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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
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 (250), Peer Review Time (5 days/Mean), Time to First Decision (28 days/Mean), Second Decision Time (28 days/Mean), Accepted (51.6%/Mean), Production Time (33 days/Mean), Time to Publication (129 days/Mean), and Rejected (15.6%/Mean).
Editorial
Review
Ming-Sheng Chien, Ching-Chung Lin, Jian-Han Lai 
World J Gastrointest Endosc 17(10):107482. Published online Oct 16, 2025. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v17.i10.107482
Miltiadis K Moutzoukis, Konstantinos Argyriou, Anastasios Manolakis, Andreas Kapsoritakis, Dimitrios Christodoulou 
World J Gastrointest Endosc 17(10):109031. Published online Oct 16, 2025. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v17.i10.109031
Minireviews
Orfeas P Varvarelis, Theodoros A Voulgaris, Androniki-Maria Skreka, Vasiliki Themelidi, Alexandra Voutsina, Antonios Vezakis 
World J Gastrointest Endosc 17(10):109037. Published online Oct 16, 2025. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v17.i10.109037
Niraj James Shah, Mark M Aloysius, Priyadarshini Loganathan, Tejas Nikumbh, Abhilash Perisetti, Hemant Goyal 
World J Gastrointest Endosc 17(10):109148. Published online Oct 16, 2025. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v17.i10.109148
Retrospective Cohort Study
Osamu Toyoshima, Toshihiro Nishizawa, Hiroki Asano, Mari Mizutani, Takeshi Uozumi, Ai Fujimoto, Masaya Sano, Shuntaro Yoshida, Keisuke Hata, Hirotoshi Ebinuma 
World J Gastrointest Endosc 17(10):109380. Published online Oct 16, 2025. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v17.i10.109380
Retrospective Study
Alexandre Gomes, Juliana Bara, Camila H K T da Matta, Pedro Paterno Paiva, Luiza M de Carvalho, Bárbara M Bononi, Pérsio C C Pinto, José M S Rodrigues, Ronaldo A Borghesi 
World J Gastrointest Endosc 17(10):108729. Published online Oct 16, 2025. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v17.i10.108729
Wen-Wen Zhu, Xin Yang, Zhuo Yang, Jiao Liu, Wen Jia, Xu-Lin Chen, Ye Tian, Teng-Jiao Gao, Guo-Yao Sun, Meng Zhang, Chuan-Hong Liu, Jing-Yi Yu, Jian-Feng Huo, Huan-Nan Zhao 
World J Gastrointest Endosc 17(10):110116. Published online Oct 16, 2025. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v17.i10.110116
Observational Study
Qing-Hua Liu, Yue Hou, Shu Li, Yun-Long Gu, Chen-Xi Huang, Qian Kang, Ya-Jing Fan, Ling-Qin Zhu, Li Sun, Rui-Cheng Men, Xiao-Yan Li, Hui Wang, Xiu-Ying Wei, Zhao-Gang Sun, Yu-Qi He 
World J Gastrointest Endosc 17(10):108929. Published online Oct 16, 2025. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v17.i10.108929
Systematic Reviews
Case Report
Letter to the Editor