Forum of Clinical Oncology

Forum of Clinical Oncology is published by Hellenic Society of Medical Oncology (He.S.M.O.). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Breast Cancer Treatment Studies, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers and Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, together about 24.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Oncology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Why subscribe and readWe would like to present to you the Forum of Clinical Oncology (FCO), the official scientific journal of the Hellenic Society of Medical Oncology.In the Hellenic Society of Medical Oncology we want FCO to serve as a forum, for us all, to communicate clinical and research achievements in English; to share thoughts, opinions, facts, problems and solutions.We envision the journal to be the means, by which our efforts in the fight against cancer will become known to a wider audience, thus establishing our presence in the global setting. FCO publishes original and translational research articles relevant to diagnosis and treatment of cancer, state-of-the-art reviews, case reports, research articles, statements of opinion and comments, all related to clinical practice and basic research. A large number of eminent Greek and Foreign colleagues who participate in the National and International Editorial Boards, with their continuum direction and support, guarantee the high quality of the work published in FCO. In every issue published there will be something new, enjoyable and exciting to be read.Why submitWe would like to welcome you to the Forum of Clinical Oncology (FCO), the official scientific journal of the Hellenic Society of Medical Oncology.In the Hellenic Society of Medical Oncology we share the view that there are many issues we deal with in our everyday clinical and research practice that are common to our colleagues geographically closer to us, in the Balkans and the Mediterranean basin, but also to those in other parts of the world. That led us to dare "the great leap forward": to broaden the scope of our Greek scientific journal for oncology, published in Greek for the last 10 years, and develop Forum of Clinical Oncology a web based open access journal in English.FCO will serve as a forum for us all to communicate clinical and research achievements. One of the innovations of the journal is its online management from submission of an article to its publication. Online is more efficient: submitting, reviewing, proofreading, filing and indexing. However, the most important benefit of all is easy universal access.English has become the common language amongst scientists from around the globe. This is the reason why we chose English as the official language of the journal. Many Greek colleagues have already published work in English in distinguished journals or have studied or worked abroad. We believe that the language change will

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Oncology

Editor-in-chief Nikolaos TsoukalasPublisher website

CAS Journal Ranking

CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)

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Database indexing

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Impact

CiteScore 2026-06

0.3LetPub · 2026-11-01

CiteScore (publisher)

0.3Publisher website · 2026-11-01

SJR 2026-06

0.12LetPub · 2026-11-01

SNIP 2026-06

0.09LetPub · 2026-11-01

h-index

7OpenAlex · 2026-11-01

i10-index

3OpenAlex · 2026-11-01

2-year mean citedness

0.34OpenAlex · 2026-11-01

Share of gold OA articles

0%LetPub · 2026-11-01

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.

Average review time (community reports)

about 6 weeksLetPub · 2026-11-01

Peer review

Peer reviewLetPub

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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.

Publisher

Hellenic Society of Medical Oncology (He.S.M.O.)

Country or region

Poland

Language

English

ISSN

1792-345X

Electronic ISSN

1792-362X

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
• Author guidelines ↗LetPub
• Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
• Peer review process ↗LetPub
• Editorial board ↗LetPub