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Welcome to the World Journal of Transplantation

World Journal of Transplantation (WJT, World J Transplant) 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 transplantation. The types of articles published in WJT 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. WJT is edited and published by the Baishideng Publishing Group. Submit here >>


2025 Published Issues
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Editors-in-Chief
  • Sami Akbulut, PhD, MD, Professor, (E-mail: akbulutsami@gmail.com) Department of Surgery and Liver Transplant Institute, Inonu University, Malatya 44280, Türkiye
  • Vassilios Papalois, MD, PhD, Professor, (E-mail: vassilios.papalois@nhs.net) Directorate of Renal and Transplant Services, 4th Floor Hammersmith House, Hammersmith Hospital, London W12 OHS, United Kingdom
  • Maurizio Salvadori, MD, Professor, (E-mail: maurizio.salvadori1@gmail.com) Department of Transplantation Renal Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence 50139, Italy
Indexing/Abstracting
The WJT is now abstracted and indexed in PubMed, PubMed Central, Scopus, Reference Citation Analysis, China Science and Technology Journal Database, and Superstar Journals Database.
Journal Metrics
The WJT’s CiteScore for 2024 is 3.3 and Scopus CiteScore rank 2024: Transplantation is 24/55.
ISSN
2220-3230 (online)
Latest Manuscript Statistics
Received (101), Peer Review Time (5 days/Mean), Time to First Decision (47 days/Mean), Second Decision Time (29 days/Mean), Accepted (53.5%/Mean), Production Time (97 days/Mean), Time to Publication (218 days/Mean), and Rejected (12.9%/Mean).
Editorial
Ileana Lulic, Dinka Lulic, Iva Bacak Kocman, Damira Vukicevic Stironja, Gorjana Erceg, Iva Majurec, Kristina Medved, Jadranka Pavicic Saric 
World J Transplant 15(4):102555. Published online Dec 18, 2025. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v15.i4.102555
Luca Galassi, Martina Spanevello, Matteo Lino Ravini, Giulio Mercandalli 
World J Transplant 15(4):105620. Published online Dec 18, 2025. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v15.i4.105620
Ileana Lulic, Dinka Lulic, Ivan Durekovic, Jadranka Pavicic Saric, Iva Bacak Kocman, Zrinka Sarec, Dunja Rogic 
World J Transplant 15(4):105621. Published online Dec 18, 2025. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v15.i4.105621
Field of Vision
Mirela Stoyanova, Irena Mircheva, Ivan Chulkov, Madlena Karamiteva, Zvezdina Goranova, Viktoria Simeonova, Miroslav Zashev, Tsvetelina Velikova, Milena Peruhova 
World J Transplant 15(4):104945. Published online Dec 18, 2025. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v15.i4.104945
Review
Minireviews
Serine Hawwa, Ahmad Karim Morad, Rami Rifi, Diala El Masri, Khaled Obeid, Tarek Baroud, Ahmad Afyouni, Maryam Tlayss, Soltan Al Chaar, Jad El Masri, Pascale Salameh 
World J Transplant 15(4):102807. Published online Dec 18, 2025. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v15.i4.102807
Jonathan Jung, Bima J Hasjim, Adrienne Chen, Filza Hussain, Vinayak Rohan, Daniela P Ladner, Amanda Cheung 
World J Transplant 15(4):104589. Published online Dec 18, 2025. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v15.i4.104589
Sriram Sunil Kumar, Shreya Arvind, Sanjana Nagraj, Maisha Maliha, Sumant Pargaonkar, Vikyath Satish, Sharanya Kaushik, Kuan-Yu Chi, Nikolaos Diakos, Miguel Alvarez Villela 
World J Transplant 15(4):108226. Published online Dec 18, 2025. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v15.i4.108226
Chiara Lazzeri, Michela Maielli, Federico Gelli, Giuseppe Feltrin, Adriano Peris 
World J Transplant 15(4):109694. Published online Dec 18, 2025. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v15.i4.109694
Lin-Zhi Wu, Yi-Ning Huang, Yue Chen, Yu-Qiu Ji, Yi-Wen Jin, Cai-Xian Chen, Si-Yu Zhuang, Bin Xu, You-Bing Xia, Tian-Cheng Xu 
World J Transplant 15(4):109951. Published online Dec 18, 2025. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v15.i4.109951
Jose Alonso Avila-Rojo, Froylan David Martínez-Sánchez, Luis Alejandro Rosales-Rentería, David Aguirre-Villarreal, Alan G Contreras, Rodrigo Cruz-Martinez, Maximiliano Servin-Rojas, Alejandro Ramírez-del Val, Daniel Zamora-Valdés, Pilar Leal-Leyte, Jonathan Aguirre-Valadez, Victor Manuel Paez-Zayas, Aczel I Sánchez-Cedillo, Alejandro Lugo-Baruqui, Joshue David Covarrubias-Esquer, Francisco I García-Juárez, Isaac Ruiz, Ignacio García-Juárez 
World J Transplant 15(4):110496. Published online Dec 18, 2025. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v15.i4.110496
Retrospective Cohort Study
Moisés Salgado-de la Mora, Osvely Mendez-Guerrero, Aldo Torre, Mario Vilatoba, Graciela E Castro Narro, Mario Isaac Lumbreras Márquez, Nalu Navarro-Alvarez 
