About JCO
(last updated March 2008)
Mission
The Journal of Clinical Oncology
serves its readers as the single most credible, authoritative resource for disseminating significant clinical oncology
research. In print and in electronic format, JCO strives to publish the highest quality articles dedicated to
clinical research. Original Reports remain the focus of the Journal, but this scientific communication is enhanced by
appropriately selected Editorials, Commentaries, Reviews, and other work that relate to the care of patients with cancer.
Acceptance Rate for Manuscripts
An average of 23%
Access
Subscribers to JCO receive the print version of JCO and are provided with access to JCO online.
Access to JCO online includes full text of all articles back to 1999 and abstracts and PDFs back to 1983 - a total of over 12,000 articles.
- Member and nonmember individual subscribers have online access to:
- Tables of contents
- Abstracts
- Full-text searching
- Full-text display
- Document delivery
- PDFs
- Links to MedLine and GenBank
- Future tables of contents
- The advantage of having password access to JCO online from any computer connected to the Internet
- JCO Legacy Archive, containing full-text online issues from 1983-1998
- Institutional subscribers have online access to:
- Tables of contents
- Abstracts
- Full-text searching
- Full-text display
- PDFs
- Links to MedLine and GenBank
- Future tables of contents
- Document delivery
- The JCO Legacy Archive, containing full-text online issues from 1983 through 1998, may be purchased for a [separate fee]
- Access is limited to computers within a particular set of Internet IP addresses.
Without a subscription, at no cost, and without having to register, JCO users can:
- Search the site
- Search MedLine
- Browse tables of contents and abstracts
- Sign up for e-mail alerts
- Access articles via pay-per-view
Free Public Access: JCO provides free online access to original research
articles older than one year at www.jco.org. Online readers can access JCO
research that is more than 12 months old without a subscription; this
includes articles published from January 1999 to the present. Additionally,
all ASCO Special Articles, all Editorials, all Comments and Controversies
papers, the Art of Oncology series, and the Correspondence section are
free immediately upon publication.
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subscribing to JCO.
Audience
JCO's audience comprises medical professionals from all oncology disciplines and subspecialties including medical,
surgical, pediatric, gynecologic, and urologic oncology, therapeutic radiology, and hematology. Readers are physicians,
researchers, oncology nurses, and other health care practitioners with a predominant interest in oncology.
Commercial Reprints
Article reprints are an excellent source of training or marketing information. For price quotes and to purchase bulk
quantities of commercial reprints, please contact:
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Contact
JCO's offices are located at 330 John Carlyle Street, Suite 300, Alexandria, VA 22314.
For editorial correspondence (manuscript-related inquiries) please contact the Editorial Office at: Phone: (703) 797-1900;
Fax: (703) 684-8720; E-mail: jco{at}asco.org.
For subscription-related inquiries, please contact JCO Customer Service at: Phone: (703) 519-1430 or (888) 273-3508;
Fax: (703) 518-8155; E-mail: jcoservice{at}asco.org.
Copyright Information
The appearance of the code at the bottom of the first page of an article in this journal indicates the copyright owner's
consent that copies of the article may be made for personal or internal use, or for the personal or internal use of specific
clients, for those registered with the Copyright Clearance Center Inc (222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923; (978) 750-8400;
www.copyright.com). This consent is given on
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copying beyond that permitted by Sections 107 or 108 of the US Copyright Law. This consent does not extend to other kinds of
copying, such as copying for general distribution, advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works, or for
resale. Absence of the code indicates that the material may not be processed through the Copyright Clearance Center Inc
Disclaimer
The ideas and opinions expressed in the Journal of Clinical Oncology do not necessarily reflect those of the American
Society of Clinical Oncology, the Editor, or the Publisher. Publication of an advertisement or other product mentioned in the
Journal of Clinical Oncology should not be construed as an endorsement of the product or the manufacturer's claims.
Readers are encouraged to contact the manufacturer with any questions about the features or limitations of the products
mentioned. Neither the American Society of Clinical Oncology nor the Publisher assumes any responsibility for any injury
and/or damage to persons or property arising out of or related to any use of the material contained in this periodical. The
reader is advised to review the appropriate medical literature and the product information currently provided by the
manufacturer of each drug to be administered to verify the dosage, the method and duration of administration, or
contraindications. It is the responsibility of the treating physician or other health care professional, relying on
independent experience and knowledge of the patient, to determine drug dosages and the best treatment for the patient.
