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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, open-access academic journal that employs a single-blind peer-review process. The journal focuses on publishing clinical, basic, and translational research achievements that are innovative, novel, and practical in the fields of gastrointestinal oncology. The types of articles published in 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. All submissions must comply with academic norms and ethical requirements. WJGO is edited and published by the Baishideng Publishing Group. Submit here >>

2025 Published Issues
8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Editors-in-Chief
  • Monjur Ahmed, MD, Associate Professor, (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 2025 edition of Journal Citation Reports® cites the 2024 journal impact factor (JIF) for WJGO as 2.5; JIF without journal self cites: 2.4; 5-year JIF: 2.7; JIF Rank: 68/147 in gastroenterology and hepatology; JIF Quartile: Q2; and 5-year JIF Quartile: Q3; JIF Rank: 188/326 in oncology; JIF Quartile: Q3; and 5-year JIF Quartile: Q3.

The WJGO’s CiteScore for 2024 is 3.3 and Scopus CiteScore rank 2024: Gastroenterology is 89/173; Oncology is 235/415. 

ISSN
1948-5204 (online)
Latest Manuscript Statistics
Received (483), Peer Review Time (5 days/Mean), Time to First Decision (32 days/Mean), Second Decision Time (27 days/Mean), Accepted (37.9%/Mean), Production Time (52 days/Mean), Time to Publication (145 days/Mean), and Rejected (35.4%/Mean).
Review
Minireviews
Maaz Amir, Danyal Bakht, Syed Faqeer Hussain Bokhari, Rabia Yousaf, Asma Iqbal, Hashir Nazir, Muhammad Waleed, Mustabeen Zahra Naqvi, Maleeha Tahir, Wahidullah Dost 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 17(8):106842. Published online Aug 15, 2025. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v17.i8.106842
Retrospective Cohort Study
Retrospective Study
Wan-Yi Sun, Shui-Sheng Zhang, Shao-Kai Zhang, Ren-Yi Qin, Bin Zhou, Jun Liu, Sheng-Ping Li, Ru-Fu Chen, Cheng-Feng Wang, Jin-Hu Fan 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 17(8):106447. Published online Aug 15, 2025. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v17.i8.106447
Yi-Cong Wang, Chen-Guang Zhang, Yu-Wen Wang, Can Guo, Ting Pan, Peng-Jie Yu, Bao-Jia Cai, Rui-Hua Ding, Jia-Luo Qiang, Chen-Qian Deng, Cheng-Hao Hu, Yong-Huan Xu 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 17(8):109646. Published online Aug 15, 2025. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v17.i8.109646
Observational Study
Jiang-Feng Tang, Rui Xia, Xue-Zhong Xing, Chang-Song Wang, Gang Ma, Hong-Zhi Wang, Biao Zhu, Jiang-Hong Zhao, Dong-Min Zhou, Li Zhang, Ming-Guang Huang, Rong-Xi Quan, Yong Ye, Guo-Xing Zhang, Zheng-Ying Jiang, Bing Huang, Shan-Ling Xu, Yun Xiao, Lin-Lin Zhang, Rui-Yun Lin, Shu-Liang Ma, Yu-An Qiu, Zhen Zheng, Ni Sun, Le-Wu Xian, Ji Li, Ming Zhang, Zhi-Jun Guo, Yong Tao, Xiang-Zhe Zhou, Wei Chen, Dao-Xie Wang, Ji-Yan Chi, Dong-Hao Wang, Kai-Zhong Liu 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 17(8):106688. Published online Aug 15, 2025. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v17.i8.106688
Randomized Controlled Trial
Ali Mohamed Aboturkia, Wala Ben Kridis, Mukhtar Omer Aqoup, Munir Omer Abdoalmola, Suhil Ben Ali, Afef Khanfir 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 17(8):109579. Published online Aug 15, 2025. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v17.i8.109579
Basic Study
Qi-Qi Mao, Mei-Lin Zhang, Liang Zhong, Xu-Dong Xu, Xin-Hai Wang, Du-Yi Pan, Fu-Sheng Zhou, Jia-Xin Huang, Xian-Guang Zhao, Jia-Jie Chen, Xiao-Yun Jiang, Xu Sun, Wei-Qun Ding 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 17(8):105321. Published online Aug 15, 2025. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v17.i8.105321
Systematic Reviews
Case Report
Letter to the Editor