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Welcome to the World Journal of Clinical Oncology

World Journal of Clinical Oncology (WJCO, World J Clin Oncol) 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 oncology. The types of articles published in WJCO 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. WJCO is edited and published by the Baishideng Publishing Group. Submit here >>

2026 Published Issues
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Editors-in-Chief
  • Hiten R H Patel, PhD, Professor, (hrhpatel@hotmail.com) Department of Urology, University Hospital North Norway, Tromso 9038, Norway
Indexing/Abstracting
The WJCO 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.
Journal Metrics

The 2025 edition of Journal Citation Reports® cites the 2024 journal impact factor (JIF) for WJCO as 3.2; JIF without journal self cites: 3.1; 5-year JIF: 3.2; JIF Rank: 129/326 in oncology; JIF Quartile: Q2; and 5-year JIF Quartile: Q2.

ISSN
2218-4333 (online)
Latest Manuscript Statistics
Received (2209), Duration of Peer Review (25 days/Mean), Days from Submission to First Decision (51 days/Mean), Second Decision Time (41 days/Mean), Accepted (52.7%/Mean), Production Time (45 days/Mean), Time to Publication (172 days/Mean), and Rejected (34.3%/Mean).
Review
Hoang Tran Pham, Zhong-Yi Dong, Margarita De Alba, Chasen Cottle, Ming-Yi Zhang, Joseph B Parker, Renee Morecroft-Phillipps, Keyur Chaludiya, Demarcus Ingram, Ayesha N Ahmad, Zhen Zeng, Michael M Mohseni, Zi-Zhen Zhang, Libardo Rueda Prada, Muhammad Ali, Vivienne Yang 
World J Clin Oncol 17(3):116093. Published online Mar 24, 2026. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v17.i3.116093
Minireviews
Retrospective Cohort Study
Aisha Jamil, Ghulam Sughra, Ghazala Dawood Abbasi, Soukaina Adane, Monica Punshi, Mobashara Ghulam Muhammad, Marium Nausherwan, Yamina Ishtiaq, Muhammad Dawood Hazoor 
World J Clin Oncol 17(3):116062. Published online Mar 24, 2026. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v17.i3.116062
Retrospective Study
Jack Stearns, Scott McLaughlin, Tristan Kuckelman, Samantha Hutzley, Albert Chiu, Luke Kloft, Curtis Bay, Madappa Kundranda, John Chang 
World J Clin Oncol 17(3):114756. Published online Mar 24, 2026. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v17.i3.114756
Observational Study
Arantxa Mera, Gemma Sancho, Olatz Garin, Àngels Pont, Yolanda Pardo, Victor Macias, Asuncion Hervas, Patricia Cabrera, Ferrán Ferrer, Àlvar Roselló, Pilar Samper Ots, María Elena García, Josep Jové-Teixidó, Montse Ferrer, The Multicentric Spanish Group of Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer 
World J Clin Oncol 17(3):115774. Published online Mar 24, 2026. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v17.i3.115774
Basic Study
Sheng-Hua Li, Zhi-Su Liu, Yu-Jia Chen, Jian-Di Li, Long Wei, Yi-Yang Chen, Wei Zhang, Zhi-Guang Huang, Zhen-Dong Chen, Gang Chen, Dan-Ming Wei, Zeng-Nan Mo, Li-Li Deng 
World J Clin Oncol 17(3):117055. Published online Mar 24, 2026. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v17.i3.117055
Meta-Analysis
Letter to the Editor