Nature Portfolio · ISSN 2662-1347
Nature Cancer 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: 18.16 citations per paper for Nature Cancer, retrieved 23 Oct 2026.
Key metrics
- Two-year mean citedness
- 18.16Citations per paper, papers from the two prior yearsSource: OpenAlex
- h-index
- 132Across all yearsSource: OpenAlex
- Papers in 2025
- 2041,245 in totalSource: OpenAlex
- Access
- SubscriptionAPC about $12,690Source: OpenAlex
Papers per year.
How many works Nature Cancer published in each complete year, as indexed by OpenAlex.
Fig. 1Works per year from OpenAlex. Retrieved 23 Oct 2026.
What Nature Cancer publishes.
Mostly Oncology, Immunology and Cancer Research, within Medicine.
- Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
- Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
- Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
- Cancer Cells and Metastasis
- T-cell and B-cell Immunology
- Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment
Most frequent research topics in OpenAlex.
Journals with a similar citation profile.
| Journal | Two-year mean citedness | h-index | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nature Cancer | 18.16 | 132 | Subscription |
| Nature Aging | 17.53 | 102 | Subscription |
| Sci Transl Med | 15.94 | 364 | Subscription |
| Theranostics | 14.72 | 227 | Open |
| Kidney International | 12.77 | 391 | Subscription |
About Nature Cancer.
Comment 1What is the Nature Cancer 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: 18.16 citations per paper for Nature Cancer, retrieved 23 Oct 2026.
Comment 2Is Nature Cancer open access?
Nature Cancer is not a fully open-access journal; check its author guidelines for open-access options and charges.
Comment 3How many papers does Nature Cancer publish a year?
OpenAlex records 204 works in 2025, and 1,245 in total.
Sources
- 1. OpenAlex source record · retrieved 23 Oct 2026
The Journal Impact Factor is a Clarivate metric and is not reproduced here.