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World Journal of Orthopedics (WJO, World J Orthop) 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 orthopedics. The types of articles published in WJO 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. WJO is edited and published by the Baishideng Publishing Group. Submit here >>
Editors-in-Chief
- Xiao-Jian Ye, MD, Chief Physician, (Email: yexj2002@163.com) Department of Orthopedics, Tongren Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200233, China
Indexing/Abstracting
WJO is now abstracted and indexed in PubMed, PubMed Central, Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI, Web of Science), Scopus, 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 WJO as 2.3; JIF without journal self cites: 2.2; 5-year JIF: 2.5; JIF Rank: 46/139 in orthopedics; JIF Quartile: Q2; and 5-year JIF Quartile: Q2.
The WJO’s CiteScore for 2024 is 3.5 and Scopus CiteScore rank 2024: Orthopedics and sports medicine is 120/332.
ISSN
2218-5836 (online)
Latest Manuscript Statistics
Received (169), Peer Review Time (5 days/Mean), Time to First Decision (38 days/Mean), Second Decision Time (22 days/Mean), Accepted (24.3%/Mean), Production Time (28 days/Mean), Time to Publication (126 days/Mean), and Rejected (27.2%/Mean).
Review
Rui Zhao, Ji-Rong Zhao, Xu Xue, Dong Ma
World J Orthop
16(6):104853.
Published online Jun 18, 2025.
doi: 10.5312/wjo.v16.i6.104853
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Received: 01/03/2025
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Minireviews
Feng Xiang, Ding-Qi Zhang, Juan Guo, Xing Li, Xi-Ping Zhang, Yan-Jun Li, Jie Wen
World J Orthop
16(6):106758.
Published online Jun 18, 2025.
doi: 10.5312/wjo.v16.i6.106758
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Received: 03/06/2025
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Ping-Yen Yeo, Ayyadarshan Kasivishvanaath, Luis Pérez-Carro, Jegathesan T
World J Orthop
16(6):107397.
Published online Jun 18, 2025.
doi: 10.5312/wjo.v16.i6.107397
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Received: 03/22/2025
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Revised: 04/08/2025
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Accepted: 05/24/2025
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Di Gan, Shi-Yuan Wang, Kun Liu, Shi-Yu Zhang, Hui Huang, Jia-Hui Xing, Chun-Hui Qin, Kai-Yang Wang, Tao Wang
World J Orthop
16(6):107422.
Published online Jun 18, 2025.
doi: 10.5312/wjo.v16.i6.107422
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Received: 03/23/2025
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Accepted: 05/23/2025
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Retrospective Study
Yu-Jun Zhou, Bei-Bei Wang, Hua-Wei Wen, Liang Xu, Jing Feng, Fu-Sheng Xu
World J Orthop
16(6):103875.
Published online Jun 18, 2025.
doi: 10.5312/wjo.v16.i6.103875
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Received: 12/03/2024
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Accepted: 05/27/2025
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Shikhar Bindal, Harshaan Singh Pooni, Rajnish Garg, Deepak Jain
World J Orthop
16(6):106871.
Published online Jun 18, 2025.
doi: 10.5312/wjo.v16.i6.106871
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Received: 03/09/2025
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Wei-Shao Tung, Aidin Eslam Pour, Johannes Sieberer, Claire A Donnelley, Steven M Tommasini, Daniel H Wiznia
World J Orthop
16(6):107292.
Published online Jun 18, 2025.
doi: 10.5312/wjo.v16.i6.107292
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Received: 03/28/2025
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Clinical Trials Study
Christos Yiannakopoulos, Christos Koukos, Apostolos Habipis, Constantinos Apostolou
World J Orthop
16(6):106458.
Published online Jun 18, 2025.
doi: 10.5312/wjo.v16.i6.106458
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Received: 02/27/2025
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Observational Study
Konrad Kwolek, Artur Gądek, Kamil Kwolek, Agnieszka Lechowska-Liszka, Michał Malczak, Henryk Liszka
World J Orthop
16(6):103832.
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doi: 10.5312/wjo.v16.i6.103832
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Received: 12/01/2024
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Gema Chamorro-Moriana, Fernando Espuny-Ruiz, Carmen Ridao-Fernandez, Eleonora Magni
World J Orthop
16(6):105068.
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doi: 10.5312/wjo.v16.i6.105068
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Ziad Ahmed Alanazi, Amirah M Alshammari, Reem M Alruwaili, Rahaf M Alnasser, Hana N Alkhalifah, Eyad A Alakkas
World J Orthop
16(6):107423.
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Systematic Reviews
Julia M Balboni, Karthik Madhira, Victor Martinez, Wei-Shao Tung, John G Kennedy, Arianna L Gianakos
World J Orthop
16(6):106804.
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Case Report
Xing-Yu Jin, Hua-Zheng Wang, Kai Yang, Yu Bao, Ye Wang, Xing-Lei Ben, Hai-Yan Sun
World J Orthop
16(6):107753.
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Ming Ding, Bing-Hui Liao, Lei Shangguan, Ying-Chun Wang, Hu Xu
World J Orthop
16(6):108454.
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Letter to the Editor
Miao He, Antonia RuJia Sun, Xiao-Xin Wu, Xi-Wei Fan, Xin-Zhan Mao
World J Orthop
16(6):107215.
Published online Jun 18, 2025.
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Received: 03/19/2025
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