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Welcome to the World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery (WJGSWorld J Gastrointest Surg) is a high-quality, online, open-access, single-blind peer-reviewed journal published by the Baishideng Publishing Group. WJGS accepts both solicited and unsolicited manuscripts. Articles published in WJGS are high-quality, clinical and basic, influential research articles by established academic authors as well as new researchers. The paramount objective of WJGS is to showcase and promote distinguished research in the field of gastrointestinal surgery, to help advance development of this field. 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. Submit here >> 

2025 Published Issues
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Editors-in-Chief
  • Eva Lieto, Assistant Professor, MD, PhD, (E-mail: eva.lieto@unicampania.it) Traslazional Medicine, Vanvitelli University, Napoli 80132, NA, 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 2024 edition of Journal Citation Reports® cites the 2023 journal impact factor (JIF) for WJGS as 1.8; JIF without journal self cites: 1.7; 5-year JIF: 1.9; JIF Rank: 126/292 in surgery; JIF Quartile: Q2; and 5-year JIF Quartile: Q3.

ISSN
1948-9366 (online)
Editorial
Minireviews
Long Wu, Huan Wu, Song Mu, Xiao-Yun Li, Yun-Huan Zhen, Hai-Yang Li 
World J Gastrointest Surg 17(3):102043. Published online Mar 27, 2025. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v17.i3.102043
Retrospective Cohort Study
Yin Shu, Ke-Jin Li, Subinur Sulayman, Zi-Yi Zhang, Saibihutula Ababaike, Kuan Wang, Xiang-Yue Zeng, Yi Chen, Ze-Liang Zhao 
World J Gastrointest Surg 17(3):102638. Published online Mar 27, 2025. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v17.i3.102638
Retrospective Study
De-Xin Chen, Kai-Xuan Fang, Sheng-Xin Chen, Sen-Lin Hou, Gui-Hai Wen, Hai-Kun Yang, Da-Peng Shi, Qing-Xin Lu, Ya-Qi Zhai, Ming-Yang Li 
World J Gastrointest Surg 17(3):99425. Published online Mar 27, 2025. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v17.i3.99425
Dong Woo Shin, Yoon Ah Cho, Sung-Hoon Moon, Tae Hyung Kim, Ji-Won Park, Jung-Woo Lee, Ji-Young Choe, Min-Jeong Kim, Sung-Eun Kim 
World J Gastrointest Surg 17(3):101940. Published online Mar 27, 2025. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v17.i3.101940
Clinical Trials Study
Observational Study
Gang Hu, Ji Ma, Wen-Long Qiu, Shi-Wen Mei, Meng Zhuang, Jun Xue, Jun-Guang Liu, Jian-Qiang Tang 
World J Gastrointest Surg 17(3):95983. Published online Mar 27, 2025. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v17.i3.95983
Randomized Controlled Trial
Systematic Reviews
Scientometrics
Xiao-Ying Wang, Hong-Yu Chen, Qi Sun, Man-Hua Li, Meng-Nan Xu, Tao Sun, Zi-Han Huang, Dong-Lin Zhao, Bai-Rong Li, Shou-Bin Ning, Chong-Xi Fan 
World J Gastrointest Surg 17(3):100920. Published online Mar 27, 2025. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v17.i3.100920
Case Report
Letter to the Editor