Translational framework for acrylamide exposure and prevention.
Proposed algorithm for noninvasive assessment of the risk of advanced fibrosis in patients suspected of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease.
Body mass index guided nutritional management pathway for patients with chronic liver disease.
Symptoms at diagnosis in patients with autoimmune hepatitis diagnosed before and after 60 years of age.
Mechanistic pathways linking maternal hepatic dysfunction in gestational diabetes mellitus to fetal programming and long-term offspring outcomes.
World Journal of Hepatology is a rigorously peer-reviewed, open-access academic journal dedicated to publishing original, high-quality research findings in the field of hepatology, including clinical, translational, and basic studies, as well as research involving artificial intelligence. The journal focuses on, but is not limited to, the following areas: Acute liver failure and drug-induced liver injury, alcoholic liver disease, autoimmune and chronic cholestatic liver disease, cirrhosis and its complications, fibrosis, gut microbiota and liver disease, imaging and drug targeting, liver development, physiology and regeneration, liver transplantation and hepatobiliary surgery, liver tumors, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, and viral hepatitis A, B, C, D, and/or E. Types of articles published by the journal include clinical study, basic study, case report, editorial, review, minireview, systematic review, meta-analysis, guidelines, and correspondence. The journal sincerely welcomes experts and scholars to submit original research manuscripts. Each submission will be reviewed by at least two independent referees, who will critically assess its novelty, significance, and reproducibility, as well as any flaws in experimental design and data processing, in order to provide authors with meaningful peer review reports. The journal adheres to editorial policies, peer-review processes, editorial processes, and publication ethics guidelines developed by the editorial office in accordance with the Committee on Publication Ethics, the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, and the World Association of Medical Editors. By doing so, the journal strives to provide authors with high-quality services, offer readers high-quality academic content, and further advance clinical practice. Submit an Article >>
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
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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.
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 Hepatol18(3):115111.Published online Mar 27, 2026.doi: 10.4254/wjh.v18.i3.115111
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 Hepatol18(3):112850.Published online Mar 27, 2026.doi: 10.4254/wjh.v18.i3.112850
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 Hepatol18(3):115411.Published online Mar 27, 2026.doi: 10.4254/wjh.v18.i3.115411