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Reports of Practical Oncology and Radiotherapy
ISSN 1507-1367 · eISSN 2083-4640 · Via Medica sp. z.o.o. VM Group Via Medica · Poland
Reports of Practical Oncology and Radiotherapy: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 174 days to acceptance (99 articles, last 24 months); 122 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Reports of Practical Oncology and Radiotherapy is published by Via Medica sp. z.o.o. VM Group Via Medica 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 Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques, Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry and Breast Cancer Treatment Studies, together about 32.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Advanced Radiotherapy TechniquesPhysics and Astronomy20.5%
- Radiation Therapy and DosimetryMedicine6.9%
- Breast Cancer Treatment StudiesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.5%
- Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine4.9%
- Head and Neck Cancer StudiesMedicine4.9%
- Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine4.8%
- Lung Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine4.6%
- Advances in Oncology and RadiotherapyMedicine4.3%
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 | Oncology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Oncology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | 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
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.55LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.69LetPub ·
- h-index
- 46OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 508OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.22OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 17.6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.61%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 85LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,563 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 90 | 90 | 5 |
| 2025 | 122 | 122 | 91 |
| 2024 | 93 | 93 | 275 |
| 2023 | 76 | 76 | 290 |
| 2022 | 128 | 128 | 885 |
| 2021 | 127 | 127 | 746 |
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
174 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 122 days – 242 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 108 days (99 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 290 days
- Sample
- 99 articles with submission and acceptance dates (188 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 16 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 16 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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | EUR 1,500 | — | — | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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
- Via Medica sp. z.o.o. VM Group Via Medica
- Country or region
- Poland
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1507-1367
- Electronic ISSN
- 2083-4640
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Reports of Practical Oncology and Radiotherapy
What CAS zone is Reports of Practical Oncology and Radiotherapy in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Reports of Practical Oncology and Radiotherapy is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Oncology / Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging. 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 Reports of Practical Oncology and Radiotherapy?
Based on the dates recorded on 99 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 174 days (interquartile range 122–242 days); authors report an average review time of about 16 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.
Which databases index Reports of Practical Oncology and Radiotherapy?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Reports of Practical Oncology and Radiotherapy is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Reports of Practical Oncology and Radiotherapy open access, and what is the APC?
Reports of Practical Oncology and Radiotherapy 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; 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: .