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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
12 11 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 (733), Peer Review Time (18 days/Mean), Time to First Decision (30 days/Mean), Second Decision Time (30 days/Mean), Accepted (43.9%/Mean), Production Time (51 days/Mean), Time to Publication (144 days/Mean), and Rejected (35.1%/Mean).
Editorial
Review
Minireviews
Retrospective Cohort Study
Yoon Ah Cho, Dong Woo Shin, Mo-Jong Kim, Ji-Won Park, Ji-Young Choe, Jung-Woo Lee, Sung-Hoon Moon, Akihito Ishigami, Eun Kyoung Choi, Sung-Eun Kim 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 17(12):110877. Published online Dec 15, 2025. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v17.i12.110877
Li-Hong Huang, Yi-Jing Fang, Xiao-Jun Zheng, Ce Huang, Chang-Lu Li, Bin Yu, Meng-Jie Huang, Shi-Ji Qin, De-You Huang, De-Wei Lu 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 17(12):114037. Published online Dec 15, 2025. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v17.i12.114037
Retrospective Study
Lakshmi G Chirumamilla, Hassan Brim, Suryanarayana R Challa, Gholamreza Oskrochi, Mrinalini Deverapalli, Rumaisa Rashid, Mudasir Rashid, Farshad Aduli, Angesom Kibreab, Adeyinka Laiyemo, Zaki A Sherif, Nader Shayegh, Babak Shokrani, Rabia Zafar, John M Carethers, Hassan Ashktorab 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 17(12):105800. Published online Dec 15, 2025. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v17.i12.105800
Xian-Yang Meng, Yu-Mei Cai, Ning-Ning Sun, Wen-Hua Zhang, Rui-Xue Cui, Long Zhang, Cheng-Cheng Zheng, Zhen Sun, Wei-Xuan Luo, Feng-Wei Wang 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 17(12):112548. Published online Dec 15, 2025. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v17.i12.112548
Chun-Yan Wang, Lin Ma, Ying Zhao, Xiao-Jiang Zhang, Shuang Li, Yong-Gang Liu, Hai-Ming Guo, Jun-Guo Qi, Jian-Quan Wang, Wei-Xin Ye, Jian-Zhou Li, Tao Zhang 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 17(12):112761. Published online Dec 15, 2025. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v17.i12.112761
Ming-Cheng Liu, Yung-Yin Cheng, Shao-Chieh Lin, Chih-Hung Lin, Cheng-Yen Chuang, Wen-Hsien Chen, Chun-Han Liao, Chia-Hong Hsieh, Mei-Fang Hsieh, Yi-Jui Liu 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 17(12):112873. Published online Dec 15, 2025. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v17.i12.112873
Ting Yang, Ke Ren, Xiang-Quan Chen, Taku Toriumi, Yutaro Natsuyama, Jun Li, Aoi Sukeda, Toshitaka Nagao, Shuang-Qin Yi 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 17(12):113198. Published online Dec 15, 2025. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v17.i12.113198
Li-Min Kang, Xiao-Long He, Li Lang, A-Yong Wang, Xian Wang, Yu-Hao Liu, Ying-Hong Zhao, Lei Xu, Fa-Kun Yu, Fu-Wei Zhang 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 17(12):113387. Published online Dec 15, 2025. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v17.i12.113387
Basic Study
Nattida Kampuang, Siriporn Chamniansawat, Pawin Pongkorpsakol, Supisara Treveeravoot, Narongrit Thongon 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 17(12):110736. Published online Dec 15, 2025. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v17.i12.110736
Systematic Reviews
Meta-Analysis
Case Report
Letter to the Editor
Francisco Tustumi, Felipe Antonio Boff Maegawa, Pedro Luiz Serrano Uson Junior 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 17(12):113988. Published online Dec 15, 2025. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v17.i12.113988