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Cancer Communications

John Wiley & Sons Inc. · United Kingdom · Est. 2015

ISSN2523-3548eISSN2523-3548

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

/ 100

High Trust

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q1+25

✓ DOAJ Verified+15

Total75

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

6.403

H-Index

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

4.593

Total Works

988

Total Citations

39,532

2yr Mean Citedness

9.08

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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

Cancer Communications publishes research on the mechanisms of cancer progression, including metabolic reprogramming, immune evasion, and the role of specific genes and pathways in various cancer types such as hepatocellular carcinoma, lung cancer, breast cancer, urothelial carcinoma, and gastric cancer. The journal also covers studies on therapeutic strategies, including immunotherapy, targeted therapies, and combinations of treatments, as well as the tumor microenvironment and stromal cell interactions.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to review

Fast · median is 15 wks

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2015

Annual Volume~ 131 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications988

Publisher OrgWiley

OA Since2017

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~4 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoPMCCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Wiley & Sons Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2523-3548 / 2523-3548

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

Portico, PMC, CLOCKSS

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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

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

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Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Cancer ResearchQ1

OncologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Oncology

Scopus Categories

Cancer ResearchOncology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Cancer Immunotherapy and BiomarkersCancer, Hypoxia, and MetabolismDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluationLung Cancer Treatments and MutationsEducational Robotics and EngineeringCancer-related molecular mechanisms researchCancer Cells and MetastasisRNA modifications and cancerCancer Genomics and Diagnostics