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Welcome to the World Journal of Gastroenterology

World Journal of Gastroenterology (WJG, World J Gastroenterol) 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 gastroenterology and hepatology. The types of articles published in WJG 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. WJG is edited and published by the Baishideng Publishing Group. Submit here >>

2025 Published Issues
Editors-in-Chief
  • Andrzej S Tarnawski, MD, PhD, Professor, (Email: atarnawski@yahoo.com) Department of Gastroenterology Research, University of California Irvine and The Veterans Administration Long Beach Healthcare System, Long Beach, CA 90822, United States
Indexing/Abstracting

The WJG is now abstracted and indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE, also known as SciSearch®), MEDLINE, PubMed, PubMed Central, 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 WJG as 5.4; JIF without journal self cites: 5.1; 5-year JIF: 5.3; JIF Rank: 22/147 in gastroenterology and hepatology; JIF Quartile: Q1; and 5-year JIF Quartile: Q1.

The WJG’s CiteScore for 2024 is 8.1 and Scopus CiteScore rank 2024: Gastroenterology is 20/173.

ISSN
1007-9327 (print) and 2219-2840 (online)
Latest Manuscript Statistics
Received (2348), Peer Review Time (5 days/Mean), Time to First Decision (34 days/Mean), Second Decision Time (30 days/Mean), Accepted (18.0%/Mean), Production Time (28 days/Mean), Time to Publication (122 days/Mean), and Rejected (63.7%/Mean).
Editorial
Review
Mircea Mănuc, Cătălin-Andrei Duței, Teodora-Ecaterina Mănuc, Andreea-Elena Chifulescu, Florin Andrei Grama 
World J Gastroenterol 31(42):111291. Published online Nov 14, 2025. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v31.i42.111291
Minireviews
Adriana Ciocalteu, Cristiana M Urhut, Costin Teodor Streba, Adina Kamal, Madalin Mamuleanu, Larisa D Sandulescu 
World J Gastroenterol 31(42):112196. Published online Nov 14, 2025. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v31.i42.112196
Case Control Study
Jun Cai, Yang-Bor Lu, Yang Lv, Xiao-Juan Zhan, Ting Li, Guang Yang, Yu-Tong Ma, Jian-Zhen Ren, Bo Li, Heng Yu, Su-Huan Liao, Yi-Tian Guo, Qiu-Ping Qiu, Xiao-Ping Hong, Long-Bin Huang, Yu Zhang, Si-Lin Huang 
World J Gastroenterol 31(42):112106. Published online Nov 14, 2025. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v31.i42.112106
Retrospective Cohort Study
Maria Tzouvala, Eirini Zacharopoulou, Maria Kalafateli, Nikos Viazis, Andreas Psistakis, Angeliki Theodoropoulou, Ioannis Drygiannakis, Konstantinos Karmiris, Ioannis E Koutroubakis, Polyxeni Kevrekidou, Kostas Soufleris, Marios Katsaros, Olga Giouleme, Fotios Fousekis, Konstantinos Katsanos, Dimitrios Christodoulou, Aikaterini Gaki, Evgenia Papathanasiou, Giorgos Bamias, Evanthia Zampeli, Spyridon Michopoulos, Nikolaos Kyriakos, Christos Veretanos, Konstantinos Argyriou, Andreas Kapsoritakis, George Tribonias, Gerassimos J Mantzaris, Christos Liatsos 
World J Gastroenterol 31(42):111282. Published online Nov 14, 2025. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v31.i42.111282
Retrospective Study
Yu-Ming Liu, Yan-Yuan Du, Ying Song, Hong-Tai Xiong, Hui-Bo Yu, Bai-Hui Li, Liu Cai, Su-Su Ma, Jin Gao, Han-Yue Zhang, Rui-Ying Fang, Rui Cai, Hong-Gang Zheng 
World J Gastroenterol 31(42):112180. Published online Nov 14, 2025. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v31.i42.112180
Ke Xu, Dong-Hui Wu, Chu-Jia Zeng, Jia-Yi Guo, De-Yang Xi, Meng-Jiao Wang, Zhi-Yuan Yao, An-Qiang Feng, Fang Ji, Xue-Bing Yan, Li-Li Ye, Chun-Yang Li 
World J Gastroenterol 31(42):112478. Published online Nov 14, 2025. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v31.i42.112478
Randomized Controlled Trial
Wen-Jun Liu, Yue-Ming Zhao, Qing-Qing Xie, Min-Chan Wu, Yun-Feng Pan, Hao-Kun Yan, Xiao-Xi Shan, Wen-Ting Xu, Yang-Ling Liu, Cai-Xia Peng, Xiao-Mei Zhang, Qian Lin 
World J Gastroenterol 31(42):112577. Published online Nov 14, 2025. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v31.i42.112577
Basic Study
Letter to the Editor