Every effort has been made to check generic and trade names, and to verify drug doses. The ultimate responsibility, however,
lies with the prescribing physician. Please convey any errors to the Editor at jco{at}asco.org.
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Editor-in-Chief
Daniel G. Haller, MD
University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center
Editorial Pages
2007: 5,845 pages
2008: 6,240 pages (estimated)
Federal Tax I.D. Number
13-6180380
Free or Low-Cost Subscriptions for Developing Countries
JCO provides free, or significantly discounted, online access to public health institutions in more than 100
developing countries through the World Health Organization's Health InterNetwork Access to Research Initiative
(HINARI). Through HINARI, JCO aims to strengthen public health services by providing public health workers,
researchers, and policy makers access to high-quality, relevant, and timely medical information.
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information about HINARI.
Frequency
JCO is published three times per month -- a total of 36 issues per year.
History
In 1983, the Journal of Clinical Oncology debuted to communicate current findings related to clinical cancer research.
Initially, JCO was published monthly. The first editor was Joseph R. Bertino, MD (1983-1987), Cancer Institute of
New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ. Dr. Bertino was followed by George Canellos, MD (1987 - 2001), Dana-Farber Cancer Institute,
Boston, MA, and Daniel G. Haller, MD, (2001 - present), University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA. During
the early 1990s, JCO published the first ASCO evidence-based clinical practice guideline. In 1996, JCO.org debuted as the online counterpart to
JCO. In 2000, JCO moved to a twice-monthly publication schedule. In 2000, the Art of Oncology series appeared
in JCO for the first time along with the Biology of Neoplasia series. In 2003, ASCO began to self-publish JCO.
In 2005, JCO began publishing three issues per month and began publishing the JCO Special Series.
Impact Factor
JCO's 2006 impact factor is 13.598 (Institute for Scientific Information, 2007).
Indexing
Abstracts of Health Care Management Studies, Automatic Subject Citation Index, Chemical Abstracts, Cumulative Index to
Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Current Contents (Clinical Medicine, ISI/BioMed, Life Sciences, Science
Citation Index, SCISEARCH), EMBASE/Excerpta Medica, Index Medicus/MEDLINE, Neuroscience Citation Index, and EBSCOHOST
Electronic Journals Service.
Internet Access Points
Content: www.jco.org
Manuscript tracking: http://submit.jco.org (online
manuscript submission system)
ISSN
0732-183X (print)
1527-7755 (online) version of record
JCO Legacy Archive
The JCO Legacy Archive includes electronic full-text back issues of JCO from volume 1, number 1 (January 1983)
through volume 16, number 12 (December 1998) and is available for a one-time purchase. The JCO Legacy Archive can be
viewed as searchable scanned images of the printed pages for download in PDF format.
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Mailing Lists
Occasionally JCO makes its subscriber mailing list available to companies with products and services that may be of
interest to our subscribers. Readers who do not wish to receive these special promotions may contact Customer Service.
Remember to include customer account numbers with your requests. Please allow 3 to 4 weeks for your requests to become
effective.
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Warrenton, VA 20187
Manuscript Lead Times
Average 4 weeks from submission to first decision
Average 8 weeks from acceptance to publication
Early Release articles: average 4 weeks from acceptance to publication. Early Release articles are articles that are
expected to have a substantial and immediate impact on clinical practice and are given a fast-track schedule for publication
online ahead of the print publication.
Membership Inquiries
ASCO membership inquiries and address changes should be forwarded to:
American Society of Clinical Oncology
E-mail: membermail{at}asco.org
Phone: (703) 299-0158
Fax: (703) 299-0255
1900 Duke Street, Suite 200
Alexandria, VA 22314
Obtaining Back or Replacement Issues
Electronic back issues are available through our online archive at www.jco.org. Printed copies of back issues are available for purchase at the single-issue
rates: $35 for orders in the United States and $45 for international orders. All orders must be made through JCO
Customer Service and prepaid in US dollars.
Printed replacement issues are available free of charge for up to three requests if request is received within 3
months of the mail date. Replacement issues claimed beyond the three-month limit must be prepaid at the single-issue
rates.
