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World Journal of Orthopedics (WJO, World J Orthop) is a high-quality, online, open-access, single-blind peer-reviewed journal published by the Baishideng Publishing Group. WJO accepts both solicited and unsolicited manuscripts. Articles published in WJO are high-quality, clinical and basic, influential research articles by established academic authors as well as new researchers. The paramount objective of WJO is to showcase and promote distinguished research in the field of orthopedics, to help advance development of this field. 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. 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
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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.
Journal Metrics
The 2024 edition of Journal Citation Reports® cites the 2023 journal impact factor (JIF) for WJO as 2.0; JIF without journal self cites: 1.9; 5-year JIF: 2.3; JIF Rank: 49/136 in orthopedics; JIF Quartile: Q2; and 5-year JIF Quartile: Q2.
The WJO’s CiteScore for 2023 is 3.1 and Scopus CiteScore rank 2023: Orthopedics and sports medicine is 132/321.
ISSN
2218-5836 (online)
Latest Manuscript Statistics
Received (134), Peer Review Time (5 days/Mean), Time to First Decision (43 days/Mean), Second Decision Time (22 days/Mean), Accepted (53.7%/Mean), Production Time (28 days/Mean), Time to Publication (130 days/Mean), and Rejected (40.3%/Mean).
Editorial
Li-Hu Ding, Pan-Feng Wu, Nian-Zhe Sun
World J Orthop
16(5):106881.
Published online May 18, 2025.
doi: 10.5312/wjo.v16.i5.106881
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Received: 03/09/2025
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Revised: 04/08/2025
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Accepted: 04/25/2025
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Review
Zi-Qi Fan, Yu-Yin Xie, Can Liu, Yi-Fan Chen, Yang-Fei Yi, Zhong-Wen Tang, Jie Wen, Sheng Xiao, Yu-Fei Li
World J Orthop
16(5):106265.
Published online May 18, 2025.
doi: 10.5312/wjo.v16.i5.106265
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Received: 02/20/2025
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Revised: 03/27/2025
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Accepted: 04/15/2025
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Minireviews
Yadulla Syed, Mohamed Abubakr Hassan, Rashmi Muthira Kalayil, Othman Ahmad Othman, Ahammed Mekkodathil, Ayman El-Menyar
World J Orthop
16(5):104425.
Published online May 18, 2025.
doi: 10.5312/wjo.v16.i5.104425
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Received: 12/19/2024
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Revised: 04/06/2025
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Accepted: 04/28/2025
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Guan-Jun Sun, Feng Xu, Xiao-Yi Jiao, Yi Yin
World J Orthop
16(5):106377.
Published online May 18, 2025.
doi: 10.5312/wjo.v16.i5.106377
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Received: 02/27/2025
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Revised: 03/27/2025
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Accepted: 04/14/2025
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Retrospective Cohort Study
Nuri K Ülgen, Batuhan Gencer, Özgür Doğan
World J Orthop
16(5):105734.
Published online May 18, 2025.
doi: 10.5312/wjo.v16.i5.105734
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Received: 02/05/2025
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Revised: 03/26/2025
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Accepted: 04/11/2025
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Retrospective Study
Wen-Jing Cheng, Jing-Shun Lu, Zhou-Shan Tao, Jia-Bing Xie, Min Yang
World J Orthop
16(5):102916.
Published online May 18, 2025.
doi: 10.5312/wjo.v16.i5.102916
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Received: 11/05/2024
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Revised: 03/03/2025
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Accepted: 04/17/2025
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Ammar K Alomran, Bandar A Alzahrani, Dana S Alamoud, Layan S Alsultan, Meshail M AlSaud, Raneem G Althobaiti, Badriah S Alruwaili
World J Orthop
16(5):105590.
Published online May 18, 2025.
doi: 10.5312/wjo.v16.i5.105590
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Received: 01/28/2025
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Accepted: 04/27/2025
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Observational Study
Sulaiman A Almousa
World J Orthop
16(5):104438.
Published online May 18, 2025.
doi: 10.5312/wjo.v16.i5.104438
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Received: 12/19/2024
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Prospective Study
Antea Buterin, Mirela Vuckovic, Sandra Spanja Prpic, Vedrana Zaharija, Martin Nonkovic, Tomislav Prpic
World J Orthop
16(5):106004.
Published online May 18, 2025.
doi: 10.5312/wjo.v16.i5.106004
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Received: 02/12/2025
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Basic Study
Ying-Jie Wang, Zhong-Zheng Zhi, Tao Liu, Jian Kang, Guang-Hui Xu
World J Orthop
16(5):106183.
Published online May 18, 2025.
doi: 10.5312/wjo.v16.i5.106183
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Accepted: 04/17/2025
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Systematic Reviews
Bruna Trazzi Pagani, Marcelie Priscila de Oliveira Rosso, Matheus Bento Medeiros Moscatel, Beatriz Flavia de Moraes Trazzi, Marcelo Rodrigues da Cunha, João Paulo Mardegan Issa, Daniela Vieira Buchaim, Rogério Leone Buchaim
World J Orthop
16(5):106181.
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doi: 10.5312/wjo.v16.i5.106181
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Received: 02/17/2025
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Maryam Salimi, Shokoufeh Khanzadeh, Brandon Lucke-Wold, Arshin Ghaedi, Austin V Stone
World J Orthop
16(5):106145.
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doi: 10.5312/wjo.v16.i5.106145
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Letter to the Editor
Qin-Zhi Liu, Lei Zeng, Nian-Zhe Sun
World J Orthop
16(5):106951.
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doi: 10.5312/wjo.v16.i5.106951
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