer Research

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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?

American Association for Cancer Research Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1541-7786 / 1557-3125

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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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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

199

8.3k

2019

508

2020

182

3.9k

2021

147

2.3k

2022

214

2023

541

2024

205

2025

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

Molecular BiologyQ1

OncologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Cell BiologyOncology

Scopus Categories

Cancer ResearchOncologyMolecular Biology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Cancer-related Molecular PathwaysCancer, Hypoxia, and MetabolismEpigenetics and DNA MethylationRNA modifications and cancerCancer Cells and MetastasisUbiquitin and proteasome pathwaysDNA Repair MechanismsCancer Genomics and DiagnosticsHippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZPI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in cancer

Frequently asked questions about Molecular Cancer Research

Is Molecular Cancer Research a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Molecular Cancer Research: 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 Molecular Cancer Research?

Molecular Cancer Research 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 2.45.

Is Molecular Cancer Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Molecular Cancer Research is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Molecular Cancer Research?