Journal profile · ONCOLOGY
South Asian Journal of Cancer
ISSN 2278-330X · eISSN 2278-4306 · Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. · India
South Asian Journal of Cancer: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.8 (journal website); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 60 days to acceptance (25 articles, last 24 months); 37 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus; the journal's website says it has moved to a new publisher.
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Scope
Aims, scope and focus
South Asian Journal of Cancer is published by Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 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 Head and Neck Cancer Studies, Breast Cancer Treatment Studies and Cervical Cancer and HPV Research, together about 21.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ONCOLOGY
Editor-in-chief Girija Prasad RathThePublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Head and Neck Cancer StudiesMedicine10.2%
- Breast Cancer Treatment StudiesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.8%
- Cervical Cancer and HPV ResearchMedicine5.4%
- Lung Cancer Treatments and MutationsMedicine5.1%
- Gastric Cancer Management and OutcomesMedicine5.1%
- Global Cancer Incidence and ScreeningMedicine4.9%
- Endometrial and Cervical Cancer TreatmentsMedicine4.3%
- Oral Health Pathology and TreatmentDentistry4.3%
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 |
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 |
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
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 0.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.31LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.56LetPub ·
- h-index
- 43OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 259OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.67OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 14.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 40LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,191 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 53 | 53 | 1 |
| 2025 | 37 | 37 | 9 |
| 2024 | 109 | 109 | 123 |
| 2023 | 101 | 101 | 243 |
| 2022 | 100 | 100 | 388 |
| 2021 | 71 | 71 | 304 |
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
60 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 28 days – 156 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 30 days (25 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 92 days
- Sample
- 25 articles with submission and acceptance dates (156 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 35 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 35 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.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC-ND | |
| LetPub | No APC | Yes | — |
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)
Article types accepted2
- original articleOriginal ArticleLength not stated
- review articleReview ArticleLength not stated
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
- Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
- Country or region
- India
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2278-330X
- Electronic ISSN
- 2278-4306
- Society / sponsor
- Indian Society of Neuroanaesthesiology and Critical Care
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about South Asian Journal of Cancer
What CAS zone is South Asian Journal of Cancer in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, South Asian Journal of Cancer is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Oncology. 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.
What is the impact factor of South Asian Journal of Cancer?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.8; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 1, h-index 43.
How long does peer review take at South Asian Journal of Cancer?
Based on the dates recorded on 25 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 60 days (interquartile range 28–156 days); authors report an average review time of about 35 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 South Asian Journal of Cancer?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, South Asian Journal of Cancer is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is South Asian Journal of Cancer open access, and what is the APC?
South Asian Journal of Cancer 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, Publisher website, 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: .