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Welcome to the World Journal of Radiology

World Journal of Radiology (WJR, World J Radiol) is a high-quality, open-access academic journal that employs a single-blind peer-review process. The journal focuses on publishing innovative, novel, and practical clinical, basic, and translational research achievements in the fields of radiology. The types of articles published in WJR include Editorial, Opinion Review, Frontier, Review, Minireview, Clinical Research, Basic Study, Systematic Review, Meta-analysis, Evidence-based Medicine, Field of Vision, Clinical Guidelines, Letter to the Editor, and Case Report. All submissions must comply with academic norms and ethical requirements. The journal is edited and published by the Baishideng Publishing Group. Submit here >> 

2025 Published Issues
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Editors-in-Chief
  • Thomas J Vogl, MD, PhD, Professor, (E-mail: thomas.vogl@kgu.de) Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt 60596, Germany
Indexing/Abstracting
The WJR is now abstracted and indexed in PubMed, PubMed Central, Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI, Web of Science), Reference Citation Analysis, China Science and Technology Journal Database, and Superstar Journals Database.
Journal Metrics
The 2024 edition of Journal Citation Reports® cites the 2023 journal impact factor (JIF) for WJR as 1.4; JIF without journal self cites: 1.4; 5-year JIF: 1.8; JIF Rank: 133/204 in radiology, nuclear medicine and medical imaging; JIF Quartile: Q3; and 5-year JIF Quartile: Q3.
ISSN
1949-8470 (online)
Latest Manuscript Statistics
Received (67), Peer Review Time (5 days/Mean), Time to First Decision (35 days/Mean), Second Decision Time (23 days/Mean), Accepted (47.8%/Mean), Production Time (21 days/Mean), Time to Publication (117 days/Mean), and Rejected (10.4%/Mean).
Editorial
Minireviews
Case Control Study
Retrospective Study
Observational Study
Mohammad Haroon Or-Rashid, Anjuman Sultana, Nabila Khanduker, Tarik Alam Ony, MD Mosharraf Hossain, Junaidur Rahman, Mahmud Zaman Chowdhury, Wasih Uddin Ahmed, MD Nashir Uddin, Mohammad Sohel- Uzzaman 
World J Radiol 17(5):106102. Published online May 28, 2025. doi: 10.4329/wjr.v17.i5.106102
Case Report
Xiang-Ling Wei, You-Wen Zhang, Ming Han, Cheng-Jun Sun, Guan-Zhi Lai, Shui-Guo Tang, Rong-Ji Ye, Hao-Qing Xu, Lin-Wei Wu, Wu-Zheng Xia 
World J Radiol 17(5):105785. Published online May 28, 2025. doi: 10.4329/wjr.v17.i5.105785
Letter to the Editor