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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
11 10 9 8 7 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 2025 edition of Journal Citation Reports® cites the 2024 journal impact factor (JIF) for WJGE as 1.8; JIF without journal self cites: 1.7; 5-year JIF: 1.9; JIF Rank: 98/147 in gastroenterology and hepatology; JIF Quartile: Q3; and 5-year JIF Quartile: Q3.
ISSN
1948-5190 (online)
Latest Manuscript Statistics
Received (253), Peer Review Time (5 days/Mean), Time to First Decision (28 days/Mean), Second Decision Time (28 days/Mean), Accepted (56.5%/Mean), Production Time (33 days/Mean), Time to Publication (132 days/Mean), and Rejected (16.6%/Mean).
Review
Yu-Xuan Zhai, Tao Mao, Xiao-Yu Li, Lin-Lin Ren, Zi-Bin Tian 
World J Gastrointest Endosc 17(11):109157. Published online Nov 16, 2025. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v17.i11.109157
Minireviews
Yuuri Hatsuzawa, Shingo Tsujinaka, Tomoya Miura, Yoh Kitamura, Atsushi Mitamura, Kentaro Sawada, Makoto Hikage, Toru Nakano, Chikashi Shibata 
World J Gastrointest Endosc 17(11):108874. Published online Nov 16, 2025. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v17.i11.108874
Anupam Kumar Singh, Arjun Singh, Rakesh Kochhar, Manish Manrai 
World J Gastrointest Endosc 17(11):110024. Published online Nov 16, 2025. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v17.i11.110024
Chang Wang, Chen-Huan Wang, Wen-Ju Shi, Sheng-Wu Pan, Ya-Qi Zhai 
World J Gastrointest Endosc 17(11):112519. Published online Nov 16, 2025. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v17.i11.112519
Retrospective Cohort Study
Nada El-Domiaty, Frédéric Beuvon, Marine Carpentier-Pourquier, Wafaa Ibrahim, Sarra Oumrani, Paul Doumbe-Mandengue, Arthur Belle, Stanislas Chaussade, Anna Pellat, Gamal Shiha, Romain Coriat, Maximilien Barret 
World J Gastrointest Endosc 17(11):110436. Published online Nov 16, 2025. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v17.i11.110436
Retrospective Study
Noval Zakaria, Muhammad U Tahseen, Talha S Niaz, Muhammad Asim, Asma Yaseen, Shanil Kadir, Sajida Qureshi, Shahriyar Ghazanfar, Aftab Leghari, Muhammad A Taj, Arif R Siddiqui, Abeer Altaf, Naseer Ahmed, Areeba Raza, Javeria Salman, Umer B Shoaib, Mehreen Siyal, Abdul K Durvesh, Saad K Niaz 
World J Gastrointest Endosc 17(11):109909. Published online Nov 16, 2025. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v17.i11.109909
Shohei Asada, Koh Kitagawa, Junichi Hanatani, Yuki Motokawa, Yui Osaki, Tomihiro Iwata, Kosuke Kaji, Akira Mitoro, Minako Nagai, Hitoshi Yoshiji, Masayuki Sho 
World J Gastrointest Endosc 17(11):111107. Published online Nov 16, 2025. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v17.i11.111107
Fan Li, Yi-Lin Xie, Dong Xu, Chuan-Hui Lu, Jun-Wei Wu, Jin-Xue Ma, Guo-Xian Guan, Hai-Xing Wang 
World J Gastrointest Endosc 17(11):111117. Published online Nov 16, 2025. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v17.i11.111117
Observational Study
Nunzio Zignani, Marco Balzarini, Emanuele Dabizzi, Elia Fracas, Laura Millefanti, Sergio Segato, Maurizio Vecchi, Gianpaolo Cengia, Guido Missale, Gian Eugenio Tontini, Dario Moneghini, Flaminia Cavallaro 
World J Gastrointest Endosc 17(11):112487. Published online Nov 16, 2025. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v17.i11.112487
Systematic Reviews
Ernesto Calderon-Martinez, Barbara Abreu Lopez, Gabriela Flores Monar, Rishita Dave, Camila Teran Hooper, Vanessa Pamela Salolin Vargas, Yash R Shah, Raj Patel, Dushyant Singh Dahiya, Manesh Kumar Gangwani, Rashmi Advani 
World J Gastrointest Endosc 17(11):110030. Published online Nov 16, 2025. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v17.i11.110030
Partha Pal, Priyaranjan Kata, Zaheer Nabi, Mohan Ramchandani, Rajesh Gupta, Manu Tandan, Nageshwar Reddy Duvvur 
World J Gastrointest Endosc 17(11):110082. Published online Nov 16, 2025. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v17.i11.110082
Meta-Analysis
Case Report
Letter to the Editor