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Applications of human induced pluripotent stem cells.

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World Journal of Stem Cells (WJSC, World J Stem Cells) is a high-quality, online, open-access, single-blind peer-reviewed journal published by the Baishideng Publishing Group. WJSC accepts both solicited and unsolicited manuscripts. Articles published in WJSC are high-quality, basic and clinical, influential research articles by established academic authors as well as new researchers. The paramount objective of WJSC is to showcase and promote distinguished research in the field of stem cells, to help advance development of this field. The types of articles published in WJSC include Editorial, Opinion Review, Frontier, Review, Minireview, Basic Study, Clinical Research, Systematic Review, Meta-analysis, Evidence-based Medicine, Field of Vision, Clinical Guidelines, Letter to the Editor, and Case Report. Submit here >>

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Editors-in-Chief

Tong Cao, DDS, PhD, Doctor, Professor, (E-mail:dencaot@nus.edu.sg) Department of Oral Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore 119085, Singapore
Shengwen Calvin Li, MPhil, PhD, Adjunct Professor, Research Scientist, Senior Research Fellow, (E-mail: choc.uci@gmail.com) Center for Neuroscience and Stem Cell Research, CHOC Children’s Research Institute/UCI, Children's Hospital of Orange County Research Institute, Children's Hospital of Orange County Research Institute, Neuroscience Institute, Children's Hospital of Orange County Research Institute, Orange, CA 92868-3874, United States
Carlo Ventura, MD, PhD, Director, Full Professor, National Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Stem Cell Engineering, National Institute of Biostructures and Biosystems, Bologna 40129, Italy

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The WJSC is now abstracted and indexed in PubMed, PubMed Central, Scopus, Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE, also known as SciSearch®), Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition, Biological Abstracts, BIOSIS Previews, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), China Science and Technology Journal Database (CSTJ), and Superstar Journals Database.

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The 2020 Edition of Journal Citation Reports cites the 2019 impact factor (IF) for WJSC as 3.231; IF without journal self cites: 3.128; Ranking: 18 among 29 journals in cell and tissue engineering; Quartile category: Q3; Ranking: 113 among 195 journals in cell biology; and Quartile category: Q3. The WJSC’s CiteScore for 2019 is 4.9 and Scopus CiteScore rank 2019: Histology is 15/60; Genetics is 124/324; Genetics (clinical) is 35/90; Molecular Biology is 177/381; Cell Biology is 143/274.

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1948-0210 (online)

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Contents Volume 13 Issue 3 March 26, 2021

Review

Functional maturation of immature β cells: A roadblock for stem cell therapy for type 1 diabetes

Zi-Yi Sun, Ting-Yan Yu, Fang-Xu Jiang, Wei Wang

World J Stem Cells 13(3):193-207. Published online Mar 26, 2021. doi: 10.4252/wjsc.v13.i3.193

Minireviews

Mesenchymal stromal cell-dependent immunoregulation in chemically-induced acute liver failure

Jia-Hang Zhou, Xuan Lu, Cui-Lin Yan, Xin-Yu Sheng, Hong-Cui Cao

World J Stem Cells 13(3):208-220. Published online Mar 26, 2021. doi: 10.4252/wjsc.v13.i3.208

Insulin resistance in diabetes: The promise of using induced pluripotent stem cell technology

Ahmed K Elsayed, Selvaraj Vimalraj, Manjula Nandakumar, Essam M Abdelalim

World J Stem Cells 13(3):221-235. Published online Mar 26, 2021. doi: 10.4252/wjsc.v13.i3.221