The ''Journal of the National Cancer Institute'' (''JNCI'') is a

peer-reviewed Peer review is the evaluation of work by one or more people with similar competencies as the producers of the work (peers). It functions as a form of self-regulation by qualified members of a profession within the relevant field. Peer review ...

medical journal A medical journal is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that communicates medical information to physicians, other health professionals. Journals that cover many medical specialties are sometimes called general medical journals. History The first ...

covering research in

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 ...

that was established in August 1940. It is published monthly by

Oxford University Press Oxford University Press (OUP) is the university press of the University of Oxford. It is the largest university press in the world, and its printing history dates back to the 1480s. Having been officially granted the legal right to print books ...

and is edited by

Patricia A. Ganz Patricia Anne Ganz (''nee'' Conn) is an American medical oncologist. She is a professor of health policy and management in the Fielding School of Public Health and a professor of medicine in the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. In 2007, s ...

. It was merged with ''Cancer Treatment Reports'' in January 1988. ''JNCI'' used to be the official journal of the

National Cancer Institute The National Cancer Institute (NCI) coordinates the United States National Cancer Program and is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which is one of eleven agencies that are part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. ...

(NCI); however, in 1996, the NCI and ''JNCI'' agreed to grow apart. Over the next five years, ''JNCI'' became independent of the NCI. A related publication is ''Journal of the National Cancer Institute Monographs'' (''JNCI Monographs''), established in 1959, which publishes manuscripts from cancer and cancer-related conferences, as well as groups of papers on specific subjects related to cancer. In January 1986, ''Cancer Treatment Symposia'' was merged with ''JNCI Monographs''. Additionally, ''JNCI Cancer Spectrum'' (''JNCI CS'') is a fully open access journal, which was established in 2017. It is published bimonthly by

and is edited by

Ronald Chen Ronald Chen( 1958 - ) is currently University Professor, Distinguished Professor of Law and Judge Leonard I Garth Scholar at Rutgers Law School. Until August 2018, he was co-dean of Rutgers Law School and is the former New Jersey Public Advocate. ...

History

The history of ''JNCI'' is linked to that several other journals. A full history of ''JNCI'' and ''JNCI Monographs'' is presented below. *1940: ''Journal of the National Cancer Institute'' () established by the

(NCI) *1959: ''National Cancer Institute Monograph'' () established by the NCI *1959: ''Cancer Chemotherapy Reports'' () founded by the

Cancer Chemotherapy National Service Center Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. These contrast with benign tumors, which do not spread. Possible signs and symptoms include a lump, abnormal bl ...

(CCNSC) *1966: ''Cancer Chemotherapy Reports'' is taken over by the NCI *1968: ''Cancer Chemotherapy Reports'' is split into three parts: ''Cancer Chemotherapy Reports, Part 1'' (), '' Cancer Chemotherapy Reports, Part 2'' () and ''Cancer Chemotherapy Reports, Part 3'' () *1976: The three parts of ''Cancer Chemotherapy Reports'' are merged with each other and renamed ''Cancer Treatment Reports'' () *1983: ''Cancer Treatment Symposia'' () established by the NCI *1986: ''Cancer Treatment Symposia'' merged with ''National Cancer Institute Monograph'', which is renamed ''NCI Monographs'' () *1988: ''Journal of the National Cancer Institute'' absorbs ''Cancer Treatment Reports'' *1990: ''NCI Monographs'' renamed ''Journal of the National Cancer Institute Monographs'' () *1996:

starts to take over ''Journal of the National Cancer Institute'' and ''Journal of the National Cancer Institute Monographs'' over a period of roughly five years

Abstracting and indexing

''JNCI'' is indexed and abstracted in: According to the ''

Journal Citation Reports ''Journal Citation Reports'' (''JCR'') is an annual publicationby Clarivate Analytics (previously the intellectual property of Thomson Reuters). It has been integrated with the Web of Science and is accessed from the Web of Science-Core Collect ...

'', the journal has a 2014

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 12.583, ranking it 8th out of 211 journals in the category "Oncology". ''JNCI Monographs'' is indexed and abstracted in

References

External links

''JNCI'' website''JNCI Monographs'' website''Journal of the National Cancer Institute'', Published by Oxford University Press, Is Not Affiliated With NCI
{{DEFAULTSORT:Journal of the National Cancer Institute Oxford University Press academic journals Oncology journals Biweekly journals Publications established in 1940 English-language journals