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Welcome to the World Journal of Transplantation

World Journal of Transplantation is a rigorously peer-reviewed, open-access academic journal dedicated to publishing original, high-quality research findings in the field of stem cells, including clinical, translational, and basic studies, as well as research involving artificial intelligence. The journal focuses on, but is not limited to, the following areas: Bone marrow transplantation, bone transplantation, bone-patellar tendon-bone grafting, brain tissue transplantation, corneal transplantation, descemet stripping endothelial keratoplasty, fetal tissue transplantation, heart transplantation, kidney transplantation, liver transplantation, lung transplantation, pancreas transplantation, skin transplantation, transplantation immunology, and vascularized composite allotransplantation. Types of articles published by the journal include clinical study, basic study, case report, editorial, review, minireview, systematic review, meta-analysis, guidelines, and correspondence.  The journal sincerely welcomes experts and scholars to submit original research manuscripts. Each submission will be reviewed by at least two independent referees, who will critically assess its novelty, significance, and reproducibility, as well as any flaws in experimental design and data processing, in order to provide authors with meaningful peer review reports. The journal adheres to editorial policies, peer-review processes, editorial processes, and publication ethics guidelines developed by the editorial office in accordance with the Committee on Publication Ethics, the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, and the World Association of Medical Editors. By doing so, the journal strives to provide authors with high-quality services, offer readers high-quality academic content, and further advance clinical practice. Submit an Article >>

2026 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 (1087), Duration of Peer Review (23 days/Mean), Days from Submission to First Decision (49 days/Mean), Second Decision Time (35 days/Mean), Accepted (60.2%/Mean), Production Time (59 days/Mean), Time to Publication (181 days/Mean), and Rejected (29.8%/Mean).
Editorial
Opinion Review
Rowan Abuyadek, Sara A Ghitani, Ramy Shaaban, Muhammad AbdelAziz Quoritem, Mohammed S Foula, Rodaina Osama Abdel Majid, Manar Mokhtar, Yasir Ahmed Mohammed Elhadi, Amr Alnagar 
World J Transplant 16(1):111103. Published online Mar 18, 2026. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v16.i1.111103
Expert Consensus
Aneesh Srivastava, Dinesh Khullar, Arpita Lahiri, Pranjal Kashiv, Dhananjai Agarwal, Divyesh P Engineer, Subho Banerjee, Sourabh Sharma, Sandeep Mahajan, Ravi Mohanka, Radhika Krishna Patil, Narayan Prasad, Priyanka Tolani, Nishant Deshpande, Vishal Ramteke, Anurag Gupta, Vinant Bhargava, Suraj Mohan Godara, Gireesh Mathihally Siddaiah, Pratik Das, Swarnalata Guditi, Deodatta Chafekar, Mohan Punabhai Patel, Vijay Kher, Amit Pasari, Jigar B Shrimali, Manish Ramesh Balwani, Vivek B Kute 
World J Transplant 16(1):114367. Published online Mar 18, 2026. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v16.i1.114367
Review
Minireviews
Angeliki Emmanouilidou, Eleni Avramidou, Filippos F Karageorgos, Nikolaos-Andreas Anastasopoulos, Vassilios Papalois, Georgios Tsoulfas 
World J Transplant 16(1):108837. Published online Mar 18, 2026. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v16.i1.108837
Eleni Avramidou, Nikolaos Kougianos, George Chiotis-Miehe, Stella Vasileiadou, Georgios Katsanos, Georgios Tsoulfas 
World J Transplant 16(1):110485. Published online Mar 18, 2026. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v16.i1.110485
Kawther F Alquadan, Amer A Belal, Rohan Mehta, Muhannad Leghrouz, Hisham Ibrahim, Georgios Vrakas, Alfonso H Santos 
World J Transplant 16(1):111064. Published online Mar 18, 2026. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v16.i1.111064
Naga Anvesh Kodali, Ramu Janarthanan, Zeynep Demir, Bedreddin Sazoglu, Omer Faruk Dirican, Dmitry Tuder, Fatih Zor, Yalcin Kulahci, Vijay S Gorantla 
World J Transplant 16(1):113633. Published online Mar 18, 2026. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v16.i1.113633
Amer Ashaab Belal, Rafael Aldaya Bourricaudy, Zahra Saba, Kawther F Alquadan, Amir Kazory, Alfonso H Santos Jr 
World J Transplant 16(1):114233. Published online Mar 18, 2026. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v16.i1.114233
Retrospective Cohort Study
Nihal Mohammed Sadagah, Muhammad Abdul Mabood Khalil, Hinda Hassan Khideer Mahmood, Ibtisam Ali Alghamdi, Ghada Abdulrahman Buridi, Salem H Al-Qurashi 
World J Transplant 16(1):110628. Published online Mar 18, 2026. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v16.i1.110628
Chrysanthos D Christou, Savvas Antoniadis, Avishek Majumder, Rhana Zakri, Jonathon Olsburgh, Chris Callaghan, Georgios Papadakis, Kiran Sran, Martin Drage, Karel Decaestecker, Ben Challacombe, Nicos Kessaris, Ioannis Loukopoulos 
World J Transplant 16(1):113075. Published online Mar 18, 2026. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v16.i1.113075
Retrospective Study
Oumaima Guissouss, Khalid Achiaou, Joumana El Turk, Asmaa Mourachid, Abdelhadi Cheggali, Ghislaine Medkouri, Benyounes Ramdani, Mohammed Benghanem Gharbi, Majda Taoudi Benchekroun, Siham Bennani 
World J Transplant 16(1):114044. Published online Mar 18, 2026. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v16.i1.114044
Systematic Reviews
Case Report
Manish Ramesh Balwani, Amit Pasari, Pranjal Kashiv, Chaitanya Shembekar, Manisha Shembekar, Shubham Dubey, Vijay Jeyachandran, Sunny Malde, Sushrut Gupta, Twinkle Pawar, Priyanka Tolani, Mohit Kurundwadkar, Prasad Gurjar, Kapil Sejpal, Charulata Bawankule, Vivek B Kute 
World J Transplant 16(1):113117. Published online Mar 18, 2026. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v16.i1.113117
Brahim Lekehal, Noura Ait Youssef, Mehdi Lekehal, Asma Jdar, Amine El Azami El Hassani, Ismail Belyazid, Tarik Bakkali, Ayoub Bounssir 
World J Transplant 16(1):114162. Published online Mar 18, 2026. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v16.i1.114162
Letter to the Editor