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NAR Cancer

Oxford University Press · United Kingdom · Est. 2011

ISSN2632-8674eISSN2632-8674

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

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

2.019

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.694

Total Worksi

321

Total Citationsi

4,749

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.51

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Oncology; Cancer Research.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2011

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications321

Publisher OrgOxford University Press

OA Since2019

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewPeer review

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?

Oxford University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2632-8674 / 2632-8674

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Peer review

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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

1.6k

2020

1.4k

2021

760

2022

793

2023

544

2024

167

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.

Cancer ResearchQ1

OncologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biochemistry & Molecular BiologyOncology

Scopus Categories

Cancer ResearchOncology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

DNA Repair MechanismsRNA modifications and cancerCancer Genomics and DiagnosticsRNA Research and SplicingPARP inhibition in cancer therapyCRISPR and Genetic EngineeringEpigenetics and DNA MethylationCancer-related molecular mechanisms researchGenomics and Chromatin DynamicsRNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

Frequently asked questions about NAR Cancer

Is NAR Cancer a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for NAR 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 NAR Cancer?

NAR 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 4.51.

Is NAR Cancer indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

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

What is the aims and scope of NAR Cancer?