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Welcome to the World Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

World Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (WJGEWorld J Gastrointest Endosc) is a high-quality, online, open-access, single-blind peer-reviewed journal published by the Baishideng Publishing Group. WJGE accepts both solicited and unsolicited manuscripts. Articles published in WJGE are high-quality, clinical and basic, influential research articles by established academic authors as well as new researchers. The paramount objective of WJGE is to showcase and promote distinguished research in the field of gastrointestinal endoscopy, to help advance development of this field. The types of articles published in WJGE 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
  • JooYoung Cho, MD, PhD, Chairman, Director, Full Professor, Senior Editor, (E-mail: cjy6695@naver.com) Digestive Disease Center, Gangnam CHA University Hospital, Seoul 06135, South Korea
  • Bing Hu, MD, Professor, (E-mail: hubingnj@163.com) Department of Gastroenterology, Endoscopy Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan Province, China
  • Anastasios Koulaouzidis, MD, PhD, Professor, (E-mail: akoulaouzidis@hotmail.com) Department of Social Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin EH16 4SA, Poland
  • Sang Chul Lee, MD, PhD, Chief Doctor, Doctor, Full Professor, Professor, Surgeon, Surgical Oncologist, (E-mail: zambo9@catholic.ac.kr) Division of Colorectal Surgery, Department of General Surgery, Catholic University of Korea, Daejeon St. Mary's Hospital, Daejeon 34943, South Korea
Indexing/Abstracting
The WJGE is now abstracted and indexed in Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI, Web of Science), PubMed, PubMed Central, Reference Citation Analysis, China Science and Technology Journal Database, and Superstar Journals Database.
Journal Metrics
The 2024 edition of Journal Citation Reports® cites the 2023 journal impact factor (JIF) for WJGE as 1.4; JIF without journal self cites: 1.4; 5-year JIF: 1.7; JIF Rank: 111/143 in gastroenterology and hepatology; JIF Quartile: Q4; and 5-year JIF Quartile: Q4.
ISSN
1948-5190 (online)
Editorial
Minireviews
Tharathorn Suwatthanarak, Vitoon Chinswangwatanakul, Asada Methasate, Chainarong Phalanusitthepha, Minoru Tanabe, Keiichi Akita, Thawatchai Akaraviputh 
World J Gastrointest Endosc 16(6):305-317. Published online Jun 16, 2024. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v16.i6.305
Retrospective Study
Kenneth W Chow, Matthew T Bell, Nicholas Cumpian, Maryanne Amour, Ryan H Hsu, Viktor E Eysselein, Neetika Srivastava, Michael W Fleischman, Sofiya Reicher 
World J Gastrointest Endosc 16(6):335-342. Published online Jun 16, 2024. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v16.i6.335
Observational Study
Kirill Marakhouski, Elena Malyshka, Katsiaryna Nikalayeva, Larysa Valiok, Aleh Pataleta, Kiryl Sanfirau, Aliaksandr Svirsky, Vasily Averin 
World J Gastrointest Endosc 16(6):343-349. Published online Jun 16, 2024. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v16.i6.343
Clinical and Translational Research
Case Report
Asma Alnajjar, Abdulrahman Alfadda, Abdullah Mohammad Alqaraawi, Bader Alajlan, Jean Paul Atallah, Hussah Fahad AlHussaini 
World J Gastrointest Endosc 16(6):361-367. Published online Jun 16, 2024. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v16.i6.361