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Welcome to the World Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology

World Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology (WJGO, World J Gastrointest Oncol) is a high-quality, online, open-access, single-blind peer-reviewed journal published by the Baishideng Publishing Group. WJGO accepts both solicited and unsolicited manuscripts. Articles published in WJGO are high-quality, clinical and basic, influential research articles by established academic authors as well as new researchers. The paramount objective of WJGO is to showcase and promote distinguished research in the field of gastrointestinal oncology, to help advance development of this field. The types of articles published in the WJGO 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
  • Monjur Ahmed, MD, (E-mail: monjur.ahmed@jefferson.edu) Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, United States
Indexing/Abstracting
The WJGO is now abstracted and indexed in PubMed, PubMed Central, Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE, also known as SciSearch®), Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition, 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 WJGO as 2.5; JIF without journal self cites: 2.5; 5-year JIF: 2.8; JIF Rank: 72/143 in gastroenterology and hepatology; JIF Quartile: Q3; and 5-year JIF Quartile: Q2.

The WJGO’s CiteScore for 2023 is 4.2 and Scopus CiteScore rank 2023: Gastroenterology is 80/167; Oncology is 196/404.

ISSN
1948-5204 (online)
Editorial
Xu-Xing Ye, Hui-Heng Qu, Chao Yang, Wei-Jun Teng, Yan-Ping Chen, Jun-Mei Lin, Xiao-Bo Wang 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 17(4):102469. Published online Apr 15, 2025. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v17.i4.102469
Review
Yuan Zhang, Ning-Ning Yue, Li-Yu Chen, Cheng-Mei Tian, Jun Yao, Li-Sheng Wang, Yu-Jie Liang, Dao-Ru Wei, Hua-Lin Ma, De-Feng Li 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 17(4):103591. Published online Apr 15, 2025. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v17.i4.103591
Case Control Study
Retrospective Cohort Study
Cheng-Hao Zhao, Huan Liu, Tao Pan, Zhan-Wang Xiang, Lu-Wen Mu, Jun-Yang Luo, Chu-Ren Zhou, Ming-An Li, Ming-Ming Liu, Hu-Zheng Yan, Ming-Sheng Huang 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 17(4):103776. Published online Apr 15, 2025. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v17.i4.103776
Retrospective Study
Mikhail B Potievskiy, Leonid O Petrov, Sergei A Ivanov, Pavel V Sokolov, Vladimir S Trifanov, Nikolai A Grishin, Ruslan I Moshurov, Peter V Shegai, Andrei D Kaprin 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 17(4):100089. Published online Apr 15, 2025. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v17.i4.100089
Shu-Yuan Wang, Xue-Tao Dong, Zhen Yuan, Lei-Xin Jin, Wei-Feng Gao, You-Kui Han, Ke-Min Ni, Zhao-Ce Liu, Jun-Ying Wang, Xiao-Meng Wei, Xiao-Min Su, Xi Peng, Chun-Ze Zhang 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 17(4):101487. Published online Apr 15, 2025. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v17.i4.101487
Yong-Kang Mo, Xia-Pu Chen, Liang-Li Hong, Yi-Ru Hu, Dai-Ying Lin, Li-Chun Xie, Zhuo-Zhi Dai 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 17(4):102085. Published online Apr 15, 2025. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v17.i4.102085
Clinical Trials Study
Observational Study
Mikito Suzuki, Nobuyuki Sakurazawa, Nobutoshi Hagiwara, Hideki Kogo, Takahiro Haruna, Ryuji Ohashi, Hiroshi Yoshida 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 17(4):101925. Published online Apr 15, 2025. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v17.i4.101925
Prospective Study
Domina Kekez, Juraj Prejac, Gordan Adžić, Nikša Librenjak, Irma Goršić, Danijela Jonjić, Željko Krznarić, Goran Augustin, Stjepko Pleština 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 17(4):103029. Published online Apr 15, 2025. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v17.i4.103029
Basic Study
H M C Shantha Kumara, Poppy Addison, Xiao-Hong Yan, Anuj Raj Sharma, Neil Mitra, Hansani N Angammana, Yanni Hedjar, Yi-Ru Chen, Vesna Cekic, Whelan L Richard 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 17(4):100678. Published online Apr 15, 2025. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v17.i4.100678
Fu-Chao Ma, Guan-Lan Zhang, Bang-Teng Chi, Yu-Lu Tang, Wei Peng, Ai-Qun Liu, Gang Chen, Jin-Biao Gao, Dan-Ming Wei, Lian-Ying Ge 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 17(4):103679. Published online Apr 15, 2025. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v17.i4.103679
Scientometrics
Case Report
Shion Tachibana, Kentaro Moriichi, Keitaro Takahashi, Masahiro Sato, Yu Kobayashi, Yuya Sugiyama, Takahiro Sasaki, Aki Sakatani, Katsuyoshi Ando, Nobuhiro Ueno, Shin Kashima, Hiroki Tanabe, Mikihiro Fujiya 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 17(4):101123. Published online Apr 15, 2025. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v17.i4.101123
Xiao-Lan Li, Min Li, Hua Yang, Juan Tian, Zi-Wei Shi, Ling-Zhi Wang, Kui Song 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 17(4):102021. Published online Apr 15, 2025. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v17.i4.102021
Xiao-Yu Du, Ren-Jie Xia, Li-Wen Shen, Jian-Guo Ma, Wei-Qing Yao, Wei Xu, Zhi-Peng Lin, Liang-Bin Ma, Guo-Qiang Niu, Rui-Fang Fan, Shu-Mei Xu, Long Yan 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 17(4):102258. Published online Apr 15, 2025. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v17.i4.102258
Letter to the Editor