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Liver Cancer

S. Karger AG · Switzerland · Est. 1985

ISSN2235-1795eISSN1664-5553

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

3.334

H-Indexi

SNIPi

2.071

Total Worksi

1,029

Total Citationsi

26,880

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.46

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Gastroenterology & Hepatology; Oncology; Hepatology.

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1985

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,029

Publisher OrgKarger Publishers

OA Since2011

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoPMC

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

S. Karger AG

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2235-1795 / 1664-5553

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

Portico, PMC

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

2019

3.2k

2020

4.2k

2021

1.8k

2022

1.7k

2023

592

2024

367

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.

HepatologyQ1

OncologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Gastroenterology & HepatologyOncology

Scopus Categories

OncologyHepatology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and PrognosisCholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer StudiesLiver Disease Diagnosis and TreatmentLegal and Regulatory AnalysisLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary StudiesMilitary Technology and StrategiesCancer Immunotherapy and BiomarkersCancer Mechanisms and TherapyDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHepatitis B Virus Studies

Frequently asked questions about Liver Cancer

Is Liver Cancer a predatory journal?

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

Liver 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 3.46.

Is Liver Cancer indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Liver Cancer is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Liver Cancer?