Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Aims & Scope

Journal of Thoracic Oncology (JTO), the official journal of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer, is the primary educational and informational publication for topics relevant to the prevention, detection, diagnosis, and treatment of all thoracic malignancies.

JTO emphasizes a multidisciplinary approach and includes original research reviews and opinion pieces.

The audience includes epidemiologists, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, thoracic surgeons, pulmonologists, radiologists, pathologists, nuclear medicine physicians, and research scientists with a special interest in thoracic oncology.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	20.8
2024	21.00

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	133

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	6704

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	7.948

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	190

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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

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in 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.

• International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer/American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society International Multidisciplinary Classification of Lung Adenocarcinoma

  Citation: 3733

  Authors: William D., Elisabeth, Masayuki, Andrew G., Kim R., Yasushi, David G., Charles A., Gregory J., Paul E., Kavita, John H.M., Hisao, Valerie W., Fred R., Giorgio, Tetsuya, Rudolf M., Yuichi, James, Montserrat, Jean-Paul, Takashi, Masahiro, Johan, Ignacio, Pan-Chyr, Denise, Christian, Douglas, Wilbur, Adi, Michael, Philip, Douglas, Bruce, David, Keith, Keiko, Jin Soo, Vincent A., Iver, Victor, Rafael, Nagahiro, Erik, Ming, David

• Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve in Diagnostic Test Assessment

  Citation: 3501

  Authors: Jayawant N.

• The 2015 World Health Organization Classification of Lung Tumors

  Citation: 3408

  Authors: William D., Elisabeth, Andrew G., Yasushi, John H.M., Mary Beth, Lucian. R., Sanja, Edwina, Douglas B., Kim, Fred R., Yuichi, Keith M., Masayuki, Giuseppe, Charles A., Ming Sound, Ignacio

• The IASLC Lung Cancer Staging Project: Proposals for Revision of the TNM Stage Groupings in the Forthcoming (Eighth) Edition of the TNM Classification for Lung Cancer

  Citation: 3373

  Authors: Peter, Kari, John, Ramon, Hisao, Wilfried E.E., Andrew G., Patti, Alan, Vanessa, Peter, Ramón, Hisao, David, David G., Ricardo, Vanessa, Kari, John, Frank, Wilfried Ernst, John, Françoise, Dorothy, Fergus, Patti, James, Catherine, Jhingook, Young Tae, Laura, Haruhiko, Mark, Kaoru, Antoon, Gustavo, Mirella, Edith M., Jan, Alan, Takashi, Andrew G., Anna, Michael, Thomas, Kenneth, Enrico, Valerie, Nagahiro, Paul, Jean-Paul, Lynn, Kelly, Kenji, Yuji, Charles F., William, Ming S., Andrew, Johan, Hirokazu, Yi-Long, Paul, Jeremy, Seiki, Kouki, Kemp, Hedy, Lee, Kristiaan, Harvey, David, Conrad, Pier Luigi, Giuseppe, Kazuya, Marco, Meinoshin, Eugene, F., E., J., I., A., R., D., G.K., A.I., M.A., M.G., D., V., S., B., I., I., E., F., K.M., G., S., J., L., S., P., T., M.T., G., J.A., J., H., J., M., J.M., E., S., P., A., M., M., G., R., L., M., B., C., R., L., S., C., M., J., J.C., J.S., H., M.J., M., E., V., J., A., M., T.E., D., S., R., C., K., P., M., Y.L., K.

• The IASLC Lung Cancer Staging Project: Proposals for the Revision of the TNM Stage Groupings in the Forthcoming (Seventh) Edition of the TNM Classification of Malignant Tumours

  Citation: 2618

  Authors: Peter, John, Kari, Dorothy J., Patti A., Ramon, Pieter E., Valerie, Leslie

• A Prospective, Molecular Epidemiology Study of EGFR Mutations in Asian Patients with Advanced Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer of Adenocarcinoma Histology (PIONEER)

  Citation: 1132

  Authors: Yuankai, Joseph Siu-Kie, Sumitra, Sankar, Chun-Ming, Mai Trong, Karin, Yohji, Gerardo, Pan-Chyr

• PD-L1 Immunohistochemistry Assays for Lung Cancer: Results from Phase 1 of the Blueprint PD-L1 IHC Assay Comparison Project

  Citation: 1013

  Authors: Fred R., Abigail, Dave, James, Malinka, Karina, William, Penny, Debra, Bharathi, Amita, Rasika, Steve, James, Eric, Kenneth, Ian, J. Andrew, Jill, John, Ming Sound, Keith M.

• The 2021 WHO Classification of Lung Tumors: Impact of Advances Since 2015

  Citation: 989

  Authors: Andrew G., Ming S., Mary Beth, Alain C., Elisabeth, Wendy A., Sanja, Deepali, Keith M., Sylvie, Masayuki, Mauro, Natasha, Giorgio, Paul, Lynette, Yasushi, Akihiko, William D.

• Pulmonary Pathology of Early-Phase 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pneumonia in Two Patients With Lung Cancer

  Citation: 963

  Authors: Sufang, Weidong, Li, Huan, Haibo, Shu-Yuan

• The IASLC Lung Cancer Staging Project: A Proposal for a New International Lymph Node Map in the Forthcoming Seventh Edition of the TNM Classification for Lung Cancer

  Citation: 960

  Authors: Valerie W., Hisao, Hirokazu, Dorothy J., Ramon, Peter

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