British Journal of Cancer

British Journal of Cancer  

Abbreviated title (ISO 4)	Br. J. Cancer, BJC
Discipline	Oncology
Language	English
Edited by	Adrian L Harris
Publication details
Publisher	Nature Publishing Group (United Kingdom)
Publication history	1947–present
Frequency	24/year
Open access	After 12 months
License	CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0 (1999+)
Impact factor (2014)	4.836
Indexing
ISSN	0007-0920 (print) 1532-1827 (web)
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The British Journal of Cancer a twice-monthly professional medical journal of Cancer Research UK (a registered charity in the United Kingdom), published on their behalf by the Nature Publishing Group (a division of Macmillan Publishers Ltd).

The British Journal of Cancer (BJC) provides a forum for clinicians and scientists to communicate original research findings that have relevance to understanding the etiology of cancer and to improving patient treatment and survival. Once accepted, papers are published in print and online.

Full research papers and short communications are published under five broad headings:

• Clinical studies
• Translational therapeutics
• Molecular diagnostics
• Genetics and genomics
• Epidemiology

Indexing

The journal is indexed in:

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According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal received a 2014 impact factor of 4.836, ranking it 34th out of 211 journals in the category Oncology.

See also

• List of medical journals

External links

• Official website
• Cancer Research UK- General Portal (for the General Public)
• Cancer Research UK- Scientific Portal (for scientists and medical professionals)
• Cancer Research UK- Cancer Help Page (general information about cancer)