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Familial Cancer

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

ISSN1573-7292
SJR Q2WOS SCIEScopus / 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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q2
SJR · Scopus
Top 50% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.849
H-Indexi
81
SNIPi
0.877
Total Worksi
1,761
Total Citationsi
37,137
2yr Mean Citednessi
2.08
Open Impact Factor alternative

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.

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

Peer Review
OA License
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

6/11 · 55%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Springer Science and Business Media B.V.
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
1573-7292
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus
Peer review process documented?
N/A
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
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
40
943
2019
62
767
2020
63
763
2021
40
318
2022
27
159
2023
83
419
2024
84
155
2025
77
14
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.

GeneticsQ2
Genetics (clinical)Q2
OncologyQ2
Cancer ResearchQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Genetics & HeredityOncology

Scopus Categories

GeneticsCancer ResearchOncologyGenetics (clinical)

Frequently asked questions about Familial Cancer

Is Familial Cancer a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Familial Cancer: 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 Familial Cancer?

Familial Cancer 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 2.08.

Is Familial Cancer indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Familial Cancer is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Familial Cancer?

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.

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref