''Oncogene'' is a
peer-reviewed
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scientific journal
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published under the
Springer Nature
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addressing cancer cell genetics and the structure and function of
oncogene
An oncogene is a gene that has the potential to cause cancer. In tumor cells, these genes are often mutated, or expressed at high levels. s. The journal has editorial office in
London, England
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. The journal was established in 1987. An
open access
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online-only
sister journal,
''Oncogenesis'', was established in 2012 by
Douglas R. Green, who was then ''Oncogene''s
editor-in-chief
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.
''Oncogene'' received a 2023
impact factor
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The Impact Factor of a journa ...
of 6.9 and received ''
Journal Citation Reports
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'' rankings of 18th out of 191 in the category ''Genetics & Heredity'', 29th out of 205 in the category ''Cell Biology'', 32nd out of 313 in the category ''Biochemistry & Molecular Biology'', and 43rd out of 322 journals in the category ''Oncology''.
The current editors-in-chief are George Miller and
Justin Stebbing
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.
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
[
EBSCO Discovery Service, Summon by ProQuest, BIOSIS, Current Contents/Life Sciences, Science Citation Index Expanded, SCOPUS, EBSCO Academic Search, EBSCO Advanced Placement Source, EBSCO Agriculture Plus, EBSCO Biomedical Reference Collection, EBSCO Science & Technology Collection, EBSCO STM Source, EBSCO TOC Premier, and INIS Atomindex.
]
See also
*Springer Nature
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References
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