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Editors-in-Chief

Thomas J Vogl, MD, PhD, Professor, (E-mail: thomas.vogl@kgu.de) Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt 60596, Germany

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The WJR 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.

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The 2025 edition of Journal Citation Reports® cites the 2024 journal impact factor (JIF) for WJR as 1.5; JIF without journal self cites: 1.4; 5-year JIF: 1.6; JIF Rank: 137/212 in radiology, nuclear medicine and medical imaging; JIF Quartile: Q3; and 5-year JIF Quartile: Q3.

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1949-8470 (online)

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Received (1424), Duration of Peer Review (27 days/Mean), Days from Submission to First Decision (52 days/Mean), Second Decision Time (29 days/Mean), Accepted (52.5%/Mean), Production Time (47 days/Mean), Time to Publication (173 days/Mean), and Rejected (33.6%/Mean).

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Contents Volume 18 Issue 2 February 28, 2026

Editorial

Redefining the diagnostic pathway for pulmonary nocardiosis: The imperative for early metagenomic sequencing

Tarun Kumar Suvvari, Ruchita Kodakandla, Venkataramana Kandi

World J Radiol 18(2):119080. Published online Feb 28, 2026. doi: 10.4329/wjr.v18.i2.119080

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Minireviews

Research progress of the clinical application of dual-layer spectral computed tomography in gastrointestinal malignancies

Hong-Yu Yan, Bing Zhang, Zhao-Guo Han, Jia-Zhong Ren, Yan-Qing Liu

World J Radiol 18(2):115610. Published online Feb 28, 2026. doi: 10.4329/wjr.v18.i2.115610

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Retrospective Study

Application of streak metal artifact reduction technique in cone-beam computed tomography guided percutaneous transthoracic needle biopsy

Zhi-Lin Wang, Ge Wu

World J Radiol 18(2):115249. Published online Feb 28, 2026. doi: 10.4329/wjr.v18.i2.115249

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Computed tomography-based nutritional associated nomogram on machine learning predicts survival outcomes in patients with resectable soft-tissue sarcoma

Yu-Han Yang

World J Radiol 18(2):116462. Published online Feb 28, 2026. doi: 10.4329/wjr.v18.i2.116462

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Interpretable radiomics model based on magnetic resonance imaging to predict responses to transarterial chemoembolization for hepatocellular carcinoma

Qi Mao, Peng Zhang, Mao-Ting Zhou, Yue Shi, Xu-Li Min, Hao Xu, Lin Yang, Xiao-Ming Zhang

World J Radiol 18(2):116486. Published online Feb 28, 2026. doi: 10.4329/wjr.v18.i2.116486

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Functional connectivity alterations in patients with poststroke cognitive impairment: A resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging study

Yun-Yun Tao, Ran Wang, Peng Zhang, Xiao-Hua Huang, Lin Yang

World J Radiol 18(2):116799. Published online Feb 28, 2026. doi: 10.4329/wjr.v18.i2.116799

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Observational Study

High-resolution computed tomography predicts optimal cochlear implantation strategy in patients with chronic otitis media

Li-Jing Zhao, Yong Fu, Zhi-Li Zhang

World J Radiol 18(2):116610. Published online Feb 28, 2026. doi: 10.4329/wjr.v18.i2.116610

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Prospective Study

Non-contrast 3.0T coronary magnetic resonance angiography: Image quality comparison of coronal balanced-turbo-field-echo, axial turbo-field-echo, and modified-Dixon sequences

Chuang-Wei Wei, Run-Zhi Zhang, Yan Xu, Jia-Yi Liu, Nan Zhang, Lei Xu, Zhao-Ying Wen

World J Radiol 18(2):115741. Published online Feb 28, 2026. doi: 10.4329/wjr.v18.i2.115741

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Role of cerebral blood flow changes in post-transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts hepatic encephalopathy

Wan-Li Zhuang, Shang-Wen Xu, Jian Fang, Zhi-Qiang Zhang, Shi-An Zhang, Jie-Long Wang, Jiao-Long Zheng, Xiao-Yang Wang, Dong-Liang Li

World J Radiol 18(2):116973. Published online Feb 28, 2026. doi: 10.4329/wjr.v18.i2.116973

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Letter to the Editor

When anatomy becomes pathology: Rethinking carotid-hyoid contact in cerebrovascular events

Si-Yu Jiang, Rui Li

World J Radiol 18(2):116873. Published online Feb 28, 2026. doi: 10.4329/wjr.v18.i2.116873

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