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Name of Journal	World Journal of Clinical Oncology
Title Abbreviation	World J Clin Oncol
ISSN	2218-4333 (online)
Launch Date	November 10, 2010
Frequency	Monthly
DOI	10.5306
Background	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.
Aims and Scope	The primary aim of World Journal of Clinical Oncology (WJCO) is to provide scholars and readers from various fields of oncology with a platform to publish high-quality basic and clinical research articles and communicate their research findings online. WJCO mainly publishes articles reporting research results obtained in the field of oncology and covering a wide range of topics, including art of oncology, biology of neoplasia, breast cancer, cancer prevention and control, cancer-related complications, diagnosis in oncology, gastrointestinal cancer, genetic testing for cancer, gynecologic cancer, head and neck cancer, hematologic malignancy, lung cancer, melanoma, molecular oncology, neurooncology, palliative and supportive care, pediatric oncology, surgical oncology, translational oncology, and urologic oncology.
Article Type	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.
Open Access	Open access
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.
Article Processing Charge	Article processing charge
Editors-in-Chief	Hiten R H Patel
Publisher	Publisher
Research Domain	Oncology
Article Reprints	Article reprints
Permissions	Permissions
Help Desk	Help desk
Special Statement	Special statement
About the BPG	Baishideng Publishing Group (BPG), founded in 1993, is headquartered in California, USA. BPG is committed to editing and publishing high-quality, open-access, peer-reviewed clinical medical journals. Our team comprise the Administrative Office, Editorial Office, Production Department, and New Technology Development Department. Collectively, our principle commitment is to discovery and dissemination of knowledge. Our mission is to provide a high-quality platform for authors to publish innovative research results in the field of clinical, basic, and translational medical research following strict peer review mechanisms. We are guided by our vision to help authors expand their academic influence, provide readers with high-quality academic content, and lead field development. Our values remain strong in adherence to our review guidelines, decision guidelines, and publication ethics, in ensuring the fairness, openness, and transparency of the process from the time of author's submission through each step of first review, peer review, and final review, and in editing and publishing of each high-quality peer-reviewed article.
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