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Thoracic Cancer

John Wiley and Sons Inc · United States · Est. 1857

ISSN1759-7714

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

days submission → published

measured · last 15 articles · accept 71d

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Slow · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

SJR Scorei

0.779

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.75

Total Worksi

4,072

Total Citationsi

49,188

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.02

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Oncology; Respiratory System; Medicine (miscellaneous); Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1857

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,072

Publisher OrgWiley

OA Since2014

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~41 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-ND

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

10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Wiley and Sons Inc

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1759-7714

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

✅

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

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

346

6.6k

2019

506

9.5k

2020

519

6.4k

2021

497

4.8k

2022

456

2.9k

2023

349

1.2k

2024

279

360

2025

125

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.

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q2

OncologyQ2

Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

OncologyRespiratory System

Scopus Categories

Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineOncologyMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Lung Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentLung Cancer Treatments and MutationsLung Cancer Research StudiesCancer Immunotherapy and BiomarkersEsophageal Cancer Research and TreatmentPleural and Pulmonary DiseasesTracheal and airway disordersCircular RNAs in diseasesMicroRNA in disease regulationInterstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Frequently asked questions about Thoracic Cancer

Is Thoracic Cancer a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Thoracic Cancer: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Thoracic Cancer?

Thoracic 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 2.02.

Is Thoracic Cancer indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Thoracic Cancer is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Thoracic Cancer?