World J Transplant 15(4):106938. Published online Dec 18, 2025. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v15.i4.106938
Bima J Hasjim, Shi-Yi Chen, Naomi KT Hlaing, Hirohito Ichii, Robert R Redfield, David K Imagawa, Mamatha Bhat 
World J Transplant 15(4):108376. Published online Dec 18, 2025. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v15.i4.108376
Nikolaos Andreas Anastasopoulos, Rawya Charif, Marina Loucaidou, Paul E Herbert, Anand S R E Muthusamy, Frank J M F Dor, Vassilios E Papalois 
World J Transplant 15(4):111031. Published online Dec 18, 2025. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v15.i4.111031
Retrospective Study
Alessandro Parente, Kevin Verhoeff, Braulio A Marfil-Garza, Norberto Sanchez-Fernandez, Blaire L Anderson, David L Bigam, AM James Shapiro, Khaled Z Dajani 
World J Transplant 15(4):104399. Published online Dec 18, 2025. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v15.i4.104399
Martin Geard Walsh, Ervin Y Cui, Divyaam Satija, Doug A Gouchoe, Matthew C Henn, Asvin M Ganapathi, Bryan A Whitson, Kukbin Choi 
World J Transplant 15(4):105974. Published online Dec 18, 2025. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v15.i4.105974
Lukman Edwar, Dicky Budiman, Ratna Sitompul, Made Susiyanti, Rina La Distia Nora, Yulia Aziza, Ramadhiana Maktazula Tuasikal, Gabriella Hafidha Badruddin 
World J Transplant 15(4):106380. Published online Dec 18, 2025. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v15.i4.106380
Gabriel Lazzarotto-da-Silva, Bruno Marches Chaves, Flávia Heinz Feier, Pablo Duarte Rodrigues, Tomaz Jesus Maria Grezzana-Filho, Alexandre de Araujo, Mario Reis Alvares-da-Silva, Roberta Cabral Marchiori, Marcio Fernandes Chedid, Cleber Rosito Pinto Kruel 
World J Transplant 15(4):107461. Published online Dec 18, 2025. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v15.i4.107461
Amit S Pasari, Sunny Malde, Priyanka Tolani, Vishal Ramteke, Sushrut Gupta, Twinkle Pawar, Vijay Jeyachandran, Kapil Sejpal, Mohit Kurundwadkar, Prasad Gurjar, Pranjal Kashiv, Shubham Dubey, Charulata Bawankule, Vivek B Kute, Nishant Deshpande, Manish Ramesh Balwani 
World J Transplant 15(4):107636. Published online Dec 18, 2025. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v15.i4.107636
Alejandro Muñoz-Serrano, María Jesús Citores, Andrea Gutiérrez-Villanueva, Víctor Moreno-Torres, Jorge V López-Ibor, Natalia Vicente, Valentín Cuervas-Mons 
World J Transplant 15(4):108791. Published online Dec 18, 2025. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v15.i4.108791
Pilar Leal-Leyte, Natalia Rodriguez-Payan, Maria P Cote, Lorena Noriega-Salas, Alejandro Lugo-Baruqui, Leigh-Anne Dageforde, Daniel Zamora-Valdés 
World J Transplant 15(4):111427. Published online Dec 18, 2025. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v15.i4.111427
Observational Study
Nazlı Begüm Öztürk, Merve M Gurakar, Ximena Parraga, Marwan Alsaqa, Leandro Sierra, Emily Currier, Butros Fakhoury, Alan Bonder, Ahmet Gurakar, Behnam Saberi 
World J Transplant 15(4):109609. Published online Dec 18, 2025. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v15.i4.109609
Systematic Reviews
Shuai-Yan Wang, Zi-Mu Li, Meng-Zhe Zhang, Zi-Ming Chen, Xin Liu, Ya-Jing Li, Pei-Yu Li, Guan-Hu Yang, You-Bing Xia, Tian-Cheng Xu 
World J Transplant 15(4):106812. Published online Dec 18, 2025. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v15.i4.106812
Eyad Gadour, Bogdan Miutescu, Hadi Kuriry, Zeinab Hassan, Khalid Jebril Shrwani, Ehab Abufarhaneh, Ehsaneh Taheri, Mohammed S AlQahtani 
World J Transplant 15(4):108413. Published online Dec 18, 2025. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v15.i4.108413
Meta-Analysis
Muhammad Shahzil, Ume Habiba, Mariyah Zainab Irfan, Muhammad Ahmad Qureshi, Muhammad Saad Faisal, Talha Kashif, Ali Akram Qureshi, Hassam Ali, Vinay Jahagirdar, Rakesh Vinayek 
World J Transplant 15(4):106444. Published online Dec 18, 2025. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v15.i4.106444
Case Report
Christine S Hwang, Andrew D Shubin, Amal Aqul, Jorge A Sanchez-Vivaldi, Kayla D Colvill, Malcolm P MacConmara, Yash Kadakia, Christine Johansen, Jigesh A Shah, Steven I Hanish, Parsia A Vagefi, Madhukar S Patel 
World J Transplant 15(4):104111. Published online Dec 18, 2025. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v15.i4.104111
Muhammad Abdul Mabood Khalil, Ahmed Suleman Rajput, Muhammad Shahab Uddin Khalil, SM Rahmat Ullah, Ruzita Ghani, Rajendra Govindrao Daiwajna, Lim Kim Hong, Jackson Tan 
World J Transplant 15(4):107839. Published online Dec 18, 2025. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v15.i4.107839
Letter to the Editor