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Welcome to the World Journal of Transplantation

World Journal of Transplantation (WJT, World J Transplant) is a high-quality, online, open-access, single-blind peer-reviewed journal published by the Baishideng Publishing Group. WJT accepts both solicited and unsolicited manuscripts. Articles published in WJT are high-quality, clinical and basic, influential research articles by established academic authors as well as new researchers. The paramount objective of WJT is to showcase and promote distinguished research in the field of transplantation, to help advance development of this field. The types of articles published in WJT 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
  • Sami Akbulut, MD, PhD, Professor, (E-mail: akbulutsami@gmail.com) Department of Surgery and Liver Transplant Institute, Inonu University, Malatya 44280, Türkiye
  • Vassilios Papalois, FEBS, FICS, FRCS, MD, PhD, Professor, (E-mail: v.papalois@imperial.ac.uk) Directorate of Renal and Transplant Services, 4th Floor Hammersmith House, Hammersmith Hospital, London W12 OHS, United Kingdom
  • Maurizio Salvadori, MD, Professor, (E-mail: maurizio.salvadori1@gmail.com) Department of Transplantation Renal Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence 50139, Italy
Indexing/Abstracting
The WJT is now abstracted and indexed in PubMed, PubMed Central, Scopus, Reference Citation Analysis, China Science and Technology Journal Database, and Superstar Journals Database.
Journal Metrics
The WJT’s CiteScore for 2023 is 3.5 and Scopus CiteScore rank 2023: Transplantation is 21/54.
ISSN
2220-3230 (online)
Editorial
Review
Theodoros Pettas, Sofia Lachanoudi, Filippos F Karageorgos, Ioannis A Ziogas, Asimina Fylaktou, Vassilios Papalois, Georgios Katsanos, Nikolaos Antoniadis, Georgios Tsoulfas 
World J Transplant 15(2):98509. Published online Jun 18, 2025. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v15.i2.98509
Muhammad Abdul Mabood Khalil, Nihal Mohammed Sadagah, Ishida Hediki, Jackson Tan, Salem H Al-Qurashi 
World J Transplant 15(2):99952. Published online Jun 18, 2025. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v15.i2.99952
Prateek Nishant, Bharat Gurnani, Prabhakar Singh, Sony Sinha, Kirandeep Kaur, Ashish Kumar, Ranjeet Kumar Sinha 
World J Transplant 15(2):102507. Published online Jun 18, 2025. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v15.i2.102507
Minireviews
Thirugnanasambandan Sunder, Paul Ramesh Thangaraj, Madhan Kumar Kuppusamy 
World J Transplant 15(2):99241. Published online Jun 18, 2025. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v15.i2.99241
Ning-Bo Zhao, Zi Luo, Ying Li, Rui Xia, Yu Zhang, Yi-Jun Li, Dong Zhao 
World J Transplant 15(2):100373. Published online Jun 18, 2025. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v15.i2.100373
Retrospective Cohort Study
Marco Aurélio Farina Junior, Melina Utz-Melere, Carolina Soares da Silva, Luiza Salgado Nader, Cristine Suzana Trein, Angelica Maria Lucchese, Mayara Machry, Rodrigo Mariano, Cristina Targa Ferreira, Antônio Nocchi Kalil, Flávia Heinz Feier 
World J Transplant 15(2):98616. Published online Jun 18, 2025. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v15.i2.98616
Marco Biolato, Luca Miele, Alfonso W Avolio, Giuseppe Marrone, Antonio Liguori, Francesco Galati, Anna Petti, Lidia Tomasello, Daniela Pedicino, Antonella Lombardo, Alessia D'Aiello, Maurizio Pompili, Salvatore Agnes, Antonio Gasbarrini, Antonio Grieco 
World J Transplant 15(2):99208. Published online Jun 18, 2025. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v15.i2.99208
Pham-Thai Dung, Hoang-Xuan Su, Nguyen-Chi Tue, Nguyen-Huu Ben, Nguyen-Minh Phuong, Tuan-Ngoc Tran, Phan-Ba Nghia, Diem-Thi Van, Nguyen Thi-Thuy Dung, Hoang-Trung Vinh, Lionel Rostaing, Pham-Quoc Toan 
World J Transplant 15(2):103247. Published online Jun 18, 2025. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v15.i2.103247
Retrospective Study
Julius Balogh, Talha Mubashir, Yuan Li, Biai D Digbeu, Nikita Hegde, Fatemeh Movaghari Pour, Mohsen Rezapour, Hong-Yin Lai, Kelly West, Rabail A Chaudhry, George W Williams, Vahed Maroufy 
World J Transplant 15(2):98228. Published online Jun 18, 2025. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v15.i2.98228
William H Archie, Maria Baimas-George, Nathanael Haynes, Souma Kundu, Katheryn Peterson, Chase J Wehrle, Damien Huckleberry, Lon Eskind, David Levi, Jose R Soto, Roger Denny, Vincent Casingal, Allyson Cochran, Erin H Rein, Dionisios Vrochides 
World J Transplant 15(2):99170. Published online Jun 18, 2025. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v15.i2.99170
Biagio Pinchera, Rosa Carrano, Elisa Schettino, Alessia D'Agostino, Emilia Trucillo, Federica Cuccurullo, Fabrizio Salemi, Amerigo Piccione, Ivan Gentile 
World J Transplant 15(2):99554. Published online Jun 18, 2025. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v15.i2.99554
Jonathan Zuckerman, Phuong-Thu Pham, Meena Parakkal, Alexis F Velazquez, Mrinalini Sarkar, Michael A Pablos, Suphamai Bunnapradist, Erik L Lum 
World J Transplant 15(2):101517. Published online Jun 18, 2025. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v15.i2.101517
Observational Study
Adriano Virches, Mariana B Claudino, Maria C Miyazaki, Eliane T Miyazaki, Renato F Silva, Rita C Silva, Heitor B Farias, Neide A Domingos, Randolfo Santos Jr, Patricia S Fucuta 
World J Transplant 15(2):102003. Published online Jun 18, 2025. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v15.i2.102003
Basic Study
Irene Scalera, Rossana Franzin, Alessandra Stasi, Antonino Castellaneta, Enrico Fischetti, Giulia Morelli, Margherita Raele, Emilio Panetta, Andjela Kurevija, William Pulga, Mauro Atti, Loreto Gesualdo 
World J Transplant 15(2):99287. Published online Jun 18, 2025. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v15.i2.99287
Systematic Reviews
Giovanni Miotti, Davide Quaglia, Federico Cesare Novati, Pier Camillo Parodi, Martina Grando, Carlo Salati, Leopoldo Spadea, Caterina Gagliano, Mutali Musa, Marco Zeppieri 
World J Transplant 15(2):97571. Published online Jun 18, 2025. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v15.i2.97571
Meta-Analysis
Scientometrics
Nisreen Yaghmour, Dina Alramini, Mohammad Alsarayrah, Mohammad Abuassi, Awn Al-Rameni, Mohammad Aladaileh, Haneen Al-Abdallat, Badi Rawashdeh 
World J Transplant 15(2):99992. Published online Jun 18, 2025. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v15.i2.99992
Case Report
Leonardo Yuri Kasputis Zanini, Fabiana Roberto Lima, Michel Ribeiro Fernandes, Paola Sofia Espinoza Alvarez, Marcello de Souza Silva, Antônio Paulo Ramos Martins Filho, Tomazo Antonio Prince Franzini, Lucas Souto Nacif 
World J Transplant 15(2):98620. Published online Jun 18, 2025. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v15.i2.98620