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World Journal of Orthopedics is a rigorously peer-reviewed, open-access academic journal dedicated to publishing original, high-quality research findings in the field of orthopedics, including clinical, translational, and basic studies, as well as research involving artificial intelligence. The journal focuses on, but is not limited to, the following areas: Arthroscopy, bone trauma, bone tumors, hand and foot surgery, joint surgery, orthopedic trauma, osteoarthropathy, osteoporosis, pediatric orthopedics, spinal diseases, spine surgery, and sports medicine. Types of articles published by the journal include clinical study, basic study, case report, editorial, review, minireview, systematic review, meta-analysis, guidelines, and correspondence. The journal sincerely welcomes experts and scholars to submit original research manuscripts. Each submission will be reviewed by at least two independent referees, who will critically assess its novelty, significance, and reproducibility, as well as any flaws in experimental design and data processing, in order to provide authors with meaningful peer review reports. The journal adheres to editorial policies, peer-review processes, editorial processes, and publication ethics guidelines developed by the editorial office in accordance with the Committee on Publication Ethics, the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, and the World Association of Medical Editors. By doing so, the journal strives to provide authors with high-quality services, offer readers high-quality academic content, and further advance clinical practice. Submit an Article >>
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- 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
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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.
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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 (2877), Duration of Peer Review (30 days/Mean), Days from Submission to First Decision (54 days/Mean), Second Decision Time (41 days/Mean), Accepted (46.4%/Mean), Production Time (65 days/Mean), Time to Publication (198 days/Mean), and Rejected (42.8%/Mean).
Editorial
Hossein Elgafy, Rachel Michael, Christopher Jackson, Connor Burke
World J Orthop
17(3):116878.
Published online Mar 18, 2026.
doi: 10.5312/wjo.v17.i3.116878
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Received: 11/22/2025
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Opinion Review
Fu-Chun Yang
World J Orthop
17(3):113095.
Published online Mar 18, 2026.
doi: 10.5312/wjo.v17.i3.113095
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Received: 08/14/2025
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Review
Joshua A Wu, Katherine M Kutzer, Devika A Shenoy, Giussepe Yanez, Christian F Zirbes, Sharrieff Shah, Crystal Jing, Ankit Choudhury, Junho Song, Eric Mai, Suraj Dhanjani, Michael Shatkin, Grace Kim, Thorsten M Seyler, Kevin A Wu
World J Orthop
17(3):114693.
Published online Mar 18, 2026.
doi: 10.5312/wjo.v17.i3.114693
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Received: 09/25/2025
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Minireviews
Yu-Hua Ruan, Peng Wang, Xiao-Dong Tang, Qi Zhang, Peng Yan, Yi-Gong Tian, Cheng-Jin Li, Wei-Ping Fu, Rui-Bo Wang, Chang-Jiang Zhang
World J Orthop
17(3):113798.
Published online Mar 18, 2026.
doi: 10.5312/wjo.v17.i3.113798
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Received: 09/03/2025
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Case Control Study
Kenichiro Nakajima
World J Orthop
17(3):113562.
Published online Mar 18, 2026.
doi: 10.5312/wjo.v17.i3.113562
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Received: 08/28/2025
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Retrospective Cohort Study
Henryk Liszka, Artur Gądek, Anna Maria Zięba, Kaja Surowiecka, Jakub Kwiatkowski, Tomasz Kozioł, Michał Sebastian Bochenek, Konrad Kwolek
World J Orthop
17(3):113708.
Published online Mar 18, 2026.
doi: 10.5312/wjo.v17.i3.113708
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Received: 09/01/2025
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Mohammed H Abushal, Osama M Embaby, Mahmoud Mersal, Emran Badghish, Mohamed Elalfy
World J Orthop
17(3):115537.
Published online Mar 18, 2026.
doi: 10.5312/wjo.v17.i3.115537
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Retrospective Study
Xin Li, Sheng-Hong Ma, Hao-Li Gong, Jie Wen, Fan-Ling Li, Sheng Xiao
World J Orthop
17(3):115251.
Published online Mar 18, 2026.
doi: 10.5312/wjo.v17.i3.115251
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Prospective Study
M Julfiqar, Aamir Bin Sabir, Deepak Bhateja, Yasir Salam Siddiqui, Afaq Alam, Syed Mohd Shoaib, Abdul Qayyum Khan, Naiyer Asif, Mazhar Abbas, Latif Zafar Jilani, Mohd Faizan
World J Orthop
17(3):113746.
Published online Mar 18, 2026.
doi: 10.5312/wjo.v17.i3.113746
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Andrew Renshaw, Bhumit Desai, William Evans Few, Arjun Verma, Jonathan Willard, Brian Godshaw, Deryk Jones
World J Orthop
17(3):114005.
Published online Mar 18, 2026.
doi: 10.5312/wjo.v17.i3.114005
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Dan-Hua Liang, Xiao-Rui Feng, Lan Li, Ying Chen, Yu-Ling Yang
World J Orthop
17(3):115155.
Published online Mar 18, 2026.
doi: 10.5312/wjo.v17.i3.115155
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Systematic Reviews
Daniele De Meo, Tommaso Accinni, Davide Staccini, Flavia Petrucci, Paolo Martini, Vittorio Candela, Carmine Zoccali, Stefano Gumina
World J Orthop
17(3):112040.
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Received: 07/15/2025
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Iosafat Pinto, Panagiotis Konstantinou, Lazaros Kostretzis, Anastasios P Nikolaides, Athina Zacharoula Ditsiou, Chrysanthos Chrysanthou, Stylianos Kapetanakis, Konstantinos Ditsios
World J Orthop
17(3):115288.
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Meta-Analysis
Yu-Nan Man, Lu-Yang Zhong, Yue-Liang Wen, Mao-Lin He
World J Orthop
17(3):115770.
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doi: 10.5312/wjo.v17.i3.115770
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Received: 10/24/2025
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Case Report
Jin-Quan Long, Hua Yang, You-Wei Cheng, Tong Shen, Jian-Yu Zou, Guo-Wei Zhang
World J Orthop
17(3):117393.
Published online Mar 18, 2026.
doi: 10.5312/wjo.v17.i3.117393
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Letter to the Editor
Jia-Yao Zhu, Lei Chen, Ju Li, Tao-Tao Xu
World J Orthop
17(3):115616.
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Received: 10/20/2025
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Revised: 11/10/2025
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Accepted: 01/05/2026
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