British Journal of Cancer


The British Journal of Cancer is a twice-monthly professional medical journal owned by Cancer Research UK, published on their behalf by Springer Nature's Nature Research.
The British Journal of Cancer 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 six broad headings:
The journal is indexed in:
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal received a 2017 impact factor of 5.922, ranking it 39th out of 223 journals in the category Oncology.