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Familial Cancer

Springer Science and Business Media B.V. · Netherlands · Est. 1962

ISSN1573-7292

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q2+18

Total43

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

1.018

H-Index

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

0.877

Total Works

1,761

Total Citations

37,137

2yr Mean Citedness

2.08

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Aims & Scope

Familial Cancer provides a forum for epidemiology, oncology, and genetics, focusing on the interests and needs of the clinician, geneticist, psychosocial worker, and surgical and medical oncologist. Encompasses all aspects of hereditary cancer. Coverage includes epidemiology of familial cancer, molecular analysis and diagnosis, clinical expression, treatment and prevention, counseling, and the health economics of familial cancer.

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1962

Annual Volume~ 65 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,761

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Science and Business Media B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1573-7292

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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

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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 ResearchQ2

GeneticsQ2

Genetics (clinical)Q2

OncologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Genetics & HeredityOncology

Scopus Categories

GeneticsCancer ResearchOncologyGenetics (clinical)