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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 >>

2026 Published Issues
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Editors-in-Chief
  • 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 (2271), Duration of Peer Review (26 days/Mean), Time to First Decision (41 days/Mean), Second Decision Time (34 days/Mean), Accepted (53.7%/Mean), Production Time (54 days/Mean), Time to Publication (172 days/Mean), and Rejected (35.7%/Mean).
Editorial
Filippo Antonini, Andrea Anderloni, Carlo Fabbri, Ilaria Tarantino, Antonio Facciorusso 
World J Gastrointest Endosc 18(2):116625. Published online Feb 16, 2026. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v18.i2.116625
Review
Minireviews
Dusan D Popovic, Milica Dragovic, Natasa Panic, Marija Marjanovic-Haljilji, Tijana Glisic, Snezana Lukic, Dragana Mijac, Jelena Bogdanovic, Ljiljana Bogdanović, Aleksandra Djokovic, Ana Starcevic, Branka Filipovic 
World J Gastrointest Endosc 18(2):113912. Published online Feb 16, 2026. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v18.i2.113912
Alberto Martino, Antonino Granata, Francesco Paolo Zito, Roberto Fiorentino, Raffaele Bennato, Savio Saviano, Annalisa de Leone, Pietro Graceffa, Mario Ricchiuti, Luigi Orsini, Enrico Crolla, Giovanni Sarnelli, Fabio Cartabellotta, Giovanni Lombardi 
World J Gastrointest Endosc 18(2):114771. Published online Feb 16, 2026. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v18.i2.114771
Case Control Study
Iulia Andreea Pelisenco, Alessandro Salvi, Giuseppina De Petro, Ioana Andreea Musat, Teodora Ecaterina Manuc, Cristian George Tieranu, Gabriel Becheanu, Elena Milanesi, Maria Dobre 
World J Gastrointest Endosc 18(2):113576. Published online Feb 16, 2026. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v18.i2.113576
Retrospective Study
Pabitra Sahu, Subhashish Mazumdar, Jata Shankar Kumar, Ashish Garg, Sanchit Singh, PraveenKumar Rejliwal, Premashish Kar 
World J Gastrointest Endosc 18(2):113393. Published online Feb 16, 2026. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v18.i2.113393
Shohei Terashi, Sotaro Ozaka, Yomei Kagoshima, Yuta Shimomori, Haruhiko Takahashi, Daisuke Minezaki, Koshiro Tsutsumi, Masahide Fukuda, Yuka Hirashita, Kensuke Fukuda, Ryo Ogawa, Masaaki Kodama, Kazunari Murakami, Kazuhiro Mizukami 
World J Gastrointest Endosc 18(2):113762. Published online Feb 16, 2026. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v18.i2.113762
Observational Study
Masood Muhammad Karim, Syedda Ayesha, Abdul Hadi Shahid, Muhammad Salman, Danaish Kumar, Zeeshan Uddin, Adeel Ur Rehman 
World J Gastrointest Endosc 18(2):113699. Published online Feb 16, 2026. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v18.i2.113699
Kosuru Sham Charan Naidu, Suprabhat Giri, Saroj Kanta Sahu, Dibya Lochan Praharaj, Bipadabhanjan Mallick, Preetam Nath, Swati Das, Sarat Chandra Panigrahi, Manoj Kumar Sahu, Anil Chandra Anand, Yogesh K Chawla, Subrat Kumar Acharya 
World J Gastrointest Endosc 18(2):116518. Published online Feb 16, 2026. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v18.i2.116518
Case Report
Letter to the Editor