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Oncotarget

Impact Journals LLC · United States · Est. 1909

ISSN1949-2553

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 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

0.828

H-Indexi

221

SNIPi

0.59

Total Worksi

27,787

Total Citationsi

992,466

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.89

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

165

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Oncology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1909

Annual Volume~ 146 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications27,787

Publisher OrgImpact Journals LLC

OA Since2013

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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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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Impact Journals LLC

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1949-2553

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

N/A

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

800

13k

2019

472

7.2k

2020

296

3.4k

2021

149

1.1k

2022

180

1.1k

2023

127

502

2024

132

216

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

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Oncology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Cancer-related molecular mechanisms researchMicroRNA in disease regulationRNA modifications and cancerEpigenetics and DNA MethylationCancer Cells and MetastasisCancer, Hypoxia, and MetabolismCancer-related Molecular PathwaysCircular RNAs in diseasesUbiquitin and proteasome pathwaysCancer Genomics and Diagnostics

Frequently asked questions about Oncotarget

Is Oncotarget a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Oncotarget: it is indexed in 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 Oncotarget?

Oncotarget is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.828.

Is Oncotarget indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Oncotarget is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Oncotarget?