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Welcome to the World Journal of Clinical Oncology

World Journal of Clinical Oncology (WJCO, World J Clin Oncol) 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 oncology. 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. 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
  • Hiten RH Patel, PhD, Professor, Department of Urology, University Hospital North Norway, Tromso 9038, Norway
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)
Latest Manuscript Statistics
Received (207), Peer Review Time (5 days/Mean), Time to First Decision (34 days/Mean), Second Decision Time (25 days/Mean), Accepted (24.6%/Mean), Production Time (43 days/Mean), Time to Publication (142 days/Mean), and Rejected (21.3%/Mean).
Editorial
Opinion Review
Review
Si-He Chen, Yu-Ying Song, Ni Gan, Pin-Tian Wang, Kang Yan, Si-Feng Wang, Yue-E Zu, Xiang-Wen Peng 
World J Clin Oncol 16(5):105055. Published online May 24, 2025. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v16.i5.105055
Minireviews
Ankit Shukla, Raja Kalayarasan, Pothugunta Sai Krishna, Biju Pottakkat 
World J Clin Oncol 16(5):107039. Published online May 24, 2025. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v16.i5.107039
Case Control Study
Zhong-Hui Liu, Zong-Lin Cai, Xiao-Jun Tong, Yang-Yang Sun, Xin-Yu Zhuang, Xue-Fei Yang, Joe KM Fan 
World J Clin Oncol 16(5):106409. Published online May 24, 2025. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v16.i5.106409
Retrospective Study
Basic Study
Ding-Jin Lu, Hai-Rong Wang, You-Sheng Xu, Hai-Bo Huang, Qi-Gang Zhong, Yuan-Ning Luo, Jian-Feng Qi, Hong-Chao Wu, Jin-Ye Pei, Kun Zhang, Chao-Xiong Xu, Tian-Xian Wang, Wei Zhang, Yu-Hong Zhou, Zhi-Guang Huang, Fu-Bo Wang 
World J Clin Oncol 16(5):103830. Published online May 24, 2025. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v16.i5.103830
Qing-Ling Huang, Sheng-Sheng Zhou, Jian-Di Li, Dan-Dan Xiong, Rong-Quan He, Zhi-Guang Huang, Lei Wang, Tian-Ming Tan, Yi-Wu Dang, Wei-Jia Mo, Zhen-Bo Feng, Gang Chen, Zhen-Dong Yang 
World J Clin Oncol 16(5):104154. Published online May 24, 2025. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v16.i5.104154
Systematic Reviews
Syed Faqeer Hussain Bokhari, Danyal Bakht, Abdul Haseeb Hasan, Muhammad Ali Abid, Maaz Amir, Khawar Ali, Muhammad Arsham Javed, Faria Khilji, Asma Iqbal, Wahidullah Dost 
World J Clin Oncol 16(5):104471. Published online May 24, 2025. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v16.i5.104471
Grigorios Christodoulidis, Marina Nektaria Kouliou, Dimitrios Ragias, Dimitrios Chatziisaak, Eirini Sara Agko, Dimitrios Schizas, Dimitrios Zacharoulis 
World J Clin Oncol 16(5):104577. Published online May 24, 2025. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v16.i5.104577
Meta-Analysis
Scientometrics
Case Report
Letter to the Editor