Cancer Cell

Aims & Scope

Cancer Cell provides a high-profile forum to promote major advances in cancer research and oncology.

The primary criterion for considering manuscripts is whether the studies provide major advances into answering important questions relevant to naturally occurring cancers.

Cancer Cell particularly welcomes translational research.

Cancer Cell is also interested in publishing clinical investigations, in particular those that lead to establishing new paradigms in the treatment, diagnosis, or prevention of cancers; those that provide important insights into cancer biology beyond what has been revealed by preclinical studies; and those that are mechanism-based proof-of-principle clinical studies.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	44.5
2024	48.80

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	17

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	14069

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	19.027

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	416

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science
• Medline
• Embase

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology and Medicine, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Integrated Genomic Analysis Identifies Clinically Relevant Subtypes of Glioblastoma Characterized by Abnormalities in PDGFRA, IDH1, EGFR, and NF1

  Citation: 6143

  Authors: Roel G.W., Katherine A., Elizabeth, Victoria, Yuan, Matthew D., C. Ryan, Li, Todd, Jill P., Gabriele, Michael, Michael, Pablo, Barbara A., Stacey, Wendy, Supriya, Lakshmi, Heidi S., J. Graeme, C. David, Jann N., Cameron, Ari, Paul T., Richard K., Terence P., Joe W., Matthew, Gad, Charles M., D. Neil

• Accessories to the Crime: Functions of Cells Recruited to the Tumor Microenvironment

  Citation: 3719

  Authors: Douglas, Lisa M.

• Immune Checkpoint Blockade: A Common Denominator Approach to Cancer Therapy

  Citation: 3484

  Authors: Suzanne L., Charles G., Drew M.

• Tensional homeostasis and the malignant phenotype

  Citation: 3380

  Authors: Matthew J., Nastaran, Kandice R., Johnathon N., Gabriela I., Amit, Cynthia A., Susan S., Micah, David, Daniel A., Valerie M.

• Integrative Genomic Profiling of Human Prostate Cancer

  Citation: 3121

  Authors: Barry S., Nikolaus, Haley, Anuradha, Yonghong, Brett S., Vivek K., Poorvi, Ethan, Boris, Yevgeniy, Nicholas, Thomas, Igor, John E., Manda, Nicholas D., Alex E., Adriana, James A., Howard I., Victor E., Peter T., Chris, Charles L., William L.

• Polarization of Tumor-Associated Neutrophil Phenotype by TGF-β: “N1” versus “N2” TAN

  Citation: 2736

  Authors: Zvi G., Jing, Samuel, Veena, Guanjun, Leona, G. Scott, Steven M.

• Metabolic Reprogramming: A Cancer Hallmark Even Warburg Did Not Anticipate

  Citation: 2671

  Authors: Patrick S., Craig B.

• A collection of breast cancer cell lines for the study of functionally distinct cancer subtypes

  Citation: 2585

  Authors: Richard M., Koei, Jane, Jennifer, Frederick L., Tea, Laura, Nora, Jean-Philippe, Frances, Terry, Paul T., Sandy, Anna, Nick J., Wen-Lin, Jackie L., Daniel, Donna G., Frederic M., Frank, Robert B., Michael D., Marc, Stephen, Adi, Joe W.

• Molecular subclasses of high-grade glioma predict prognosis, delineate a pattern of disease progression, and resemble stages in neurogenesis

  Citation: 2547

  Authors: Heidi S., Samir, Ruihuan, William F., Robert H., Thomas D., Anjan, Janice M., Howard, Liliana, P. Mickey, Zora, Burt G., Ken

• Unique microRNA molecular profiles in lung cancer diagnosis and prognosis

  Citation: 2432

  Authors: Nozomu, Natasha, Elise, Masahiro, Kensuke, Ming, Robert M., Aikou, Jun, Tadao, George Adrian, Chang-Gong, Carlo M., Curtis C.

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