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Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing
ISSN 2347-5625 · eISSN 2349-6673 · WOLTERS KLUWER MEDKNOW PUBLICATIONS · HONG KONG
Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.26; fully open access; APC about USD 2,480; median 123 days to acceptance (98 articles, last 24 months); 193 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing is published by WOLTERS KLUWER MEDKNOW PUBLICATIONS and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Cancer survivorship and care, Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues and Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life, together about 42.7% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Official Journal of the Asian Oncology Nursing SocietyAsia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing is the official journal of the Asian Oncology Nursing Society. APJON is a monthly, gold open access journal that addresses different spectrums in relation to oncology nursing-prevention, screening and early detection, geriatric and pediatric nursing, medical and surgical oncology, ambulatory care, nutritional support, cancer-related psychosocial issues and support, management of cancer symptoms and side effects caused by different types of cancer treatment, palliative care and end of life care, long-term survivorship, and other issues and care related to cancer patients-especially nursing innovations and the research findings in these areas.The journal offers up-to-date information about AONS and features the following article types: editorial, review, original article, case report, letter to editor, short report, technical notes, nurse education, etc. In particular, APJON will serve as a platform for all oncology nurses from the Asia Pacific region to share information in each field of oncology nursing.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editor-in-chief Winnie K. W.Publisher website
Editorial board by country: 39 in mainland China (about 38%); most named Mainland China 39, United States 12, Japan 7, Hong Kong, China 5, Australia 5 (102 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Cancer survivorship and careMedicine26.4%
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesMedicine9.5%
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of LifeMedicine6.9%
- Cancer-related cognitive impairment studiesMedicine5.6%
- Family Support in IllnessSocial Sciences4.9%
- Global Cancer Incidence and ScreeningMedicine4.7%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.1%
- Nutrition and Health in AgingMedicine4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Nursing | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Nursing | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Nursing | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
PubMedPublisher website
Other: Crossref
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 3.26LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 3.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 4.1Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.75LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.04LetPub ·
- h-index
- 47OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 411OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.47OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 9.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 173LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,394 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 187 | 187 | 34 |
| 2025 | 193 | 193 | 491 |
| 2024 | 212 | 212 | 937 |
| 2023 | 153 | 153 | 1,191 |
| 2022 | 146 | 146 | 1,533 |
| 2021 | 121 | 121 | 1,812 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
123 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 94 days – 151 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 5 days (98 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 127 days
- Sample
- 98 articles with submission and acceptance dates (354 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 8 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 2 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 19 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 99 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 17 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 2,480 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 1,980 / EUR 1,810 / GBP 1,590 / JPY 233,600 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 1,980 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 2,480 | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Open calls for papers2, by deadline
Publisher websiteWhat to prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- AMA
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
Article types accepted8, with length limits
- case reportsures - COSMIN - Reporting Guideline g. Case Reports - CARE - for case reports Further considerations • Word limit: 7000 words or fewer. • Manuscript has been '…main text ≤ 7,000 words
- editorialfeatures the following article types: editorial, review, original article, case report, letter to editor, short report, technical notes, nurse education, etc.Length not stated
- letter to editorfeatures the following article types: editorial, review, original article, case report, letter to editor, short report, technical notes, nurse education, etc.Length not stated
- nurse educationfeatures the following article types: editorial, review, original article, case report, letter to editor, short report, technical notes, nurse education, etc.Length not stated
- original articlefeatures the following article types: editorial, review, original article, case report, letter to editor, short report, technical notes, nurse education, etc.Length not stated
- reviewfeatures the following article types: editorial, review, original article, case report, letter to editor, short report, technical notes, nurse education, etc.Length not stated
- short reportfeatures the following article types: editorial, review, original article, case report, letter to editor, short report, technical notes, nurse education, etc.Length not stated
- technical notesfeatures the following article types: editorial, review, original article, case report, letter to editor, short report, technical notes, nurse education, etc.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- AI use Declaration of generative AI in scientific writing
Authors must declare the use of generative AI tools in the manuscript preparation process upon submission of the paper.Generative AI and AI-assisted technologies (“AI tools”) have been rapidly adopted in research and scholarly publishing, offering significant benefits while requiring clear standards for responsible and transparent use.Authors preparing a manuscript for this journal may use AI tool…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Author contributions
Maximum of 6 keywords Model summary
For transparency, we encourage corresponding authors to provide co-author contributions to the manuscript using the relevant CRediT roles. The CRediT taxonomy includes 14 different roles describing each contributor's specific contribution to the scholarly output. The roles are: Conceptualization; Data curation; Formal analysis; Funding acquisition; Investigation; Methodology; Project administratio…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Declaration of competing interest
All authors must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence (bias) their work. Examples of potential conflicts of interest include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or other funding. Authors should complete the declaration of compe…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Upon acceptance of an article, authors will be asked to complete a 'License Agreement' (see more information on this). Permitted third party reuse of open access articles is determined by the author's choice of user license.Author rightsAs an author you (or your employer or institution) have certain rights to reuse your work. More information.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access
This is an open access journal: all articles will be immediately and permanently free for everyone to read and download. To provide open access, this journal has an open access fee (also known as an article publishing charge APC) which needs to be paid by the authors or on their behalf e.g. by their research funder or institution. Permitted third party (re)use is defined by the following Creative …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review
Single blind peer review Model summary
This journal operates a single blind review process. All contributions will be initially assessed by the editor for suitability for the journal. Papers deemed suitable are then typically sent to a minimum of two independent expert reviewers to assess the scientific quality of the paper. The Editor is responsible for the final decision regarding acceptance or rejection of articles. The Editor's dec…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
Preprints may be shared anywhere at any time; not prior publication Model summary
Please note that preprints can be shared anywhere at any time, in line with Elsevier's sharing policy. Sharing your preprints e.g. on a preprint server will not count as prior publication (see 'Multiple, redundant or concurrent publication' for more information).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines
Clinical trial registration required per ICMJE guidelines Model summary
This journal follows the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) clinical trials registration guidelines.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- WOLTERS KLUWER MEDKNOW PUBLICATIONS
- Country or region
- HONG KONG
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2347-5625
- Electronic ISSN
- 2349-6673
- Society / sponsor
- Asian Oncology Nursing Society
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing
What CAS zone is Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Nursing. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.26; CiteScore 4.1, h-index 47.
How long does peer review take at Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing?
Based on the dates recorded on 98 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 123 days (interquartile range 94–151 days); authors report an average review time of about 8 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: AMA; Graphical abstract: Optional. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing based?
Of the 102 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 39 (about 38%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (39), United States (12) and Japan (7). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing is indexed in SCIE, SSCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists PubMed; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing open access, and what is the APC?
Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,480.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .