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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, Correspondence, 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 >>

2026 Published Issues
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Editors-in-Chief
  • Ke-Qin Hu, MD, Professor, (E-mail: kqhu@uci.edu) Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 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, FACP, FACG, AGAF, FAASLD, FRCP, Director, (E-mail: nikolaos.pyrsopoulos@nyulangone.org) Liver Disease in New Jersey, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, NYU Langone Transplant Institutes, New York, NY 10016, 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 (3935), Duration of Peer Review (23 days/Mean), Days from Submission to First Decision (43 days/Mean), Second Decision Time (42 days/Mean), Accepted (54.8%/Mean), Production Time (53 days/Mean), Time to Publication (178 days/Mean), and Rejected (33.8%/Mean).
Editorial
Review
Minireviews
Cesar A San Juan-Garcia, Rita I Escamilla, Lucia Cruz-Romero, Christian D Hernandez-Silva, David Fernandez-Quezada, Ulises De la Cruz-Mosso, Ana L Pereira-Suarez, Jesse Haramati, Inocencia G Ramirez-Lopez, Jose Macias-Barragan, Margarita Montoya-Buelna 
World J Hepatol 18(3):115111. Published online Mar 27, 2026. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v18.i3.115111
Jenyfer M Fuentes-Mendoza, Marcio J Concepción-Zavaleta, Jeny J Mendoza-Godoy, Luis A Concepción-Urteaga, Carlos O Martínez-Gutiérrez, José Paz-Ibarra 
World J Hepatol 18(3):115539. Published online Mar 27, 2026. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v18.i3.115539
Case Control Study
Amal Ahmed Mohamed, Rasha M Abdel-Hamid, Amr Amin, Eman Al Hussain A Gawad, Salma Mohamed Saed, Dalia A Gaber, Mohamed Ezz Al Arab, Waleed El-Agawy, Mohammed Zakaria Ali AbuRahma, Heba Hanafy Elosaily, Elsaeed E Shaaban, Shaymaa A Ismail, Amany A Sakr 
World J Hepatol 18(3):112850. Published online Mar 27, 2026. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v18.i3.112850
Retrospective Cohort Study
Heidi E Johnston, Hannah E Mayr, Melita E Andelkovic, Tahnie G Takefala, Yanyan Chen, Aaron P Thrift, Ingrid J Hickman, Graeme A Macdonald 
World J Hepatol 18(3):114279. Published online Mar 27, 2026. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v18.i3.114279
Nada EL-Domiaty, Audrey Coilly, Mylene Sebagh, Jean-Luc Taupin, Wafaa Ibrahim, Sophie-Caroline Sacleux, Philippe Ichai, Lea Duhaut, Gabriella Pittau, Oriana Ciacio, Chady Salloum, Antonio Sa-Cunha, Daniel Azoulay, Cyrille Feray, Daniel Cherqui, Gamal Shiha, Didier Samuel, Faouzi Saliba 
World J Hepatol 18(3):115221. Published online Mar 27, 2026. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v18.i3.115221
Retrospective Study
Valeri Velev, Toma Tomov, Metodi Popov, Latchezar Tomov, Elitsa N Golkocheva-Markova, Maria Pavlova, Tsvetelina Velikova, Yordanka Mitova-Mineva 
World J Hepatol 18(3):110217. Published online Mar 27, 2026. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v18.i3.110217
Observational Study
Habibu Tijjani Saleh, Yusuf Musa, Abubakar Sadiq Aminu, Hafizu Zubairu Abdullahi, Adamu Alhaji Samaila, Musa Muhammad Borodo 
World J Hepatol 18(3):114768. Published online Mar 27, 2026. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v18.i3.114768
Basic Study
Pan Tang, Qiu-Hong Nong, Kun-Hua Xiong, Huan-Huan Tang, Bei-Bei Huang, Guang-Lei Huang, Qi Li, Shi-Pei He, Gang Chen, Zhen-Bo Feng, Jian-Di Li 
World J Hepatol 18(3):117134. Published online Mar 27, 2026. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v18.i3.117134
Meta-Analysis
Umama Alam, Shree Rath, Muhammad Ansab, Aamna Kashif, Furqan Ahmad Sethi, Hafiza Tooba Siddiqui, Zarar Ahmad Khan Afridi, Muhammad Burhan, Muhammad Abdullah Ali, Abdul Moiz, Zaryab Bacha, Ahmad Khan, Raheel Ahmed, Monsurah Bisola Alatise, Kamil Ahmad Kamil 
World J Hepatol 18(3):115411. Published online Mar 27, 2026. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v18.i3.115411