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Open Access Cancer Journals
A list of Open Access Cancer journals for you to publish your manuscript in
Cancer is disease result from abnormal continuous division of the live cells
All articles published in Open Access journals have undergone peer review and upon acceptance are immediately and permanently free for everyone to read and download.
Hopefully this list of Cancer Open Access journals will make it easier for you to decide where to publish your Cancer manuscript.
Our list includes all the high-impact factor Cancer journals that may be relevant to your field of study. In any case, we've also included other journals that may also offer more affordable publishing fees.Instead of displaying the most commonly known Cancer journals, we have made an exhaustive list of open accesss Cancer journals. Use our different columns — number of papers, number of citations, and relevance — to find the best Cancer venue for your manuscript.
The DOAJ columns refers to the The Directory of Open Access Journals, a list of open access journals, maintained by Infrastructure Services for Open Access.
There are certain criteria a journal must meet to be indexed by DOAJ, and thus inclusion in the DOAJ index is seen by scholars as a mark of quality.
All the open access Cancer journals in this list are indexed in OA.mg.
If you spot any mistakes in this table of Cancer OA journals, don’t hesitate to send us an email.
| Name | ISSN | DOAJ | Publisher | No. of Papers | Citations | Relevance▼ | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prostate Cancer | 2090-312X | ☑ | Hindawi Limited | 186 | 2551 | 99.5 | Website |
| Breast cancer | 1179-1314 | ☑ | Dove Medical Press | 370 | 3390 | 96.8 | Website |
| NPJ breast cancer | 2374-4677 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 485 | 6004 | 96.3 | Website |
| The Open Prostate Cancer Journal | 1876-8229 | Bentham Science | 46 | 113 | 95.7 | ||
| Journal of Breast Cancer | 1738-6756 | ☑ | Korean Breast Cancer Society | 1039 | 9847 | 95.2 | Website |
| International journal of breast cancer | 2090-3189 | ☑ | Hindawi Limited | 275 | 4437 | 94.9 | Website |
| Cancers of the Head & Neck | 2059-7347 | Springer Nature | 55 | 591 | 94.5 | Website | |
| Advances in breast cancer research | 2168-1589 | Scientific Research Publishing, Inc. | 161 | 363 | 94.4 | ||
| Oncolytic virotherapy | 2253-1572 | Dove Medical Press | 71 | 914 | 94.4 | ||
| Prostate international | 2287-8882 | ☑ | Elsevier | 327 | 2352 | 93.9 | Website |
| Breast cancer | 1178-2234 | ☑ | SAGE | 291 | 2830 | 92.8 | Website |
| Breast Cancer Research | 1465-5411 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 5106 | 168428 | 89.9 | Website |
| Cancer growth and metastasis | 1179-0644 | SAGE | 59 | 1214 | 89.8 | ||
| Cancer convergence | 2366-6196 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 8 | 135 | 87.5 | Website |
| Journal of Cancer Epidemiology | 1687-8558 | ☑ | Hindawi Limited | 162 | 4019 | 85.8 | Website |
| Gastrointestinal cancer | 1179-9919 | Dove Medical Press | 56 | 198 | 85.7 | ||
| Journal of breast disease | 2288-5560 | Korean Breast Cancer Society | 139 | 72 | 85.6 | ||
| Archives of breast cancer | 2383-0425 | ☑ | Archives of Breast Cancer | 191 | 59 | 85.3 | |
| Oncology Letters | 1792-1074 | Spandidos Publications | 13424 | 109834 | 84.9 | ||
| Colorectal cancer | 1758-194X | Future Medicine | 323 | 416 | 84.5 | ||
| Hereditary Cancer in Clinical Practice | 1731-2302 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 731 | 4115 | 84.5 | Website |
| Molecular and Clinical Oncology | 2049-9450 | Spandidos Publications | 2547 | 14714 | 83.3 | ||
| Journal of Gynecologic Oncology | 2005-0380 | ☑ | Asian Society of Gynecologic Oncology; Korean Society of Gynecologic Oncology and Colposcopy | 1291 | 13490 | 83.1 | Website |
| Therapeutic Advances in Medical Oncology | 1758-8340 | ☑ | SAGE | 1003 | 16248 | 82.2 | Website |
| The Breast | 0960-9776 | Elsevier | 8505 | 69742 | 81.5 | Website | |
| Molecular Therapy - Oncolytics | 2372-7705 | ☑ | Elsevier | 680 | 7317 | 81.2 | Website |
| Journal of Korean Breast Cancer Society | 1598-3641 | Korean Breast Cancer Society | 284 | 313 | 81 | ||
| Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer | 2051-1426 | ☑ | BMJ | 5578 | 51966 | 80.3 | Website |
| Multidisciplinary cancer investigation | 2476-4922 | Farname, Inc. | 151 | 71 | 80.1 | ||
| Oncology discovery | 2052-6199 | Herbert Publications | 15 | 73 | 80 | ||
| Journal of adenocarcinoma | 2572-309X | Scitechnol Biosoft Pvt. Ltd (OMICS) | 15 | 27 | 80 | ||
| Korean Journal of Gynecologic Oncology | 1738-6543 | Asian Society of Gynecologic Oncology; Korean Society of Gynecologic Oncology and Colposcopy | 131 | 123 | 79.4 | ||
| Journal of gastrointestinal oncology | 2078-6891 | AME Publishing Company | 1619 | 13499 | 79.2 | ||
| Cancer press | 2476-3748 | DiscoverSys, Inc. | 38 | 19 | 78.9 | ||
| OncoImmunology | 2162-4011 | ☑ | Taylor & Francis | 3474 | 77837 | 78.7 | |
| npj precision oncology | 2397-768X | ☑ | Springer Nature | 296 | 4280 | 77.7 | Website |
| BMC Cancer | 1471-2407 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 14183 | 322798 | 77.7 | Website |
| Lung Cancer International | 2090-3200 | Hindawi Limited | 31 | 244 | 77.4 | ||
| Molecular Cancer | 1476-4598 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 2879 | 166706 | 77.2 | Website |
| International Journal of Surgical Oncology | 2090-1402 | ☑ | Hindawi Limited | 240 | 3386 | 77.1 | Website |
| Cancer Research and Treatment | 1598-2998 | Korean Cancer Association | 1812 | 24272 | 77 | ||
| European Medical Journal Oncology | 2054-619X | ☑ | European Medical Group | 30 | 24 | 76.7 | Website |
| Exploration of targeted anti-tumor therapy | 2692-3114 | ☑ | Open Exploration Publishing | 84 | 65 | 76.2 | Website |
| World Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology | 1948-5204 | Baishideng Publishing Group Co (World Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology) | 1007 | 12615 | 76.1 | ||
| Discover Oncology | 2730-6011 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 132 | 64 | 75.8 | Website |
| Journal of Cancer | 1837-9664 | ☑ | Ivyspring International Publisher | 4245 | 49051 | 75.6 | Website |
| Oncogenesis | 2157-9024 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 784 | 19175 | 75.5 | Website |
| Biomarkers in cancer | 1179-299X | SAGE | 98 | 1889 | 75.5 | ||
| Cancer Cell International | 1475-2867 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 3124 | 42943 | 75.2 | Website |
| OA cancer | 2053-3918 | Open Access Publishing London | 20 | 50 | 75 | ||
| Cancer treatment and research communications | 2468-2942 | ☑ | Elsevier | 367 | 550 | 74.7 | Website |
| European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology | 0392-2936 | IMR Press | 5138 | 27582 | 74.5 | ||
| JNCI Cancer Spectrum | 2515-5091 | ☑ | Oxford University Press | 472 | 3054 | 74.4 | Website |
| Daehan binyogi jong-yang haksulji | 2234-4977 | Korean Urological Oncology Society | 170 | 42 | 74.1 | ||
| Journal of Carcinogenesis | 1477-3163 | ☑ | Medknow Publications | 286 | 8537 | 74.1 | Website |
| World journal of clinical oncology | 2218-4333 | Baishideng Publishing Group Co (World Journal of Clinical Oncology) | 640 | 9794 | 73.8 | ||
| Breast Journal | 1075-122X | Wiley | 4682 | 49651 | 73.8 | Website | |
| Advances in lung cancer | 2169-2726 | Scientific Research Publishing, Inc. | 57 | 65 | 73.7 | ||
| Cancers | 2072-6694 | ☑ | MDPI AG | 17643 | 154802 | 73.6 | Website |
| OncoTargets and Therapy | 1178-6930 | ☑ | Dove Medical Press | 6276 | 69323 | 73.6 | Website |
| Journal of Cancer Metastasis and Treatment | 2394-4722 | OAE Publishing Inc. | 429 | 1580 | 73.4 | ||
| ESMO open | 2059-7029 | ☑ | Elsevier | 2169 | 11000 | 73 | Website |
| International journal of cancer research and molecular mechanisms | 2381-3318 | Sci Forschen, Inc. | 48 | 86 | 72.9 | ||
| Journal of Global Oncology | 2378-9506 | ☑ | American Society of Clinical Oncology | 1785 | 4756 | 72.2 | Website |
| The Open Cancer Journal | 1874-0790 | Bentham Science | 43 | 168 | 72.1 | ||
| The Open Lung Cancer Journal | 1876-8199 | Bentham Science | 25 | 64 | 72 | ||
| Oncology Reviews | 1970-5557 | ☑ | PAGEPress Publications | 712 | 2789 | 71.9 | Website |
| Translational Oncology | 1936-5233 | ☑ | Elsevier | 1816 | 25526 | 71.9 | Website |
| International journal of cancer management | 2538-497X | Kowsar Medical Institute | 516 | 678 | 71.7 | ||
| Lung cancer | 1179-2728 | ☑ | Dove Medical Press | 158 | 1180 | 71.5 | Website |
| Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research | 1756-9966 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 4407 | 99256 | 71.3 | Website |
