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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, online, open-access, single-blind peer-reviewed journal published by the Baishideng Publishing Group. WJGO accepts both solicited and unsolicited manuscripts. Articles published in WJGO are high-quality, clinical and basic, influential research articles by established academic authors as well as new researchers. The paramount objective of WJGO is to showcase and promote distinguished research in the field of gastrointestinal oncology, to help advance development of this field. The types of articles published in the 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. Submit here >>

2025 Published Issues
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Editors-in-Chief
  • Monjur Ahmed, AGAF, FACG, FACP, FASGE, FRCP, MD, MRCP, Doctor, Editor-in-Chief, Full Professor, (E-mail: monjur.ahmed@jefferson.edu) Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, United States
  • Florin Burada, MD, MSc, PhD, Doctor, Professor, Research Scientist, (E-mail: buradaflorin@gmail.com) Department of Medical Genetics and Human Genomics Laboratory, Research Center of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Craiova 200349, Romania
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 2024 edition of Journal Citation Reports® cites the 2023 journal impact factor (JIF) for WJGO as 2.5; JIF without journal self cites: 2.5; 5-year JIF: 2.8; JIF Rank: 72/143 in gastroenterology and hepatology; JIF Quartile: Q3; and 5-year JIF Quartile: Q2.

The WJGO’s CiteScore for 2023 is 4.2 and Scopus CiteScore rank 2023: Gastroenterology is 80/167; Oncology is 196/404.

ISSN
1948-5204 (online)
Editorial
Fatt-Yang Chew, Chin-Hung Tsai, Kuang-Hsi Chang, Yu-Kang Chang, Ruey-Hwang Chou, Yi-Jui Liu 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 17(1):100713. Published online Jan 15, 2025. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v17.i1.100713
Case Control Study
Si-Yun Lin, Hou Huang, Jin-Jie Yu, Feng Su, Tian Jiang, Shao-Yuan Zhang, Lu Lv, Tao Long, Hui-Wen Pan, Jun-Qing Qi, Qiang Zhou, Wei-Feng Tang, Guo-Wen Ding, Li-Ming Wang, Li-Jie Tan, Jun Yin 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 17(1):96702. Published online Jan 15, 2025. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v17.i1.96702
Retrospective Cohort Study
Retrospective Study
Observational Study
Prospective Study
Randomized Controlled Trial
Xiao-Jing Shi, Yu Song, Xue-Xue Liang, Ting Chen, Huang-Yu Hao, Xue Han, Ya-Nan Chen 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 17(1):99272. Published online Jan 15, 2025. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v17.i1.99272
Basic Study
Radu Cristian Poenaru, Elena Milanesi, Andrei Marian Niculae, Anastasia-Maria Dobre, Catalina Vladut, Mihai Ciocîrlan, Daniel Vasile Balaban, Vlad Herlea, Maria Dobre, Mihail Eugen Hinescu 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 17(1):98409. Published online Jan 15, 2025. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v17.i1.98409
Rong-Gang Luan, Ming-Da Liu, Zi-Feng Deng, Cong-Lan Lu, Mei-Ling Yu, Ming-Yu Zhang, Rong Liu, Ran An, You-Liang Yao, Dong-Bei Guo, Yong-Xing Zhang, Lei Zhao 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 17(1):98410. Published online Jan 15, 2025. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v17.i1.98410
Qin Wang, Qing-Rong Li, Lei Xu, Zi-Chun Yuan, Xiao Liu, Mao-Ju Tang, Man Luo, Xiao-Wu Zhong, Qiang Ma, Xiao-Lan Guo 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 17(1):99376. Published online Jan 15, 2025. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v17.i1.99376
Case Report
Letter to the Editor
Francisco J Morera-Ocon, Clara Navarro-Campoy, Ticiano Guastella, Francisco Landete-Molina 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 17(1):100199. Published online Jan 15, 2025. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v17.i1.100199