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Welcome to the World Journal of Nephrology

World Journal of Nephrology (WJN, World J Nephrol) 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 nephrology. The types of articles published in WJN 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. WJN is edited and published by the Baishideng Publishing Group. Submit here >>


2025 Published Issues
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Editors-in-Chief
  • Ying-Yong Zhao, MD, PhD, Professor, (E-mail: zyy@nwu.edu.cn) Faculty of Life Science & Medicine, Northwest University, Xi’an 710069, Shaanxi Province, China
Indexing/Abstracting
The WJN is now abstracted and indexed in PubMed, PubMed Central, Reference Citation Analysis, Scopus, China Science and Technology Journal Database, and Superstar Journals Database. 
Journal Metrics
The WJN’s CiteScore for 2024 is 2.7 and Scopus CiteScore rank 2024: Nephrology is 45/91.
ISSN
2220-6124 (online)
Latest Manuscript Statistics
Received (101), Peer Review Time (5 days/Mean), Time to First Decision (41 days/Mean), Second Decision Time (24 days/Mean), Accepted (30.7%/Mean), Production Time (63 days/Mean), Time to Publication (174 days/Mean), and Rejected (18.8%/Mean).
Editorial
Krishna Kumar Govindarajan 
World J Nephrol 14(3):101469. Published online Sep 25, 2025. doi: 10.5527/wjn.v14.i3.101469
Frontier
Review
Guido Gembillo, Luigi Peritore, Giuseppe Spadaro, Felicia Cuzzola, Michela Calderone, Rossella Messina, Simona Di Piazza, Flavia Sudano, Maria Elsa Gambuzza, Maria Princiotto, Luca Soraci, Domenico Santoro 
World J Nephrol 14(3):107582. Published online Sep 25, 2025. doi: 10.5527/wjn.v14.i3.107582
Minireviews
Mohammad Abu Raihan Uddin, Tuan Salwani Tuan Ismail, Wan Nor Fazila Hafizan Wan Nik, Wan Nor Arifin, Salbiah Isa 
World J Nephrol 14(3):108406. Published online Sep 25, 2025. doi: 10.5527/wjn.v14.i3.108406
Retrospective Cohort Study
Luis A Bastida-Castro, Jimena Martínez-Cuautle, Maria Juliana Corredor-Nassar, Bruno Eduardo Reyes-Torres, Salma Ivette Alonso-Lobato, Joana Balderas-Juarez, Mauricio A Salinas-Ramirez, Jose L Hernandez-Castillo, Froylan David Martínez-Sánchez 
World J Nephrol 14(3):107177. Published online Sep 25, 2025. doi: 10.5527/wjn.v14.i3.107177
Observational Study
Basic Study
Systematic Reviews
Shiv C Navriya, Om K Yadav, Ankit Shettar, Mahendra Singh, Jaydeep Jain, Shashank Kumar, Deepak P Bhirud, Gautam R Choudhary, Arjun S Sandhu 
World J Nephrol 14(3):105288. Published online Sep 25, 2025. doi: 10.5527/wjn.v14.i3.105288
Case Report
Abdullahi Khalid, Kabir Babajide Yakubu, Ahmed Mohammed Umar, Bashir Garba Aljannare, Nasiru Ahmad Aminu, Olusegun George Obadele, Abdullahi Abdulwahab-Ahmed 
World J Nephrol 14(3):108703. Published online Sep 25, 2025. doi: 10.5527/wjn.v14.i3.108703
Letter to the Editor