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Oncology · 96 journals ranked · top 40 listed

Best open-access journals for Oncology

The top 40 of 96 Oncology journals, open-access only, 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.

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  1. 1
    CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians
    228.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
    Open AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  2. 2
    Cancer Communications
    12.7 cites/paper · Q1
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  3. 3
    Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer
    9.8 cites/paper · Q1 · BMJ
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  4. 4
    npj Precision Oncology
    8.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  5. 5
    npj Breast Cancer
    6.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  6. 6
    Breast Cancer Research
    5.6 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  7. 7
    Cancers
    5.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
    Open AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  8. 8
    Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology
    4.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business Media
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  9. 9
    Cancer Research Communications
    4.6 cites/paper · Q1 · American Association for Cancer Research
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  10. 10
    Translational Oncology
    4.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  11. 11
    Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology
    4.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  12. 12
    Cancer Medicine
    3.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  13. 13
    Therapeutic Advances in Medical Oncology
    3.7 cites/paper · Q1 · SAGE Publishing
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  14. 14
    Cancer Research and Treatment
    3.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Korean Cancer Association
    Open AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  15. 15
    The Oncologist
    3.2 cites/paper · Q1 · AlphaMed Press
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  16. 16
    Cancer Control
    3.1 cites/paper · Q1 · SAGE Publishing
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  17. 17
    Integrative Cancer Therapies
    3.1 cites/paper · Q1 · SAGE Publishing
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  18. 18
    The Breast
    2.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  19. 19
    ESMO Open
    1.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  20. 20
    Immuno-Oncology Technology
    0.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusPubMed
  21. 21
    BMC Cancer
    3.9 cites/paper · Q2 · BioMed Central
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  22. 22
    Current Oncology
    3.4 cites/paper · Q2 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  23. 23
    Frontiers in Oncology
    2.7 cites/paper · Q2 · Frontiers Media
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  24. 24
    Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing
    2.4 cites/paper · Q2 · Medknow
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  25. 25
    JCO Global Oncology
    2.3 cites/paper · Q2 · Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  26. 26
    Cancer Management and Research
    2.1 cites/paper · Q2 · Dove Medical Press
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  27. 27
    World Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology
    2.0 cites/paper · Q2
    Open AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  28. 28
    The International Journal of Biological Markers
    1.9 cites/paper · Q2 · SAGE Publishing
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  29. 29
    Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology
    1.9 cites/paper · Q2 · AME Publishing Company
    Open AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  30. 30
    In Vivo
    1.8 cites/paper · Q2 · Stanford University Highwire Press
    Open AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  31. 31
    Cancer Treatment and Research Communications
    1.3 cites/paper · Q2 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  32. 32
    Pathology & Oncology Research
    4.2 cites/paper · Q2 · Springer Science+Business Media
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  33. 33
    OncoTargets and Therapy
    2.2 cites/paper · Q2 · Dove Medical Press
    Open AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  34. 34
    Journal of Breast Cancer
    2.2 cites/paper · Q2
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  35. 35
    The Breast Journal
    1.7 cites/paper · Q2 · Wiley
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  36. 36
    Biomolecules and Biomedicine
    3.1 cites/paper · Q2
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  37. 37
    Molecular and Clinical Oncology
    2.7 cites/paper · Q3 · Spandidos Publishing
    Open AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  38. 38
    Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
    1.9 cites/paper · Q3 · West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention
    Open AccessDOAJScopusPubMed
  39. 39
    ONCOLOGIE
    1.8 cites/paper · Q3 · Springer Science+Business Media
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  40. 40
    Cancer Reports
    1.6 cites/paper · Q3 · Wiley
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb 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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Frequently asked

CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, Cancer Communications, Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer, npj Precision Oncology, npj Breast Cancer lead this list, drawn from a 17,500-venue index. The top 40 of 96 ranked venues are listed on this page; 20 are Scimago Q1, 16 Q2 and 4 Q3. By Scimago quartile first (Q1 → Q4, then venues without one). Within a quartile, venues whose main OpenAlex subfield is Oncology come before those that list it second or third, and ties go to OpenAlex cites/paper over a 2-year window. A venue whose main subfield is unrelated to Oncology — fewer than a quarter of the venues filed under that subfield (or fewer than five) are also filed under Oncology — is listed after all the others. Only open-access venues are included. Cites/paper is a transparent citation rate, not a licensed Impact Factor, and journals flagged as predatory are excluded. For a match to your specific paper use the Journal Finder (15 credits; free account starts with 25).

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