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Welcome to the World Journal of Clinical Cases

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

2023 Published Issues
Editors-in-Chief
  • Jerzy Tadeusz Chudek, MD, Academic Research, Full Professor, (E-mail: chj@poczta.fm) Department of Internal Diseases and Oncological Chemotherapy, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Katowice 40-027, Poland
  • George Kontogeorgos, MD, PhD, Additional Professor, Research Associate, (E-mail: gkonto@med.uoa.gr) Department of Pathology and Pituitary Tumor Reference Center, Division of Endocrinology, First Propaedeutic Department of Internal Medicine, Laikon Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens 115 27, Greece
  • Ja Hyeon Ku, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Urology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul 110-744, South Korea
  • Bao-Gan Peng, MD, PhD, Chief Doctor, Professor, (E-mail: pengbaogan@163.com)Department of Spinal Surgery, General Hospital of Armed Police Force, Beijing 100039, China
  • Maurizio Serati, MD, Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Insubria, Varese 21100, Italy
Indexing/Abstracting
The WJCC is now abstracted and indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE, also known as SciSearch®), Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition, Current Contents®/Clinical Medicine, PubMed, PubMed Central, Reference Citation Analysis, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, China Science and Technology Journal Database, and Superstar Journals Database.
Journal Metrics
The 2023 Edition of Journal Citation Reports® cites the 2022 impact factor (IF) for WJCC as 1.1; IF without journal self cites: 1.1; 5-year IF: 1.3; Journal Citation Indicator: 0.26; Ranking: 133 among 167 journals in medicine, general and internal; and Quartile category: Q4.
ISSN
2307-8960 (online)
Minireviews
Clinical and Translational Research
Retrospective Cohort Study
Retrospective Study
Hee Jun Choi, Jun Ho Lee, Chang Shin Jung, Jai Min Ryu, Byung Joo Chae, Se Kyung Lee, Jong Han Yu, Seok Won Kim, Seok Jin Nam, Jeong Eon Lee, Youn Joo Jung, Hyun Yul Kim 
World J Clin Cases 11(27):6398-6406. Published online Sep 26, 2023. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v11.i27.6398
Observational Study
Prospective Study
Systematic Reviews
Meta-Analysis
Case Report
Rossana Lamastra, David Michael Abbott, Antonella Degani, Carlo Pellegrini, Roberto Veronesi, Stefano Pelenghi, Chiara Dezza, Giulia Gazzaniga, Mirko Belliato 
World J Clin Cases 11(27):6531-6536. Published online Sep 26, 2023. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v11.i27.6531