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Welcome to the World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery (WJGSWorld J Gastrointest Surg) is a high-quality, online, open-access, single-blind peer-reviewed journal published by the Baishideng Publishing Group. WJGS accepts both solicited and unsolicited manuscripts. Articles published in WJGS are high-quality, clinical and basic, influential research articles by established academic authors as well as new researchers. The paramount objective of WJGS is to showcase and promote distinguished research in the field of gastrointestinal surgery, to help advance development of this field. The types of articles published in WJGS 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
  • Peter Schemmer, FACS, MD, PhD, Chairman, Full Professor, Professor, (E-mail: peter.schemmer@medunigraz.at) Department of General, Visceral- and Transplant Surgery, Medical University of Graz, Graz 8036, Styria, Austria
Indexing/Abstracting
The WJGS is now abstracted and indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE, also known as SciSearch®), Current Contents/Clinical Medicine, Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition, 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 WJGS as 1.8; JIF without journal self cites: 1.7; 5-year JIF: 1.9; JIF Rank: 126/292 in surgery; JIF Quartile: Q2; and 5-year JIF Quartile: Q3.

ISSN
1948-9366 (online)
Editorial
Minireviews
Retrospective Cohort Study
Yue-Gang Li, Cheng-Cheng Han, Meng Zhuang, Wei Zhao, Gang Hu, Wen-Long Qiu, Xi-Shan Wang, Jian-Qiang Tang 
World J Gastrointest Surg 17(1):98263. Published online Jan 27, 2025. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v17.i1.98263
Retrospective Study
Randomized Controlled Trial
Basic Study
Yi-Ting Ling, Fei Yao, Sen-Juan Li, Chen-Xi Cao, Zhen-Wei Chen, Min Qiu, Bu-Zhuo Li, Bi-Wen Hu, Shen-Yan Zhong, Guang-Lei Hu, Jia-Hua Li 
World J Gastrointest Surg 17(1):100790. Published online Jan 27, 2025. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v17.i1.100790
Scientometrics
Case Report
Letter to the Editor
Retraction Note