Journal profile
Cancer Cell
Cancer Cell is published by Cell Press under ISSN 1535-6108. It holds an h-index of 488 across 4,262 indexed works, with a two-year mean citedness of 33.84, and is not fully open access. Its main subject areas are Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics.
Below: the full publication record, and one real article from the journal formatted in IEEE, APA, and BibTeX so you can match field order against a source you can check.
Publication record and impact metrics
| Publisher | Cell Press |
|---|---|
| ISSN-L | 1535-6108 |
| All ISSNs | 1535-6108, 1878-3686 |
| Indexed works | 4,262 |
| Total citations | 910,615 |
| h-index | 488 |
| 2-year mean citedness | 33.84 |
| Open access | Not fully open access |
| Main topics | Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers · Epigenetics and DNA Methylation · Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics · Cancer-related Molecular Pathways · CAR-T cell therapy research |
Publication figures come from this journal's OpenAlex record, released under CC0, and are a dated snapshot rather than a live count. Check the publisher for current scope and submission requirements.
A worked example from this journal
The source
Integrated Genomic Analysis Identifies Clinically Relevant Subtypes of Glioblastoma Characterized by Abnormalities in PDGFRA, IDH1, EGFR, and NF1
- Authors
- Roel G.W. Verhaak, Katherine A. Hoadley, Elizabeth Purdom, Victoria Wang, Yuan Qi, Matthew D. Wilkerson, and 27 more
- Year
- 2010
- Volume
- 17
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 98-110
IEEE
R. G. Verhaak, K. A. Hoadley, E. Purdom, V. Wang, Y. Qi, M. D. Wilkerson et al. "Integrated Genomic Analysis Identifies Clinically Relevant Subtypes of Glioblastoma Characterized by Abnormalities in PDGFRA, IDH1, EGFR, and NF1," Cancer Cell, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 98-110, 2010, doi: 10.1016/j.ccr.2009.12.020.
IEEE prints author initials before the surname and abbreviates the periodical title. Check the abbreviation for Cancer Cell against your target publication's reference list before submitting.
APA
Verhaak, R. G., Hoadley, K. A., Purdom, E., Wang, V., Qi, Y., & Wilkerson, M. D., et al. (2010). Integrated Genomic Analysis Identifies Clinically Relevant Subtypes of Glioblastoma Characterized by Abnormalities in PDGFRA, IDH1, EGFR, and NF1. Cancer Cell, 17(1), 98-110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccr.2009.12.020
APA puts the year directly after the authors, keeps the full journal title in italics, and renders the DOI as a URL.
BibTeX
@article{verhaak2010,
author = {Roel G.W. Verhaak and Katherine A. Hoadley and Elizabeth Purdom and Victoria Wang and Yuan Qi and Matthew D. Wilkerson},
title = {Integrated Genomic Analysis Identifies Clinically Relevant Subtypes of Glioblastoma Characterized by Abnormalities in PDGFRA, IDH1, EGFR, and NF1},
journal = {Cancer Cell},
volume = {17},
number = {1},
pages = {98--110},
year = {2010},
issn = {1535-6108},
doi = {10.1016/j.ccr.2009.12.020}
}The citation key is the first author's surname and the year. Keep it stable once it appears in a draft, because renaming it breaks every cite that used it.
What to verify before you submit
- The volume and page range. Cancer Cell records 4,262 works, and articles published online first can carry a different volume from the final issue. Cite the version you read.
- The abbreviated title. IEEE style uses standard periodical abbreviations, and registry metadata almost always returns the full name instead.
- Author name order. Registry records store full given names; IEEE and APA both want initials, formatted differently from each other.
- Whether the article is open access. This journal is not fully open access, which affects whether a reader can reach the version you cited.
- That the source supports your claim. A correctly formatted reference says nothing about whether the passage backs the sentence citing it.
How this journal sits in the record
Cancer Cell carries an h-index of 488, which is above 84% of the journals covered here, and its articles have accumulated 910,615 citations across 4,262 indexed works. Its two-year mean citedness is 33.84.
6 of the journals covered here are published by Cell Press. Reference style is set per title rather than per publisher, so do not carry a format across from a sibling journal without checking.
These are indexing figures describing how often work in this venue is cited. They say nothing about whether a particular article is sound, and they are not a substitute for reading it.
Questions about Cancer Cell
What is the ISSN of Cancer Cell?
The linking ISSN is 1535-6108. The journal also carries 1878-3686, which usually separate the print and electronic editions. Use the linking ISSN in a BibTeX issn field.
Who publishes Cancer Cell?
Cell Press publishes it. 6 journals covered here come from the same publisher, and they do not all share one reference style, so check the requirements for this title rather than the publisher.
Is Cancer Cell open access?
OpenAlex does not record it as fully open access. Some articles may still be open individually, so check the specific article rather than assuming from the journal.
How do I cite an article from Cancer Cell in LaTeX?
Use the BibTeX entry above as the pattern. The entry type is article, the journal field holds the full title, and the citation key verhaak2010 follows the first author's surname and the year. Brace any acronym in the title so your bibliography style does not lowercase it.
Does Cancer Cell use page numbers or article numbers?
The example article runs from page 98 to 110, so this journal used page ranges at least for that volume. Newer issues in many journals switched to article numbers, so check the version you are citing.
How influential is Cancer Cell?
Its h-index is 488, above 84% of the journals covered here, and its articles have been cited 910,615 times in total. Its two-year mean citedness is 33.84. These are indexing figures, not a judgement of whether a specific article is sound.
Does Cancer Cell have a Journal Impact Factor?
Not one shown here. The Journal Impact Factor is Clarivate's metric, published in Journal Citation Reports and readable only with a JCR subscription, so this page does not restate it. The figures above come from OpenAlex: an h-index of 488 and a two-year mean citedness of 33.84 across 4,262 indexed works, captured on 2026-09-18. Mean citedness averages citations per work over a two-year window, which makes it closer in construction to CiteScore than to the Impact Factor. The three are not interchangeable, so quote whichever one your target venue actually asks for.