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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 >>

2026 Published Issues
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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 (2871), Duration of Peer Review (30 days/Mean), Days from Submission to First Decision (54 days/Mean), Second Decision Time (42 days/Mean), Accepted (46.4%/Mean), Production Time (65 days/Mean), Time to Publication (198 days/Mean), and Rejected (42.9%/Mean).
Editorial
Opinion Review
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
Minireviews
Case Control Study
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
Retrospective Study
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
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
Systematic Reviews
Iosafat Pinto, Panagiotis Konstantinou, Lazaros Kostretzis, Anastasios P Nikolaides, Athina Zacharoula Ditsiou, Chrysanthos Chrysanthou, Stylianos Kapetanakis, Konstantinos Ditsios 
World J Orthop 17(3):115288. Published online Mar 18, 2026. doi: 10.5312/wjo.v17.i3.115288
Meta-Analysis
Case Report
Letter to the Editor