Comparison of evaluation indexes for Gastroenterology and Hepatology journals in different databases

Table 1 Comparison of Journal Article Influence Index, Journal Impact Factor, and CiteScore in decreasing order of Journal Article Influence Index values

Journal name	2022 JAII	2021 JIF	2021 CS
Seminars in Liver Disease	48.011	6.512	9.4
Hepatology	43.087	17.298	25.8
Gastroenterology	37.347	33.883	33
Gut	36.77	31.793	40.1
Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology	35.564	73.082	-
Gut Microbes	31.922	9.434	9.4
Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics	28.815	9.524	-
Journal of Hepatology	28.63	30.083	39.2
Best Practice & Research Clinical Gastroenterology	28.443	2.695	-
Diseases of the Colon & Rectum	26.986	4.412	-
Liver Transplantation	26.916	6.112	8
Gastric Cancer	24.132	7.701	12.5
Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology	23.661	45.042	-
The American Journal of Gastroenterology	23.599	12.045	-
Journal of Gastroenterology	22.863	6.772	13.7
Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology	22.413	13.576	12.2
Neurogastroenterology and Motility	22.381	3.96	6.5
World Journal of Gastroenterology	21.897	5.374	8.1
American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology	21.407	4.871	-
Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery: Official Journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract	20.787	3.267	-
Liver International	19.971	8.754	11.2
Clinics in Liver Disease	19.939	6.265	8
Journal of Viral Hepatitis	19.545	3.517	6.1
Digestive Diseases and Sciences	19.37	3.487	5.5
World Journal of Gastrointestinal Pathophysiology	18.735	-	-
Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology	18.364	3.027	3.6
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy	18.175	10.396	9.8
Helicobacter	18.162	5.182	8.6
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases	17.936	7.29	9.8
Gastroenterology Clinics of North America	17.833	3.867	6.1
Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition	17.742	3.288	4.8
Hepatology International	17.664	9.029	8.9
Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology	16.888	3.174	5.5
Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology	16.793	4.369	6
World Journal of Hepatology	16.007	-	3.6
International Journal of Colorectal Disease	15.433	2.796	3.9
Gut Pathogens	15.39	5.324	6.5
World Journal of Gastrointestinal Pharmacology and Therapeutics	14.797	-	-
Pancreas	14.71	3.243	4.4
HPB: The Official Journal of the International Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association	14.453	3.842	-
International Journal of Hepatology	14.249	-	6.1
European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology	14.227	2.586	-
Therapeutic Advances in Gastroenterology	13.823	4.802	5.8
Journal of Neurogastroenterology and Motility	13.594	4.725	7.4
Pancreatology	13.497	3.977	5.8
Hepatology Research	13.332	4.942	7.8
Gut and Liver	13.193	4.321	6.6
Digestive Diseases	13.081	3.421	4.2
BMC Gastroenterology	12.991	2.847	3.3
Endoscopy	12.541	9.776	11
Journal of Crohn’s & Colitis	12.432	10.02
Colorectal Disease	12.341	3.917	4.4
Liver Cancer	12.174	12.43	12.6
Digestive and Liver Disease: Official Journal of the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver	12.096	5.165	-
Diseases of the Esophagus: Official Journal of the International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus	11.969	2.822	-
Current Opinion in Gastroenterology	11.929	2.741	4.9
World Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology	11.552	3.404	3.6
United European Gastroenterology Journal	11.453	6.866	7.9
Clinical and Molecular Hepatology	11.251	8.337	8.9
Digestive Surgery	11.226	2.459	4.2
Expert Review of Gastroenterology & Hepatology	10.885	4.095	-
World Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy	10.598	-	-
World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery	10.579	2.505	-
Clinical and Translational Gastroenterology	10.45	4.396	5.2
Clinical and Experimental Gastroenterology	10.149	-	5
Gastroenterology Research and Practice	9.902	1.919	3.7
Journal of Digestive Diseases	9.302	3.366	4.2
Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology	9.277	8.797	-
Digestion	9.189	3.672	5.1
Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery	9.059	2.403	3.5
Techniques in Coloproctology	9.056	3.699	4.6
Journal of Gastric Cancer	9.031	3.197	4.4
Hepatic Medicine: Evidence and Research	8.847	-	-
Annals of Hepatology	8.782	3.388	4.7
JHEP Reports	8.693	9.917	8.1
BMJ Open Gastroenterology	7.884	-	3.5
Clinical Endoscopy	7.72	-	3.5
Intestinal Research	7.651	-	6
Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology	7.615	2.605	-
Digestive Endoscopy	7.111	6.337	7.5
Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Diseases International	7.052	3.355	-
Esophagus: Official Journal of the Japan Esophageal Society	6.775	3.671	-
Endoscopy International Open	6.725	-	-
Gastroenterology Report	6.685	4.063	4.9
Clinics and Research in Hepatology and Gastroenterology	6.59	3.189	3.1
Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology	6.236	-	5.3
Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology	6.205	3.214	4.3
Hepatitis Monthly	6.037	1.214	1.1
Hepatology Communications	6.006	5.701	7.7
Liver Research	5.941	-	6.3
Endoscopic Ultrasound	5.932	5.275	5.9
Gastrointestinal Tumors	5.556	-	-
Indian Journal of Gastroenterology: Official Journal of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology	5.311	-	-
Frontline Gastroenterology	4.933	-	3.8
Journal of Clinical and Translational Hepatology	4.562	5.065	6.4
Inflammatory Intestinal Diseases	4.474	-	0.2
Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery	4.427	3.583	5.5
Case Reports in Gastroenterology	4.117	-	1
Annals of Coloproctology	3.946	-	2.4
Translational Gastroenterology and Hepatology	3.945	-	5.5
Clinical Liver Disease	3.934	-	2.4
Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology	3.029	2.587	3.3

CS: CiteScore; JAII: Journal Article Influence Index; JIF: Journal Impact Factor. “-” denotes lack of score assigned by the corresponding institution/database.