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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 >>
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 (36674), Peer Review Time (27 days/Mean), Time to First Decision (42 days/Mean), Second Decision Time (37 days/Mean), Accepted (31.0%/Mean), Production Time (56 days/Mean), Time to Publication (178 days/Mean), and Rejected (61.5%/Mean).
Editorial
Kalinne Kelly Lima Gadelha, Armênio Aguiar Santos, Paulo Correia-de-Sá, Pedro Jorge Caldas Magalhães, Moisés Tolentino Bento da Silva
World J Gastroenterol
32(4):114560.
Published online Jan 28, 2026.
doi: 10.3748/wjg.v32.i4.114560
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Received: 09/22/2025
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Revised: 11/04/2025
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Accepted: 12/03/2025
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Yi-Qing Hui, Zhi-Xuan Wang, Chun-Xi Wang, Chuan Tong
World J Gastroenterol
32(4):114842.
Published online Jan 28, 2026.
doi: 10.3748/wjg.v32.i4.114842
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Received: 09/29/2025
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Revised: 11/01/2025
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Accepted: 11/28/2025
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Minireviews
Majd Abusharar, Christopher Barritt, Vasileios K Mavroeidis, Somaiah Aroori
World J Gastroenterol
32(4):112635.
Published online Jan 28, 2026.
doi: 10.3748/wjg.v32.i4.112635
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Received: 07/31/2025
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Revised: 11/20/2025
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Accepted: 12/25/2025
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Retrospective Cohort Study
Vikram Rao, Nirbaanjot Walia, Nikita Parkash, Teagan Wanigaratne, Suzannah Henshaw, Gordon Chen, Sheng Wei Lo, Kim Hay Be, Marcus Robertson, Leonardo Zorron Cheng Tao Pu
World J Gastroenterol
32(4):112698.
Published online Jan 28, 2026.
doi: 10.3748/wjg.v32.i4.112698
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Received: 08/03/2025
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Revised: 11/22/2025
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Accepted: 12/29/2025
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Daya Krishna Jha, Shilpa Prasad, Arun Valsan, Shubhra Mishra, Priya Nair, Anoop K Koshy, Sonal Singh, Ajay Shankar Prasad, Rajat Shukla, Rizwan Ahamed, Philip Augustine, Kartik Natarajan, Kiran Peddi, Akshay Kulkarni, Sumit Bhatia, Aditya V Pachisia, Pradeep K Singh, Anuraag Jena, Swatantra Gupta, Shubham Jain, Kodavoor Padmaprakash, Rinkalben Kakadiya, Amit Kumar, Siddharth Shukla, Usha Dutta, Vivek Hande, Sandeep Thareja, Vishal Sharma
World J Gastroenterol
32(4):114897.
Published online Jan 28, 2026.
doi: 10.3748/wjg.v32.i4.114897
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Received: 09/30/2025
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Revised: 11/09/2025
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Accepted: 12/11/2025
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Retrospective Study
Yan-Qiu Li, Zhuo-Jun Li, Yong-Qi Li, Ying Feng, Xian-Bo Wang
World J Gastroenterol
32(4):113492.
Published online Jan 28, 2026.
doi: 10.3748/wjg.v32.i4.113492
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Received: 08/26/2025
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Accepted: 12/17/2025
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Observational Study
Wen Zeng, Wei-Kun Zhang, Duo Xu, Kun He, Yu-Ping Huang, Yu-Xi Liu, Hui-Fang Yang
World J Gastroenterol
32(4):115040.
Published online Jan 28, 2026.
doi: 10.3748/wjg.v32.i4.115040
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Received: 10/05/2025
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Basic Study
Ting Gao, Kang-Peng Zhong, Jun-Zhuo Wang, Yi Chen, Chun-Xiao Li
World J Gastroenterol
32(4):113647.
Published online Jan 28, 2026.
doi: 10.3748/wjg.v32.i4.113647
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Hong-Xuan Tong, Jia-Le Zhang, Wen-Yi Nie, Li-Jie Jiang, Jing-Qing Hu, Tao Lu
World J Gastroenterol
32(4):114420.
Published online Jan 28, 2026.
doi: 10.3748/wjg.v32.i4.114420
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Case Report
Ya-Chin Chiu, Wei-Chou Chang, Yu-Cheng Chiu
World J Gastroenterol
32(4):114906.
Published online Jan 28, 2026.
doi: 10.3748/wjg.v32.i4.114906
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Letter to the Editor
Shi-Yan Zhang, Jin-Bao Shi
World J Gastroenterol
32(4):113319.
Published online Jan 28, 2026.
doi: 10.3748/wjg.v32.i4.113319
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Yi-Xiao Chen, Na-Qi Sun, Sai-Jun Mo
World J Gastroenterol
32(4):114468.
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doi: 10.3748/wjg.v32.i4.114468
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