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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
11 10 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 (396), Peer Review Time (5 days/Mean), Time to First Decision (28 days/Mean), Second Decision Time (31 days/Mean), Accepted (47.5%/Mean), Production Time (44 days/Mean), Time to Publication (139 days/Mean), and Rejected (29.5%/Mean).
Editorial
Review
Samarah Arjumand, Asef Raj, Kazi Milenur Rahman Prattay, Humair Bin Md Omer, Faruque Azam 
World J Clin Oncol 16(11):108667. Published online Nov 24, 2025. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v16.i11.108667
Minireviews
Eva G Palacios Serrato, Karen H Medina-Abreu, Enrique Oropeza-Martínez, Luis Fernando Jacinto-Alemán, Marina Macías-Silva, Angeles C Tecalco-Cruz 
World J Clin Oncol 16(11):110202. Published online Nov 24, 2025. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v16.i11.110202
Nassrin A Badroon, Abdulsamad Alsalahi, Musheer A Aljaberi, Nazia Abdul Majid, Mohammed Abdullah Alshawsh 
World J Clin Oncol 16(11):110911. Published online Nov 24, 2025. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v16.i11.110911
Case Control Study
Marcelo Victorio-De Los Santos, Andrés A Rodríguez-López, Jorge Gutiérrez-Franco, Amelia Rodríguez-Trejo, Zulia F Nieves-López, Rafael Torres-Valadez, Eloy A Zepeda-Carrillo, Marco F Flores-Reyes, Miriam F Ayón-Pérez, Alejandro Vázquez-Reyes 
World J Clin Oncol 16(11):112349. Published online Nov 24, 2025. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v16.i11.112349
Retrospective Cohort Study
Retrospective Study
Wei-Chen Lin, Lo-Yip Yu, Yang-Che Kuo, Chen-Wang Chang, Horng-Yuan Wang, Shou-Chuan Shih, Ching-Wei Chang, Hsiang-Hung Lin, Yi-Hsueh Chan, Ying-Chun Lin, Kuang-Chun Hu 
World J Clin Oncol 16(11):112030. Published online Nov 24, 2025. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v16.i11.112030
Observational Study
Abdulkareem AlGarni, Nawaf Alanazi, Sarah AlMukhaylid, Sultan Alqahtani, Hassan Almasoudi, Yaqob Samir Taleb, Nada Alkhamis, Sameerah Shaheen, Abdulaziz Haji Siyal, Aamer Aleem, Rizwan Naeem, Masood A Shammas, Giuseppe Saglio, Deema Alroweilly, Asraf Hussain, Zafar Iqbal 
World J Clin Oncol 16(11):111983. Published online Nov 24, 2025. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v16.i11.111983
Basic Study
Noura A A Ebrahim, Tamer S Eissa, Mustafa A Hussein, Omnia Mohamed Korany, Nancy H Amin 
World J Clin Oncol 16(11):110257. Published online Nov 24, 2025. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v16.i11.110257
Gang Wang, Tao Liu, Jia-Xing Zhang, Yi-Rong Li, Wei-Jing Zhu, Jing-Lan Wang, Wei-Wei Dong, Yu-Yu Zhang, Yu-Min Li, Lu-Xi Yang, Li-Xia He, Wen-Ting He 
World J Clin Oncol 16(11):111627. Published online Nov 24, 2025. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v16.i11.111627
Systematic Reviews
Meta-Analysis
Mirza Muhammad Hadeed Khawar, Muhammad Hanan Abid, Muhammad Bilal A Cheema, Muneeb Khawar, Muneeba Shaukat, Muhammad Huzaifa A Khan, Muneeb Saifullah, Rimsha Noureen, Hamza Aka Khail, Ali Akram Qureshi, Muhammad Abbas Khokhar 
World J Clin Oncol 16(11):110792. Published online Nov 24, 2025. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v16.i11.110792
Case Report
Letter to the Editor