Journal profile · ONCOLOGY
Colorectal Cancer
ISSN 1758-194X · eISSN 1758-1958
Colorectal Cancer: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2026 Xinrui edition); fully open access; median 194 days to acceptance (18 articles, last 24 months); 15 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Colorectal Cancer is classed under Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments, Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies and Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection, together about 60.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Oncology and Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): ONCOLOGY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Colorectal Cancer Surgical TreatmentsMedicine25.4%
- Colorectal Cancer Treatments and StudiesMedicine23.1%
- Colorectal Cancer Screening and DetectionMedicine12%
- Genetic factors in colorectal cancerMedicine10.6%
- Colorectal and Anal CarcinomasMedicine4.9%
- Intraperitoneal and Appendiceal MalignanciesMedicine3.2%
- Global Cancer Incidence and ScreeningMedicine2.3%
- Gastric Cancer Management and OutcomesMedicine2.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Oncology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- h-index
- 14OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 20OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.67OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 11LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 378 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 4 | 31 |
| 2025 | 15 | 15 | 57 |
| 2024 | 8 | 8 | 64 |
| 2023 | 5 | 5 | 58 |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 | 90 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 99 |
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 Crossref · to
194 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 152 days – 231 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 13 days (18 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 227 days
- Sample
- 18 articles with submission and acceptance dates (19 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".
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 accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- ISSN
- 1758-194X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1758-1958
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Colorectal Cancer
What CAS zone is Colorectal Cancer in?
In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Colorectal Cancer?
Based on the dates recorded on 18 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 194 days (interquartile range 152–231 days). 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.
Which databases index Colorectal Cancer?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Colorectal Cancer is indexed in ESCI and DOAJ.
Is Colorectal Cancer open access, and what is the APC?
Colorectal Cancer is a fully open-access journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; 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: .