Oncotarget: Journal Analysis

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Oncotarget is a weekly peer reviewed free to access medical journal which covers research on all aspects of oncology. The journal was established in 2010 and is weekly published by impact journal.
The editor in chief are Andrel V. Gudkov who resides in Roswell Park Cancer Institute and Mikhail Blagosklonny.
The journal is indexed and abstracted in index PubMed and PubMed central, Science Citation Index Expanded which is also known as SciSearch, Biological Abstracts, Embase, BIOSIS Previews, Scopus, Journal Citation Report/Science Edition, Directory of open Access Journal and OAlster.

Oncotarget publishes research papers with the main focus on cancer research and oncology due to integrity of the human organism and complexity of tumour development , oncotarget also publishes papers in the field of pathology, endocrinology, physiology, age related diseases and immunology.
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The journal goes through the evidence behind new and existing therapies in terms of improving outcomes and more essentially , will aim to define their usage in terms of uptake and acceptance by the health care professional and more essentially the patient.
The impact factor of the journal oncotarget is considerably high. Listed below is the impact factor of the journal throughout the years. Journal

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