About AACR Journals
About AACR Journals
Founded in 1907, the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) is the world's first and largest professional organization dedicated to advancing cancer research and its mission to prevent and cure cancer. AACR membership includes more than 40,000 laboratory, translational, and clinical researchers; population scientists; other health care professionals; and patient advocates residing in 120 countries. The AACR marshals the full spectrum of expertise of the cancer community to accelerate progress in the prevention, biology, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer by annually convening more than 30 conferences and educational workshops, the largest of which is the AACR Annual Meeting with more than 21,900 attendees. In addition, the AACR publishes eight prestigious, peer-reviewed scientific journals.
AACR Journal Metrics
The scientific breadth and top quality of the journals attract the premier researchers in the field, and AACR journals continue to be rated among the most influential journals in cancer research and medicine. According to Clarivate Analytics' 2017 Journal Citation Reports® (Clarivate Analytics 2018), the entire portfolio of AACR journals, which represent 4% of the 222 journals in the Oncology category, garnered 15% of all citations in the same category. One half of the AACR journals rank in the top 8% in regard to Impact Factor in the Oncology category.
| Journal | Impact Factor | Rank (of 222 Oncology Journals) |
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| Cancer Discovery | 24.373 | 6 |
| Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention | 4.554 | 58 16 of 336 Public Health journalsa |
| Cancer Immunology Research | 9.188 | 16 10 of 155 Immunology journals |
| Cancer Prevention Research | 4.021 | 71 |
| Cancer Research | 9.130 | 17 |
| Clinical Cancer Research | 10.199 | 12 |
| Molecular Cancer Research | 4.597 | 56 |
| Molecular Cancer Therapeutics | 5.365 | 42 |
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aCancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention is also ranked in the Public, Environmental and Occupational Health category in JCR. With thousands of institutional subscribers and individual cancer researchers worldwide accessing this content, AACR's peer-reviewed journals are a proven choice for your patrons' cancer research information needs. For more detailed metrics, including the 5-Year Impact Factor, Eigenfactor, and Immediacy Index, please visit the AACR Journals Metrics page. |
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Commitment to Dissemination of Content
AACR is committed to the dissemination of content through:
- Development and support of the Principles for Free Access to Science, emphasizing the commitment of not-for-profit publishers to worldwide dissemination of science, within the context of proven and realistic publishing models, and supporting experimentation with new models.
- Participation in the HINARI Access to Research Initiative providing free or discounted access to the full text journal content to institutions in developing countries.
- Free archival access to historical material dating back to 1916 from the precursors of Cancer Research—Journal of Cancer Research and the American Journal of Cancer Research, representing nearly 100 years of oncology research and development.
- Availability of full text to all articles one year after publication.
- Our AuthorChoice program that makes articles freely available online immediately upon publication.
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