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World Journal of Stem Cells (WJSC, World J Stem Cells) 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 stem cell biology and regenerative medicine. The types of articles published in WJSC 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. WJSC is edited and published by the Baishideng Publishing Group. Submit here >>
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- Shengwen Calvin Li, PhD, Professor, (E-mail: choc.uci@gmail.com) Center for Neuroscience and Stem Cell Research, Children's Hospital of Orange County Children's Research Institute, Children's Hospital of Orange County, Neuroscience Institute, University of California Irvine, Orange, CA 92868, United States
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The WJSC is now abstracted and indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE, also known as SciSearch®), Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition, PubMed, PubMed Central, Scopus, Biological Abstracts, BIOSIS Previews, Reference Citation Analysis, China Science and Technology Journal Database, and Superstar Journals Database.
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The 2025 edition of Journal Citation Reports® cites the 2024 journal impact factor (JIF) for WJSC as 3.6; JIF without journal self cites: 3.3; 5-year JIF: 4.4; JIF Rank: 14/32 in cell and tissue engineering; JIF Quartile: Q2; and 5-year JIF Quartile: Q2; JIF Rank: 100/204 in cell biology; JIF Quartile: Q2; and 5-year JIF Quartile: Q2.
The WJSC’s CiteScore for 2024 is 6.9 and Scopus CiteScore rank 2024: Histology is 13/61; Genetics is 97/348; Genetics (clinical) is 24/100; Molecular Biology is 152/410; Cell Biology is 122/285.
ISSN
1948-0210 (online)
Latest Manuscript Statistics
Received (187), Peer Review Time (5 days/Mean), Time to First Decision (35 days/Mean), Second Decision Time (50 days/Mean), Accepted (36.4%/Mean), Production Time (35 days/Mean), Time to Publication (157 days/Mean), and Rejected (29.4%/Mean).
Review
Yi-Lin He, Si-Jia Chen, Deng-Sheng Xia, Wen-Peng Song
World J Stem Cells
17(9):107689.
Published online Sep 26, 2025.
doi: 10.4252/wjsc.v17.i9.107689
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Received: 03/27/2025
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Bo Cong, Feng-Hua Zhang, Hai-Guang Zhang
World J Stem Cells
17(9):108523.
Published online Sep 26, 2025.
doi: 10.4252/wjsc.v17.i9.108523
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Received: 04/16/2025
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Mustafa Keleş, Aysen Gunel-Ozcan
World J Stem Cells
17(9):109102.
Published online Sep 26, 2025.
doi: 10.4252/wjsc.v17.i9.109102
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Received: 04/29/2025
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Revised: 06/16/2025
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Minireviews
Yi-Fu Tie, Han Liu, Tong Zhang, Tian-Wei Meng, Qun Liang
World J Stem Cells
17(9):108657.
Published online Sep 26, 2025.
doi: 10.4252/wjsc.v17.i9.108657
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Received: 04/19/2025
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Revised: 05/14/2025
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Accepted: 08/21/2025
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Zhuo-Jin Shi, Wei Liu
World J Stem Cells
17(9):109662.
Published online Sep 26, 2025.
doi: 10.4252/wjsc.v17.i9.109662
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Received: 05/17/2025
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Accepted: 08/13/2025
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Retrospective Study
Tao Lin, Si-Cong Jiang, Xian-Ming He, Wen-Zhen Xu, Cai-Jin Jin, You-Dan Guo
World J Stem Cells
17(9):106381.
Published online Sep 26, 2025.
doi: 10.4252/wjsc.v17.i9.106381
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Received: 03/20/2025
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Accepted: 08/04/2025
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Ting Yang, Hui Yu, Dong Han, Zheng Xie
World J Stem Cells
17(9):110663.
Published online Sep 26, 2025.
doi: 10.4252/wjsc.v17.i9.110663
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Received: 06/13/2025
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Basic Study
Meng-Yue Shi, Lian Liu, Fu-Yuan Yang
World J Stem Cells
17(9):105896.
Published online Sep 26, 2025.
doi: 10.4252/wjsc.v17.i9.105896
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Ting Zhang, Qing Huang, Kai-Feng Gan
World J Stem Cells
17(9):106282.
Published online Sep 26, 2025.
doi: 10.4252/wjsc.v17.i9.106282
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Dong-Xue Lu, Zi-Xuan Wang, Xi-Min Liu, Hua Wu, Li-Jiang Ji, Jing Yan
World J Stem Cells
17(9):107025.
Published online Sep 26, 2025.
doi: 10.4252/wjsc.v17.i9.107025
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Hyunjun Ahn, Ho-Seong Han, Kye-Ho Lee
World J Stem Cells
17(9):108049.
Published online Sep 26, 2025.
doi: 10.4252/wjsc.v17.i9.108049
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Xing Jiang, Zhi-Min Lu, Qing-Lu Wang, Ying Luo, Jie Zhang
World J Stem Cells
17(9):109330.
Published online Sep 26, 2025.
doi: 10.4252/wjsc.v17.i9.109330
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Qiong-Hua Chen, Jing-Yang Zheng, Yu-Qin Zhu, Jun-Yao Zhang, Chun-Yan Lin, Xue-E Zhuang, Jing Cheng, Xiao-Yi Huang
World J Stem Cells
17(9):109715.
Published online Sep 26, 2025.
doi: 10.4252/wjsc.v17.i9.109715
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Jing-Jing Wang, Hong-Jie Xu
World J Stem Cells
17(9):111341.
Published online Sep 26, 2025.
doi: 10.4252/wjsc.v17.i9.111341
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