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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 clinical, basic, and translational research achievements that are innovative, novel, and practical 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. WJCO is edited and published by the Baishideng Publishing Group. Submit here >>

2025 Published Issues
6 5 4 3 2 1
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 2025 edition of Journal Citation Reports® cites the 2024 journal impact factor (JIF) for WJCO as 3.2; JIF without journal self cites: 3.1; 5-year JIF: 3.2; JIF Rank: 129/326 in oncology; JIF Quartile: Q2; and 5-year JIF Quartile: Q2.

ISSN
2218-4333 (online)
Latest Manuscript Statistics
Received (223), Peer Review Time (5 days/Mean), Time to First Decision (32 days/Mean), Second Decision Time (26 days/Mean), Accepted (29.1%/Mean), Production Time (43 days/Mean), Time to Publication (137 days/Mean), and Rejected (20.6%/Mean).
Editorial
Stavros P Papadakos, Alexandra Argyrou, Ioannis Karniadakis, Stamatina Vogli, Stamatios Theocharis 
World J Clin Oncol 16(6):104314. Published online Jun 24, 2025. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v16.i6.104314
Evidence Review
Review
Minireviews
Shi-Tao Wu, Li Zhu, Xiao-Ling Feng, Li Yang, Guo-Wei Chen, Yan Jiang, Ting-Fang Huang, Hao-Yu Wang, Fang Li 
World J Clin Oncol 16(6):105849. Published online Jun 24, 2025. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v16.i6.105849
Retrospective Cohort Study
Ayrton I Bangolo, Khaled Sharaan, Behzad Amoozgar, Shruti Wadhwani, Lili Zhang, Nikita Wadhwani, Vignesh K Nagesh, Jay Mehta, Rishabh Goyal, Gia DeRose, Sarvarinder Gill, Courtney Christoforo, Swapnika Mallipeddi, Selbin Boban, Shubham Madan, Budoor Alqinai, Timophyll YH Fong, Simcha Weissman, Pierre Fwelo 
World J Clin Oncol 16(6):106408. Published online Jun 24, 2025. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v16.i6.106408
Nazmul Hasan, Desiree Rafizadeh, Spencer Gibson, Dalia Kaakour, Benjamin Lee, Barbod Khaleghi, Omid Yazdanpanah, Arash Rezazadeh Kalebasty 
World J Clin Oncol 16(6):108113. Published online Jun 24, 2025. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v16.i6.108113
Laiba Razaq, Arkadeep Dhali, Rick Maity, Abdul Rafae Faisal, Ali Shan Hafeez, Asad Zaman, Mohammad Abdullah Humayun, Muhammad Faizan, Mavra Shahid, Mamoona Majeed, Pramod Singh 
World J Clin Oncol 16(6):108393. Published online Jun 24, 2025. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v16.i6.108393
Retrospective Study
Observational Study
Long Tang, Yi-Yao Wang, Hai-Ke Lei, Chun-Mei Wang, Yan Teng, Qian-Jie Xu, Qing-Ming Jiang, Biao Chen, Xiang-Hua Zeng, Bian-Qin Guo, En-Wen Wang 
World J Clin Oncol 16(6):105813. Published online Jun 24, 2025. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v16.i6.105813
Randomized Controlled Trial
Yu-Xing Sun, Tong Zhang, Jiang-Yu Bian, Wen-Ting He, Xue-Qian Wang, Chuan-Bo Liu 
World J Clin Oncol 16(6):105175. Published online Jun 24, 2025. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v16.i6.105175
Basic Study
Meta-Analysis
Case Report