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World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery (WJGS, World J Gastrointest Surg) 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 surgery. The types of articles published in WJGS 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. WJGS is edited and published by the Baishideng Publishing Group. Submit here >>
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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.
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1948-9366 (online)
Latest Manuscript Statistics
Received (4135), Duration of Peer Review (20 days/Mean), Days from Submission to First Decision (42 days/Mean), Second Decision Time (31 days/Mean), Accepted (53.1%/Mean), Production Time (50 days/Mean), Time to Publication (151 days/Mean), and Rejected (37.5%/Mean).
Editorial
Terence N Moyana
World J Gastrointest Surg
18(2):113867.
Published online Feb 27, 2026.
doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i2.113867
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Received: 09/04/2025
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De-Hui Li, Jia Yuan, Chang Qiao, Xiao-Tong Tian, Qian Yang
World J Gastrointest Surg
18(2):114417.
Published online Feb 27, 2026.
doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i2.114417
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Received: 09/26/2025
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Revised: 10/24/2025
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Accepted: 11/27/2025
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Si-Ze Wu, Guang-Qing Liu
World J Gastrointest Surg
18(2):114633.
Published online Feb 27, 2026.
doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i2.114633
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Received: 09/24/2025
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Accepted: 12/03/2025
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Opinion Review
Michele Schiano di Visconte, Sonia Sarnari
World J Gastrointest Surg
18(2):116100.
Published online Feb 27, 2026.
doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i2.116100
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Received: 11/01/2025
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Revised: 11/18/2025
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Accepted: 12/11/2025
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Review
Christina Mouratidou, Efstathios T Pavlidis, Georgios Katsanos, Serafeim-Chrysovalantis Kotoulas, Athanasios Kofinas, Alexandra G Marneri, Eleni Massa, Georgios Tsoulfas, Ioannis N Galanis, Theodoros E Pavlidis
World J Gastrointest Surg
18(2):114997.
Published online Feb 27, 2026.
doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i2.114997
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Received: 10/04/2025
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Accepted: 12/05/2025
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Minireviews
Lydia Lazaridou, Alexandra Dimaki, Kalliopi Vakalou, Vasilios Zervas, Panagiotis Papadopoulos, Konstantinos E Koumarelas, Grigorios Christodoulidis
World J Gastrointest Surg
18(2):115417.
Published online Feb 27, 2026.
doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i2.115417
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Received: 10/15/2025
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Accepted: 12/17/2025
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Sofia Rozani
World J Gastrointest Surg
18(2):116351.
Published online Feb 27, 2026.
doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i2.116351
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Received: 11/08/2025
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Accepted: 12/26/2025
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Sofia Rozani, Vasileios Vougas
World J Gastrointest Surg
18(2):116957.
Published online Feb 27, 2026.
doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i2.116957
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Retrospective Cohort Study
Heng-Jin Yang, Ben Liu
World J Gastrointest Surg
18(2):113530.
Published online Feb 27, 2026.
doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i2.113530
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Received: 09/23/2025
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Revised: 11/04/2025
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Accepted: 12/11/2025
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Qian-Qian Yang, Zhen-Kun Wu
World J Gastrointest Surg
18(2):113730.
Published online Feb 27, 2026.
doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i2.113730
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Accepted: 01/04/2026
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Xiu-Juan Xu, Hou-Dao Zhang, Chu-Ji Cheng, Ya-Ming Zhang, Qi Zhang
World J Gastrointest Surg
18(2):115427.
Published online Feb 27, 2026.
doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i2.115427
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Maryam Hassanesfahani, Dimitrios Giannis, Nana Marfo, Manpreet Kaur, Camille Mai-Phuong Tran Quang, Andrew Miele, Martine A Louis, Nageswara Rao Mandava
World J Gastrointest Surg
18(2):115744.
