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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 >>
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
World J Nephrol
14(3):101469.
Published online Sep 25, 2025.
doi: 10.5527/wjn.v14.i3.101469
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Received: 09/15/2024
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Revised: 02/04/2025
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Accepted: 02/12/2025
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World J Nephrol
14(3):102756.
Published online Sep 25, 2025.
doi: 10.5527/wjn.v14.i3.102756
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Received: 10/27/2024
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Revised: 03/04/2025
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Accepted: 03/14/2025
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World J Nephrol
14(3):107955.
Published online Sep 25, 2025.
doi: 10.5527/wjn.v14.i3.107955
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Received: 03/31/2025
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Revised: 04/22/2025
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Accepted: 06/23/2025
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Frontier
World J Nephrol
14(3):107201.
Published online Sep 25, 2025.
doi: 10.5527/wjn.v14.i3.107201
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Received: 03/17/2025
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Accepted: 05/10/2025
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Review
World J Nephrol
14(3):102667.
Published online Sep 25, 2025.
doi: 10.5527/wjn.v14.i3.102667
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Received: 10/24/2024
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Revised: 03/09/2025
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Accepted: 04/02/2025
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Role of heat shock proteins in renal function and adaptation to heat stress: Implications for global warming

World J Nephrol
14(3):107571.
Published online Sep 25, 2025.
doi: 10.5527/wjn.v14.i3.107571
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Received: 03/25/2025
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Accepted: 08/20/2025
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World J Nephrol
14(3):107582.
Published online Sep 25, 2025.
doi: 10.5527/wjn.v14.i3.107582
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Received: 03/25/2025
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Accepted: 07/24/2025
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Minireviews
World J Nephrol
14(3):105366.
Published online Sep 25, 2025.
doi: 10.5527/wjn.v14.i3.105366
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Received: 01/19/2025
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Accepted: 05/07/2025
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Global emergence of the chikungunya epidemic: A narrative review of the virus-kidney relationship in Pakistan and beyond

World J Nephrol
14(3):107415.
Published online Sep 25, 2025.
doi: 10.5527/wjn.v14.i3.107415
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Received: 03/22/2025
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Saliva as a non-invasive biomarker for chronic kidney disease: Challenges and potential in disease monitoring

World J Nephrol
14(3):108406.
Published online Sep 25, 2025.
doi: 10.5527/wjn.v14.i3.108406
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Received: 04/13/2025
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World J Nephrol
14(3):109470.
Published online Sep 25, 2025.
doi: 10.5527/wjn.v14.i3.109470
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Received: 05/14/2025
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Accepted: 07/22/2025
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Retrospective Cohort Study
Automated peritoneal dialysis with shortened break-in periods in urgent-start scenarios: A retrospective cohort study

World J Nephrol
14(3):107177.
Published online Sep 25, 2025.
doi: 10.5527/wjn.v14.i3.107177
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Received: 03/17/2025
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Observational Study
Structural and functional kidney abnormalities in patients with Human immunodeficiency virus infection: A cross-sectional perspective

World J Nephrol
14(3):107093.
Published online Sep 25, 2025.
doi: 10.5527/wjn.v14.i3.107093
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Received: 03/14/2025
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Accepted: 05/18/2025
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Basic Study
Cardamom extract: An effective weapon in prevention of cardiorenal syndrome induced in rats by cisplatin and high-fat diet

World J Nephrol
14(3):107736.
Published online Sep 25, 2025.
doi: 10.5527/wjn.v14.i3.107736
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Received: 03/27/2025
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Accepted: 06/10/2025
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Adipose-derived mesenchymal stromal cell secretome protects against kidney injury through induction of heme oxygenase 1 upregulation in vitro

World J Nephrol
14(3):108534.
Published online Sep 25, 2025.
doi: 10.5527/wjn.v14.i3.108534
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Received: 04/16/2025
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Revised: 05/29/2025
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Accepted: 07/15/2025
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Systematic Reviews
Safety, feasibility, and efficacy of surgical intervention for Urolithiasis in patients with chronic kidney disease: A systematic review

World J Nephrol
14(3):105288.
Published online Sep 25, 2025.
doi: 10.5527/wjn.v14.i3.105288
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Received: 01/17/2025
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Accepted: 06/09/2025
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Case Report
World J Nephrol
14(3):108703.
Published online Sep 25, 2025.
doi: 10.5527/wjn.v14.i3.108703
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Received: 04/22/2025
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Accepted: 07/31/2025
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Avacopan in the treatment of relapsing polychondritis with myeloperoxidase-antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody associated vasculitis: A case report

World J Nephrol
14(3):109400.
Published online Sep 25, 2025.
doi: 10.5527/wjn.v14.i3.109400
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Received: 05/09/2025
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Revised: 05/28/2025
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Accepted: 07/10/2025
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Letter to the Editor
Complex role of insurance in living donor kidney transplantation: Perspectives from the affordable care act era

World J Nephrol
14(3):105768.
Published online Sep 25, 2025.
doi: 10.5527/wjn.v14.i3.105768
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Received: 02/05/2025
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Revised: 04/16/2025
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Accepted: 06/20/2025
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Modified National Early Warning Score 2, warning system for predicting treatment outcomes in patients with emphysematous pyelonephritis

World J Nephrol
14(3):107879.
Published online Sep 25, 2025.
doi: 10.5527/wjn.v14.i3.107879
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Received: 04/01/2025
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Accepted: 09/02/2025
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World J Nephrol
14(3):108099.
Published online Sep 25, 2025.
doi: 10.5527/wjn.v14.i3.108099
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Received: 04/04/2025
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Revised: 04/23/2025
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Accepted: 05/18/2025
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