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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 >>

2024 Published Issues
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Editors-in-Chief
  • Monjur Ahmed, AGAF, FACG, FACP, FASGE, FRCP, MD, MRCP, Doctor, Editor-in-Chief, Full Professor, (E-mail: monjur.ahmed@jefferson.edu) Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, United States
  • Florin Burada, MD, MSc, PhD, Doctor, Professor, Research Scientist, (E-mail: buradaflorin@gmail.com) Department of Medical Genetics and Human Genomics Laboratory, Research Center of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Craiova 200349, Romania
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 2023 edition of Journal Citation Reports® cites the 2022 impact factor (IF) for WJGO as 3.0; IF without journal self cites: 2.9; 5-year IF: 3.0; Journal Citation Indicator: 0.49; Ranking: 157 among 241 journals in oncology; Quartile category: Q3; Ranking: 58 among 93 journals in gastroenterology and hepatology; and Quartile category: Q3. The WJGO’s CiteScore for 2022 is 4.1 and Scopus CiteScore rank 2022: Gastroenterology is 71/149; Oncology is 197/366.
ISSN
1948-5204 (online)
Editorial
Antonio Pesce, Nicolò Fabbri, Diletta Iovino, Carlo Vittorio Feo 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 16(4):1091-1096. Published online Apr 15, 2024. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v16.i4.1091
Review
Sara Ramos Lopes, Claudio Martins, Inês Costa Santos, Madalena Teixeira, Élia Gamito, Ana Luisa Alves 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 16(4):1119-1133. Published online Apr 15, 2024. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v16.i4.1119
Luis Guilherme de Oliveira Silva, Fabian Fellipe Bueno Lemos, Marcel Silva Luz, Samuel Luca Rocha Pinheiro, Mariana dos Santos Calmon, Gabriel Lima Correa Santos, Gabriel Reis Rocha, Fabrício Freire de Melo 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 16(4):1134-1153. Published online Apr 15, 2024. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v16.i4.1134
Minireviews
Sebastián Díaz-López, Jerónimo Jiménez-Castro, Carlos Enrique Robles-Barraza, Carlos Ayala-de Miguel, Manuel Chaves-Conde 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 16(4):1166-1179. Published online Apr 15, 2024. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v16.i4.1166
Hong-Tao Qu, Qing Li, Liang Hao, Yan-Jing Ni, Wen-Yu Luan, Zhe Yang, Xiao-Dong Chen, Tong-Tong Zhang, Yan-Dong Miao, Fang Zhang 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 16(4):1180-1191. Published online Apr 15, 2024. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v16.i4.1180
Retrospective Cohort Study
Retrospective Study
Clinical Trials Study
Observational Study
Wen-Feng Luo, Yu-Ting Jiao, Xiao-Ling Lin, Ying Zhao, Sheng-Bo Wang, Jian Shen, Jie Deng, Yu-Feng Ye, Ze-Ping Han, Fang-Mei Xie, Jin-Hua He, Yu Wan 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 16(4):1361-1373. Published online Apr 15, 2024. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v16.i4.1361
Clinical and Translational Research
Basic Study
Systematic Reviews
Meta-Analysis
Case Report
Yan-Liang Bai, Li-Jie Wang, Hui Luo, Ya-Bin Cui, Jin-Hui Xu, Hui-Jie Nan, Pei-Yao Yang, Jun-Wei Niu, Ming-Yue Shi 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 16(4):1668-1675. Published online Apr 15, 2024. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v16.i4.1668