Published online Feb 27, 2026.
doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i2.115744
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Chao Wang, Zhang-Bin Ling, Pan-Pan Sun, Ming Dong, Ting Cao, Xiang Ma, Lan-Jun Lu, Yang Li
World J Gastrointest Surg
18(2):111845.
Published online Feb 27, 2026.
doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i2.111845
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You-Hui Liu, Qing-Yang Chen, Fei-Yue Dai, Xin-Yu Chen
World J Gastrointest Surg
18(2):112169.
Published online Feb 27, 2026.
doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i2.112169
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Ying Ling, Jun Wang, Chun-Hui Xi, Juan Liu
World J Gastrointest Surg
18(2):112776.
Published online Feb 27, 2026.
doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i2.112776
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Accepted: 12/11/2025
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Fei-Fei Kong, Xuan Geng, Ru-Ming Liu, Wen-Tao Zhang, Bin Quan, Yong Zhong, You-Long Zhu
World J Gastrointest Surg
18(2):112924.
Published online Feb 27, 2026.
doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i2.112924
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Accepted: 12/22/2025
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Zheng-Hong Zhu, Yi Liang, Min Shi
World J Gastrointest Surg
18(2):113021.
Published online Feb 27, 2026.
doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i2.113021
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Hong-Xing Xia, Su Peng
World J Gastrointest Surg
18(2):113103.
Published online Feb 27, 2026.
doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i2.113103
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Shu-Yan Gui, Ruo-Xi Tang, Xing Huang, Guo-Qiang Yang, Jing Yang
World J Gastrointest Surg
18(2):113476.
Published online Feb 27, 2026.
doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i2.113476
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Min Chen, Fang-Ci Chen, Qin Pan, Zhao-Hui Liu
World J Gastrointest Surg
18(2):113525.
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doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i2.113525
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Received: 09/12/2025
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Lei Xu, Si-Jia Chen, Pin Wang, Liang Mao, Xiao-Ping Zou, Lei Wang, Yi Wang
World J Gastrointest Surg
18(2):113698.
Published online Feb 27, 2026.
doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i2.113698
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Received: 08/31/2025
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Li An, Xin-Yue Chang
World J Gastrointest Surg
18(2):114434.
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doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i2.114434
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Received: 10/17/2025
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Xiao-Hui Wang, Yi Wang, Xi Liu, Xiao-Lan Ouyang, Fen Xie, Lu Liao
World J Gastrointest Surg
18(2):114483.
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doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i2.114483
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Ke Zhou, Ren-Feng Tu, Li-Huai Lu, Hong Zhang
World J Gastrointest Surg
18(2):114607.
Published online Feb 27, 2026.
doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i2.114607
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Received: 10/28/2025
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Shahin Hajibandeh, Shahab Hajibandeh, Hamish Mckittrick, Usman Imrani, Abin Varghese, Ravivarma Balasubramaniam, Damien Durkin, Tejinderjit S Athwal
World J Gastrointest Surg
18(2):114743.
Published online Feb 27, 2026.
doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i2.114743
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Received: 09/26/2025
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Ya-Na Lü, Dong Liu, Shuai Tao, Ju Wu, Shu-Juan Yu, Hui-Ling Yuan
World J Gastrointest Surg
18(2):114951.
Published online Feb 27, 2026.
doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i2.114951
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Received: 10/02/2025
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Ning-Hui Zhao, Ling-Ran Zhao, Jia Yao, Ling-Yun Niu, Long-Jun Yang, Yu-Jia Lin, Mei Liu
World J Gastrointest Surg
18(2):115830.
Published online Feb 27, 2026.
doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i2.115830
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Received: 10/26/2025
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Wen-Cai Luo, Yuan-Fu Yang, Yao Wang, Zhao-Hong Zhang
World J Gastrointest Surg
18(2):115902.
