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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
12 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 (459), Peer Review Time (18 days/Mean), Time to First Decision (31 days/Mean), Second Decision Time (29 days/Mean), Accepted (51.6%/Mean), Production Time (40 days/Mean), Time to Publication (143 days/Mean), and Rejected (21.1%/Mean).
Editorial
Review
Minireviews
Retrospective Cohort Study
Bogdan-Ioan Stanciu, Marcela Iojiban, Andreea Morariu-Barb, Cosmin Caraiani, Bogdan Procopet, Horia Stefanescu, Monica Lupsor-Platon 
World J Hepatol 17(12):111418. Published online Dec 27, 2025. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v17.i12.111418
Retrospective Study
Divya Khosla, Venkata Krishna Vamsi Gade, Rakesh Kapoor, Gaganpreet Singh, Ranjit Singh, Sunil Taneja, Madhumita Premkumar, Naveen Kalra, Arka De, Harish Bhujade, Nipun Verma, Ajay Duseja, Rajesh Gupta 
World J Hepatol 17(12):110993. Published online Dec 27, 2025. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v17.i12.110993
Clinical Trials Study
Observational Study
Jakub Janczura, Michał Brzdęk, Robert Flisiak, Krystyna Dobrowolska, Kinga Brzdęk, Piotr Rzymski, Dorota Zarębska-Michaluk 
World J Hepatol 17(12):113639. Published online Dec 27, 2025. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v17.i12.113639
Basic Study
Natalia Zeber-Lubecka, Jacek Michalkiewicz, Michalina Dabrowska, Krzysztof Goryca, Aldona Wierzbicka-Rucińska, Wojciech Jańczyk, Irena Jankowska, Anna Świąder-Leśniak, Izabela Kubiszewska, Joanna Ziemska-Legięcka, Piotr Socha, Jerzy Ostrowski 
World J Hepatol 17(12):113359. Published online Dec 27, 2025. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v17.i12.113359
Systematic Reviews
Case Report
Sabrina Xin Zi Quek, Keith Wei Jie Ching, Kamarjit Mangat, How Cheng Low, Stephanie Qianwen Ko 
World J Hepatol 17(12):113157. Published online Dec 27, 2025. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v17.i12.113157
Letter to the Editor