Carcinogenesis (journal)

Carcinogenesis is a peer-reviewed scientific journal in the field of cancer biology. Founded in 1980, the journal is currently published monthly by Oxford University Press based in Oxford, UK. Carcinogenesis publishes articles in four sections: cancer biology covers the cell and molecular biology of cancer, as well as mutation and DNA repair; molecular epidemiology includes genetic predisposition to cancer; cancer prevention covers chemoprophylaxis as well as dietary factors; and carcinogenesis covers all forms of carcinogens, including their metabolism and detection in the environment. Since 2008, the journal is also known as Carcinogenesis: Integrative Cancer Research.

, the Editor in Chief is Curtis C. Harris (National Cancer Institute–Bethesda, USA).

History
The journal was founded in 1980 by R. Colin Garner (University of York, UK) and Anthony Dipple (Frederick Cancer Research Center, USA). The original scope of Carcinogenesis was defined in the first issue as research relating to "the prevention of cancer in man", and the journal was conceived from the outset as a multidisciplinary journal, with the intention of encouraging the "cross-fertilization of ideas" across the "very broad spectrum of scientific endeavour" of cancer research. In 2008, the journal added the subtitle "Integrative Cancer Research" to reflect its multidisciplinary scope.

At first published by IRL Press based in New York, USA, the editorial office moved to the UK in 1981; it was initially in London and moved to Oxford in 1982. In 1989, IRL Press merged with Oxford University Press.

Abstracting and indexing
Carcinogenesis had a 2009 impact factor of 4.795, with a ranking of 28 out of 165 oncology journals. The journal is abstracted and indexed in Biological Abstracts, BIOSIS Previews, CAB Abstracts, Chemical Abstracts, Current Contents/Life Sciences, BIOBASE – Current Awareness in Biological Sciences, EMBASE, Excerpta Medica, Global Health, MEDLINE, ProQuest and the Science Citation Index.

Online access
All issues are available online as PDFs, with text versions additionally available from 1999; access is by subscription. Additionally, authors can pay to have their articles released freely online as part of a hybrid open access scheme. Free or reduced-rate online access is available to educational institutions in low-income countries.