Published online Feb 27, 2026.
doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i2.115902
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Received: 10/28/2025
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Jian-Zhong Wu, Peng-Fei Liu, Zhi-Gang Gu, Zhi Zhang, Zheng-Yu Zhou, Tao Shen
World J Gastrointest Surg
18(2):115978.
Published online Feb 27, 2026.
doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i2.115978
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Received: 10/30/2025
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Li-Juan Yan, Si-Wen Shen, Ting-Ting Fang
World J Gastrointest Surg
18(2):116235.
Published online Feb 27, 2026.
doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i2.116235
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Received: 11/14/2025
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Clinical Trials Study
Yu-Ping Qian, Hui Cai, Shu-Yin Tang, Hong-Ping Zhou, Qian Han, Hui-Ming Tu
World J Gastrointest Surg
18(2):113441.
Published online Feb 27, 2026.
doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i2.113441
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Received: 09/03/2025
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Xiao-Gang Xu, Yan-Qing Liu, Meng-Long Lan, Fei Liu, Hui-Min Xia, Ji-Xiao Zeng
World J Gastrointest Surg
18(2):114724.
Published online Feb 27, 2026.
doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i2.114724
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Received: 09/26/2025
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Observational Study
Yi Yu, Wei Yuan, Jin Lei, Chun-Bo Zhao, Cheng-Gang Tao, Sheng-Hui Liu, Bai-Lin Wang
World J Gastrointest Surg
18(2):114378.
Published online Feb 27, 2026.
doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i2.114378
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Received: 11/04/2025
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Prospective Study
Bai-Hui Zhao, Chun-Xiao Bao
World J Gastrointest Surg
18(2):115050.
Published online Feb 27, 2026.
doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i2.115050
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Received: 11/04/2025
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Accepted: 12/22/2025
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Basic Study
Fu-Lin Lin, Li-Min Zhou, Yun-Jie Ye, Xiao-Long Luo, Xue-Lin Ji, Si-Qi Chen, Ji-Guang Xie, Bing-Feng Jin, Zhen-Dong Liu
World J Gastrointest Surg
18(2):114286.
Published online Feb 27, 2026.
doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i2.114286
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Received: 10/28/2025
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Meta-Analysis
Xue Li, Cong-Cong Zhi, Xiao-Long Wang, Li-Hua Zheng, Yi-Cheng Cheng
World J Gastrointest Surg
18(2):113979.
Published online Feb 27, 2026.
doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i2.113979
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Received: 09/09/2025
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Case Report
Tong Zhao, Xian-Ru Jia, Kai-Jiang Li, Wen-Feng Zheng, Xue-Jin Liu
World J Gastrointest Surg
18(2):114137.
Published online Feb 27, 2026.
doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i2.114137
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Received: 09/13/2025
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Revised: 11/11/2025
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Hao-Xian Gou, Chao Deng, Yi Wen, Zhi-Long Yin, Ting-Yu Yang, Tao Wang, Hao Luo, Long Cheng
World J Gastrointest Surg
18(2):115072.
Published online Feb 27, 2026.
doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i2.115072
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Received: 10/07/2025
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Revised: 12/07/2025
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Accepted: 01/12/2026
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Letter to the Editor
Yu-Xing Liu, Chen-Ming Liu
World J Gastrointest Surg
18(2):114639.
Published online Feb 27, 2026.
doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i2.114639
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Received: 09/24/2025
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Revised: 10/31/2025
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Accepted: 12/10/2025
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Arunkumar Krishnan
World J Gastrointest Surg
18(2):114796.
Published online Feb 27, 2026.
doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i2.114796
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Received: 09/27/2025
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Felix Pius Omullo
World J Gastrointest Surg
18(2):115622.
Published online Feb 27, 2026.
doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i2.115622
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Received: 10/20/2025
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Shi-Yan Zhang, Jin-Bao Shi
World J Gastrointest Surg
18(2):116133.
Published online Feb 27, 2026.
doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i2.116133
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Received: 11/03/2025
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