Online Reach
JCO receives approximately 3.1 million full-text hits annually on JCO.org.
Ordering Author Reprints
JCO currently provides corresponding authors with a link to 10 free electronic reprints. The link may be distributed
to colleagues via e-mail. Authors may also purchase high-quality, color, paper reprints.
For price quotes and to purchase author reprints please contact:
Cadmus Professional Communications
E-mail: jcoreprints{at}cadmus.com
Phone: 410-819-3966
Patient Care-Related Questions
Information about cancer symptoms, diagnosis, and treatments can be found at www.plwc.org, ASCO's website dedicated to helping patients and their families find accurate,
reliable, and oncologist-approved information about cancer.
Pay-Per-View
To view a full-text article without a subscription, purchase access to the article for 24 hours at a cost of $19.00 per
article. Click on the full-text link for the article and follow the instructions.
Permissions
Correspondence regarding permission to reprint all or part of any article published in JCO should be addressed to
permissions@asco.org. For all JCO permissions requests,
download the permissions request form. After completing the form, please either fax it to (703) 518-5094 or e-mail it to
permissions{at}asco.org.
Privacy Policy
Keeping the information customers choose to share with us through the JCO Online web site secure and ensuring their
understanding of how we use and maintain information is important to ASCO. ASCO maintains physical, electronic, and
procedural safeguards to protect customer information, and while no data transmission over the Internet is 100% secure from
intrusion, we have used and will continue to use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure the protection of customer
information. We continually assess new technology for protecting information and, when appropriate, upgrade our information
security systems.
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privacy policy.
Publication Dates
| 2008 Publication Dates
| Mail Date
| Volume/Issue
|
| January 1
| 12/27
| 26/1
|
| January 10
| 1/8
| 26/2
|
| January 20
| 1/17
| 26/3
|
| February 1
| 1/30
| 26/4
|
| February 10
| 2/7
| 26/5
|
| February 20
| 2/15
| 26/6
|
| March 1
| 2/28
| 26/7
|
| March 10
| 3/6
| 26/8
|
| March 20
| 3/18
| 26/9
|
| April 1
| 3/28
| 26/10
|
| April 10
| 4/8
| 26/11
|
| April 20
| 4/17
| 26/12
|
| May 1
| 4/29
| 26/13
|
| May 10
| 5/8
| 26/14
|
| May 20
| 5/16
| 26/15
|
| June 1
| 5/28
| 26/16
|
| June 10
| 6/6
| 26/17
|
| June 20
| 6/18
| 26/18
|
| July 1
| 6/30
| 26/19
|
| July 10
| 7/8
| 26/20
|
| July 20
| 7/17
| 26/21
|
| August 1
| 7/30
| 26/22
|
| August 10
| 8/7
| 26/23
|
| August 20
| 8/18
| 26/24
|
| September 1
| 8/28
| 26/25
|
| September 10
| 9/8
| 26/26
|
| September 20
| 9/18
| 26/27
|
| October 1
| 9/29
| 26/28
|
| October 10
| 10/8
| 26/29
|
| October 20
| 10/16
| 26/30
|
| November 1
| 10/30
| 26/31
|
| November 10
| 11/6
| 26/32
|
| November 20
| 11/18
| 26/33
|
| December 1
| 11/25
| 26/34
|
| December 10
| 12/8
| 26/35
|
| December 20
| 12/18
| 26/36
|
Publisher
American Society of Clinical Oncology
Readership
JCO has more than 25,000 subscribers, including ASCO members and other physicians and researchers worldwide, as well
as more than 3,000 institutional subscribers.
Scope of Coverage
JCO publishes original research and reviews in breast cancer, gastrointestinal cancer, hematologic malignancies,
molecular oncology, lung cancer, genitourinary cancer, head and neck cancer, pediatric oncology, neurooncology, supportive
care and quality of life issues, prevention, and phase I and clinical pharmacology. Its readership comprises practicing
clinical oncologists, researchers, students, individuals in training, and allied health professionals throughout the world.
Members of the American Society of Clinical Oncology as
well as nonmember subscribers and patrons of medical libraries globally utilize the groundbreaking research published in each
issue of JCO.
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