Journal of Clinical Oncology

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Discipline	Oncology
Language	English
Publication details
History	1983–present
Publisher	ASCO Publications  (United States)
Frequency	36/year
Open access	Delayed, after 1 year
Impact factor	42.1 (2023)
Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4	J. Clin. Oncol.
Indexing CODEN (alt  · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR  · NLM (alt) · Scopus  · W&L
CODEN	JCONDN
ISSN	0732-183X  (print) 1527-7755  (web)
OCLC  no.	231030003
Links
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The Journal of Clinical Oncology is a peer-reviewed medical journal published 3 times a month by ASCO Publications. It covers research on all aspects of clinical oncology. The journal was established in 1983 and the editor-in-chief is Jonathan W. Friedberg (University of Rochester).

History

In 1981 Emil Frei III proposed that the American Society of Clinical Oncology should publish an official journal. ^{[1] [ failed verification ]} The first issue was published on January 1, 1983, containing 70 pages of research and an editorial by the then editor-in-chief, Joseph Bertino. ^[2] Bertino was succeeded by George P. Canellos in 1987. In 1998, a Spanish language edition of the journal started quarterly publication, followed by a Chinese language edition. ^[3] Currently there are 10 international editions. ^[4] Daniel Haller became editor-in-chief in 2001 and during his tenure the journal moved from its publisher Grune & Stratton to in-house publication by society staff. Stephen A. Cannistra was editor-in-chief from 2011 to 2021.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

• Chemical Abstracts Service ^[5]
• CINAHL ^[6]
• Current Contents/Clinical Medicine ^[7]
• Current Contents/Life Sciences ^[7]
• EBSCO databases ^[8]
• Embase ^[9]
• Index medicus/MEDLINE/PubMed ^[10]
• Science Citation Index Expanded ^[7]
• Scopus ^[11]

According to the Journal Citation Reports , the journal has a 2023 impact factor of 42.1, ranking it 6th out of 322 journals in the category "Oncology". ^[12]

See also

• JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics
• Journal of Oncology Practice
• JCO Global Oncology

References

1. "Journal of Clinical Oncology". Journal of Clinical Oncology.
2. Bertino, Joseph R. (1983). "Editorial: A journal for Oncologists". Journal of Clinical Oncology. 1 (1): 1. doi:10.1200/JCO.1983.1.1.1.
3. "History of the Journal of Clinical Oncology". American Society of Clinical Oncology. Archived from the original on 2014-08-19. Retrieved 2014-08-14.
4. "Editor Roster". American Society of Clinical Oncology. 2014-08-10. Retrieved 2014-08-14.
5. "CAS Source Index". Chemical Abstracts Service . American Chemical Society . Retrieved 2025-05-24.
6. "CINAHL Complete Database Coverage List". CINAHL . EBSCO Information Services . Retrieved 2025-05-24.
7. "Web of Science Master Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Clarivate . Retrieved 2025-05-24.
8. "Journal of Clinical Oncology". MIAR: Information Matrix for the Analysis of Journals . University of Barcelona . Retrieved 2025-05-24.
9. "Embase Coverage". Embase. Elsevier . Retrieved 2025-05-24.
10. "Journal of Clinical Oncology". NLM Catalog. National Center for Biotechnology Information . Retrieved 2025-05-24.
11. "Source details: Journal of Clinical Oncology". Scopus Preview. Elsevier . Retrieved 2025-05-24.
12. "Journal of Clinical Oncology". 2023 Journal Citation Reports (Science ed.). Clarivate. 2024 – via Web of Science.

External links

• Official website