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Cancer Research and Treatment

Korean Cancer Association · South Korea · Est. 1964

ISSN1598-2998eISSN2005-9256

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.462

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.45

Total Worksi

2,325

Total Citationsi

50,275

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.41

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Oncology; Cancer Research.

General Information

Country / RegionSouth Korea

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1964

Annual Volume~ 147 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,325

Publisher OrgKorean Cancer Association

OA Since2015

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewpeer-reviewed

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Korean Cancer Association

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1598-2998 / 2005-9256

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

peer-reviewed

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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

103

3.2k

2019

151

4.4k

2020

141

2.7k

2021

1.5k

2022

138

1.5k

2023

138

877

2024

164

294

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.

OncologyQ1

Cancer ResearchQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Oncology

Scopus Categories

Cancer ResearchOncology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Lung Cancer Treatments and MutationsLung Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentGastric Cancer Management and OutcomesBreast Cancer Treatment StudiesLung Cancer Research StudiesGlobal Cancer Incidence and ScreeningHead and Neck Cancer StudiesColorectal Cancer Treatments and StudiesLymphoma Diagnosis and TreatmentCholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies

Frequently asked questions about Cancer Research and Treatment

Is Cancer Research and Treatment a predatory journal?

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

Cancer Research and Treatment 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 2.41.

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

Cancer Research and Treatment is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Cancer Research and Treatment?