American Association for Cancer Research · ISSN 2159-8274 · 2159-8290
Cancer Discovery 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: 7.93 citations per paper for Cancer Discovery, retrieved 23 Oct 2026.
Key metrics
- Two-year mean citedness
- 7.93Citations per paper, papers from the two prior yearsSource: OpenAlex
- h-index
- 303Across all yearsSource: OpenAlex
- Papers in 2025
- 4008,105 in totalSource: OpenAlex
- Access
- SubscriptionOpen-access options may applySource: OpenAlex
Papers per year.
How many works Cancer Discovery published in each complete year, as indexed by OpenAlex.
Fig. 1Works per year from OpenAlex. Retrieved 23 Oct 2026.
What Cancer Discovery publishes.
Mostly Oncology, Cancer Research and Immunology, within Medicine.
- Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
- Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
- Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
- Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations
- Chromatin Remodeling and Cancer
- T-cell and B-cell Immunology
Most frequent research topics in OpenAlex.
Journals with a similar citation profile.
| Journal | Two-year mean citedness | h-index | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer Discovery | 7.93 | 303 | Subscription |
| Autophagy | 8.23 | 240 | Subscription |
| Hepatology | 7.45 | 480 | Subscription |
| Brain | 8.89 | 503 | Subscription |
| JCI Insight | 6.66 | 172 | Open |
About Cancer Discovery.
Comment 1What is the Cancer Discovery 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: 7.93 citations per paper for Cancer Discovery, retrieved 23 Oct 2026.
Comment 2Is Cancer Discovery open access?
Cancer Discovery is not a fully open-access journal; check its author guidelines for open-access options and charges.
Comment 3How many papers does Cancer Discovery publish a year?
OpenAlex records 400 works in 2025, and 8,105 in total.
Sources
- 1. OpenAlex source record · retrieved 23 Oct 2026
The Journal Impact Factor is a Clarivate metric and is not reproduced here.