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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
9 8 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 (546), Peer Review Time (5 days/Mean), Time to First Decision (31 days/Mean), Second Decision Time (27 days/Mean), Accepted (37.4%/Mean), Production Time (52 days/Mean), Time to Publication (146 days/Mean), and Rejected (35.2%/Mean).
Editorial
Review
Minireviews
Grigorios Christodoulidis, Dimitra Bartzi, Kyriaki Tsagkidou, Konstantinos Eleftherios Koumarelas, Dimitrios Zacharoulis 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 17(9):106868. Published online Sep 15, 2025. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v17.i9.106868
Case Control Study
Ling-Hong Zhu, Zhao-Xin Jin, Yan-Qing Ma, Xiao Feng, Cai-Hong Ci, Yun-Song Zhou, Qiao-Ling Gu, Yong-Mei Lan, Zi-Long Zhang 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 17(9):109777. Published online Sep 15, 2025. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v17.i9.109777
Retrospective Cohort Study
Yoichi Sugiyama, Kazuaki Tanabe, Senichiro Yanagawa, Hirofumi Tazawa, Kazuhiro Toyota, Mikihiro Kano, Toshihiro Misumi, Masayuki Shishida, Keisuke Okano, Ryuichi Hotta, Hiroshi Ota, Yasuhiro Imaoka, Toshikatsu Fukuda, Shinya Takahashi, Hideki Ohdan 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 17(9):110245. Published online Sep 15, 2025. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v17.i9.110245
Retrospective Study
Observational Study
Basic Study
Hai-Yan Bu, Hong Huang, Jia Li, Ze-Bing Huang, Yan Huang, Yu-Kun Huang, Ai-Min Wang, Li Wu, Jiao Yuan, Rong-Jun Wang, Min Lu, Song-Man Yu, Pan-Pan Yi, Ya-Yu Chen, Yu-Peng Jiang, Xing-Wang Hu 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 17(9):109127. Published online Sep 15, 2025. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v17.i9.109127
Yan-Li Xing, Hong-Mei Li, Xiao-Ming Pang, Ying Zhang, Ting Yang, Yan-Hong Li, De-Chuan Liu, Yang-Yang Ma, Li-Zhi Niu 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 17(9):110166. Published online Sep 15, 2025. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v17.i9.110166
Case Report
Letter to the Editor
Semra Demirli Atici, Aras Emre Canda, Mustafa Cem Terzi 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 17(9):106146. Published online Sep 15, 2025. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v17.i9.106146