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Welcome to the World Journal of Gastroenterology

World Journal of Gastroenterology (WJG, World J Gastroenterol) is a high-quality, online, open-access, single-blind peer-reviewed journal published by the Baishideng Publishing Group. WJG accepts both solicited and unsolicited manuscripts. Articles published in WJG are high-quality, clinical and basic, influential research articles by established academic authors as well as new researchers. The paramount objective of WJG is to showcase and promote distinguished research in the field of gastroenterology and hepatology, to help advance development of this field. The types of articles published in WJG 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
17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Editors-in-Chief
  • Andrzej S Tarnawski, DSc, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Gastroenterology Research, University of California Irvine and The Veterans Administration Long Beach Healthcare System, Long Beach, CA 90822, United States
Indexing/Abstracting
The WJG is now abstracted and indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE, also known as SciSearch®), MEDLINE, PubMed, PubMed Central, Scopus, Reference Citation Analysis, China Science and Technology Journal Database, and Superstar Journals Database.
Journal Metrics
The 2023 edition of Journal Citation Reports® cites the 2022 impact factor (IF) for WJG as 4.3; IF without journal self cites: 4.1; 5-year IF: 5.3; Journal Citation Indicator: 0.82; Ranking: 33 among 93 journals in gastroenterology and hepatology; and Quartile category: Q2. The WJG’s CiteScore for 2021 is 8.3 and Scopus CiteScore rank 2022: Gastroenterology is 22/149.
ISSN
1007-9327 (print) and 2219-2840 (online)
Editorial
Francesca Campani, Tancredi Vincenzo Li Cavoli, Umberto Arena, Fabio Marra, Erica Nicola Lynch, Claudia Campani 
World J Gastroenterol 30(17):2287-2293. Published online May 7, 2024. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v30.i17.2287
Kin Pan Au, Kenneth Siu Ho Chok 
World J Gastroenterol 30(17):2298-2301. Published online May 7, 2024. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v30.i17.2298
Minireviews
Marcel Ioan Gheorghiu, Andrada Seicean, Cristina Pojoga, Claudia Hagiu, Radu Seicean, Zeno Sparchez 
World J Gastroenterol 30(17):2311-2320. Published online May 7, 2024. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v30.i17.2311
Retrospective Study
Prospective Study
Roberta Tutino, Tommaso Stecca, Fabrizio Farneti, Marco Massani, Giulio Aniello Santoro 
World J Gastroenterol 30(17):2332-2342. Published online May 7, 2024. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v30.i17.2332
Meta-Analysis
Kai Zhou, Cai-Ling Li, Hua Zhang, Bao-Jun Suo, Yu-Xin Zhang, Xin-Lu Ren, Yu-Xin Wang, Chang-Min Mi, Ling-Ling Ma, Li-Ya Zhou, Xue-Li Tian, Zhi-Qiang Song 
World J Gastroenterol 30(17):2354-2368. Published online May 7, 2024. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v30.i17.2354
Letter to the Editor
Masood Muhammad Karim, Amna Subhan Butt 
World J Gastroenterol 30(17):2371-2373. Published online May 7, 2024. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v30.i17.2371