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Cancer Epidemiology

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1976

ISSN1877-7821eISSN1877-783X

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

1.036

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.995

Total Worksi

2,950

Total Citationsi

63,376

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.50

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Oncology; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; Cancer Research; Epidemiology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1976

FrequencySix No. A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,950

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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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

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1877-7821 / 1877-783X

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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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?

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

185

4.6k

2019

181

3.4k

2020

160

2.3k

2021

194

2022

156

1.2k

2023

179

1.2k

2024

202

396

2025

198

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.

Cancer ResearchQ2

EpidemiologyQ2

OncologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

OncologyPublic, Environmental & Occupational Health

Scopus Categories

Cancer ResearchOncologyEpidemiology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Global Cancer Incidence and ScreeningCancer Risks and FactorsColorectal Cancer Screening and DetectionMultiple and Secondary Primary CancersCervical Cancer and HPV ResearchAcute Lymphoblastic Leukemia researchHead and Neck Cancer StudiesChildhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of LifeDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluation

Frequently asked questions about Cancer Epidemiology

Is Cancer Epidemiology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Cancer Epidemiology: 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 Epidemiology?

Cancer Epidemiology 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 2.50.

Is Cancer Epidemiology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Cancer Epidemiology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Cancer Epidemiology?