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Welcome to the World Journal of Nephrology

World Journal of Nephrology (WJN, World J Nephrol) is a high-quality, online, open-access, single-blind peer-reviewed journal published by the Baishideng Publishing Group. WJN accepts both solicited and unsolicited manuscripts. Articles published in WJN are high-quality, clinical and basic, influential research articles by established academic authors as well as new researchers. The paramount objective of WJN is to showcase and promote distinguished research in the field of nephrology, to help advance development of this field. The types of articles published in WJN 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
1
Editors-in-Chief
  • Ying-Yong Zhao, MD, PhD, Dean, Professor, (E-mail: zyy@nwu.edu.cn) Faculty of Life Science & Medicine, Northwest University, Xi’an 710069, Shaanxi Province, China
Indexing/Abstracting
The WJN is now abstracted and indexed in PubMed, PubMed Central, Reference Citation Analysis, Scopus, China Science and Technology Journal Database, and Superstar Journals Database. 
Journal Metrics
The WJN’s CiteScore for 2023 is 3.4 and Scopus CiteScore rank 2023: Nephrology is 37/81.
ISSN
2220-6124 (online)
Editorial
Evidence Review
Review
Minireviews
Retrospective Study
Observational Study
Systematic Reviews
Jaydeep Jain, Mahendra Singh, Shashank Kumar, Om Kumar Yadav, Ankit Shettar, Shiv Charan Navriya, Deepak Prakash Bhirud, Gautam Ram Choudhary, Arjun Singh Sandhu 
World J Nephrol 14(1):97373. Published online Mar 25, 2025. doi: 10.5527/wjn.v14.i1.97373
Meta-Analysis
Abdul Hannan Siddiqui, Fizzah Batool, Shayan Khan, Syed Shabbeer Rizvi, Saad Usman, Huzaifa Jawed, Muhammad Hammad Ali, Tatheer Zehra, Abdul Rafay Adil, Masifah Anwar, Areeba Hanif, Saad Khalid Hassan, Mark William Noble, Abdul Moeed, Salim Surani 
World J Nephrol 14(1):101078. Published online Mar 25, 2025. doi: 10.5527/wjn.v14.i1.101078
Letter to the Editor