Leukemia is a peer-reviewed

Peer review

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 medical journal

Medical journal

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 published by the Nature Publishing Group

Nature Publishing Group

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. The journal was established in 1987 by Nicole Muller-Bérat Killman and Sven-Aage Killman, and is currently edited by Muller-Bérat Killmann. The journal publishes research on all aspects of leukemia

Leukemia

Leukemia or leukaemia is a type of cancer of the blood or bone marrow characterized by an abnormal increase of immature white blood cells called "blasts". Leukemia is a broad term covering a spectrum of diseases...

. It is the official journal of the Leukemia Society of America

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society , founded in 1949, is the world's largest voluntary health organization dedicated to funding blood cancer research, education and patient services. LLS's mission is to cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and to improve the quality of life of...

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Abstracting and indexing

Leukemia had a 2009 impact factor

Impact factor

The impact factor, often abbreviated IF, is a measure reflecting the average number of citations to articles published in science and social science journals. It is frequently used as a proxy for the relative importance of a journal within its field, with journals with higher impact factors deemed...

 8.296, ranking it 4th out of 61 journals in the category "Hematology", and 9th out of 165 in the category "Oncology". It is abstracted and indexed in the following databases: