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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 (328), Peer Review Time (17 days/Mean), Time to First Decision (30 days/Mean), Second Decision Time (31 days/Mean), Accepted (46.0%/Mean), Production Time (34 days/Mean), Time to Publication (136 days/Mean), and Rejected (29.9%/Mean).
Editorial
Yao Peng, Qiang-Qiang You, Fa Shu, Jia-Qi Zhang
World J Orthop
16(12):111583.
Published online Dec 18, 2025.
doi: 10.5312/wjo.v16.i12.111583
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Received: 07/03/2025
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Accepted: 10/20/2025
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Musa Ergin, Süha A Aktaş
World J Orthop
16(12):112406.
Published online Dec 18, 2025.
doi: 10.5312/wjo.v16.i12.112406
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Received: 07/25/2025
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Accepted: 10/20/2025
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Review
Mantana Paisan, Konstantinos I Papadopoulos, Alexandra Papadopoulou, Weerapong Prasongchean, Phanphen Wattanaarsakit
World J Orthop
16(12):110992.
Published online Dec 18, 2025.
doi: 10.5312/wjo.v16.i12.110992
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Received: 06/19/2025
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Accepted: 10/20/2025
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Minireviews
Dario Regis, Elisa Sartore, Edoardo Scomazzon, Romolo Borgese, Bruno Magnan, Elena M Samaila
World J Orthop
16(12):109985.
Published online Dec 18, 2025.
doi: 10.5312/wjo.v16.i12.109985
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Received: 05/27/2025
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Accepted: 11/04/2025
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Arnav Pankaj Rathod, Yogesh Rathod, Rajendra Baitule, Ganesh Pundkar, Hrishikesh Saodekar
World J Orthop
16(12):110377.
Published online Dec 18, 2025.
doi: 10.5312/wjo.v16.i12.110377
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Received: 06/07/2025
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Accepted: 10/22/2025
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Meet A Jain, Arjun Dhawale, Md Zafar Iqbal, Atif Naseem, Bhushan Sagade, Apurba Gorain, Abhay Nene
World J Orthop
16(12):110510.
Published online Dec 18, 2025.
doi: 10.5312/wjo.v16.i12.110510
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Received: 06/07/2025
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Rui-Ming Wen, Hai-Xia Wang, Zhi-Jun Liu, Zi-Qiang Duan
World J Orthop
16(12):112998.
Published online Dec 18, 2025.
doi: 10.5312/wjo.v16.i12.112998
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Received: 08/12/2025
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Retrospective Cohort Study
Yuri Klassov
World J Orthop
16(12):102402.
Published online Dec 18, 2025.
doi: 10.5312/wjo.v16.i12.102402
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Received: 10/16/2024
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Accepted: 11/14/2025
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Wen-Huan Chen, Chen Zhuang, Wei-Jie Guo, Wen-Xuan Guo, Wei He, Yu Pan
World J Orthop
16(12):110291.
Published online Dec 18, 2025.
doi: 10.5312/wjo.v16.i12.110291
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Received: 06/04/2025
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Retrospective Study
Faaiz Ali Shah, Aimal Sattar, Javed Iqbal
World J Orthop
16(12):111460.
Published online Dec 18, 2025.
doi: 10.5312/wjo.v16.i12.111460
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Received: 06/29/2025
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Accepted: 10/23/2025
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Mohamed M Elalfy, Osama M Embaby, Mahmoud M Mekkawy, Ameer A Sayed, Mohammed H Abushal
World J Orthop
16(12):114166.
Published online Dec 18, 2025.
doi: 10.5312/wjo.v16.i12.114166
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Clinical Trials Study
Aylin Ayyildiz, Adem Yilmaz, Samet Erinç, Levent Aydin, Hakan Ayyıldız, Figen Yilmaz
World J Orthop
16(12):109963.
Published online Dec 18, 2025.
doi: 10.5312/wjo.v16.i12.109963
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Received: 05/26/2025
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Observational Study
Prabu Mounisamy, Anirudh Dwajan, Dibyajyoti Sahoo, Naveen Jeyaraman, Sathish Muthu, Swaminathan Ramasubramanian, Madhan Jeyaraman
World J Orthop
16(12):110530.
Published online Dec 18, 2025.
doi: 10.5312/wjo.v16.i12.110530
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Mohammed Sadiq, Sharon Rose Neerudi, Rohith Reddy Kasam, Sai Pradeep Koribilli, V Ratan Singh Naik, B Devandra Naik, Praveen Kumar Singh, Anudeep Manne, Uday Kumar Kothalanka, Anil Kumar Mettu, Keerthi Nunnabatla, Shiva Kumar Ale, Kiran Kumar Mallepogu, Shyam Prasad Bebartta
World J Orthop
16(12):112435.
Published online Dec 18, 2025.
doi: 10.5312/wjo.v16.i12.112435
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Received: 07/26/2025
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Basic Study
Adrián Cardín-Pereda, Daniel García-Sánchez, Itziar Álvarez-Iglesias, Jennifer Cabello-Sanz, Flor M Pérez-Campo
World J Orthop
16(12):113320.
Published online Dec 18, 2025.
doi: 10.5312/wjo.v16.i12.113320
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Received: 08/21/2025
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Revised: 09/18/2025
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Meta-Analysis
Maryam Salimi, Alireza Keshtkar, Seyedarad Mosalamiaghili, Walter Lowe, Aamir Ahmad, Arash Sharafatvaziri
World J Orthop
16(12):110324.
Published online Dec 18, 2025.
doi: 10.5312/wjo.v16.i12.110324
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Case Report
Joshua R Brooks, Alex G Pitman, Philip Lucas, Donald P Cawthorne, Stuart W T Wade
World J Orthop
16(12):111602.
Published online Dec 18, 2025.
doi: 10.5312/wjo.v16.i12.111602
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Letter to the Editor
Jing-Shun Lu, Zeng-Gao Han, Chen-Yu Song, Min Yang, Yuan-Sheng Huang, Kai-Yang Wang
World J Orthop
16(12):111046.
Published online Dec 18, 2025.
doi: 10.5312/wjo.v16.i12.111046
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