Journal profile

International Journal of Cancer

International Journal of Cancer is published by Wiley under ISSN 0020-7136. It holds an h-index of 329 across 33,289 indexed works, with a two-year mean citedness of 4.32, and is not fully open access. Its main subject areas are Immunotherapy and Immune Responses, Immune Cell Function and Interaction, Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research.

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

PublisherWiley
ISSN-L0020-7136
All ISSNs0020-7136, 1097-0215
Indexed works33,289
Total citations1,688,348
h-index329
2-year mean citedness4.32
Open accessNot fully open access
Main topicsImmunotherapy and Immune Responses · Immune Cell Function and Interaction · Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research · Genetic factors in colorectal cancer · Cervical Cancer and HPV 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

Cancer incidence and mortality worldwide: Sources, methods and major patterns in GLOBOCAN 2012

Authors
Jacques Ferlay, Isabelle Soerjomataram, Rajesh Dikshit, Sultan Eser, Colin Mathers, Marise Souto Rebelo, and 3 more
Year
2014
Volume
136
Issue
5
Pages
E359-86

IEEE

J. Ferlay, I. Soerjomataram, R. Dikshit, S. Eser, C. Mathers, M. S. Rebelo et al. "Cancer incidence and mortality worldwide: Sources, methods and major patterns in GLOBOCAN 2012," International Journal of Cancer, vol. 136, no. 5, pp. E359-86, 2014, doi: 10.1002/ijc.29210.

IEEE prints author initials before the surname and abbreviates the periodical title. Check the abbreviation for International Journal of Cancer against your target publication's reference list before submitting.

APA

Ferlay, J., Soerjomataram, I., Dikshit, R., Eser, S., Mathers, C., & Rebelo, M. S., et al. (2014). Cancer incidence and mortality worldwide: Sources, methods and major patterns in GLOBOCAN 2012. International Journal of Cancer, 136(5), E359-86. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.29210

APA puts the year directly after the authors, keeps the full journal title in italics, and renders the DOI as a URL.

BibTeX

@article{ferlay2014,
  author  = {Jacques Ferlay and Isabelle Soerjomataram and Rajesh Dikshit and Sultan Eser and Colin Mathers and Marise Souto Rebelo},
  title   = {Cancer incidence and mortality worldwide: Sources, methods and major patterns in GLOBOCAN 2012},
  journal = {International Journal of Cancer},
  volume  = {136},
  number  = {5},
  pages   = {E359--86},
  year    = {2014},
  issn    = {0020-7136},
  doi     = {10.1002/ijc.29210}
}

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. International Journal of Cancer records 33,289 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

International Journal of Cancer carries an h-index of 329, which is above 43% of the journals covered here, and its articles have accumulated 1,688,348 citations across 33,289 indexed works. Its two-year mean citedness is 4.32.

53 of the journals covered here are published by Wiley. 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 International Journal of Cancer

What is the ISSN of International Journal of Cancer?

The linking ISSN is 0020-7136. The journal also carries 1097-0215, which usually separate the print and electronic editions. Use the linking ISSN in a BibTeX issn field.

Who publishes International Journal of Cancer?

Wiley publishes it. 53 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 International Journal of Cancer 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 International Journal of Cancer 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 ferlay2014 follows the first author's surname and the year. Brace any acronym in the title so your bibliography style does not lowercase it.

Does International Journal of Cancer use page numbers or article numbers?

The example article runs from page E359 to 86, 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 International Journal of Cancer?

Its h-index is 329, above 43% of the journals covered here, and its articles have been cited 1,688,348 times in total. Its two-year mean citedness is 4.32. These are indexing figures, not a judgement of whether a specific article is sound.

Does International Journal of Cancer 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 329 and a two-year mean citedness of 4.32 across 33,289 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.

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