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Welcome to the World Journal of Methodology

World Journal of Methodology (WJM, World J Methodol) 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 methodology. The types of articles published in WJM 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. WJM is edited and published by the Baishideng Publishing Group. Submit here >>

2025 Published Issues
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Editors-in-Chief
  • Timotius Ivan Hariyanto, MD, Assistant Professor, (E-mail: timotius.hariyanto95@gmail.com) Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Pelita Harapan University, Tangerang, Banten 15811, Indonesia
Indexing/Abstracting
The WJM is now abstracted and indexed in PubMed, PubMed Central, Reference Citation Analysis, China Science and Technology Journal Database, and Superstar Journals Database.
Journal Metrics
There is currently no impact factor.
ISSN
2222-0682 (online)
Latest Manuscript Statistics
Received (87), Peer Review Time (5 days/Mean), Time to First Decision (50 days/Mean), Second Decision Time (24 days/Mean), Accepted (36.8%/Mean), Production Time (91 days/Mean), Time to Publication (212 days/Mean), and Rejected (18.4%/Mean).
Editorial
Review
Christina Mouratidou, Efstathios T Pavlidis, Georgios Katsanos, Maria Papaioannou, Argyri Niti, Serafeim-Chrysovalantis Kotoulas, Georgios Tsoulfas, Eleni Mouloudi, Ioannis N Galanis, Theodoros E Pavlidis 
World J Methodol 15(4):104472. Published online Dec 20, 2025. doi: 10.5662/wjm.v15.i4.104472
Minireviews
Xiang-Yi Hou, Li Zhang, Zhi-Jie Zhang, Wei Xu, Liang-Wen Ye, Hao-Yu Zhao, Xiang-Hui Suo, An-Jie Hong 
World J Methodol 15(4):104696. Published online Dec 20, 2025. doi: 10.5662/wjm.v15.i4.104696
Rajwinder Kaur, Arvind Kumar Morya, Parul C Gupta, Sarita Aggarwal, Nitin K Menia, Amanjot Kaur, Sukhchain Kaur, Sony Sinha 
World J Methodol 15(4):107166. Published online Dec 20, 2025. doi: 10.5662/wjm.v15.i4.107166
Mohamed Mahmoud Hafez, Ibrahim Halil Bahcecioglu, Mehmet Yalniz, Karim Abdelwahab Kouta, Ahmed Tawheed 
World J Methodol 15(4):107643. Published online Dec 20, 2025. doi: 10.5662/wjm.v15.i4.107643
Retrospective Cohort Study
Tomas Ignacio Nicolino, Maximiliano Smietniansky, Bruno Boietti, Ignacio Garcia-Mansilla, Lisandro Carbo, Cintia Belen Martinez 
World J Methodol 15(4):102758. Published online Dec 20, 2025. doi: 10.5662/wjm.v15.i4.102758
Ayrton I Bangolo, Rajesh Chowdary Donepudi, Vignesh K Nagesh, Joel Sandrugu, Izage Kianifar Aguilar, Rakesh Sarraf, Sawsan Suliman, Nikita Wadhwani, Cynthia Elizabeth Armendariz Espinoza, Hadrian Hoang-Vu Tran, Charlotte Levy, Budoor Alqinai, Aaron Rambaransingh, Manouchehr Adibeig, Anit Ghosal, Gulnaz Siddiqui, Nayana Bhandari, Sandeep Kotnani, Abdul Aziz Akrama, Akhila Thota, Harshan Gill, Rija Aziz, Chung H Lee, Shailaja Devi Abbisetty, Sandeep Bhangu, Karamvir Randhawa, Zubair Habib, Saba Ahmed Khan, Calvin Yee Fen Lee, Mariam Sanoh, Katherine Jacobson, Abraham Lo, Simcha Weissman 
World J Methodol 15(4):105053. Published online Dec 20, 2025. doi: 10.5662/wjm.v15.i4.105053
Retrospective Study
Omar Musbahi, Kyriacos Pouris, Savvas Hadjixenophontos, Ahmed Al-Saadawi, Iris Soteriou, Justin Peter Cobb, Gareth G Jones 
World J Methodol 15(4):105493. Published online Dec 20, 2025. doi: 10.5662/wjm.v15.i4.105493
Observational Study
Kamilu M Karaye, Naser A Ishaq, Hadiza Saidu, Sulaiman A Balarabe, Mohammed Abdullahi Talle, Muhammad S Isa 
World J Methodol 15(4):101181. Published online Dec 20, 2025. doi: 10.5662/wjm.v15.i4.101181
Bhagabat Nayak, Koyel Chakraborty, Shanmugasundaram Palanisamy, Ravikumar Subraya Rathod, Sucheta Parija, Bijnya Birajita Panda 
World J Methodol 15(4):105287. Published online Dec 20, 2025. doi: 10.5662/wjm.v15.i4.105287
Prospective Study
Basic Study
Stavros Stamiris, Angeliki Cheva, Michael Potoupnis, Elissavet Anestiadou, Dimitrios Stamiris, Chryssa Bekiari, Antonia Loukousia, Papavasiliou Kyriakos, Eleftherios Tsiridis, Ioannis Sarris 
World J Methodol 15(4):106216. Published online Dec 20, 2025. doi: 10.5662/wjm.v15.i4.106216
Systematic Reviews
Mutali Musa, Ayuba Suleman, Clinton Okechukwu, Babatunde Ismail Bale, Caterina Gagliano, Fabiana D’Esposito, Marco Zeppieri 
World J Methodol 15(4):101033. Published online Dec 20, 2025. doi: 10.5662/wjm.v15.i4.101033
Meta-Analysis
Roopeessh Vempati, Nanush Damarlapally, Srivatsa Surya Vasudevan, Viral Patel, Prathibha Banda, Denise Mourad, Harshavardhan Polamarasetty, Gaurav Mathur, Afrasayab Khan, Rupak Desai, Iqbal Ratnani, Salim Surani 
World J Methodol 15(4):107468. Published online Dec 20, 2025. doi: 10.5662/wjm.v15.i4.107468
Case Report
Elena Angeloudi, Maria Xanthopoulou, Maria Lima, Athanasios C Kalyvas, Serafeim C Kotoulas, Maria Dimitriou, Panagiotis Ioannidis, Aris Liakos, Eleni Gigi 
World J Methodol 15(4):101459. Published online Dec 20, 2025. doi: 10.5662/wjm.v15.i4.101459
Radha Chauhan, Sachin Chauhan, Prashant Bhasin, Ashima Sood, Hemanshi Kumar, Ajay Gupta, Meenu Bhasin 
World J Methodol 15(4):104655. Published online Dec 20, 2025. doi: 10.5662/wjm.v15.i4.104655
Letter to the Editor
Carlos M Lucero, Juan Bautista Luco, Agustin Albani Forneris, Martin A Buttaro 
World J Methodol 15(4):106708. Published online Dec 20, 2025. doi: 10.5662/wjm.v15.i4.106708