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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
10 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 (632), Peer Review Time (5 days/Mean), Time to First Decision (31 days/Mean), Second Decision Time (29 days/Mean), Accepted (39.7%/Mean), Production Time (53 days/Mean), Time to Publication (146 days/Mean), and Rejected (34.5%/Mean).
Editorial
Review
Martina Catalano, Enrico Mini, Stefania Nobili, Ismaela Anna Vascotto, Delia Ravizza, Andrea Amorosi, Francesco Tonelli, Franco Roviello, Giandomenico Roviello, Gabriella Nesi 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 17(10):108514. Published online Oct 15, 2025. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v17.i10.108514
Jin Qian, Ming-Hao Ruan, Zhi-Jie Wang, Wei Dong, Jin-Yong Jia, Xiao-Chen Feng, Hui Liu 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 17(10):110503. Published online Oct 15, 2025. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v17.i10.110503
Minireviews
Kei Nakagawa, Shingo Tsujinaka, Yu Katayose, Kenichiro Yambe, Hiroto Sakurai, Kazuhiro Takami, Noriko Kondo, Kuniharu Yamamoto, Chikashi Shibata 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 17(10):110415. Published online Oct 15, 2025. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v17.i10.110415
Cheng-Ming Peng, Chun-Wen Chen, Chia-Hong Hsieh, Yung-Yin Cheng, Chun-Han Liao, Mei-Fang Hsieh, Shao-Chieh Lin, Ming-Cheng Liu, Yi-Jui Liu 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 17(10):111399. Published online Oct 15, 2025. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v17.i10.111399
Retrospective Study
Qian Dong, Rui Xia, Xue-Zhong Xing, Chang-Song Wang, Gang Ma, Hong-Zhi Wang, Biao Zhu, Jiang-Hong Zhao, Dong-Min Zhou, Li Zhang, Ming-Guang Huang, Rong-Xi Quan, Yong Ye, Guo-Xing Zhang, Zheng-Ying Jiang, Bing Huang, Shan-Ling Xu, Yun Xiao, Lin-Lin Zhang, Rui-Yun Lin, Shu-Liang Ma, Yu-An Qiu, Zhen Zheng, Ni Sun, Le-Wu Xian, Ji Li, Ming Zhang, Zhi-Jun Guo, Yong Tao, Xiang-Zhe Zhou, Wei Chen, Dao-Xie Wang, Ji-Yan Chi, Dong-Hao Wang, Kai-Zhong Liu 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 17(10):108539. Published online Oct 15, 2025. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v17.i10.108539
Wagner Eduardo Cruz-Diaz, Angela Leonardo, Alexandra Saavedra, Victor Paitan, Juan Haro-Varas, Raul Mantilla, Jackeline Macetas, Eder Veramendi, Cristian Pacheco, Mónica Calderón, Tatiana Vidaurre, Victor Castro-Oliden 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 17(10):110203. Published online Oct 15, 2025. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v17.i10.110203
Makoto Saito, Minoru Kanaya, Naoki Miyashita, Emi Yokoyama, Koh Izumiyama, Akio Mori, Masanobu Morioka, Takeshi Kondo 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 17(10):110302. Published online Oct 15, 2025. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v17.i10.110302
Observational Study
Basic Study
Letter to the Editor