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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 >>

2026 Published Issues
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Editors-in-Chief
  • Winnie Yeo, FRCP, FRCPE, MD, Professor, (E-mail: winnie@clo.cuhk.edu.hk) Department of Clinical Oncology, Prince of Wales Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China
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 (4204), Duration of Peer Review (32 days/Mean), Time to First Decision (46 days/Mean), Second Decision Time (35 days/Mean), Accepted (49.6%/Mean), Production Time (52 days/Mean), Time to Publication (163 days/Mean), and Rejected (41.9%/Mean).
Editorial
Review
Minireviews
Tanisha Sehgal, Tanvi Joshi, Rishi Chowdhary, Omesh Goyal, Shivam Kalra, Rohit Goyal, Varna Taranikanti, Ashita Rukmini Vuthaluru, Manjeet Kumar Goyal 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 18(2):115974. Published online Feb 15, 2026. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v18.i2.115974
Retrospective Cohort Study
Ying-Rui Wang, Jin-Qiu Wang, Xue-Jiao Chen, Yu Yan, Yu Zhang, Meng-Yi Li, Wei Wang, Tian-Yu Fan, Peng-Fei Jiao, Chao-Feng Zhou 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 18(2):114690. Published online Feb 15, 2026. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v18.i2.114690
Retrospective Study
Hui Cao, Jing-Lue Han, Hao Wu, Shu-Ping Si, Li-Jia Ding, Lin Ji, Hua-Zhen Zhang, Jie Yin, Zhi-Yi Zhou, Yu-Nan Zhang, Zhi-Fa Lv, Wen-Ying Tian, Qiang Zhan, Hui Wang, Fang-Mei An 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 18(2):113959. Published online Feb 15, 2026. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v18.i2.113959
Zi-Chen Luo, Hai-Yang Guo, Xiao Tang, Xin-Rui Chen, Cheng-Yu Zhang, Yu-Tong Cui, Ji Zuo, Hao-Rui Li, Xue-Mei Hou, Hao Chen, Shao-Bi Song, Xian-Fei Wang 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 18(2):114782. Published online Feb 15, 2026. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v18.i2.114782
Clinical Trials Study
Observational Study
Xiao-Lei Zhao, Wang-Yang Chen, Yi-Meng Liu, Suo-Lang Danzeng, Qu-Zhen Pingcuo, Zhen Yu, Hong-Da Chen, Yang-Jin Ciren, Dong Wu 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 18(2):116336. Published online Feb 15, 2026. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v18.i2.116336
Basic Study
Systematic Reviews
Meta-Analysis
Case Report
Jia-Liang Li, Chao Cheng, Pei Zhang, Jun Fan, Lan Zhang, Liang-Ru Zhu, Kai-Xiong Tao, Ming Cai 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 18(2):115179. Published online Feb 15, 2026. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v18.i2.115179
Letter to the Editor