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World Journal of Oncology

Elmer Press · Canada · Est. 1988

ISSN1920-4531eISSN1920-454X

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2017-06-13). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal not adhering to Best practice. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.735

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.82

Total Worksi

757

Total Citationsi

11,979

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.16

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Oncology; Cancer Research.

General Information

Country / RegionCanada

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1988

Annual Volume~ 77 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications757

Publisher OrgElmer Press Inc.

OA Since2017

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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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elmer Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1920-4531 / 1920-454X

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

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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

5.8k

2019

1.7k

2020

639

2021

540

2022

451

2023

393

2024

146

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.

OncologyQ2

Cancer ResearchQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Oncology

Scopus Categories

Cancer ResearchOncology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Breast Cancer Treatment StudiesCancer Immunotherapy and BiomarkersCancer Diagnosis and TreatmentLung Cancer Research StudiesSarcoma Diagnosis and TreatmentInflammatory Biomarkers in Disease PrognosisLymphoma Diagnosis and TreatmentNeuroendocrine Tumor Research AdvancesLung Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentHead and Neck Cancer Studies

Frequently asked questions about World Journal of Oncology

Is World Journal of Oncology a predatory journal?

World Journal of Oncology was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2017-06-13). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Web of Science, Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of World Journal of Oncology?

World Journal of 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 2.16.

Is World Journal of Oncology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

World Journal of Oncology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of World Journal of Oncology?