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Radiotherapy and Oncology

Elsevier Ireland Ltd · Ireland · Est. 1983

ISSN1879-0887

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

2.076

H-Indexi

224

SNIPi

1.643

Total Worksi

57,710

Total Citationsi

475,780

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.54

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionIreland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1983

FrequencyTwelve No. A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications57,710

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 Ireland Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1879-0887

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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

3.2k

16k

2019

2.8k

18k

2020

2.8k

11k

2021

2.4k

7.1k

2022

3.1k

6.6k

2023

3.8k

4.1k

2024

3.5k

1.7k

2025

476

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.

HematologyQ1

OncologyQ1

Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

OncologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging

Scopus Categories

Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingHematologyOncology

Frequently asked questions about Radiotherapy and Oncology

Is Radiotherapy and Oncology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Radiotherapy and Oncology: 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 Radiotherapy and Oncology?

Radiotherapy and 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 0.54.

Is Radiotherapy and Oncology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Radiotherapy and Oncology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Radiotherapy and Oncology?