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Welcome to the World Journal of Orthopedics

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 >>

2025 Published Issues
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
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 (301), Peer Review Time (5 days/Mean), Time to First Decision (31 days/Mean), Second Decision Time (28 days/Mean), Accepted (36.2%/Mean), Production Time (31 days/Mean), Time to Publication (127 days/Mean), and Rejected (27.6%/Mean).
Editorial
Review
Minireviews
Emerito Carlos Rodriguez-Merchan, Javier De Andres-Ares, Alberto D Delgado-Martinez, William J Ribbans 
World J Orthop 16(10):110009. Published online Oct 18, 2025. doi: 10.5312/wjo.v16.i10.110009
Retrospective Cohort Study
Marijn H Stelwagen, Jakob Van Oldenrijk, Peter D Croughs, Erlangga Yusuf, P Koen Bos, Ewout S Veltman 
World J Orthop 16(10):111955. Published online Oct 18, 2025. doi: 10.5312/wjo.v16.i10.111955
Retrospective Study
Efstratios D Athanaselis, Nikolaos Metaxiotis, Nikolaos Rigopoulos, Michael Hantes, Zoe H Dailiana, Theofilos Karachalios, Sokratis Varitimidis 
World J Orthop 16(10):110461. Published online Oct 18, 2025. doi: 10.5312/wjo.v16.i10.110461
Herijaona Manasse, Arthur Poiri, Dylan Moullac, Mamisoa Bodohasina Rasamoelina, Thomas Daoulas, Gaëtan Duval Solofomalala 
World J Orthop 16(10):112086. Published online Oct 18, 2025. doi: 10.5312/wjo.v16.i10.112086
Observational Study
Lucas Furtado da Fonseca, Madhan Jeyaraman, Naveen Jeyaraman, Thiago Resende Inojossa, Eduardo Souza Maciel, Cesar de Cesar Netto, Nacime Salomão Mansur, Diego Costa Astur 
World J Orthop 16(10):108858. Published online Oct 18, 2025. doi: 10.5312/wjo.v16.i10.108858
Prospective Study
Lea M Kessling, Veronique M Voorn, Johannes HJM Bessems, Anthony P Cooper, Harpreet Chhina, Jaap J Tolk 
World J Orthop 16(10):109822. Published online Oct 18, 2025. doi: 10.5312/wjo.v16.i10.109822
Randomized Controlled Trial
Systematic Reviews
Letter to the Editor