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Welcome to the World Journal of Hepatology

World Journal of Hepatology (WJH, World J Hepatol) 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 hepatology. The types of articles published in WJH 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. WJH is edited and published by the Baishideng Publishing Group. Submit here >>

2025 Published Issues
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Editors-in-Chief
  • Ke-Qin Hu, MD, Professor, (E-mail: kqhu@uci.edu) Div Gastroenterol and Hepatol, University of California Irvine, School of Medicine, Orange, CA 92617, United States
  • Joseph K Lim, MD, Professor, (E-mail: joseph.lim@yale.edu) Yale Viral Hepatitis Program, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, United States
  • Nikolaos T Pyrsopoulos, MD, PhD, Professor, (E-mail: nikolaos.pyrsopoulos@nyulangone.org) Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ 07103, United States
Indexing/Abstracting
The WJH is now abstracted and indexed in PubMed, PubMed Central, Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI, Web of Science), 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 WJH as 2.5; JIF without journal self cites: 2.5; 5-year JIF: 3.0; JIF Rank: 68/147 in gastroenterology and hepatology; JIF Quartile: Q2; and 5-year JIF Quartile: Q2.

The WJH’s CiteScore for 2024 is 4.8 and Scopus CiteScore rank 2024: Hepatology is 38/87. 

ISSN
1948-5182 (online)
Latest Manuscript Statistics
Received (394), Peer Review Time (5 days/Mean), Time to First Decision (33 days/Mean), Second Decision Time (27 days/Mean), Accepted (41.6%/Mean), Production Time (40 days/Mean), Time to Publication (140 days/Mean), and Rejected (18.5%/Mean).
Editorial
Review
Arturo Panduro, Sonia Roman, Leonardo Leal-Mercado, Juan P Cardenas-Benitez, Irene M Mariscal-Martinez 
World J Hepatol 17(10):109092. Published online Oct 27, 2025. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v17.i10.109092
Noura A A Ebrahim, Thoraya A Farghaly, Ahmed Abdo El-Sherif, Ahmed M Fahmy, Moamen O Othman, Neveen S Tahoun, Omnia Mohamed Korany, Aya Arafat, Reham Oreaba, Soliman M A Soliman 
World J Hepatol 17(10):110026. Published online Oct 27, 2025. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v17.i10.110026
Minireviews
Thang Viet Luong, Ngoc Phan Hong Nguyen, Tri Van Nguyen, Duong Hung Tran, Thien Dinh Nguyen, Hai Nguyen Ngoc Dang 
World J Hepatol 17(10):107735. Published online Oct 27, 2025. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v17.i10.107735
Manuel Alejandro Vargas-Vargas, Marcela González-Montoya, Olin Torres-Isidro, Omar Ortiz-Avila, Elizabeth Calderón-Cortés, Christian Cortés-Rojo 
World J Hepatol 17(10):110054. Published online Oct 27, 2025. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v17.i10.110054
Case Control Study
Retrospective Study
Clinical Trials Study
Observational Study
Patrick Twohig, Zachary P Slocum, Anna Willet, Makayla Schissel, Alëna A Balasanova, Kyle Scholten, Josh Warner, Tomoki Sempokuya, Nathalie Khoury, Allison Ashford, Thoetchai B Peeraphatdit 
World J Hepatol 17(10):109583. Published online Oct 27, 2025. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v17.i10.109583
Prospective Study
Carlos F Fajardo-Felix, Elda V Rodriguez-Negrete, José A Morales-González, Arturo Triana-Romero 
World J Hepatol 17(10):108700. Published online Oct 27, 2025. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v17.i10.108700
Randomized Controlled Trial
Yuan Gao, Yun-Yi Gao, Rong-Ya Shi, Dong Ji, Yu Wang, Liang Xu, Qi Wang, Meng-Hua Wu, Han-Lu You, Qiu-Shi Bu, Yi-Xi Dong, Long-Zhen Zhou, Wei Liu, Qing-Kun Song, Ying Han, Hou Wei, Xin-Yu Zhang, Zhong-Jie Hu 
World J Hepatol 17(10):110247. Published online Oct 27, 2025. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v17.i10.110247
Basic Study
Aswathy R Devan, Sithara Manakkaparambil Sasidharan, Kannoth Panicker Sreekumar, Ayalur Kodakara Kochugovindan Unni, Sabitha Mangalathillam, Abna Ansar, Ashok R Unni, Lekshmi R Nath 
World J Hepatol 17(10):109517. Published online Oct 27, 2025. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v17.i10.109517
Ahmed El-Sayed Nour El Deen, Fatma Rashed, Amira Osman, Osama Khalil Farag, Ahmed F Abdel Ghany, Almoatazbellah Mahmoud Elsayed, Sherif M A Mansour, Mohammed Abdel Aziz Mohammed, Reda S Taha, Sami Ahmed Zaher Basha, Mostafa Mahmoud Youssef Mohamed, Ahmad Taha 
World J Hepatol 17(10):109807. Published online Oct 27, 2025. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v17.i10.109807
Case Report
Letter to the Editor