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Welcome to the World Journal of Orthopedics

World Journal of Orthopedics (WJOWorld J Orthop) is a high-quality, online, open-access, single-blind peer-reviewed journal published by the Baishideng Publishing Group. WJO accepts both solicited and unsolicited manuscripts. Articles published in WJO are high-quality, clinical and basic, influential research articles by established academic authors as well as new researchers. The paramount objective of WJO is to showcase and promote distinguished research in the field of orthopedics, to help advance development of this field. The types of articles published in WJO 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
  • Xiao-Jian Ye, MD, Chief Physician, (Email: yexj2002@163.com) Department of Orthopedics, Tongren Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200233, China
Indexing/Abstracting
WJO is now abstracted and indexed in PubMed, PubMed Central, Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI, Web of Science), Scopus, 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 WJO as 2.0; JIF without journal self cites: 1.9; 5-year JIF: 2.3; JIF Rank: 49/136 in orthopedics; JIF Quartile: Q2; and 5-year JIF Quartile: Q2.

The WJO’s CiteScore for 2023 is 3.1 and Scopus CiteScore rank 2023: Orthopedics and sports medicine is 132/321.

ISSN
2218-5836 (online)
Editorial
Review
Zi-Qi Fan, Yu-Yin Xie, Can Liu, Yi-Fan Chen, Yang-Fei Yi, Zhong-Wen Tang, Jie Wen, Sheng Xiao, Yu-Fei Li 
World J Orthop 16(5):106265. Published online May 18, 2025. doi: 10.5312/wjo.v16.i5.106265
Minireviews
Yadulla Syed, Mohamed Abubakr Hassan, Rashmi Muthira Kalayil, Othman Ahmad Othman, Ahammed Mekkodathil, Ayman El-Menyar 
World J Orthop 16(5):104425. Published online May 18, 2025. doi: 10.5312/wjo.v16.i5.104425
Retrospective Cohort Study
Retrospective Study
Ammar K Alomran, Bandar A Alzahrani, Dana S Alamoud, Layan S Alsultan, Meshail M AlSaud, Raneem G Althobaiti, Badriah S Alruwaili 
World J Orthop 16(5):105590. Published online May 18, 2025. doi: 10.5312/wjo.v16.i5.105590
Observational Study
Prospective Study
Basic Study
Systematic Reviews
Bruna Trazzi Pagani, Marcelie Priscila de Oliveira Rosso, Matheus Bento Medeiros Moscatel, Beatriz Flavia de Moraes Trazzi, Marcelo Rodrigues da Cunha, João Paulo Mardegan Issa, Daniela Vieira Buchaim, Rogério Leone Buchaim 
World J Orthop 16(5):106181. Published online May 18, 2025. doi: 10.5312/wjo.v16.i5.106181
Meta-Analysis
Letter to the Editor