Oncology: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Journal of Clinical Oncology	135
2	Cancer Cell	114
3	Molecular Cancer	107
4	Lancet Oncology	99
5	Journal of Hematology & Oncology	93
-	Cancers	93
7	Annals of Oncology	90
8	Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology	85
9	Cancer Discovery	82
10	Seminars in Cancer Biology	79
11	Nature Cancer	78
12	JAMA Oncology	76
13	Nature Reviews Cancer	74
14	Frontiers in Oncology	72
15	Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research	71
16	Journal for Immunotherapy of Cancer	68
17	Cancer Letters	65
-	Cancer Research	65
19	Trends in Cancer	58
20	Journal of Thoracic Oncology	57
21	European Journal of Cancer	55
-	British Journal of Cancer	55
23	Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network	54
24	Cancer Communications	52
25	Cancer Cell International	51
-	Neuro-Oncology	51
27	Biomarker Research	50
-	Oncogene	50
-	ESMO Open	50
30	Clinical and Translational Medicine	49
-	Leukemia	49
32	npj Precision Oncology	46
-	International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics	46
-	BMC Cancer	46
35	Experimental Hematology & Oncology	45
36	Cancer Medicine	44
-	Cancer Treatment Reviews	44
38	JNCI-Journal of the National Cancer Institute	43
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer	43
40	Cancer	42
-	Radiotherapy and Oncology	42
-	Blood Cancer Journal	42
43	Critical Reviews in Oncology Hematology	39
-	International Journal of Cancer	39
45	npj Breast Cancer	38
-	European Urology Oncology	38
47	Cancer Science	37
48	Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology	36
-	JACC: Cardiooncology	36
50	Oncologist	35

-	Cancer and Metastasis Reviews	35
-	Cancer Immunology Research	35
-	Gynecologic Oncology	35
54	CA-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians	34
55	Translational Oncology	33
-	Lung Cancer	33
57	Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy	32
-	Future Oncology	32
-	International Journal of Gynecological Cancer	32
60	Neoplasia	31
-	Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases	31
-	Oncoimmunology	31
63	Cancer Gene Therapy	30
-	Annals of Translational Medicine	30
-	Breast	30
66	Journal of Pathology	29
-	Molecular Cancer Therapeutics	29
-	Molecular Medicine Reports	29
-	Experimental Cell Research	29
-	Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy	29
-	Biodrugs	29
72	Oral Oncology	28
-	Current Treatment Options in Oncology	28
-	International Journal of Oncology	28
-	Bone Marrow Transplantation	28
-	JCO Precision Oncology	28
-	Molecular Oncology	28
-	EJSO	28
79	Journal of Neuro-Oncology	27
-	Cellular Oncology	27
-	Current Oncology Reports	27
-	Gastric Cancer	27
83	Cancer Biology & Medicine	26
-	World Journal of Surgical Oncology	26
85	Supportive Care in Cancer	25
-	Liver Cancer	25
-	Oncology Letters	25
-	Psycho-Oncology	25
-	European Journal of Oncology Nursing	25
-	Breast Cancer Research and Treatment	25
-	Journal of Cancer	25
-	Journal of Cancer Survivorship	25
-	Cancer Biology & Therapy	25
-	Cancer Imaging	25
-	Radiation Oncology	25
96	Cancer Research and Treatment	24
-	Molecular Therapy-Oncolytics	24
-	Translational Lung Cancer Research	24
-	Urologic Oncology-Seminars and Original Investigations	24
-	Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention	24
101	Clinical Lung Cancer	23
-	Oncology Reports	23
-	Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry	23
-	Thoracic Cancer	23
-	Molecular Cancer Research	23
-	Pediatric Blood & Cancer	23
-	Practical Radiation Oncology	23
108	Stem Cells	22
-	Technology in Cancer Research & Treatment	22
-	Clinical Genitourinary Cancer	22
-	Targeted Oncology	22
-	Cancer Control	22
113	World Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology	21
