Oncology · 98 journals indexed
Best open-access journals for Oncology
The top Oncology journals open-access only, ranked by Scimago quartile then cites/paper, 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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- 3Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer8.4 cites/paper · Q1 · BMJOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 4npj Precision Oncology7.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature PortfolioOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 6Breast Cancer Research4.9 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed CentralOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 7Cancers4.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 8Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology4.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 10Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology3.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 12Therapeutic Advances in Medical Oncology3.2 cites/paper · Q1 · SAGE PublishingOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 14Cancer Research and Treatment2.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Korean Cancer AssociationOpen AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 15Integrative Cancer Therapies2.8 cites/paper · Q1 · SAGE PublishingOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 17Epidemiology and Health2.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Korean Society of EpidemiologyOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 22Current Oncology3.0 cites/paper · Q2 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 23Frontiers in Oncology2.4 cites/paper · Q2 · Frontiers MediaOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 24Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology2.0 cites/paper · Q2 · AME Publishing CompanyOpen AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 25JCO Global Oncology2.0 cites/paper · Q2 · Lippincott Williams & WilkinsOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 26Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing2.0 cites/paper · Q2 · MedknowOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 28Cancer Management and Research1.8 cites/paper · Q2 · Dove Medical PressOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 29In Vivo1.6 cites/paper · Q2 · Stanford University Highwire PressOpen AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 30The International Journal of Biological Markers1.6 cites/paper · Q2 · SAGE PublishingOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 31Molecular and Clinical Oncology2.3 cites/paper · Q3 · Spandidos PublishingOpen AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 32ONCOLOGIE1.7 cites/paper · Q3 · Springer Science+Business MediaOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 33Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention1.6 cites/paper · Q3 · West Asia Organization for Cancer PreventionOpen AccessDOAJScopusPubMed
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- 35ecancermedicalscience1.3 cites/paper · Q3 · Cancer IntelligenceOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 36Współczesna Onkologia1.0 cites/paper · Q3 · Termedia Publishing HouseOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 37Case Reports in Oncology0.8 cites/paper · Q3 · Karger PublishersOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 39Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology0.2 cites/paper · Q3 · Thieme Medical Publishers (Germany)Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb 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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