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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
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 (220), Peer Review Time (5 days/Mean), Time to First Decision (29 days/Mean), Second Decision Time (26 days/Mean), Accepted (45.5%/Mean), Production Time (32 days/Mean), Time to Publication (126 days/Mean), and Rejected (15.5%/Mean).
Editorial
Review
Elena R Olevskaya, Anastasia I Dolgushina, Dmitry V Garbuzenko, Alina O Khikhlova, Anna A Saenko, Guzel M Khusainova, Alla S Kuznetsova 
World J Gastrointest Endosc 17(9):108787. Published online Sep 16, 2025. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v17.i9.108787
Minireviews
Meng Zhang, Jiao Liu, Jiang-Ning Gu, Ke Han, Wen Jia, Peng Li, Yong Sun, Na An, Zhuo Yang 
World J Gastrointest Endosc 17(9):107157. Published online Sep 16, 2025. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v17.i9.107157
Retrospective Cohort Study
Toru Kaneko, Mitsuhiro Kida, Takahiro Kurosu, Gen Kitahara, Tomohiro Betto, Yutaro Saito, Shiori Koyama, Nao Nomura, Chika Kusano 
World J Gastrointest Endosc 17(9):108420. Published online Sep 16, 2025. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v17.i9.108420
Retrospective Study
Systematic Reviews
Omar Ksissa, Lorenzo Dioscoridi, Edoardo Forti, Francesco Pugliese, Marcello Cintolo, Andrea Palermo, Massimiliano Mutignani 
World J Gastrointest Endosc 17(9):106936. Published online Sep 16, 2025. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v17.i9.106936
Meta-Analysis
Case Report
Letter to the Editor