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Welcome to the World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery is a rigorously peer-reviewed, open-access academic journal dedicated to publishing original, high-quality research findings in the field of gastrointestinal surgery, including clinical, translational, and basic studies, as well as research involving artificial intelligence. The journal focuses on, but is not limited to, the following areas: Fistula surgery, appendectomy, bariatric surgery, biliary tract surgical procedures, biliopancreatic diversion, colectomy, digestive system endoscopy, enterostomy, esophagectomy, esophagoplasty, esophagostomy, fundoplication, gastrectomy, gastroenterostomy, gastropexy, gastroplasty, gastrostomy, hemorrhoidectomy, hepatectomy, jejunoileal bypass, liver transplantation, pancreas transplantation, pancreatectomy, pancreaticoduodenectomy, pancreaticojejunostomy, and peritoneovenous shunt, proctectomy, and rectal prolapse surgical procedures. Types of articles published by the journal include clinical study, basic study, case report, editorial, review, minireview, systematic review, meta-analysis, guidelines, and correspondence. The journal sincerely welcomes experts and scholars to submit original research manuscripts. Each submission will be peer-reviewed by at least two independent reviewers, who will critically assess its novelty, significance, and reproducibility, as well as any flaws in experimental design and data processing, in order to provide authors with meaningful peer review reports. The journal adheres to editorial policies, peer-review processes, editorial processes, and publication ethics guidelines developed by the editorial office in accordance with the Committee on Publication Ethics, the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, and the World Association of Medical Editors. These principles form the foundation for delivering high-quality services to authors, providing high-quality academic content to readers, and supporting the advancement of clinical practice. Submit an Article >>

2026 Published Issues
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Editors-in-Chief
  • Eva Lieto, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, (E-mail: eva.lieto@unicampania.it) Traslazional Medicine, Vanvitelli University, Napoli, NA 80132, Italy
Indexing/Abstracting
The WJGS is now abstracted and indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE, also known as SciSearch®), Current Contents/Clinical Medicine, Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition, PubMed, PubMed Central, 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 WJGS as 1.7; JIF without journal self cites: 1.6; 5-year JIF: 2.0; JIF Rank: 148/312 in surgery; JIF Quartile: Q2; and 5-year JIF Quartile: Q2; JIF Rank: 103/147 in gastroenterology and hepatology; JIF Quartile: Q3; and 5-year JIF Quartile: Q3.

ISSN
1948-9366 (online)
Latest Manuscript Statistics
Received (4247), Duration of Peer Review (20 days/Mean), Days from Submission to First Decision (41 days/Mean), Second Decision Time (31 days/Mean), Accepted (53.5%/Mean), Production Time (51 days/Mean), Time to Publication (151 days/Mean), and Rejected (37.2%/Mean).
Editorial
Review
Dan-Li Shen, Li Wan, Xiao-Chun Zhang, Yun-Da Fang, Hua-Chun Jiang, Yuan-Cheng Wei, Li-Feng Chen, Zhi-Ming Wu, Chen-Chen Ye, Chang Pei, Han Zhou, Li Qian 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(4):117318. Published online Apr 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i4.117318
Minireviews
Ray Salameh, Peter Samuel, Bhavya Virmani, Farah Ghobar, Lea Nohra, Marsel Khaddaj, Ranjith Kumar 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(4):118338. Published online Apr 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i4.118338
Case Control Study
Retrospective Cohort Study
Retrospective Study
Yu-Chun Zhao, Jun-Ning Che, Yong-Qi Zhang, Ning-Ning Luo, Dong-Xia Wang, Zi-Jian Wang, Wen-Zhi Zhang, Juan Ma, Xin-Ping Cao, Xin Wen 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(4):115200. Published online Apr 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i4.115200
Li-Hui Wang, Xin Wu, Yu-Tong Sun, Pei-Fa Liu, Jia-Feng Wang, Yao-Qian Yuan, Hui-Kai Li, En-Qiang Linghu, Qian-Qian Chen 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(4):116371. Published online Apr 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i4.116371
Prospective Study
Randomized Controlled Trial
Basic Study
Shi-Xing Wu, Paerhatijiang Abulimiti, Bo-Lin Zhang, Atigu Abuduwaili, Cheng Wang, Jian-Gang Li, Yindala Ba, Dilixiati Tuniyazi, Cheng Geng, Xin-Jian Xu 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(4):117422. Published online Apr 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i4.117422
Case Report
Correspondence