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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 (4264), Duration of Peer Review (23 days/Mean), Days from Submission to First Decision (46 days/Mean), Second Decision Time (35 days/Mean), Accepted (49.5%/Mean), Production Time (52 days/Mean), Time to Publication (163 days/Mean), and Rejected (41.8%/Mean).
Editorial
Bogdan Gafton, Ştefan Morărașu, Gabriel-Mihail Dimofte 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 18(3):115824. Published online Mar 15, 2026. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v18.i3.115824
Review
Marcio J Concepción-Zavaleta, Jenyfer M Fuentes-Mendoza, José Paz-Ibarra, Luis A Concepción-Urteaga, Jeny Justina Mendoza-Godoy, Jhean G Gonzáles-Yovera, Juan Eduardo Quiroz-Aldave, Frederick Massucco-Revoredo, Augusto Aldave-Herrera, Regina Aquino-Salverredy 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 18(3):114205. Published online Mar 15, 2026. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v18.i3.114205
Minireviews
Ioana A Prisacariu, Konstantinos E Koumarelas, Panagiotis Papadopoulos, Dimitrios Schizas, Grigorios Christodoulidis 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 18(3):115835. Published online Mar 15, 2026. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v18.i3.115835
Retrospective Cohort Study
Qiu-Xian Chen, Wei-Ming Zeng, Yong-Bin Zhang, Yi-Chen Cai, Chen-Bin Lv, Yu-Qin Sun, Li-Sheng Cai 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 18(3):115664. Published online Mar 15, 2026. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v18.i3.115664
Retrospective Study
Dilara Ozyigit Buyuktalanci, Ebru Cakir, Betül Bolat Kucukzeybek, Sultan Deniz Altindag, Asu Fergun Yilmaz, Hatice Demet Kiper, Osman Nuri Dilek 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 18(3):115912. Published online Mar 15, 2026. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v18.i3.115912
Observational Study
Basic Study
Fu-Chao Ma, Guan-Lan Zhang, Guo-Qiang Chen, Jing-Wen Ling, Yu-Feng Li, Bang-Teng Chi, Yu-Lu Tang, Wei Peng, Gang Chen, Dan-Ming Wei, Min-Hua Rong, Lian-Ying Ge 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 18(3):113781. Published online Mar 15, 2026. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v18.i3.113781
Bai-Chao Li, Bing-Zhe Wang, Liang Han, Zhi-Wei Zhang, Ying Wang, Yong-Jian Zhang, Jiu-Na Zhang 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 18(3):115028. Published online Mar 15, 2026. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v18.i3.115028
Evidence-Based Medicine
Systematic Reviews
Case Report
Letter to the Editor