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Best Oncology journals

428 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Oncology. The top 100 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 100 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Ca-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians 649.8 99th Q1 SCIE No
2 Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology 126.6 99th Q1 SCIE No
3 Nature Reviews Cancer 96.2 99th Q1 SCIE No
4 Cancer Cell 75.4 99th Q1 SCIE No
5 Journal of Hematology and Oncology 70.1 98th Q1 SCIE Yes
6 Annals of Oncology 69.6 98th Q1 SCIE No
7 Molecular Cancer 55 98th Q1 SCIE Yes
8 The Lancet Oncology 42 98th Q1 SCIE No
9 Cancer Communications 40.3 98th Q1 SCIE Yes
10 Nature Cancer 38.5 97th Q1 SCIE No
11 Journal of Thoracic Oncology 33.4 97th Q1 SCIE No
12 JAMA Oncology 32.6 97th Q1 SCIE No
13 Journal of the National Cancer Center 31.2 97th Q1 ESCI Yes
14 Trends in Cancer 30.8 96th Q1 SCIE No
15 Drug Resistance Updates 29.1 96th Q1 SCIE No
16 Cancer Discovery 26.9 96th Q1 SCIE No
17 Journal of Experimental and Clinical Cancer Research 22.3 96th Q1 SCIE Yes
18 Neuro-Oncology 21.1 95th Q1 SCIE No
19 The Lancet Regional Health - Europe 19.9 95th Q1 SCIE, SSCI Yes
20 Experimental Hematology and Oncology 19.6 95th Q1 SCIE Yes
21 JNCCN Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network 19.4 95th Q1 SCIE No
22 Leukemia 19.2 94th Q1 SCIE No
23 Cancer Treatment Reviews 17.7 94th Q1 SCIE No
24 Clinical Cancer Research 17.3 94th Q1 SCIE No
25 Cancer Research 17 94th Q1 SCIE No
26 Liver Cancer 17 94th Q1 SCIE Yes
27 Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer 16.6 93th Q1 SCIE Yes
28 Cancer and Metastasis Reviews 16.3 93th Q1 SCIE No
29 JACC: CardioOncology 16.3 93th Q1 SCIE Yes
30 Blood Cancer Journal 16.2 93th Q1 SCIE Yes
31 Cancer Letters 15.4 92th Q1 SCIE No
32 Journal of Clinical Oncology 14.2 92th Q1 SCIE No
33 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Reviews on Cancer 14.1 92th Q1 SCIE No
34 British Journal of Cancer 13.9 92th Q1 SCIE No
35 Blood Cancer Discovery 13.9 91th Q1 ESCI No
36 Blood Reviews 12.7 91th Q1 SCIE No
37 Breast 12.6 91th Q1 SCIE Yes
38 MedComm 12.5 91th Q1 ESCI Yes
39 npj Breast Cancer 12.4 91th Q1 SCIE Yes
40 Journal of the National Cancer Institute 12.3 90th Q1 SCIE No
41 OncoImmunology 12.1 90th Q1 SCIE Yes
42 ESMO Open 12 90th Q1 SCIE Yes
43 Experientia Supplementum (2012) 12 90th Q1 No
44 Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases 11.9 89th Q1 SCIE No
45 Gastric Cancer 11.8 89th Q1 SCIE No
46 Cancer Biology and Medicine 11.5 89th Q1 SCIE Yes
47 European Journal of Cancer 10.9 89th Q1 SCIE No
48 European Urology Oncology 10.7 88th Q1 SCIE No
49 Cancer 10.6 88th Q1 SCIE No
50 Cancer Cell International 10.5 88th Q1 SCIE Yes
51 International Journal of Oncology 10.2 88th Q1 SCIE No
52 International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics 10.1 87th Q1 SCIE No
53 Annual Review of Cancer Biology 10 87th Q1 SCIE No
54 Current Oncology Reports 9.8 87th Q1 SCIE No
55 npj Precision Oncology 9.8 87th Q1 SCIE Yes
56 International Journal of Cancer 9.7 87th Q1 SCIE No
57 Molecular Cancer Research 9.6 86th Q1 SCIE No
58 Molecular Therapy Oncology 9.6 86th Q1 SCIE Yes
59 Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology 9.5 86th Q1 SCIE No
60 Molecular Cancer Therapeutics 9.5 86th Q1 SCIE No
61 Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy 9.5 85th Q1 SCIE Yes
62 Molecular Oncology 9.4 85th Q1 SCIE Yes
63 Current Treatment Options in Oncology 9.3 85th Q1 SCIE No
64 United European Gastroenterology Journal 9.2 85th Q1 SCIE No
65 Cancer Nanotechnology 9.1 84th Q1 SCIE Yes
66 Radiotherapy and Oncology 9.1 84th Q1 SCIE No
67 Cancers 9 84th Q1 SCIE Yes
68 Cancer Science 8.9 84th Q1 SCIE Yes
69 Cellular Oncology 8.6 83th Q1 SCIE Yes
70 Immuno-Oncology and Technology 8.6 83th Q1 Yes
71 Journal of Cancer Survivorship 8.6 83th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
72 Cancer Biology and Therapy 8.4 83th Q1 SCIE Yes
73 Breast Cancer Research 8.1 83th Q1 SCIE Yes
74 Chinese Journal of Cancer Research 7.9 82th Q1 SCIE No
75 Journal of Gastric Cancer 7.8 82th Q1 SCIE No
76 Cancer Research and Treatment 7.7 82th Q1 SCIE Yes
77 Oncology Reports 7.7 82th Q1 SCIE No
78 Clinical and Experimental Metastasis 7.4 81th Q1 SCIE No
79 Lung Cancer 7.4 81th Q1 SCIE No
80 Molecular Medicine Reports 7.3 81th Q1 SCIE No
81 Translational Oncology 7.3 81th Q1 SCIE Yes
82 Gynecologic Oncology 7.3 80th Q1 SCIE No
83 Endocrine-Related Cancer 7.2 80th Q1 SCIE No
84 Advances in Cancer Research 7 80th Q1 No
85 Targeted Oncology 6.9 80th Q1 SCIE No
86 Oncologist 6.8 80th Q1 SCIE Yes
87 Journal of Liver Cancer 6.7 79th Q1 ESCI Yes
88 Journal of Ovarian Research 6.7 79th Q1 SCIE Yes
89 Current Hematologic Malignancy Reports 6.6 79th Q1 SCIE No
90 Frontiers in Oncology 6.6 79th Q1 SCIE Yes
91 Journal of Mammary Gland Biology and Neoplasia 6.5 78th Q1 SCIE No
92 Oral Oncology 6.5 78th Q1 SCIE No
93 Cytotherapy 6.4 78th Q1 SCIE No
94 Seminars in Radiation Oncology 6.4 78th Q1 SCIE No
95 Head and Neck Pathology 6.4 77th Q1 ESCI No
96 JCO Oncology Practice 6.4 77th Q1 SCIE No
97 Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology 6.4 77th Q1 SCIE Yes
98 JTO Clinical and Research Reports 6.3 77th Q1 ESCI Yes
99 Cancer Pathogenesis and Therapy 6.2 76th Q1 ESCI Yes
100 Clinical Lung Cancer 6.2 76th Q1 SCIE No

Rank and percentile are within the Oncology Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-06-09). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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