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Welcome to the World Journal of Hepatology

World Journal of Hepatology (WJH, World J Hepatol) is a high-quality, online, open-access, single-blind peer-reviewed journal published by the Baishideng Publishing Group. WJH accepts both solicited and unsolicited manuscripts. Articles published in WJH are high-quality, clinical and basic, influential research articles by established academic authors as well as new researchers. The paramount objective of WJH is to showcase and promote distinguished research in the field of hepatology, to help advance development of this field. 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. Submit here >>

2025 Published Issues
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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 Pyrsopoulos, AGAF, FAASLD, FACG, FACP, FRCP, MD, PhD, Professor, nikolaos.pyrsopoulos@nyulangone.org, NYU Grossman School of Medicine NYU Langone Health Department of Medicine Transplant Institute, 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 2024 edition of Journal Citation Reports® cites the 2023 journal impact factor (JIF) for WJH as 2.5; JIF without journal self cites: 2.4; 5-year JIF: 2.7; JIF Rank: 72/143 in gastroenterology and hepatology; JIF Quartile: Q3; and 5-year JIF Quartile: Q3.

The WJH’s CiteScore for 2023 is 4.1 and Scopus CiteScore rank 2023: Hepatology is 41/82.
ISSN
1948-5182 (online)
Editorial
Opinion Review
Review
Minireviews
Arjuna Priyadarsin De Silva, Nilushi Nuwanshika, Madunil Anuk Niriella, Hithanadura Janaka de Silva 
World J Hepatol 17(2):98503. Published online Feb 27, 2025. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v17.i2.98503
Retrospective Study
Observational Study
Prospective Study
Basic Study
Xin-Yu Gu, Shuang-Lin Gu, Zi-Yi Chen, Jin-Long Tong, Xiao-Yue Li, Hui Dong, Cai-Yun Zhang, Wen-Xian Qian, Xiu-Chang Ma, Chang-Hua Yi, Yong-Xiang Yi 
World J Hepatol 17(2):99046. Published online Feb 27, 2025. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v17.i2.99046
Ting Zhan, Jia-Xi Liu, Min Huang, Ming-Tao Chen, Xiao-Rong Tian, Xiu-Lin Yang, Jie Tan, Yan-Li Zou, Zheng Han, Wei Chen, Xia Tian, Xiao-Dong Huang 
World J Hepatol 17(2):101691. Published online Feb 27, 2025. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v17.i2.101691
Kai Qin, Dan-Dan Xiong, Zhen Qin, Ming-Jie Li, Qi Li, Zhi-Guang Huang, Yu-Xing Tang, Jian-Di Li, Yan-Ting Zhan, Rong-Quan He, Jie Luo, Hai-Quan Wang, Shu-Qi Zhang, Gang Chen, Dan-Ming Wei, Yi-Wu Dang 
World J Hepatol 17(2):101914. Published online Feb 27, 2025. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v17.i2.101914
Systematic Reviews
Scientometrics
Tao Li, Rong-Qiang Bo, Jun Yan, Nadia L Johnson, Meng-Ting Liao, Yuan Li, Yan Chen, Jie Lin, Jian Li, Fu-Hao Chu, Xia Ding 
World J Hepatol 17(2):95624. Published online Feb 27, 2025. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v17.i2.95624
Aliya Tulading, Jing Wu, Yun-Fei Zhang, Alimujiang Mamuti, Yilizhati Azhati, Chun-Hui Lv, Abudusalamu Tuersunmaimaiti, Tuerhongjiang Tuxun 
World J Hepatol 17(2):102001. Published online Feb 27, 2025. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v17.i2.102001
Wei-Jin Zhang, Xun-Pei Xu, Xin-Hua Song, Zhan-Rong Zhang, Xuan-Rui Zhang, Biao Yang, Zheng-Bo Tao, Zheng Zhang, Xu-Hui Zhou 
World J Hepatol 17(2):103016. Published online Feb 27, 2025. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v17.i2.103016
Case Report
Kiwako Miyamoto, Sonoko Kondo, Takeo Kondo, Ryou Ishikawa, Ryosuke Tani, Tomoko Inoue, Keiji Matsunaga, Tetsuo Minamino, Takashi Kusaka 
World J Hepatol 17(2):103299. Published online Feb 27, 2025. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v17.i2.103299
Letter to the Editor
Antonio Giorgio, Emanuela Ciracì, Massimo De Luca, Giuseppe Stella, Valentina Giorgio 
World J Hepatol 17(2):103325. Published online Feb 27, 2025. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v17.i2.103325