In 2017, the World Journal of Hepatology (WJH) has published the 36^th issue which containing 13 articles contributed by scientists worldwide. Among these comprehensive articles are (1) “Hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma with portal vein tumor thrombus”, a Minieviews by Toshiya Kamiyama, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Surgeon, Surgical Oncologist, et al from Department of Gastroenterological Surgery I, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Japan; (2) “Women receive more inpatient resections and ablations for hepatocellular carcinoma than men”, an Original Article by Lanla Conteh, MD, MPH, Director of Hepatology, et al from Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, the Hepatocellular Carcinoma Multidisciplinary Clinic, the James Comprehensive Cancer Center, the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, United States, etc. We invite you to peruse all 13 articles in this issue, as they present the latest research progress findings and provide insightful comments in hepatology that will guide basic research and clinical practice in these fields.

This journal is an open-access journal which allows free immediate access to all full-text articles. For details, please visit: Volume 9, Issue 36, December 28, 2017.

Figure 1 The cover of the issue. Editorial Board Member of World Journal of Hepatology, Toshiya Kamiyama, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Surgeon, Surgical Oncologist, Department of Gastroenterological Surgery I, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8638, Japan

The WJH is a leading academic journal devoted to reporting the latest, cutting-edge research progress and findings of basic research and clinical practice in the field of hepatology. It was launched on October 31, 2009 and is published three issues per month (36 issues annually) by BPG, the world's leading professional clinical medical journal publishing company.

We encourage hepatologists worldwide to submit manuscripts to the WJH describing their original basic or clinical research findings that are of high academic value and which report new diagnostic techniques or summarize their treatment experiences.

We invited the readers to download and read the E-Journal of this issue.