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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
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 (398), Peer Review Time (5 days/Mean), Time to First Decision (28 days/Mean), Second Decision Time (30 days/Mean), Accepted (41.5%/Mean), Production Time (45 days/Mean), Time to Publication (138 days/Mean), and Rejected (27.6%/Mean).
Editorial
Review
Vilma Pacheco-Barcia, Axel Mariño-Mendez, Enrique Hernandez-Jimenez, Paula Jimenez-Fonseca, Andrés Jesús Muñoz Martín, Sara Custodio-Cabello, Magda Palka-Kotlowska, Ivan Gonzalez-Diaz, Luis Cabezon-Gutierrez 
World J Clin Oncol 16(10):107877. Published online Oct 24, 2025. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v16.i10.107877
Ayesha Aslam, Hafsa Hamid, Eman Fatima, Sumaira Pervaiz, Mehnaz Arif, Huda Irshad, Amina Shafqat, Sara Khan, Huma Khurshid, Saira Rafaqat 
World J Clin Oncol 16(10):109385. Published online Oct 24, 2025. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v16.i10.109385
Minireviews
Zhuo-Yu Li, Yuan Yang, Rui Wang, Xin-Zu Chen, SIGES Research Group 
World J Clin Oncol 16(10):110246. Published online Oct 24, 2025. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v16.i10.110246
Retrospective Study
Basic Study
Evidence-Based Medicine
Meta-Analysis
Ottavia Cicerone, Barbara Oliviero, Stefania Mantovani, Laura Maiocchi, Valentina Ravetta, Francesca Berton, Salvatore Corallo, Alessandro Vanoli, Marcello Maestri 
World J Clin Oncol 16(10):110511. Published online Oct 24, 2025. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v16.i10.110511
Leo Tom, Shinjit Mani, Akash Rawat, Mina Nan, Shruti Manoj Mundada, Basel Al Khatib, Aparna Gopinath, Osama Taj, Namitha Salahuddin, Farzana Shaju, Syeda Parsa, Mahmud Abdurrahman, Ashesh Das, Mirza Muhammad Hadeed Khawar, Ali Sher 
World J Clin Oncol 16(10):112392. Published online Oct 24, 2025. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v16.i10.112392
Case Report
Alessandro Pardolesi, Michele Ferrari, Giovanni Leuzzi, Alessia Stanzi, Matteo Calderoni, Clarissa Uslenghi, Marco Scarci, Federico Raveglia, Ugo Cioffi, Piergiorgio Solli 
World J Clin Oncol 16(10):108876. Published online Oct 24, 2025. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v16.i10.108876
Letter to the Editor