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Molecular Oncology

John Wiley and Sons Ltd · Netherlands · Est. 1903

ISSN1574-7891eISSN1878-0261

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.738

H-Indexi

147

SNIPi

1.103

Total Worksi

3,181

Total Citationsi

115,340

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.64

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Oncology; Genetics; Medicine (miscellaneous); Molecular Medicine; Cancer Research.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1903

FrequencySix No. A Year, 2009-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,181

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

OA Since2016

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewOpen

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoPMCCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Wiley and Sons Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1574-7891 / 1878-0261

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Open

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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?

Portico, PMC, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

206

7.5k

2019

280

13k

2020

280

2021

216

4.1k

2022

227

2.2k

2023

224

1.4k

2024

242

484

2025

143

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.

GeneticsQ1

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

Molecular MedicineQ1

OncologyQ1

Cancer ResearchQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Oncology

Scopus Categories

GeneticsCancer ResearchOncologyMedicine (miscellaneous)Molecular Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Cancer Genomics and DiagnosticsRNA modifications and cancerCancer Cells and MetastasisEpigenetics and DNA MethylationCancer-related molecular mechanisms researchCancer-related Molecular PathwaysMicroRNA in disease regulationCancer, Hypoxia, and MetabolismLung Cancer Treatments and MutationsCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers

Frequently asked questions about Molecular Oncology

Is Molecular Oncology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Molecular Oncology: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Oncology?

Molecular Oncology 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 2.64.

Is Molecular Oncology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Molecular Oncology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Molecular Oncology?