Journal profile

Molecular cancer research : MCR

Publisher: American Association for Cancer Research
ISSN1541-7786 | 1557-3125 FormatPrint StatusCurrently indexed

Journal Citation Impact

Estimated influence, citation density, publishing volume, and citation integrity from the analytics table.

Impact Factor
3.62
Citation rate 3.99 1,195 total citations
h5-index 41 h5 depth signal
Cited share 57.1% 178 of 312
Total citations 1,195 Citation footprint
Metric signal 3.92 External metric anchor
Self-citation 0.3% 4 self-citations

Citations Trend

Monthly Publications Cadence

Citing Geographic Demographics

United States 1,683
China 274
Canada 138
United Kingdom 129
Japan 98

Citing Fields of Research

Cancer & Development 1,059
Cancer, Autophagy & Apoptosis 765
Breast Cancer 543
Oncology 432
Cell Biology 371

Publishing Activity & Reach

Volume, recency, access pattern, and citing-community signals from the journal analytics record.

All-time article footprint 4,970 Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set 312 178 cited publications
Last 12 months 91 7.6 publications/month
Open access share 17.6% 16 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country United States 1,683 citing publications
Leading citing field Cancer & Development 1,059 citing publications
Latest tracked publication 14 October 2026 10 recent records available

Coverage & Indexing History

MEDLINE
v1n1,Nov. 2002-
PubMed
v1n1,Nov. 2002-
Index medicus
Active Coverage

Research Focus & Classification

Indexed Subjects

Cancer & Development Cancer, Autophagy & Apoptosis Immunology Prostate Cancer Noncoding RNA Breast Cancer

Issuing & Sponsoring Bodies

Contributor
American Association for Cancer Research

Broad Categories

Cell Biology Molecular Biology Neoplasms Cancer & Development Cancer, Autophagy & Apoptosis Noncoding RNA Prostate Cancer Digestive Disorders

MeSH Descriptors

Cells Molecular Biology Neoplasms Research

Latest Publications

Recent article records with DOI-first linking and condensed abstracts.

02
Andrea D. Edwards, Yangyang Dai, Siddharth Singh et al.
Cancer-related somatic histone mutants are present in 4% of diverse tumor types and display a similar genomic prevalence to other somatic mutations in cancer, but they are not well characterized. We curated and characterized 17 of the mo...
05
Helen X. Hou, Annie Li, Bidish K. Patel et al.
Clear cell odontogenic carcinoma (CCOC) and hyalinizing clear cell carcinoma (HCCC), rare head and neck malignancies with recurrent EWSR1::CREB family fusions, show overlapping morphologic and immunophenotypic features; no standardized s...

Bibliographical & Catalog Notes

Title from cover.

"A journal of the molecular and cellular biology of cancer."

Print issues ceased with v. 18, no. 12 (Dec. 2020).

Issue for Nov. 2002 also called: Inaugural issue.

Vol. 1 encompasses the Nov. and Dec. 2002 issues as well as 12 issues published in 2003; beginning with v. 2 in 2004, each v. will consist of 12 issues published monthly.

Also issued online.