Oncology · 263 journals indexed
Best journals for Oncology
The top Oncology journals ranked by Scimago quartile, then cites/paper (OpenAlex, 2-year window), drawn from a 17,786-venue index. Predatory venues are excluded. These are field-wide rankings — for a shortlist matched to your specific paper, paste your title and abstract into the Journal Finder (a free account starts with 25 welcome credits).
- 1CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians225.4 cites/paper · Q1 · WileyOpen AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 4Cancer and Metastasis Reviews11.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 10Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer8.4 cites/paper · Q1 · BMJOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 11npj Precision Oncology7.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature PortfolioOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 13Cancer Discovery6.7 cites/paper · Q1 · American Association for Cancer ResearchScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 16Current Treatment Options in Oncology5.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 17Current Oncology Reports5.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 20Breast Cancer Research4.9 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed CentralOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 21Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network4.6 cites/paper · Q1 · National Comprehensive CancerScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 22Cancers4.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 23Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology4.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 26JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute4.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Oxford University PressScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 30Clinical & Experimental Metastasis3.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 31Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology3.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 33Therapeutic Advances in Medical Oncology3.2 cites/paper · Q1 · SAGE PublishingOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 35Breast Cancer Research and Treatment3.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 37JCO Precision Oncology3.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Lippincott Williams & WilkinsScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 38Cancer Research and Treatment2.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Korean Cancer AssociationOpen AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 39Integrative Cancer Therapies2.8 cites/paper · Q1 · SAGE PublishingOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 40Journal of Cancer Survivorship2.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
“Cites/paper” is the OpenAlex 2-year citation rate — a transparent signal, not a licensed Impact Factor. Many regional and open-access journals are strong but aren’t covered by Scimago, so they show “no Scimago quartile”; that’s a coverage gap, not a quality judgement.
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