Where Cancer Research UK Funded Research Is Published: Top 46 Journals

In shortCancer Research UK (United Kingdom) is named as a funder in the recent research articles of 46 journals we checked, most often in Molecular Cell (16 of 200 recent articles). The journals below publish its funded work most often; open a journal for its indexing, review time, reviewer comments and fee waivers.

Journals that publish Cancer Research UK funded research most often

#	Journal	Articles naming it	Indexing	Impact factor*	Median review time
1	Molecular Cell	16 of 200	SCIE	14.18	n/a
2	Nicotine & Tobacco Research	13 of 200	SCIE SSCI	2.99	n/a
3	BMJ Oncology	10 of 135	Scopus	5.43	n/a
4	British Journal of Cancer	10 of 200	SCIE	6.96	205 days
5	Journal of Medical Genetics	10 of 200	SCIE	3.22	n/a
6	Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology	9 of 200	ESCI	1.93	n/a
7	The Lancet Digital Health	9 of 200	SCIE	16.67	n/a
8	Trends in cancer	9 of 200	SCIE	11.13	n/a
9	The Journal of Pathology	8 of 200	SCIE	3.73	174 days
10	Clinical Oncology	7 of 200	SCIE	1.29	n/a
11	Diagnostic and Prognostic Research	7 of 64	ESCI	5.15	196 days
12	Genes & Development	7 of 200	SCIE	4.91	n/a
13	Molecular Oncology	7 of 200	SCIE	3.48	140 days
14	Nature Cell Biology	7 of 200	SCIE	17.03	292 days
15	BMJ Open Gastroenterology	6 of 176	ESCI	4.03	n/a
16	Clinical and Translational Radiation Oncology	5 of 200	SCIE	1.94	n/a
17	Technical Innovations & Patient Support in Radiation Oncology	5 of 171	ESCI	1.34	n/a
18	Addiction	4 of 200	SCIE SSCI	3.99	164 days
19	EJC Paediatric Oncology	4 of 200	Scopus	1.29	n/a
20	European Journal of Cancer	4 of 200	SCIE	3.04	n/a
21	International Journal of Cancer	4 of 200	SCIE	4.49	156 days
22	Journal of Clinical Epidemiology	4 of 200	SCIE	4.72	n/a
23	The Journal of Pathology Clinical Research	4 of 119	SCIE	3.28	109 days
24	Clinical Colorectal Cancer	3 of 142	SCIE	1.61	n/a
25	Clinical Trials	3 of 144	SCIE	2.58	n/a
26	Health Expectations	3 of 200	SCIE SSCI	3.40	134 days
27	HemaSphere	3 of 200	SCIE	3.45	105 days
28	Immunotherapy Advances	3 of 63	ESCI	3.30	n/a
29	Journal of Medical Screening	3 of 84	SCIE	1.97	n/a
30	Radiotherapy and Oncology	3 of 200	SCIE	0.84	n/a
31	Research Involvement and Engagement	3 of 200	Scopus	3.54	132 days
32	The Lancet Oncology	3 of 200	SCIE	12.55	n/a
33	Bioanalysis	2 of 200	SCIE	2.71	107 days
34	Blood Cancer Journal	2 of 200	SCIE	7.89	119 days
35	Diagnostic histopathology	2 of 200	Scopus	0.66	n/a
36	European Radiology Experimental	2 of 200	ESCI	5.44	148 days
37	Hematology Reports	2 of 163	ESCI	2.29	n/a
38	Immuno-Oncology Technology	2 of 200	Scopus	0.47	n/a
39	Seminars in Radiation Oncology	2 of 109	SCIE	4.77	n/a
40	Cancer/Radiothérapie	1 of 200	SCIE	1.59	n/a
41	Colorectal Disease	1 of 200	SCIE	1.59	35 days
42	Epidemiologic Methods	1 of 24	Scopus	1.19	n/a
43	Genes and Immunity	1 of 114	SCIE	4.02	206 days
44	Health Risk & Society	1 of 44	SSCI	1.98	278 days
45	Journal of medical imaging and radiation sciences	1 of 200	ESCI	0.81	n/a
46	Obstetrics Gynaecology & Reproductive Medicine	1 of 157	Scopus	0.72	n/a

"Articles naming" counts the research articles (of up to 200 from the last 24 months) whose funder list names Cancer Research UK. *Impact factor calculated from OpenAlex open data, not the official Clarivate value. Review time: median days from submission to acceptance, from the dates publishers deposit in Crossref.

Funders named alongside Cancer Research UK

Other funders that appear in the same journals. Their pages show where their funded research is published.

National Institutes of Health National Natural Science Foundation of China National Cancer Institute National Institute for Health and Care Research Medical Research Council Wellcome Trust Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Canadian Institutes of Health Research National Health and Medical Research Council European Research Council European Commission Swedish Research Council U.S. Department of Health & Human Services NIH National Cancer Institute National Key Research and Development Program of China Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung

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Frequently asked questions

Which journals publish the most Cancer Research UK funded research?

In the recent research articles we checked, the journals that name Cancer Research UK as a funder most often are Molecular Cell, Nicotine & Tobacco Research, BMJ Oncology, British Journal of Cancer, Journal of Medical Genetics. In all, 46 journals name it.

Does publishing in these journals help my Cancer Research UK grant?

These journals already publish work supported by Cancer Research UK, so editors and reviewers know this kind of research. Whether a journal suits your paper still depends on its scope, indexing and review time, shown for each journal in the table.

Does Cancer Research UK pay the article processing charge (APC)?

Many funders pay or reimburse open access fees under their open access policy, but the rules differ by funder and by grant. Check Cancer Research UK's open access policy and your grant terms; for country-based waivers, use the free APC waiver checker.

Where does this data come from?

From the funder information publishers deposit with each article in Crossref. For each journal, ScholarsColab looked at up to 200 research articles from the last 24 months and counted the funders they name. Not every publisher deposits funders, so a journal can be missing.

Source, method and date. Source: the funder information publishers deposit with each article in Crossref. Method: for each journal, ScholarsColab looked at up to 200 research articles from the last 24 months and counted the funders they name; spelling variants of a funder are combined. Updated: 29 October 2026. ScholarsColab is not affiliated with Cancer Research UK or these journals.