| Southern African Journal of Gynaecological Oncology | 2074-2835 | ☑ | Taylor & Francis | 184 | 250 | 71.2 | Website |
| Tumor Biology | 1010-4283 | ☑ | SAGE | 9436 | 138508 | 71.2 | Website |
| Journal of Cancer Therapy | 2151-1934 | Scientific Research Publishing, Inc. | 1407 | 3399 | 70.8 | ||
| Cancer management and research | 1179-1322 | ☑ | Dove Medical Press | 4569 | 33337 | 70.6 | Website |
| Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention | 1513-7368 | ☑ | Asian Pacific Organization for Cancer Prevention | 11940 | 128744 | 70.5 | Website |
| Cancer surgery | 2573-542X | OMICS Publishing Group | 20 | 21 | 70 | ||
| Frontiers in Oncology | 2234-943X | ☑ | Frontiers Media SA | 17235 | 144019 | 69.7 | Website |
| The Open Cancer Immunology Journal | 1876-4010 | Bentham Science | 23 | 40 | 69.6 | ||
| Cell Division | 1747-1028 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 265 | 9172 | 69.4 | Website |
| Clinical Medicine: Oncology | 1179-5549 | ☑ | SAGE | 443 | 4422 | 69.3 | Website |
| Chinese clinical oncology | 2304-3865 | AME Publishing Company | 2916 | 4531 | 69.2 | ||
| Cancer Medicine | 2045-7634 | ☑ | Wiley | 5115 | 56137 | 69 | Website |
| Gynecologic oncology reports | 2352-5789 | ☑ | Elsevier | 1048 | 3254 | 68.9 | Website |
| Cancer biology and medicine | 2095-3941 | ☑ | Cancer Biology and Medicine | 733 | 9176 | 68.8 | Website |
| Journal of carcinogenesis & mutagenesis | 2157-2518 | OMICS Publishing Group | 523 | 1456 | 68.8 | ||
| International Journal of Biological Markers | 0393-6155 | SAGE | 2250 | 18441 | 68.7 | Website | |
| Onkourologiâ | 1726-9776 | ☑ | Publishing House ABV Press | 581 | 280 | 68.2 | Website |
| Clinical oncology and research | 2613-4942 | Science Repository OU | 147 | 26 | 68 | ||
| Current Oncology | 1198-0052 | ☑ | MDPI AG | 2898 | 26622 | 68 | Website |
| Asian Pacific journal of cancer care | 2588-3682 | ☑ | EpiSmart Science Vector Ltd | 252 | 66 | 67.9 | Website |
| Integrative Cancer Therapies | 1534-7354 | ☑ | SAGE | 1435 | 24888 | 67.9 | Website |
| Translational lung cancer research | 2218-6751 | AME Publishing Company | 1804 | 14897 | 67.7 | ||
| Basic & Clinical Cancer Research | 2228-5466 | ☑ | Knowledge E | 227 | 112 | 67.4 | Website |
| Neoplasia | 1476-5586 | ☑ | Elsevier | 2431 | 119800 | 67.4 | Website |
| Journal of Oncology | 1687-8450 | ☑ | Hindawi Limited | 3802 | 23410 | 67.3 | Website |
| Current Problems In Cancer: Case Reports | 2666-6219 | ☑ | Elsevier | 176 | 36 | 67 | Website |
| Papillomavirus Research | 2405-8521 | ☑ | Elsevier | 244 | 2988 | 66.8 | Website |
| Melanoma management | 2045-0885 | ☑ | Future Medicine | 190 | 896 | 66.8 | Website |
| Journal of Oral Oncology | 2314-6591 | Hindawi Limited | 9 | 36 | 66.7 |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Where can I publish my Cancer paper?
You can publish your Cancer paper in the Open Access journals in this list
What is Open Access (OA)?
Open access is an international movement that aims to provide free and open online access to academic information, such as publications and data
What does “relevance” mean in the table?
It refers to the level of association between a journal being listed and the concept it is listed under, from 0-100. For example, the Journal Of Physics Through Computation has a relevance of “100” when listed under “Open Access Computer Science Journals” because it has relevance to the field of Computer Science.
How do you count total number of citations?
The citations show how often articles from this journal have been referenced in other works. OpenAlex is where we get this data from. Although the accuracy is debatable, it can nevertheless help you get a sense of how prestigious a journal is in general.
Where can I find other lists like this one?
To search for more open journal lists, look on OA.mg
How can I publish my paper on OA.mg?
Our aim at OA.mg is to disseminate existing open access research papers. For this reason, we do not publish any papers. What we do is that once a paper has been published, we index it in OA.mg so that more people can find and access a journal article.
What is an APC?
Authors usually have to pay a one-time Article Processing Charge (APC) to cover the costs of peer review, publishing, and dissemination of published papers in a given journal.
What are the different Open Access types?
The most common types are “Green Open Access”, “Gold Open Access” and “Hybrid Open Access”.