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Welcome to the World Journal of Clinical Oncology

World Journal of Clinical Oncology (WJCOWorld J Clin Oncol) is a high-quality, online, open-access, single-blind peer-reviewed journal published by the Baishideng Publishing Group. WJCO accepts both solicited and unsolicited manuscripts. Articles published in WJCO are high-quality, clinical and basic, influential research articles by established academic authors as well as new researchers. The paramount objective of WJCO is to showcase and promote distinguished research in the field of oncology, to help advance development of this field. The types of articles published in WJCO 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. Submit here >>

2025 Published Issues
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Editors-in-Chief
  • Jian-Hua Mao, BSc, MSc, PhD, Adjunct Professor, Senior Scientist, (E-mail: jhmao@lbl.gov) Biological Systems and Engineering Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States
  • Hiten RH Patel, BM BCh, BSc, FRCS, PhD, Professor, Surgical Oncologist, (E-mail: hrhpatel@hotmail.com) Department of Urology, University Hospital North Norway, Tromso 9038, Norway
  • Stephen Safe, PhD, Professor, (E-mail: ssafe@cvm.tamu.edu) Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77845, United States
  • Ken H Young, MD, PhD, Chief Physician, Director, Full Professor, (E-mail: ken.young@duke.edu) Hematopathology Division, Duke University Medical Center and Cancer Institute, Durham, NC 27710, United States
Indexing/Abstracting
The WJCO 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 WJCO as 2.6; JIF without journal self cites: 2.6; 5-year JIF: 2.7; JIF Rank: 175/322 in oncology; JIF Quartile: Q3; and 5-year JIF Quartile: Q3.

ISSN
2218-4333 (online)
Editorial
Silvia Cocca, Giuseppina Pontillo, Marinella Lupo, Raffaele Lieto, Margherita Marocchi, Maria Marsico, Emanuela Dell'Aquila, Santi Mangiafico, Giuseppe Grande, Rita Conigliaro, Helga Bertani 
World J Clin Oncol 16(2):97248. Published online Feb 24, 2025. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v16.i2.97248
Minireviews
Retrospective Study
Observational Study
Prospective Study
Basic Study
Sheng-Sheng Zhou, Yu-Ping Ye, Yi Chen, Da-Tong Zeng, Guang-Cai Zheng, Rong-Quan He, Bang-Teng Chi, Lei Wang, Qian Lin, Qin-Yan Su, Yi-Wu Dang, Gang Chen, Jia-Liang Wei 
World J Clin Oncol 16(2):99839. Published online Feb 24, 2025. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v16.i2.99839
Scientometrics
Case Report
Shatha Abutaha, Abdulla Alzibdeh, Issa Mohamad, Lina Wahbeh, Samer Salah, Ramiz Abuhijlih, Fawzi Abuhijla 
World J Clin Oncol 16(2):98219. Published online Feb 24, 2025. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v16.i2.98219