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Discover Oncology

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH · Germany · Est. 2006

ISSN2730-6011eISSN2730-6011

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q2+18

✓ DOAJ Verified+15

Total68

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

0.88

H-Index

CiteScore

1.9

SNIP

0.645

Total Works

4,419

Total Citations

11,962

2yr Mean Citedness

1.77

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Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Discover Oncology is an open access journal publishing content that interfaces at all levels of cancer research. Covers basic and translational science, through to preclinical, clinical, and epidemiology.

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to review

Fast · median is 15 wks

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2006

Annual Volume~ 1,209 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,419

Publisher OrgSpringer Nature

OA Since2020

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~5 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?

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2730-6011 / 2730-6011

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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

Articles published

Times cited

2012

2014

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

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.

Endocrine and Autonomic SystemsQ2

EndocrinologyQ2

Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismQ2

OncologyQ2

Cancer ResearchQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Endocrinology & MetabolismOncology

Scopus Categories

Cancer ResearchEndocrine and Autonomic SystemsEndocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismEndocrinologyOncology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Ferroptosis and cancer prognosisCancer Immunotherapy and BiomarkersCancer-related molecular mechanisms researchRNA modifications and cancerMicroRNA in disease regulationImmune cells in cancerCancer, Hypoxia, and MetabolismSingle-cell and spatial transcriptomicsCancer, Lipids, and MetabolismCircular RNAs in diseases