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Radiation Oncology

BMC · United Kingdom · Est. 1980

eISSN1748-717X

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.05

H-Indexi

115

SNIPi

1.203

Total Worksi

3,997

Total Citationsi

111,615

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.61

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Oncology; Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging; Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1980

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,997

Publisher OrgBioMed Central

OA Since2005

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewAnonymous peer review

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

BMC

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1748-717X

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Anonymous peer review

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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)?

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.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingQ1

OncologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

OncologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Advanced Radiotherapy TechniquesRadiation Therapy and DosimetryHead and Neck Cancer StudiesEffects of Radiation ExposureProstate Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentLung Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentBrain Metastases and TreatmentBreast Cancer Treatment StudiesGlioma Diagnosis and TreatmentEsophageal Cancer Research and Treatment

Frequently asked questions about Radiation Oncology

Is Radiation Oncology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Radiation 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 Radiation Oncology?

Radiation 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 2.61.

Is Radiation Oncology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

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

What is the aims and scope of Radiation Oncology?