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Welcome to the World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

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 >> 

2025 Published Issues
7 6 5 4 3 2 1
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 (513), Peer Review Time (5 days/Mean), Time to First Decision (33 days/Mean), Second Decision Time (28 days/Mean), Accepted (37.2%/Mean), Production Time (46 days/Mean), Time to Publication (140 days/Mean), and Rejected (28.1%/Mean).
Editorial
Thai-Hau Koo, Xue-Bin Leong, Yi-Lin Lee, Firdaus Hayati, Mohd Hazeman Zakaria, Andee Dzulkarnaen Zakaria 
World J Gastrointest Surg 17(7):103492. Published online Jul 27, 2025. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v17.i7.103492
Opinion Review
Evidence Review
Minireviews
Mariarita Tarallo, Daniele Crocetti, Alessandro Coppola, Immacolata Iannone, Antonietta Lamazza, Paolo Sapienza, Enrico Fiori 
World J Gastrointest Surg 17(7):107385. Published online Jul 27, 2025. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v17.i7.107385
Retrospective Cohort Study
Mike van Dooren, Elise AJ de Savornin Lohman, Rachel S van der Post, Frederik JH Hoogwater, Peter B van den Boezem, Bas Groot Koerkamp, Joris I Erdmann, Philip R de Reuver 
World J Gastrointest Surg 17(7):106919. Published online Jul 27, 2025. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v17.i7.106919
Ata Maden, Amram Kupietzky, Yakira Zimand, Yehonatan Bar-Moshe, Roi Dover, Eyal Yonathan Juster, Moriya Drayer Lichtman, Ronit Grinbaum, Haggi Mazeh, Ido Mizrahi 
World J Gastrointest Surg 17(7):107092. Published online Jul 27, 2025. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v17.i7.107092
Retrospective Study
Vahe M Hakobyan, Areg A Petrosyan, Hayk H Yeghiazaryan, Andranik Y Aleksanyan, Hayk H Safaryan, Hakob H Shmavonyan, Karen T Papazyan, Khachik H Ayvazyan, Levon G Davtyan, Aram A Khachatryan, Ghukas S Sargsyan, Suren A Stepanyan 
World J Gastrointest Surg 17(7):106365. Published online Jul 27, 2025. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v17.i7.106365
Xiao-Yu Zhao, Ming Chen, Gang Wang, Long Cui, Zhi Xu, Chun-Sheng Hou, Li-Xin Wang, Ling-Fu Zhang, Xiao-Feng Ling 
World J Gastrointest Surg 17(7):106712. Published online Jul 27, 2025. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v17.i7.106712
Clinical Trials Study
Observational Study
Randomized Controlled Trial
Basic Study
Systematic Reviews
Thai-Hau Koo, Yi-Lin Lee, Xue-Bin Leong, Firdaus Hayati, Mohd Hazeman Zakaria, Andee Dzulkarnaen Zakaria 
World J Gastrointest Surg 17(7):107110. Published online Jul 27, 2025. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v17.i7.107110
Meta-Analysis
Ying-Jun Zheng, Yi Pan, Dong-Lun Li, Jin-Chang Zhang, Ji-Lin Tao, Peng-Cheng Li, Xiang-Dong Liu, Chong-Gui An, Guo-Song Luo 
World J Gastrointest Surg 17(7):107085. Published online Jul 27, 2025. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v17.i7.107085
Case Report
Patricia Schmidt, Alexander Perniss, Christina Nassenstein, Hanno Keller, Klaus Deckmann 
World J Gastrointest Surg 17(7):104985. Published online Jul 27, 2025. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v17.i7.104985
Nawaf Alshahwan, Abdullah A Alqarzaie, Saleh Husam Aldeligan, Abdulaziz Abdulmuhsin Alqusiyer, Abdulaziz Alnumay, Hassan Mashbari, Abdulaziz Alkanhal 
World J Gastrointest Surg 17(7):107046. Published online Jul 27, 2025. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v17.i7.107046
Letter to the Editor