-	Cancer Epidemiology	21
-	Endocrine-Related Cancer	21
-	Cancer Management and Research	21
-	Clinical Lymphoma Myeloma & Leukemia	21
-	Clinical Oncology	21
-	Frontiers of Medicine	21
-	Annals of Surgical Oncology	21
-	International Journal of Clinical Oncology	21
122	Journal of Geriatric Oncology	20
-	Journal of Oncology	20
-	Clinical Breast Cancer	20
-	Clinical Epigenetics	20
-	Oncogenesis	20
-	Journal of Surgical Oncology	20
-	Cancer & Metabolism	20
-	Molecular Carcinogenesis	20
130	Translational Cancer Research	19
-	Infectious Agents and Cancer	19
-	Anticancer Research	19
-	Journal of Bone Oncology	19
-	Oncotargets and Therapy	19
-	International Journal of Hyperthermia	19
136	Seminars in Oncology Nursing	18
-	Breast Cancer	18
-	Carcinogenesis	18
-	Hematological Oncology	18
-	Investigational New Drugs	18
-	Seminars in Radiation Oncology	18
-	Strahlentherapie und Onkologie	18
-	Cancer Genetics	18
-	Acta Oncologica	18
145	Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics	17
-	Leukemia & Lymphoma	17
-	Nutrition and Cancer-An International Journal	17
-	Current Opinion in Oncology	17
-	Expert Review of Anticancer Therapy	17
-	Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology	17
-	Journal of Gynecologic Oncology	17
-	Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology	17
-	Cancer Prevention Research	17
-	Chinese Journal of Cancer Research	17
-	Clinical & Experimental Metastasis	17
-	Current Cancer Drug Targets	17
-	Hematology-Oncology Clinics of North America	17
-	Integrative Cancer Therapies	17
159	Journal of Gastric Cancer	16
-	Genes Chromosomes & Cancer	16
-	Journal of Immunotherapy	16
-	Anti-Cancer Drugs	16
163	Surgical Oncology-Oxford	15
-	Cancer Cytopathology	15
-	Cancer Nursing	15
-	Current Hematologic Malignancy Reports	15
-	Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research	15
-	Cancer Journal	15
-	Leukemia Research	15
-	Oncology Research	15
-	Recent Patents on Anti-Cancer Drug Discovery	15
-	Annual Review of Cancer Biology	15
173	Journal of Radiation Research	14
-	European Journal of Cancer Prevention	14
-	Seminars in Oncology	14

-	Brachytherapy	14
-	Cancer Biotherapy and Radiopharmaceuticals	14
-	Clinical and Translational Radiation Oncology	14
-	Current Problems in Cancer	14
180	Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology	13
-	Journal of Breast Cancer	13
-	Cancer Biomarkers	13
-	Cancer Causes & Control	13
-	Clinical Medicine Insights-Oncology	13
-	Breast Care	13
-	Melanoma Research	13
-	Oncology	13
-	European Journal of Cancer Care	13
189	Breast Cancer-Targets and Therapy	12
-	Journal of Cancer Education	12
-	Cancer Investigation	12
-	American Journal of Clinical Oncology-Cancer Clinical Trials	12
-	Hereditary Cancer in Clinical Practice	12
-	Journal of Oncology Pharmacy Practice	12
-	Clinical Colorectal Cancer	12
-	Analytical Cellular Pathology	12
197	Breast Journal	11
-	Journal of Chemotherapy	11
-	Cancer Genomics & Proteomics	11
-	Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America	11
-	Familial Cancer	11
-	Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology	11
203	Journal of Mammary Gland Biology and Neoplasia	10
-	Cancer Radiotherapie	10
205	Tumori Journal	9
-	Brain Tumor Pathology	9
-	Bulletin du Cancer	9
-	Journal of Pediatric Hematology Oncology	9
-	Indian Journal of Cancer	9
210	Medical Dosimetry	8
-	Oncology Research and Treatment	8
-	Pediatric Hematology and Oncology	8
-	Bladder Cancer	8
214	Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy	7
215	Chemotherapy	6
216	Psycho-Oncologie	4
217	European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology	3
218	Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing	2
-	Oncology Nursing Forum	2