Best journals for Oncology
The top 40 of 263 Oncology journals, ranked by Scimago quartile, then by how central Oncology is to each journal, then OpenAlex cites/paper (2-year window), drawn from a 17,500-venue index. Predatory venues are excluded; the FAQ below gives the exact ranking rule. 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).
Data as of — the date our venue index was last rebuilt from OpenAlex and Scimago.
- 1CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians228.5 cites/paper · Q1 · WileyOpen AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 6Cancer and Metastasis Reviews12.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 10Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer9.8 cites/paper · Q1 · BMJOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 11npj Precision Oncology8.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature PortfolioOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 13Cancer Discovery7.6 cites/paper · Q1 · American Association for Cancer ResearchScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 16Current Treatment Options in Oncology6.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 17Current Oncology Reports6.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 20Breast Cancer Research5.6 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed CentralOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 21Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network5.5 cites/paper · Q1 · National Comprehensive CancerScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 22Cancers5.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 23Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology4.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 25Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs4.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & FrancisScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 26Cancer Research Communications4.6 cites/paper · Q1 · American Association for Cancer ResearchOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 28JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute4.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Oxford University PressScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 32Clinical & Experimental Metastasis4.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 33Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology4.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 35Therapeutic Advances in Medical Oncology3.7 cites/paper · Q1 · SAGE PublishingOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 37Breast Cancer Research and Treatment3.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 38JCO Precision Oncology3.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Lippincott Williams & WilkinsScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 39Cancer Research and Treatment3.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Korean Cancer AssociationOpen AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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“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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