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Journal of Cancer Epidemiology

John Wiley and Sons Ltd · United States · Est. 2008

ISSN1687-8566

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2025-01-14). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal is inactive. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.48

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.755

Total Worksi

178

Total Citationsi

7,740

2yr Mean Citednessi

5.20

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Epidemiology; Genetics; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2008

Annual Volume~ 8 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2024)

Total Publications178

Publisher OrgHindawi Publishing Corporation

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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

5/11 · 45%

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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?

1687-8566

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, PubMed

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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?

N/A

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

168

2017

103

2018

301

2019

361

2020

123

2021

2022

2023

2024

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.

EpidemiologyQ3

GeneticsQ3

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

GeneticsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthEpidemiology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Global Cancer Incidence and ScreeningColorectal Cancer Screening and DetectionCancer Risks and FactorsBreast Cancer Treatment StudiesBRCA gene mutations in cancerCervical Cancer and HPV ResearchChildhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of LifeGenetic factors in colorectal cancerMultiple and Secondary Primary CancersLymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Cancer Epidemiology

Is Journal of Cancer Epidemiology a predatory journal?

Journal of Cancer Epidemiology was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal is inactive" (2025-01-14). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Journal of Cancer Epidemiology?

Journal of Cancer Epidemiology is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.48.

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

Journal of Cancer Epidemiology is indexed in Scopus.

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