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Advances in Cancer Research

Academic Press Inc. · United States · Est. 1953

ISSN2162-5557

SJR Q1✓ 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 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

1.728

H-Indexi

173

Total Worksi

2,132

Total Citationsi

123,772

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.42

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Advances in Cancer Research provides updates on diverse aspects of cancer etiology, evolution, and therapy. The journal covers significant advancements in cancer research, including seminal topics relevant to the scientific community.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1953

Annual Volume~ 51 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,132

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

Visit Journal Website

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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Academic Press Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2162-5557

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

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

1.4k

2019

2.5k

2020

1.2k

2021

1.1k

2022

408

2023

240

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.

OncologyQ1

Cancer ResearchQ2

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Cancer ResearchOncology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesVirus-based gene therapy researchImmunotherapy and Immune ResponsesHuman auditory perception and evaluationCancer-related Molecular PathwaysEducational Robotics and EngineeringEpigenetics and DNA MethylationCancer Cells and MetastasisCancer Genomics and DiagnosticsImmune Cell Function and Interaction

Frequently asked questions about Advances in Cancer Research

Is Advances in Cancer Research a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Advances in Cancer Research: 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 Advances in Cancer Research?

Advances in Cancer Research is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 1.728.

Is Advances in Cancer Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Advances in Cancer Research is indexed in Scopus.