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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 >>

2025 Published Issues
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Editors-in-Chief
  • Joo Young Cho, MD, PhD, (E-mail: cjy6695@naver.com) Department of Gastroenterology, Cha Gangnam Medical Center, Cha University College of Medicine, Seoul 06135, South Korea
  • Bing Hu, MD, Professor, (Email: hubingnj@163.com) Department of Gastroenterology, Endoscopy Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan Province, China
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
Review
Retrospective Cohort Study
Yao Shen, Xiao-Juan Gao, Xiao-Xue Zhang, Jia-Min Zhao, Fei-Fan Hu, Jing-Lue Han, Wen-Ying Tian, Mei Yang, Yun-Fei Wang, Jia-Le Lv, Qiang Zhan, Fang-Mei An 
World J Gastrointest Endosc 17(4):104097. Published online Apr 16, 2025. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v17.i4.104097
Randomized Clinical Trial
Gabriela F Paduani, Leika M Felipe, Gustavo A De Paulo, Luciano Lenz, Bruno C Martins, Sergio E Matuguma, Adriana V Safatle-Ribeiro, Evandro S De Mello, Fauze Maluf-Filho 
World J Gastrointest Endosc 17(4):101998. Published online Apr 16, 2025. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v17.i4.101998
Case Report
Letter to the Editor