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Cancer Discovery

American Association for Cancer Research Inc. · United States · Est. 1965

ISSN2159-8274eISSN2159-8290

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

7.389

H-Indexi

296

SNIPi

4.12

Total Worksi

7,917

Total Citationsi

346,606

2yr Mean Citednessi

6.16

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Cancer Discovery publishes high-impact articles featuring major advances in research and clinical trials. Topics span the spectrum of cancer research and medicine from the laboratory to the clinic to epidemiologic studies. The journal also publishes News and Research Watch sections.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1965

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications7,917

Publisher OrgAmerican Association for Cancer Research

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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?

American Association for Cancer Research Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2159-8274 / 2159-8290

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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

493

29k

2019

523

27k

2020

553

31k

2021

532

24k

2022

507

9.1k

2023

486

6.8k

2024

400

1.8k

2025

294

136

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.

OncologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Oncology

Scopus Categories

Oncology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Cancer Immunotherapy and BiomarkersCancer Genomics and DiagnosticsCAR-T cell therapy researchLung Cancer Treatments and MutationsEpigenetics and DNA MethylationImmunotherapy and Immune ResponsesImmune Cell Function and InteractionCancer, Hypoxia, and MetabolismMelanoma and MAPK PathwaysImmune cells in cancer

Frequently asked questions about Cancer Discovery

Is Cancer Discovery a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Cancer Discovery: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 Cancer Discovery?

Cancer Discovery 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 6.16.

Is Cancer Discovery indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Cancer Discovery is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.