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Welcome to the World Journal of Nephrology

World Journal of Nephrology (WJN, World J Nephrol) is a high-quality, online, open-access, single-blind peer-reviewed journal published by the Baishideng Publishing Group. WJN accepts both solicited and unsolicited manuscripts. Articles published in WJN are high-quality, clinical and basic, influential research articles by established academic authors as well as new researchers. The paramount objective of WJN is to showcase and promote distinguished research in the field of nephrology, to help advance development of this field. 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. Submit here >>

2024 Published Issues
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Editors-in-Chief
  • Ying-Yong Zhao, MD, PhD, Dean, Professor, (E-mail: zyy@nwu.edu.cn) Faculty of Life Science & Medicine, Northwest University, Xi’an 710069, Shaanxi Province, China
  • Li Zuo, MD, PhD, Doctor, Professor, (E-mail: zuoli@bjmu.edu.cn) Department of Nephrology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing 100044, 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 2023 is 3.4 and Scopus CiteScore rank 2023: Nephrology is 37/81.
ISSN
2220-6124 (online)
Opinion Review
Review
Anmol Singh, Tejasvini Khanna, Diksha Mahendru, Jasraj Kahlon, Vikash Kumar, Aalam Sohal, Juliana Yang 
World J Nephrol 13(3):96574. Published online Sep 25, 2024. doi: 10.5527/wjn.v13.i3.96574
Minireviews
Observational Study
Prospective Study
Anastasia Vagopoulou, Panagiotis Theofilis, Despina Karasavvidou, Nasra Haddad, Dimitris Makridis, Stergios Tzimikas, Rigas Kalaitzidis 
World J Nephrol 13(3):95262. Published online Sep 25, 2024. doi: 10.5527/wjn.v13.i3.95262
Basic Study
João Bruno Beretta Duailibe, Cassiana Macagnan Viau, Jenifer Saffi, Sabrina Alves Fernandes, Marilene Porawski 
World J Nephrol 13(3):95627. Published online Sep 25, 2024. doi: 10.5527/wjn.v13.i3.95627