Journal profile

Nature reviews. Cancer

Publisher: Nature Pub. Group
ISSN1474-175X | 1474-1768 FormatPrint StatusCurrently indexed

Journal Citation Impact

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

Impact Factor
4.59
Citation rate 29.27 6,659 total citations
h5-index 127 h5 depth signal
Cited share 64.3% 155 of 241
Total citations 6,659 Citation footprint
Metric signal 29.34 External metric anchor
Self-citation 0.6% 37 self-citations

Citations Trend

Monthly Publications Cadence

Citing Geographic Demographics

United States 442
United Kingdom 112
Australia 59
Germany 49
Canada 41

Citing Fields of Research

Oncology 512
Cancer & Development 359
Immunology 301
Cancer, Autophagy & Apoptosis 168
Genetics & Genomics 158

Publishing Activity & Reach

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

All-time article footprint 4,704 Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set 241 155 cited publications
Last 12 months 102 8.5 publications/month
Open access share 2.0% 2 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country United States 442 citing publications
Leading citing field Oncology 512 citing publications
Latest tracked publication 16 October 2026 10 recent records available

Coverage & Indexing History

MEDLINE
v1n1, Oct. 2001-
PubMed
v1n1, Oct. 2001-
Index medicus
Active Coverage

Research Focus & Classification

Indexed Subjects

Oncology Immunology Cancer & Development Cancer, Autophagy & Apoptosis Genetics & Genomics

Broad Categories

Neoplasms Immunology Cancer & Development Cancer, Autophagy & Apoptosis Genetics & Genomics Lung Cancer Cell Biology

MeSH Descriptors

Neoplasms Research

Latest Publications

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

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John R. Prensner, William A. Freed-Pastor, Jennifer G. Abelin et al.
A generation after the genomics revolution, and with the advent of proteomic technologies, the dark proteome now stands as a potential new direction for cancer science and therapeutics. The dark proteome covers a vast terrain of previous...
10
Raymond Chen, Aobo He, Håvard T. Lindholm et al.
Malignant transformation is driven by disruption of pathways regulating proliferation and cell fate, but these same disruptions can create a collateral vulnerability: loss of transcriptional and epigenetic control over transposable eleme...

Bibliographical & Catalog Notes

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