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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
11 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 (434), Peer Review Time (17 days/Mean), Time to First Decision (32 days/Mean), Second Decision Time (29 days/Mean), Accepted (48.8%/Mean), Production Time (40 days/Mean), Time to Publication (142 days/Mean), and Rejected (20.5%/Mean).
Editorial
Review
Ganesh Kumar, Yash R Shah, Abeer Shahzad, Khadija Jameel, David Guevara-Lazo, Najia Ali Khan, Dushyant Singh Dahiya, Manesh Kumar Gangwani, Rakshana Ravichandran, Ravi Patel, Umar Hayat, Ragesh B Thandassery 
World J Hepatol 17(11):111576. Published online Nov 27, 2025. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v17.i11.111576
Rodrigo Guerrero-Guerrero, Osvely Mendez-Guerrero, Anaisa Carranza-Carrasco, Farid Tejeda, Astrid Ardon-Lopez, Nalu Navarro-Alvarez 
World J Hepatol 17(11):112315. Published online Nov 27, 2025. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v17.i11.112315
Minireviews
Marco Fiore, Gianluigi Cosenza, Francesco Coppolino, Vincenzo Pota, Pasquale Sansone, Stephen Petrou, Maria C Pace 
World J Hepatol 17(11):109645. Published online Nov 27, 2025. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v17.i11.109645
Case Control Study
Tatsuki Ichikawa, Satoshi Miuma, Mio Yamashima, Shinobu Yamamichi, Makiko Koike, Yusuke Nakano, Hiruyuki Yajima, Osamu Miyazaki, Tomonari Ikeda, Takauma Okamura, Naohiro Komatsu, Miruki Yoshino, Hisamitsu Miyaaki 
World J Hepatol 17(11):110698. Published online Nov 27, 2025. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v17.i11.110698
Retrospective Cohort Study
Retrospective Study
De-Xin Lin, Xin-Bin Zhuo, Gui-Jian Chang, Wen-De Lei, Jian Huang, Yong Zhang, Zheng-Jun Qiu, Shi-Yan Zhang 
World J Hepatol 17(11):110050. Published online Nov 27, 2025. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v17.i11.110050
Observational Study
Fabiana Coelho Couto Rocha Corrêa, Isabella Scarlatelli Telles Pires Nader, Maria Rita Silva Riolino, Elirez Silva 
World J Hepatol 17(11):110331. Published online Nov 27, 2025. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v17.i11.110331
Letter to the Editor