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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, basic and clinical, 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, Basic Study, Clinical Research, Systematic Review, Meta-analysis, Evidence-based Medicine, Field of Vision, Clinical Guidelines, Letter to the Editor, and Case Report. Submit here >>

2023 Published Issues
9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Editors-in-Chief
  • Joo Young Cho, MD, PhD, Chairman, Director, Full Professor, Senior Editor, (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, (E-mail: hubingnj@163.com) Department of Gastroenterology, 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 (Web of Science), PubMed, PubMed Central, Reference Citation Analysis, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, 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 WJGE as 2.0; IF without journal self cites: 1.9; 5-year IF: 3.3; Journal Citation Indicator: 0.28. 
ISSN
1948-5190 (online)
Retrospective Study
Observational Study
Eleonora Sofie van Tuyll van Serooskerken, Gabriele Gallo, Bas L Weusten, Jessie Westerhof, Lodewijk AA Brosens, Sander Zwaveling, Jetske Ruiterkamp, Jan BF Hulscher, Hubertus GM Arets, Arnold JN Bittermann, David C van der Zee, Stefaan HAJ Tytgat, Maud YA Lindeboom 
World J Gastrointest Endosc 15(9):553-563. Published online Sep 16, 2023. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v15.i9.553
Prospective Study
Yi-Fei Huang, Sheng-Juan Hu, Yang Bu, Yi-Ling Li, Yan-Hong Deng, Jian-Ping Hu, Shao-Qi Yang, Qian Shen, Mark McAlindon, Rui-Chun Shi, Xiao-Qin Li, Tie-Ying Song, Hai-Long Qi, Tai-Wei Jiao, Meng-Yuan Liu, Fang He, Jun Zhu, Bin Ma, Xiao-Bin Yu, Jian-Yang Guo, Yue-Hua Yu, Hai-Jiang Yong, Wen-Tun Yao, Ting Ye, Hua Wang, Wen-Fu Dong, Jian-Guo Liu, Qiang Wei, Jing Tian, Xiao-Guo Li, Xavier Dray, Xiao-Long Qi 
World J Gastrointest Endosc 15(9):564-573. Published online Sep 16, 2023. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v15.i9.564
Meta-Analysis