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Journal of Cancer Education

Springer Publishing Company · United States · Est. 1986

ISSN1543-0154

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.629

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.728

Total Worksi

3,906

Total Citationsi

50,631

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.02

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Education, Scientific Disciplines; Oncology; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1986

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,906

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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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?

Springer Publishing Company

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1543-0154

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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

212

3.4k

2019

255

2020

189

1.8k

2021

131

803

2022

144

678

2023

158

406

2024

250

247

2025

166

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.

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ2

OncologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Education, Scientific DisciplinesOncologyPublic, Environmental & Occupational Health

Scopus Categories

OncologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Global Cancer Incidence and ScreeningAdvances in Oncology and RadiotherapyPatient-Provider Communication in HealthcareCancer survivorship and carePalliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesHealth Literacy and Information AccessibilityCervical Cancer and HPV ResearchColorectal Cancer Screening and DetectionInnovations in Medical EducationChildhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Cancer Education

Is Journal of Cancer Education a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Cancer Education: 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 Cancer Education?

Journal of Cancer Education 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 1.02.

Is Journal of Cancer Education indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Cancer Education is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Cancer Education?