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Hereditary Cancer in Clinical Practice

BioMed Central Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1997

ISSN1897-4287

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.049

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.594

Total Worksi

832

Total Citationsi

7,726

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.22

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Oncology; Genetics (clinical).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1997

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications832

Publisher OrgBioMed Central

OA Since2002

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewOpen

OA LicenseCC BY, CC0

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoPMCBritish Library; Koninklijke BibliotheekCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

BioMed Central Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1897-4287

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Open

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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?

Portico, PMC, British Library; Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 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

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

651

2019

304

2020

412

2021

416

2022

208

2023

147

2024

2025

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.

Genetics (clinical)Q2

OncologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Oncology

Scopus Categories

OncologyGenetics (clinical)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

BRCA gene mutations in cancerGenetic factors in colorectal cancerColorectal Cancer Screening and DetectionCancer Genomics and DiagnosticsGenomics and Rare DiseasesDNA Repair MechanismsColorectal Cancer Treatments and StudiesOvarian cancer diagnosis and treatmentMultiple and Secondary Primary CancersBreast Cancer Treatment Studies

Frequently asked questions about Hereditary Cancer in Clinical Practice

Is Hereditary Cancer in Clinical Practice a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Hereditary Cancer in Clinical Practice: 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 Hereditary Cancer in Clinical Practice?

Hereditary Cancer in Clinical Practice 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 2.22.

Is Hereditary Cancer in Clinical Practice indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Hereditary Cancer in Clinical Practice is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Hereditary Cancer in Clinical Practice?