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Welcome to the World Journal of Clinical Oncology

World Journal of Clinical Oncology (WJCOWorld J Clin Oncol) is a high-quality, online, open-access, single-blind peer-reviewed journal published by the Baishideng Publishing Group. WJCO accepts both solicited and unsolicited manuscripts. Articles published in WJCO are high-quality, clinical and basic, influential research articles by established academic authors as well as new researchers. The paramount objective of WJCO is to showcase and promote distinguished research in the field of oncology, to help advance development of this field. 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. Submit here >>

2025 Published Issues
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Editors-in-Chief
  • Hiten RH Patel, PhD, Professor, (Email: 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 2024 edition of Journal Citation Reports® cites the 2023 journal impact factor (JIF) for WJCO as 2.6; JIF without journal self cites: 2.6; 5-year JIF: 2.7; JIF Rank: 175/322 in oncology; JIF Quartile: Q3; and 5-year JIF Quartile: Q3.

ISSN
2218-4333 (online)
Editorial
Opinion Review
Review
Si-He Chen, Yu-Ying Song, Ni Gan, Pin-Tian Wang, Kang Yan, Si-Feng Wang, Yue-E Zu, Xiang-Wen Peng 
World J Clin Oncol 16(5):105055. Published online May 24, 2025. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v16.i5.105055
Minireviews
Ankit Shukla, Raja Kalayarasan, Pothugunta Sai Krishna, Biju Pottakkat 
World J Clin Oncol 16(5):107039. Published online May 24, 2025. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v16.i5.107039
Case Control Study
Zhong-Hui Liu, Zong-Lin Cai, Xiao-Jun Tong, Yang-Yang Sun, Xin-Yu Zhuang, Xue-Fei Yang, Joe KM Fan 
World J Clin Oncol 16(5):106409. Published online May 24, 2025. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v16.i5.106409
Retrospective Study
Jing Yang, Zu-Xi Li, Mei-Juan Song, Shang-Jun Han, Ai-Jia Yang, Ze-Ping Zhang, Chang-Sheng Sui, Ji-Lin Qiao, Wen-Hua Huang, Jun-Qiang He 
World J Clin Oncol 16(5):101762. Published online May 24, 2025. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v16.i5.101762
Basic Study
Ding-Jin Lu, Hai-Rong Wang, You-Sheng Xu, Hai-Bo Huang, Qi-Gang Zhong, Yuan-Ning Luo, Jian-Feng Qi, Hong-Chao Wu, Jin-Ye Pei, Kun Zhang, Chao-Xiong Xu, Tian-Xian Wang, Wei Zhang, Yu-Hong Zhou, Zhi-Guang Huang, Fu-Bo Wang 
World J Clin Oncol 16(5):103830. Published online May 24, 2025. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v16.i5.103830
Qing-Ling Huang, Sheng-Sheng Zhou, Jian-Di Li, Dan-Dan Xiong, Rong-Quan He, Zhi-Guang Huang, Lei Wang, Tian-Ming Tan, Yi-Wu Dang, Wei-Jia Mo, Zhen-Bo Feng, Gang Chen, Zhen-Dong Yang 
World J Clin Oncol 16(5):104154. Published online May 24, 2025. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v16.i5.104154
Systematic Reviews
Syed Faqeer Hussain Bokhari, Danyal Bakht, Abdul Haseeb Hasan, Muhammad Ali Abid, Maaz Amir, Khawar Ali, Muhammad Arsham Javed, Faria Khilji, Asma Iqbal, Wahidullah Dost 
World J Clin Oncol 16(5):104471. Published online May 24, 2025. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v16.i5.104471
Grigorios Christodoulidis, Marina Nektaria Kouliou, Dimitrios Ragias, Dimitrios Chatziisaak, Eirini Sara Agko, Dimitrios Schizas, Dimitrios Zacharoulis 
World J Clin Oncol 16(5):104577. Published online May 24, 2025. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v16.i5.104577
Meta-Analysis
Scientometrics
Case Report
Letter to the Editor