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Indian Journal of Cancer

Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications · India · Est. 1965

ISSN1998-4774

SJR Q3✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2017-09-05). 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 (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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.306

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.457

Total Worksi

2,511

Total Citationsi

27,335

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.52

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Oncology.

General Information

Country / RegionIndia

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1965

Annual Volume~ 94 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications2,511

Publisher OrgMedknow

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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?

Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1998-4774

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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

113

890

2019

149

756

2020

134

559

2021

129

640

2022

216

2023

107

118

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.

OncologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Oncology

Scopus Categories

Oncology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Head and Neck Cancer StudiesBreast Cancer Treatment StudiesLung Cancer Treatments and MutationsLung Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentSarcoma Diagnosis and TreatmentOral Health Pathology and TreatmentGlobal Cancer Incidence and ScreeningCancer Diagnosis and TreatmentBreast Lesions and CarcinomasLung Cancer Research Studies

Frequently asked questions about Indian Journal of Cancer

Is Indian Journal of Cancer a predatory journal?

Indian Journal of Cancer was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2017-09-05). 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 Indian Journal of Cancer?

Indian Journal of Cancer 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 0.52.

Is Indian Journal of Cancer indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Indian Journal of Cancer is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Indian Journal of Cancer?