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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 >>

2025 Published Issues
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Editors-in-Chief
  • Andrzej S Tarnawski, MD, PhD, Professor, (E-mail: atarnawski@yahoo.com) 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 2024 edition of Journal Citation Reports® cites the 2023 journal impact factor (JIF) for WJG as 4.3; JIF without journal self cites: 4.2; 5-year JIF: 5.1; JIF Rank: 30/143 in gastroenterology and hepatology; JIF Quartile: Q1; and 5-year JIF Quartile: Q1.

The WJG’s CiteScore for 2023 is 7.8 and Scopus CiteScore rank 2023: Gastroenterology is 25/167.

ISSN
1007-9327 (print) and 2219-2840 (online)
Editorial
Review
Gabriel Reis Rocha, Fabian Fellipe Bueno Lemos, Luis Guilherme de Oliveira Silva, Marcel Silva Luz, Gabriel Lima Correa Santos, Samuel Luca Rocha Pinheiro, Mariana Santos Calmon, Fabrício Freire de Melo 
World J Gastroenterol 31(10):102289. Published online Mar 14, 2025. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v31.i10.102289
Minireviews
Li-Li Wang, Fa-Chang Zhang, Han-Xin Xu, Dian-Dian Deng, Bing-Jie Ren, Qi Tan, Ya-Xin Liu, Wen-Hui Zhao, Jia-Le Lu 
World J Gastroenterol 31(10):103454. Published online Mar 14, 2025. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v31.i10.103454
Case Control Study
Ming-Ying Lu, Yu-Ju Wei, Chih-Wen Wang, Po-Cheng Liang, Ming-Lun Yeh, Yi-Shan Tsai, Pei-Chien Tsai, Yu-Min Ko, Ching-Chih Lin, Kuan-Yu Chen, Yi-Hung Lin, Tyng-Yuan Jang, Ming-Yen Hsieh, Zu-Yau Lin, Chung-Feng Huang, Jee-Fu Huang, Chia-Yen Dai, Wan-Long Chuang, Ming-Lung Yu 
World J Gastroenterol 31(10):103716. Published online Mar 14, 2025. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v31.i10.103716
Retrospective Cohort Study
Retrospective Study
En-Pan Xu, Zhi-Peng Qi, Jia-Wei Zhang, Bing Li, Zhong Ren, Ming-Yan Cai, Shi-Lun Cai, Zhen-Tao Lv, Zhang-Han Chen, Jing-Yi Liu, Yun-Shi Zhong, Ping-Hong Zhou, Qiang Shi 
World J Gastroenterol 31(10):102393. Published online Mar 14, 2025. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v31.i10.102393
Basic Study
Min Chen, Jin-Bo Zhao, Guang-Bo Wu, Zheng-Hao Wu, Gu-Qing Luo, Zhi-Feng Zhao, Chi-Hao Zhang, Jia-Yun Lin, Hong-Jie Li, Xiao-Liang Qi, Hai-Zhong Huo, Abudukadier Tuersun, Qiang Fan, Lei Zheng, Meng Luo 
World J Gastroenterol 31(10):100194. Published online Mar 14, 2025. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v31.i10.100194
Man Liu, Ying-Lan Ji, Yu-Jie Hu, Ying-Xi Su, Jie Yang, Xiao-Yi Wang, Hong-Yu Chu, Xue Zhang, Shi-Jing Dong, Hui Yang, Yu-Hang Liu, Si-Min Zhou, Li-Ping Guo, Ying Ran, Yan-Ni Li, Jing-Wen Zhao, Zhi-Guang Zhang, Mei-Yu Piao, Lu Zhou 
World J Gastroenterol 31(10):101014. Published online Mar 14, 2025. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v31.i10.101014
Letter to the Editor