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About ecancermedicalscience

ecancermedicalscience founded by the European Institute of Oncology publishing research papers after full peer review. The journal is published by Cancer Intelligence Ltd, WestPoint, 78 Queens Road, Clifton, Bristol, BS8 1QU.

Founding Editor: Prof Umberto Veronesi

Managing Editor: Prof Gordon McVie

ISSN Online: 1754-6605

Web address: www.ecancermedicalscience.com

Board of Editors


  • Professor Claudio Basilico - Basic Science
  • Professor Peter Boyle - Epidemiology and Public Health
  • Professor Pier Paolo DiFiore - Basic Science
  • Professor Aron Goldhirsch - Medicine
  • Professor Roberto Orecchia - Radiotherapy
  • Professor Pier Guiseppe Pelicci - Translational
  • Professor Umberto Veronesi - Surgery
  • Professor Giuseppe Viale - Pathology
  • Professor Alexander Eggermont - ECCO President

Charges

ecancermedicalscience does not charge for processing, publishing or accessing articles. The publication costs are covered by advertising, sponsorship and grants.

Aims & Scope

ecancermedicalscience is a multidisciplinary online journal that aims to ensure that all those involved in cancer care have easy access to the latest research and analysis. Articles explore all aspects of research relating to cancer, including molecular biology, genetics, pathophysiology, epidemiology, clinical reports, controlled trials and cancer policy.

Contents

ecancermedicalscience publishes original research, case studies, commentaries, policies and reports on cancer developments. All research papers, policies and case studies are peer-reviewed.

  • Register: for fortnightly newsletter
  • Email to a friend: pass on citations of interesting articles
  • Post a comment: add your point of view to an article online
  • Cancer news: including clinical trials, and policy news
  • Events: conference calendar
  • Education: CMEs, scholarship and fellowship information
  • Grants: Grant information and news
  • Interactive: Blogs, surveys, Podcasts, RSS feeds

Audience

ecancermedicalscience will attract registrants worldwide. The online journal will become essential reading for all those involved in oncology.

Impact factor

As a new journal ecancermedicalscience is not yet eligible for an impact factor rating. After year one, ecancermedicalscience will calculate an unofficial impact factor based on the same data and methodology that Thompson Scientific use for their official calculations.

ecancermedicalscience we will also publish the number of visitors the website receives.

Indexing and archiving

Following publication in ecancermedicalscience, the full text of each article is immediately and permanently archived in ecancermedicalscience.

Copyright

Anyone is free:

  • to copy, distribute, and display the work;
  • to make derivative works;

Under the following conditions: Attribution

  • the original author must be given credit;
  • for any reuse or distribution, it must be made clear to others what the license terms of this work are;
  • any of these conditions can be waived if the authors give permission.

Statutory fair use and other rights are in no way affected by the above.

Only Cancer Intelligence can make Commercial use of the work.

Citing papers in the journal

Articles in ecancermedicalscience should be cited in the same way as articles in a traditional journal, with one exception. Because articles in this journal are not printed, they do not have page numbers. Instead, they have a unique article number.

The following citation:

ecancermedicalscience, 1:2

refers to article 2 from volume 1 of the journal.

As an online journal, ecancermedicalscience does not have issue numbers. Each volume corresponds to a calendar year.

Contacting ecancermedicalscience

Queries from librarians should be directed to info@ecancermedicalscience.com