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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 innovative, novel, and practical clinical, basic, and translational research achievements 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. The journal is edited and published by the Baishideng Publishing Group. Submit here >>
Editors-in-Chief
- 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.
Journal Metrics
The 2024 edition of Journal Citation Reports® cites the 2023 journal impact factor (JIF) for WJSC as 3.6; JIF without journal self cites: 3.5; 5-year JIF: 4.2; JIF Rank: 105/205 in cell biology; JIF Quartile: Q3; 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 (108), Peer Review Time (5 days/Mean), Time to First Decision (41 days/Mean), Second Decision Time (47 days/Mean), Accepted (11.1%/Mean), Production Time (34 days/Mean), Time to Publication (171 days/Mean), and Rejected (30.6%/Mean).
Editorial
Milton Artur Ruiz, Roberto Luiz R Kaiser Junior, Gabriel Piron-Ruiz, Luiz Gustavo de Quadros
World J Stem Cells
17(5):99638.
Published online May 26, 2025.
doi: 10.4252/wjsc.v17.i5.99638
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Received: 07/26/2024
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Revised: 12/27/2024
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Accepted: 04/11/2025
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Gun Woo Lee
World J Stem Cells
17(5):106934.
Published online May 26, 2025.
doi: 10.4252/wjsc.v17.i5.106934
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Received: 03/10/2025
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Revised: 04/03/2025
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Accepted: 05/07/2025
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Review
Yong-Song Jiang, Wei-Sheng Wei, Dao-Tao Xie, Gang Guo
World J Stem Cells
17(5):101638.
Published online May 26, 2025.
doi: 10.4252/wjsc.v17.i5.101638
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Received: 09/21/2024
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Revised: 11/24/2024
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Accepted: 04/14/2025
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Francesco Saverio Sorrentino, Francesco Parmeggiani, Lorenzo Gardini, Luigi Fontana, Mutali Musa, Caterina Gagliano, Marco Zeppieri
World J Stem Cells
17(5):103100.
Published online May 26, 2025.
doi: 10.4252/wjsc.v17.i5.103100
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Received: 11/07/2024
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Accepted: 04/16/2025
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Hao Yu, Fan Zhang, Yi-Chen He, Lei-Sheng Zhang
World J Stem Cells
17(5):106547.
Published online May 26, 2025.
doi: 10.4252/wjsc.v17.i5.106547
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Received: 02/28/2025
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Minireviews
Rui-Ming Wen, Hai-Xia Wang
World J Stem Cells
17(5):106150.
Published online May 26, 2025.
doi: 10.4252/wjsc.v17.i5.106150
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Received: 02/21/2025
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Clinical Trials Study
Necati Kaplan, Serdar Kabatas, Erdinç Civelek, Eyüp Can Savrunlu, Tolga Akkoc, Osman Boyalı, Erek Öztürk, Halil Can, Ali Genc, Erdal Karaöz
World J Stem Cells
17(5):101675.
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doi: 10.4252/wjsc.v17.i5.101675
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Received: 09/26/2024
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Basic Study
Xiao-Long Zhou, Ben Wu, Zi-Jing Xie, Hong-De Li
World J Stem Cells
17(5):101898.
Published online May 26, 2025.
doi: 10.4252/wjsc.v17.i5.101898
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Received: 09/30/2024
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World J Stem Cells
17(5):104116.
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Ke-Bing Zhou, Li Nie, Mei-Li Wang, Dong-Hua Xiao, Hai-Yan Zhang, Xia Yang, Duan-Fang Liao, Xue-Feng Yang
World J Stem Cells
17(5):105266.
Published online May 26, 2025.
doi: 10.4252/wjsc.v17.i5.105266
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World J Stem Cells
17(5):105394.
Published online May 26, 2025.
doi: 10.4252/wjsc.v17.i5.105394
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Letter to the Editor
Ramya Lakshmi Rajendran, Byeong-Cheol Ahn, Prakash Gangadaran
World J Stem Cells
17(5):107078.
Published online May 26, 2025.
doi: 10.4252/wjsc.v17.i5.107078
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