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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 >>

2025 Published Issues
9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Editors-in-Chief
  • Hiten RH Patel, PhD, Professor, 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 (373), Peer Review Time (5 days/Mean), Time to First Decision (28 days/Mean), Second Decision Time (29 days/Mean), Accepted (40.2%/Mean), Production Time (45 days/Mean), Time to Publication (134 days/Mean), and Rejected (25.5%/Mean).
Editorial
Review
Yasmeen Tarek Abdel-Maksoud, Ahmed Helmy Abdelhaseb, Amr Abd-Elraheem Abdo, Ahmed Mohamed Kamel, Mohamed Tallat Elsebay, Mohamed Salah Attia 
World J Clin Oncol 16(9):108731. Published online Sep 24, 2025. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v16.i9.108731
Minireviews
Alberto D’Angelo, Martina Catalano, Irene De Gennaro Aquino, Valeria Gangi, Giandomenico Roviello 
World J Clin Oncol 16(9):106646. Published online Sep 24, 2025. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v16.i9.106646
Retrospective Cohort Study
Retrospective Study
Yunus Sür, Emine Özlem Gür, Fevzi Cengiz, Aslı Subaşıoğlu, İsmail Güzeliş, Sinem Demir, Aysegul Akder Sari, Mehmet Haciyanli, Osman Nuri Dilek 
World J Clin Oncol 16(9):109182. Published online Sep 24, 2025. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v16.i9.109182
Observational Study
Randomized Controlled Trial
Basic Study
De-Zheng Liu, Lin Wang, Shu-Kuan Yang, Zi-Jian Zhao, Yang-Yang Cui, Xue-Kai Zhao, Fan Zhang, Qing-Hai Guan, Lei Zhou 
World J Clin Oncol 16(9):111742. Published online Sep 24, 2025. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v16.i9.111742
Systematic Reviews
Fabrizio D'Acapito, Massimo Framarini, Paolo Morgagni, Daniela Di Pietrantonio, Giovanni Vittimberga, Valentina Zucchini, Giorgio Ercolani 
World J Clin Oncol 16(9):109034. Published online Sep 24, 2025. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v16.i9.109034
Meta-Analysis
Case Report
Letter to the Editor