Oncotarget: Past, Present and Future: Trends in the publishing industry (IMAGE)
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Figure 1: A spike in high-risk articles in 2015–2017.
The percentage of “High risk” articles identified by the tool “Argos” (as of 2/17/2026) in relation to the total number of articles published in a journal during a specific year. This percentage is influenced by the journal’s publication volume, with journals publishing a larger number of articles typically having a smaller percentage. The average annual article counts for 2014–2025 for Oncotarget - 2,240 articles/year, Cancer Letters - 493 articles/year and Oncology Reports – 539 articles/year.
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