''Tumor Biology'' (also ''Tumour Biology'') is a bimonthly
peer-review
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ed
open access
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medical journal
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History
The first ...
covering clinical and experimental
oncology
Oncology is a branch of medicine that deals with the study, treatment, diagnosis and prevention of cancer. A medical professional who practices oncology is an ''oncologist''. The name's etymological origin is the Greek word ὄγκος (''ó ...
. It was established in 1980 as ''Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine'', obtaining its current name in 1984. It is owned by the
International Society of Oncology and BioMarkers, of which it is the official journal.
Originally published by
Karger Publishers
Karger Publishers (also: Karger Medical and Scientific Publishers, S. Karger AG) is an academic publisher of scientific and medical journals and books. The current CEO is Daniel Ebneter.
History
The company was founded in 1890 in Berlin by Sam ...
, it moved to
Springer Science+Business Media
Springer Science+Business Media, commonly known as Springer, is a German multinational publishing company of books, e-books and peer-reviewed journals in science, humanities, technical and medical (STM) publishing.
Originally founded in 1842 in ...
beginning in 2010. In December 2016, the journal moved again, this time to
SAGE Publications
SAGE Publishing, formerly SAGE Publications, is an American independent publishing company founded in 1965 in New York by Sara Miller McCune and now based in Newbury Park, California.
It publishes more than 1,000 journals, more than 800 books ...
.
[ The ]editor-in-chief
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The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...
is Magdalena Chechlinska (Curie Institute, Warsaw
The Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology ( pl, Narodowy Instytut Onkologii im. Marii Skłodowskiej-Curie – Państwowy Instytut Badawczy, until 2020 ''Maria Skłodowska-Curie Institute of Oncology'', pl, Centrum Onkolog ...
). According to the ''Journal Citation Reports
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'', the journal has a 2016 impact factor
The impact factor (IF) or journal impact factor (JIF) of an academic journal is a scientometric index calculated by Clarivate that reflects the yearly mean number of citations of articles published in the last two years in a given journal, as i ...
of 3.650.
Editors
''Tumor Biology'' founding editor-in-chief
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The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...
was William H. Fishman ( La Jolla Cancer Research Foundation), who edited the journal along with Hidematsu Hirai (Hokkaido University
, or , is a Japanese national university in Sapporo, Hokkaido. It was the fifth Imperial University in Japan, which were established to be the nation's finest institutions of higher education or research. Hokkaido University is considered ...
) from 1980 to 1983. In 1984, A. Munro Neville (Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research
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) took over as editor-in-chief, and in 1995, he was replaced by Sabine von Kleist (Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg
The University of Freiburg (colloquially german: Uni Freiburg), officially the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg (german: Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg), is a public research university located in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemb ...
). In 1999, von Kleist retired, at which point she was replaced by Torgny Stigbrand ( Umea University), who was still the journal's editor as of May 2017.[
In May 2017, ]Science Insider
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reported that multiple scientists listed on the journal's website as being members of its editorial board
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Mass media
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had no affiliation with the journal. One scientist, German Nobel laureate Harald zur Hausen
Harald zur Hausen NAS EASA APS (; born 11 March 1936) is a German virologist and professor emeritus. He has done research on cervical cancer and discovered the role of papilloma viruses in cervical cancer, for which he received the Nobe ...
, told Science Insider that he did not know he was on the list, and that he did not recall having ever reviewed a paper for the journal.[
]
Retractions and delisting
In April 2017, Springer announced it was retracting 107 papers that had been published in ''Tumor Biology'' while they were publishing it. According to Retraction Watch
Retraction Watch is a blog that reports on retractions of scientific papers and on related topics. The blog was launched in August 2010 and is produced by science writers Ivan Oransky (Former Vice President, Editorial ''Medscape'') and Adam Mar ...
, this made ''Tumor Biology'' the journal with the most retracted articles out of all the journals indexed by the Web of Science at the time. The cited reason for the retractions was that the papers in question had been accepted on the basis of fake peer reviews. Specifically, the authors of the now-retracted studies had supplied fraudulent email addresses to external reviewers which purportedly belonged to their "recommended reviewers". This led to these papers receiving fake reviews and eventually being published.
In response, the announced that it would investigate the retractions, as all 107 papers were co-authored by Chinese researchers. In July, the Ministry announced that, based on the results of its investigation, it would punish the Chinese researchers who co-authored the retracted papers with disciplinary actions, including banning some of them from conducting additional research.[ In August, ]Clarivate Analytics
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announced that articles published in the journal after July 19, 2017, would no longer be included in the Web of Science.
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