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Welcome to the World Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology

World Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology (WJGO, World J Gastrointest Oncol) 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 oncology. The types of articles published in WJGO 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. WJGO is edited and published by the Baishideng Publishing Group. Submit here >>

2025 Published Issues
7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Editors-in-Chief
  • Monjur Ahmed, MD, Associate Professor, (E-mail: monjur.ahmed@jefferson.edu) Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, United States
Indexing/Abstracting
The WJGO is now abstracted and indexed in PubMed, PubMed Central, Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE, also known as SciSearch®), Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition, Scopus, 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 WJGO as 2.5; JIF without journal self cites: 2.4; 5-year JIF: 2.7; JIF Rank: 68/147 in gastroenterology and hepatology; JIF Quartile: Q2; and 5-year JIF Quartile: Q3; JIF Rank: 188/326 in oncology; JIF Quartile: Q3; and 5-year JIF Quartile: Q3.

The WJGO’s CiteScore for 2024 is 3.3 and Scopus CiteScore rank 2024: Gastroenterology is 89/173; Oncology is 235/415. 

ISSN
1948-5204 (online)
Latest Manuscript Statistics
Received (416), Peer Review Time (5 days/Mean), Time to First Decision (34 days/Mean), Second Decision Time (24 days/Mean), Accepted (34.9%/Mean), Production Time (52 days/Mean), Time to Publication (147 days/Mean), and Rejected (32.9%/Mean).
Editorial
Review
Minireviews
Saira Rafaqat, Hafsa Hamid, Roha Asif, Muhammad Asif, Maria Tariq, Malaika Saleem, Hijab Abaid 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 17(7):107341. Published online Jul 15, 2025. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v17.i7.107341
Retrospective Cohort Study
Retrospective Study
Basic Study
Tian-Hao Guo, Wen-Jian Zhu, Yi-Fan Hui, Shuo-Qi Zhao, Ting-Ting Zhou, Xue-Meng Wang, Qin-Chang Zhang, Wei Wang, Liu Li, Wei-Xing Shen, Xiao-Yu Wu, Hai-Bo Cheng 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 17(7):104860. Published online Jul 15, 2025. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v17.i7.104860
Li-Ming Zhao, Wan-Ying Hong, Jian-Guang Xu, Shui-Quan Lin, Ming-Sheng Liu, Li-Hui Wang, Xu-Li Jiang, Ming Sang, Yang-Bo Lv 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 17(7):105264. Published online Jul 15, 2025. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v17.i7.105264
Xu Cao, Shi-Hao Zheng, Jiu-Mei Shen, Si-Ze Li, Li Hou, Jia-Xin Zhang, Xiao-Ke Li, Hong-Bo Du, Li-Ping Zhang, Yong-An Ye, Xiao-Bin Zao 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 17(7):105981. Published online Jul 15, 2025. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v17.i7.105981
Systematic Reviews
Meta-Analysis
Case Report
Letter to the Editor
Correction