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Cancer Cell impact factor, and the open numbers behind it.
Short answer
The Journal Impact Factor is a licensed Clarivate metric, so we do not reproduce it. The closest open equivalent is OpenAlex's two-year mean citedness: 35.29 citations per paper for Cancer Cell, retrieved 23 Oct 2026.
Key metrics
- Two-year mean citedness
- 35.29Citations per paper, papers from the two prior yearsSource: OpenAlex
- h-index
- 485Across all yearsSource: OpenAlex
- Papers in 2025
- 2154,284 in totalSource: OpenAlex
- Access
- SubscriptionAPC about $10,400Source: OpenAlex
Papers per year.
How many works Cancer Cell published in each complete year, as indexed by OpenAlex.
Fig. 1Works per year from OpenAlex. Retrieved 23 Oct 2026.
What Cancer Cell publishes.
Mostly Oncology, Cancer Research and Immunology, within Medicine.
- Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
- Cancer Cells and Metastasis
- Cancer-related Molecular Pathways
- Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
- Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
- Chromatin Remodeling and Cancer
Most frequent research topics in OpenAlex.
Journals with a similar citation profile.
| Journal | Two-year mean citedness | h-index | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer Cell | 35.29 | 485 | Subscription |
| J Hematol Oncol | 35.29 | 230 | Open |
| Nature Medicine | 33.43 | 763 | Subscription |
| Cell Metabolism | 30.38 | 452 | Subscription |
| Nature Cancer | 18.16 | 132 | Subscription |
About Cancer Cell.
Comment 1What is the Cancer Cell impact factor?
The Journal Impact Factor is a licensed Clarivate metric, so we do not reproduce it. The closest open equivalent is OpenAlex's two-year mean citedness: 35.29 citations per paper for Cancer Cell, retrieved 23 Oct 2026.
Comment 2Is Cancer Cell open access?
Cancer Cell is not a fully open-access journal; check its author guidelines for open-access options and charges.
Comment 3How many papers does Cancer Cell publish a year?
OpenAlex records 215 works in 2025, and 4,284 in total.
Sources
- 1. OpenAlex source record · retrieved 23 Oct 2026
The Journal Impact Factor is a Clarivate metric and is not reproduced here.