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Journal of Clinical Oncology
Medicine and clinical research
Among the 50 medicine and clinical research journals in this index it has the 5th highest h-index and the 41st highest two-year mean citedness. Both are explained under how venues are ranked.
Where its authors come from
Share of the 34 707 papers since 2023 with at least one author in each country.
| Country | Share of papers |
|---|---|
| United States | 61% |
| China | 16% |
| United Kingdom | 6% |
| Canada | 6% |
| Japan | 6% |
What it publishes
Mix of article types:
| Type | Share |
|---|---|
| Research articles | 13% |
Main subject areas of those papers:
| Subject area | Share of papers |
|---|---|
| Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers | 7% |
| Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research | 4% |
| Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments | 4% |
| Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations | 4% |
| Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies | 3% |
| Breast Cancer Treatment Studies | 3% |
Most cited papers since 2023
- Efficacy and Safety of Trastuzumab Deruxtecan in Patients With HER2-Expressing Solid Tumors: Primary Results From the DESTINY-PanTumor02 Phase II Trial (2023, 1 071 citations)
- Pembrolizumab Plus Pemetrexed and Platinum in Nonsquamous Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer: 5-Year Outcomes From the Phase 3 KEYNOTE-189 Study (2023, 727 citations)
- Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2 Testing in Breast Cancer: ASCO–College of American Pathologists Guideline Update (2023, 692 citations)
- Pembrolizumab Plus Chemotherapy in Squamous Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer: 5-Year Update of the Phase III KEYNOTE-407 Study (2023, 559 citations)
- Practical Assessment and Management of Vulnerabilities in Older Patients Receiving Systemic Cancer Therapy: ASCO Guideline Update (2023, 526 citations)
Official rankings
Many evaluations use a national or commercial list rather than raw citation counts. We don't reproduce those lists here; check the journal on each one directly (search for ISSN 0732-183X):
- Scimago (SJR and quartile): what quartiles mean
- Norwegian register (level 1 or 2): national lists explained
- Finnish Publication Forum (JUFO level 0 to 3)
Similar journals
- The Lancet Oncology
- JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute
- Journal of Clinical Investigation
- Nature Reviews Cancer
- Cell
- Nature Reviews Immunology
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