Journal profile
Cancer Research
Cancer Research is published by American Association for Cancer Research under ISSN 0008-5472. It holds an h-index of 470 across 159,126 indexed works, with a two-year mean citedness of 0.58, and is not fully open access. Its main subject areas are Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism, RNA modifications and cancer.
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 | American Association for Cancer Research |
|---|---|
| ISSN-L | 0008-5472 |
| All ISSNs | 0008-5472, 1538-7445 |
| Indexed works | 159,126 |
| Total citations | 2,168,040 |
| h-index | 470 |
| 2-year mean citedness | 0.58 |
| Open access | Not fully open access |
| Main topics | Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics · Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism · RNA modifications and cancer · Cancer Research and Treatments · Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers |
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
Projecting Cancer Incidence and Deaths to 2030: The Unexpected Burden of Thyroid, Liver, and Pancreas Cancers in the United States
- Authors
- Lola Rahib, Benjamin D. Smith, Rhonda Aizenberg, Allison Rosenzweig, Julie Fleshman, Lynn M. Matrisian
- Year
- 2014
- Volume
- 74
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 2913-2921
IEEE
L. Rahib, B. D. Smith, R. Aizenberg, A. Rosenzweig, J. Fleshman, L. M. Matrisian "Projecting Cancer Incidence and Deaths to 2030: The Unexpected Burden of Thyroid, Liver, and Pancreas Cancers in the United States," Cancer Research, vol. 74, no. 11, pp. 2913-2921, 2014, doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-14-0155.
IEEE prints author initials before the surname and abbreviates the periodical title. Check the abbreviation for Cancer Research against your target publication's reference list before submitting.
APA
Rahib, L., Smith, B. D., Aizenberg, R., Rosenzweig, A., Fleshman, J., & Matrisian, L. M. (2014). Projecting Cancer Incidence and Deaths to 2030: The Unexpected Burden of Thyroid, Liver, and Pancreas Cancers in the United States. Cancer Research, 74(11), 2913-2921. https://doi.org/10.1158/0008-5472.can-14-0155
APA puts the year directly after the authors, keeps the full journal title in italics, and renders the DOI as a URL.
BibTeX
@article{rahib2014,
author = {Lola Rahib and Benjamin D. Smith and Rhonda Aizenberg and Allison Rosenzweig and Julie Fleshman and Lynn M. Matrisian},
title = {Projecting Cancer Incidence and Deaths to 2030: The Unexpected Burden of Thyroid, Liver, and Pancreas Cancers in the United States},
journal = {Cancer Research},
volume = {74},
number = {11},
pages = {2913--2921},
year = {2014},
issn = {0008-5472},
doi = {10.1158/0008-5472.can-14-0155}
}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 Research records 159,126 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 Research carries an h-index of 470, which is above 80% of the journals covered here, and its articles have accumulated 2,168,040 citations across 159,126 indexed works. Its two-year mean citedness is 0.58.
2 of the journals covered here are published by American Association for Cancer Research. 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 Research
What is the ISSN of Cancer Research?
The linking ISSN is 0008-5472. The journal also carries 1538-7445, which usually separate the print and electronic editions. Use the linking ISSN in a BibTeX issn field.
Who publishes Cancer Research?
American Association for Cancer Research publishes it. 2 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 Research 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 Research 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 rahib2014 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 Research use page numbers or article numbers?
The example article runs from page 2913 to 2921, 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 Research?
Its h-index is 470, above 80% of the journals covered here, and its articles have been cited 2,168,040 times in total. Its two-year mean citedness is 0.58. These are indexing figures, not a judgement of whether a specific article is sound.
Does Cancer Research 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 470 and a two-year mean citedness of 0.58 across 159,126 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.