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Welcome to the World Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

World Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (WJGE, World J Gastrointest Endosc) 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 gastrointestinal endoscopy. The types of articles published in WJGE 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. WJGE is edited and published by the Baishideng Publishing Group. Submit here >>

2025 Published Issues
6 5 4 3 2 1
Editors-in-Chief
  • Joo Young Cho, MD, PhD, (E-mail: cjy6695@naver.com) Department of Gastroenterology, Cha Gangnam Medical Center, Cha University College of Medicine, Seoul 06135, South Korea
  • Bing Hu, MD, Professor, (Email: hubingnj@163.com) Department of Gastroenterology, Endoscopy Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan Province, China
Indexing/Abstracting
The WJGE is now abstracted and indexed in Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI, Web of Science), PubMed, PubMed Central, 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 WJGE as 1.4; JIF without journal self cites: 1.4; 5-year JIF: 1.7; JIF Rank: 111/143 in gastroenterology and hepatology; JIF Quartile: Q4; and 5-year JIF Quartile: Q4.
ISSN
1948-5190 (online)
Latest Manuscript Statistics
Received (142), Peer Review Time (5 days/Mean), Time to First Decision (34 days/Mean), Second Decision Time (21 days/Mean), Accepted (31.0%/Mean), Production Time (30 days/Mean), Time to Publication (133 days/Mean), and Rejected (14.1%/Mean).
Editorial
Angelo Bruni, Giovanni Barbara, Alessandro Vitello, Giovanni Marasco, Marcello Maida 
World J Gastrointest Endosc 17(6):106604. Published online Jun 16, 2025. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v17.i6.106604
Minireviews
Guo-Yao Sun, Yong Sun, Xue-Zhu Wang, Wen Jia, Jiao Liu, Zhuo Yang, Jiang-Ning Gu 
World J Gastrointest Endosc 17(6):106799. Published online Jun 16, 2025. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v17.i6.106799
Case Control Study
Retrospective Cohort Study
Larissa Wermelinger Pinheiro, Fernanda Prata Martins, Angelo Paulo Ferrari, Edmar Tafner, Gustavo Andrade De Paulo, Ermelindo Della Libera 
World J Gastrointest Endosc 17(6):103183. Published online Jun 16, 2025. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v17.i6.103183
Toshihiro Nishizawa, Osamu Toyoshima, Shuntaro Yoshida, Yoshiyuki Takahashi, Hideki Nakagawa, Hiroya Mizutani, Yosuke Kataoka, Takamitsu Kanazawa, Hirotoshi Ebinuma, Keisuke Hata 
World J Gastrointest Endosc 17(6):108146. Published online Jun 16, 2025. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v17.i6.108146
Retrospective Study
Observational Study
Meta-Analysis
Case Report
Letter to the Editor