Current Oncology

Current Oncology is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal published online by MDPI (from Volume 28 Issue 1-2021). The journal changes publication frequency from bimonthly to monthly in 2022. Established in 1994, the journal represents a multidisciplinary medium for clinical oncologists to report and review progress in the management of this disease. The Canadian Association of Medical Oncologists (CAMO), the Canadian Association of Psychosocial Oncology (CAPO), the Canadian Association of General Practitioners in Oncology (CAGPO), the Cell Therapy Transplant Canada (CTTC) and the Canadian Leukemia Study Group (CLSG) are affiliated with the journal and their members receive a discount on the article processing charges.
  • Open Access— free for readers, with article processing charges (APC) paid by authors or their institutions.
  • High Visibility: indexed within Scopus, SCIE (Web of Science), PubMed, MEDLINE, PMC, Embase, and other databases.
  • Rapid Publication: manuscripts are peer-reviewed and a first decision is provided to authors approximately 19.6 days after submission; acceptance to publication is undertaken in 2.8 days (median values for papers published in this journal in the second half of 2022).
  • Recognition of Reviewers: APC discount vouchers, optional signed peer review, and reviewer names published annually in the journal.
Impact Factor: 3.109 (2021); 5-Year Impact Factor: 3.263 (2021)
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Topic in Current Oncology, Genealogy, Healthcare, Pharmacy, Safety, Sustainability, TropicalMed, Administrative Sciences
Cultural Safety – towards a Global Research Agenda Topic Editors: Mark Lock, Teresa Brockie, Vicki Kerrigan
Deadline: 15 June 2023
Topic in Biology, Cancers, Current Oncology, Medical Sciences, Pharmaceuticals, Cells, Medicines
Advances in Anti-cancer Drugs Topic Editors: Armando Varela-Ramirez, Elisa Robles-Escajeda, Blanca E. Ruiz-Medina, Patricia Talamás-Rohana, Rachid Skouta
Deadline: 20 June 2023
Topic in Cancers, Current Oncology, JCM, Medicina, Onco, Radiation
Cancer Biology and Radiation Therapy Topic Editors: Chang Ming Charlie Ma, Ka Yu Tse, Ming-Yii Huang, Mukund Seshadri
Deadline: 20 July 2023
Topic in Biology, Biomedicines, Cancers, Current Oncology, Onco
Targeting Signaling Networks for Cancer Therapy Topic Editors: Renato Bassan, Jose-Maria Ribera, Linlin Guo
Deadline: 5 September 2023
Special Issue in Current Oncology
Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Cancer Therapy: State of the Art and Future Perspectives Guest Editors: Aparna Jayachandran, George Kannourakis, Prashanth Prithviraj
Deadline: 31 May 2023
Special Issue in Current Oncology
What’s New in Musculoskeletal Oncology? Guest Editors: Shinji Tsukamoto, Andreas F. Mavrogenis, Costantino Errani
Deadline: 15 June 2023
Special Issue in Current Oncology
New Frontiers in Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer Guest Editors: Olav F. Dajani, Knut Jørgen Labori, Arne Westgaard
Deadline: 30 June 2023
Special Issue in Current Oncology
Mental Health and Quality of Life for Cancer Patients before and during a Global Pandemic Guest Editors: Gabriela Ilie, Rob Rutledge
Deadline: 31 July 2023
Topical Collection in Current Oncology
Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: Contemporary Perioperative Concepts in Cancer Surgery Collection Editors: Vijaya Gottumukkala, Jörg Kleeff
Topical Collection in Current Oncology
Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series in "Exercise and Cancer Management" Collection Editors: Nicole Culos-Reed, Linda Denehy, Ravi Mehrotra
Topical Collection in Current Oncology
New Insights into Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Collection Editor: Sazan Rasul
Topical Collection in Current Oncology
New Insights into Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Collection Editors: Filippo Pesapane, Matteo Suter
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