Journal profile · ONCOLOGY
JCO Oncology Practice
ISSN 2688-1527 · eISSN 2688-1535 · LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS · UNITED STATES
JCO Oncology Practice: CAS Zone 2 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 5.02; hybrid open access; median 134 days to acceptance (55 articles, last 24 months); 983 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
JCO Oncology Practice is published by LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS and is in Zone 2 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer, Cancer survivorship and care and Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues, together about 36.4% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): ONCOLOGY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Economic and Financial Impacts of CancerEconomics, Econometrics and Finance18.5%
- Cancer survivorship and careMedicine10.1%
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesMedicine7.8%
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7.4%
- Global Cancer Incidence and ScreeningMedicine6.5%
- Advances in Oncology and RadiotherapyMedicine4.6%
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of LifeMedicine4.5%
- Lung Cancer Treatments and MutationsMedicine3.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Oncology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Oncology | Zone 2 |
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 | Oncology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
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
- Impact factor
- 5.02LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.99LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.44LetPub ·
- h-index
- 62OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 751OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.89OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 7.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 15.58%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 151LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,924 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 284 | 75 | 116 |
| 2025 | 983 | 428 | 1,120 |
| 2024 | 729 | 326 | 2,528 |
| 2023 | 845 | 407 | 3,403 |
| 2022 | 289 | 153 | 3,942 |
| 2021 | 377 | 206 | 7,057 |
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
134 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 89 days – 168 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 32 days (55 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 169 days
- Sample
- 55 articles with submission and acceptance dates (1,850 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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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
- Publisher
- LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- ISSN
- 2688-1527
- Electronic ISSN
- 2688-1535
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about JCO Oncology Practice
What CAS zone is JCO Oncology Practice in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, JCO Oncology Practice is in Zone 2 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Oncology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of JCO Oncology Practice?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 5.02; CiteScore 6.4, h-index 62.
How long does peer review take at JCO Oncology Practice?
Based on the dates recorded on 55 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 134 days (interquartile range 89–168 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 JCO Oncology Practice?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, JCO Oncology Practice is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is JCO Oncology Practice open access, and what is the APC?
JCO Oncology Practice is a hybrid 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: .