Journal profile · Health Professions-Health Professions (miscellaneous)

OncoNews

ISSN 1646-7868 · eISSN 2183-6914 · Associação de Enfermagem Oncológica Portuguesa · Portugal

OncoNews: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 90 weeks (community reports); 6 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.

Impact factor—No published value
CAS zone—Not in the CAS Journal Ranking
CiteScore quartileQ4Education · rank 1635/1698 · 3rd percentile
Review timeabout 90 weeksCommunity average
APCNo APCDiamond open access (no APC)
Acceptance—No reports yet
Articles per year62025 · OpenAlex count

Scope

Aims, scope and focus

OncoNews is published by Associação de Enfermagem Oncológica Portuguesa. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Palliative and Oncologic Care, Cancer survivorship and care and Chemotherapy-related skin toxicity, together about 43.3% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Âmbito A Revista Onco.News é uma revista científica editada pela AEOP - Associação de Enfermagem Oncológica Portuguesa. A revista adota a publicação continua e fecha dois números por ano (junho e dezembro). Dirige-se a estudantes e investigadores, profissionais da área da Saúde e da Educação e divulga conhecimento científico produzido na área da Enfermagem Oncológica, com impacto no desenvolvimento científico da enfermagem. Exige-se que todos os artigos tenham profundidade científica, sejam originais e demonstrem clara relevância para o avanço científico na área da Oncologia Nacional e Internacional. Histórico da Revista Foi criada em janeiro de 2008 e o seu desenvolvimento tem permitido o acesso a vários indexantes e a passagem de uma publicação periódica e impressa fisicamente para uma publicação disponibilizada em acesso aberto, formato digital e online. A partir de janeiro de 2016, apenas se publica a versão electrónica, com a criação de um site específico para a Revista. Em 2022 a revista dá um salto qualitativo e adota a plataforma Open Journal Systems (OJS) para a gestão integral do fluxo editorial. Política Editorial A revista publica artigos originais (original papers), artigos de revisão sistemática e integrativa (review papers), artigos teóricos (Theoretical article), Estudos de Casos Clínicos (Clinical Case Studies), Artigos de não pesquisa (Non-Research articles) e Editoriais (Editorials). A revista aceita a submissão de trabalhos nos idiomas português, espanhol e inglês. Em todos os trabalhos cujo idioma original não é o inglês, é obrigatória a inclusão do título, resumo e palavras-chave neste idioma. Artigos Originais/Investigação – Relata trabalho original que envolva uma abordagem teorico-prática referente a pesquisas, indicando resultados conclusivos e significativos. Apresentam as seguintes secções: Título, Resumo, Palavras-chave, Abstract, Keywords, Introdução, Enquadramento/Fundamentação Teórica, Questões de Investigação, Metodologia, Resultados e Discussão, Conclusão e Referências Bibliográficas. Artigos Teóricos – O/A autor/a utiliza a teoria para verificar a validade de uma teoria, seja para refutá-la ou para apresentar uma nova teoria a partir da ótica de quem a constrói. Apresentam as seguintes secções: Título, Resumo, Palavras-chave, Abstract, Keywords, Introdução, Enquadramento/Fundamentação Teórica, Conclusão e Referências Bibliográficas. Artigos de Revisão Sistemática - É um método utilizado na avaliação de um conjunto de dado

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Health Professions-Health Professions (miscellaneous)

Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Portugal 29, Sweden 5, Germany 1, Netherlands 1 (36 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·

Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate

  1. Palliative and Oncologic CareMedicine23.6%
  2. Cancer survivorship and careMedicine14.2%
  3. Chemotherapy-related skin toxicityMedicine5.5%
  4. Nursing care and researchHealth Professions5.5%
  5. Palliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesMedicine4.7%
  6. Central Venous Catheters and HemodialysisHealth Professions4.7%
  7. Pain Management and Opioid UseMedicine3.9%
  8. Safe Handling of Antineoplastic DrugsHealth Professions3.9%

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)Not covered

Not covered by this edition.

CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered

Not covered by this edition.

CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)

SubjectQuartileRankPercentile
EducationQ41635/16983rd
Health Professions (miscellaneous)Q498/1013rd
Oncology (nursing)Q424/242nd

Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub

Database indexing

ScopusDOAJLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

Indexing the journal's website claims

SciELOPublisher website

Other: Latindex Catálogo 2.0, EBSCOhost Academic Resource Index, Open Policy Finder, Latindex, RCAAP, Diamond Discovery Hub, Índex RMP, OpenAIRE, DRJI, CiteFactor, Latindex Indexar

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

CiteScore 2026-06
0.2LetPub ·
SJR 2026-06
0.11LetPub ·
SNIP 2026-06
0.07LetPub ·
h-index
3OpenAlex ·
i10-index
0OpenAlex ·
2-year mean citedness
0OpenAlex ·
Share of gold OA articles
0%LetPub ·

Articles by year OpenAlex count · 75 in total · the current year is incomplete

YearArticlesOpen accessCitations
2026001
2025663
2024005
2023116
202232321
202115156

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

Average review time (community reports)
about 90 weeksLetPub ·
Submission to publication (journal-reported)
about 90 weeksDOAJ ·
Peer review
Double 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

Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ

Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.

SourceAPCFee waiverLicenseObserved
DOAJNo APCNoCC BY-NC-SA
LetPubNo APCNo—

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)

What to prepare3 items from the author guidelines
Abstract
≤ 150 words
Keywords
3–5
Reference style
Vancouver
Publisher website · model-extracted, each line checked against the text
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Preprints
AI use

AI tools cannot be authors; AI use must be disclosed. Model summary

Ferramentas de inteligência artificial como o ChatGPT não podem ser identificadas como autores

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Authorship CRedit – Taxonomia para Contribuição de Autores

Submission requires templates (title page and blinded article). Model summary

A Onco.News segue as diretrizes sobre autoria estabelecidas pelo ICMJE na Declaração sobre Autoria e Contribuição, disponível aqui.

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Data availability

Privacy: names/addresses used only for journal services. Model summary

Os nomes e endereços fornecidos nesta revista serão usados exclusivamente para os serviços prestados por esta publicação, não sendo disponibilizados para outras finalidades ou a terceiros.

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Publication ethics

Ethical-legal, responsibility and conflict of interest declaration required. Model summary

Os/as autores/as assinam e anexam na submissão a Declaração Ético-Legal, de Responsabilidade e Conflito de Interesses.

Source ↗Publisher website ·
License & copyright

Copyright: authors retain copyright; first publication right to journal; CC BY 4.0 license. Model summary

Autores conservam os direitos de autor e concedem à revista o direito de primeira publicação, com o trabalho simultaneamente licenciado sob a Licença Creative Commons que permite a partilha do trabalho com reconhecimento da autoria e publicação inicial nesta revista

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Preprints

Preprint submission allowed with DOI/URL disclosure. Model summary

Os autores podem submeter à revista artigos depositados em servidores de preprints confiáveis, como são exemplos, ZENODO, medRxiv, entre outros, desde que forneçam o DOI, outro identificador persistente ou o URL nos comentários ao editor no momento da submissão.

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
Associação de Enfermagem Oncológica Portuguesa
Country or region
Portugal
Language
English, Spanish, Portuguese
ISSN
1646-7868
Electronic ISSN
2183-6914
Official links

FAQ

Frequently asked questions about OncoNews

How long does peer review take at OncoNews?

Authors report an average review time of about 90 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 OncoNews?

According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 150 words; Keywords: 3–5; Reference style: Vancouver. 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 OncoNews based?

Of the 36 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Portugal (29), Sweden (5) and Germany (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.

Which databases index OncoNews?

According to LetPub and DOAJ records, OncoNews is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists SciELO; that list has not been checked against each database.

Is OncoNews open access, and what is the APC?

OncoNews is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.

Sources and updates

The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; 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: .