In 2016, the World Journal of Hepatology (WJH) has published the 28^th issue which containing 5 articles contributed by scientists worldwide. Among these comprehensive articles are (1) “Cirrhosis and autoimmune liver disease: Current understanding”, a Review by Dr. Rodrigo Liberal, et al from Institute of Liver Studies, King’s College London School of Medicine at King’s College Hospital, United Kingdom; (2) “DNA methylation of angiotensin II receptor gene in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis-related liver fibrosis”, an Original Article by Kiyoshi Asada, MD, PhD, Research Scientist, et al from Third Department of Internal Medicine, Nara Medical University, Japan, etc. We invite you to peruse all 5 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 8, Issue 28, October 8, 2016.

Figure 1 The cover of the issue. Editorial Board Member of World Journal of Hepatology, Qiang Li, MD, PhD, Chief Doctor, Director, Professor, Department of Liver Diseases, Jinan Infectious Disease Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan 250021, Shandong Province, China

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, at: http://www.wjgnet.com/1948-5182/e-journal.htm.