''Anticancer Research'' is an independent international peer-reviewed medical journal published by th
International Institute of Anticancer Research
addressing experimental and clinical topics in

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. Issues are released monthly print and online (by

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), and an annual Index is also published. Anticancer Research was established in 1981 by John G. Delinassios. According to the ''

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'', the journal had a 2020

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of 2.480 and 25,656 total cites. The 2020 rejection rate was 68%. According to

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, the journal belongs to the second quartile (Q2) in the "Medicine" category.

Abstracting and indexing

Articles in ''Anticancer Research'' are abstracted and/or indexed by: * BIOBASE *

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* Current Contents (Life Sciences) * EMBASE *

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* Pubmed/Medline *

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* Web of Science

External links

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International Institute of Anticancer Research
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