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Oncotarget

Impact Journals LLC · United States · Est. 1909

ISSN1949-2553

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ Scopus Q266

✓ Corroboration (1 more)+6

Total72

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

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 ↗

SJR Scorei

0.828

H-Indexi

221

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.59

Total Worksi

27,787

Total Citationsi

992,466

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.89

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

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—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

5/12 · 42%

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

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

12k

2019

472

7.1k

2020

296

3.3k

2021

150

2022

180

2023

127

463

2024

132

178

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. Its PubScope Trust Score is 72/100. 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?