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Name of Journal	World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery
Title Abbreviation	World J Gastrointest Surg
ISSN	1948-9366 (online)
Launch Date	November 30, 2009
Frequency	Monthly
DOI	10.4240
Background	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, Correspondence, and Case Report. All submissions must comply with academic norms and ethical requirements. WJGS is edited and published by the Baishideng Publishing Group.
Aims and Scope	The primary aim of World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery (WJGS) is to provide scholars and readers from various fields of gastrointestinal surgery with a platform to publish high-quality basic and clinical research articles and communicate their research findings online. WJGS mainly publishes articles reporting research results obtained in the field of gastrointestinal surgery and covering a wide range of topics, including anal 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.
Article Type	Editorial, Opinion Review, Frontier, Review, Minireview, Clinical Research, Basic Study, Systematic Review, Meta-analysis, Evidence-based Medicine, Field of Vision, Clinical Guidelines, Correspondence, and Case Report.
Open Access	Open access
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.
Article Processing Charge	Article processing charge
Editors-in-Chief	Eva Lieto
Publisher	Publisher
Research Domain	Gastroenterology & Hepatology; Surgery
Article Reprints	Article reprints
Permissions	Permissions
Help Desk	Help desk
Special Statement	Special statement
About the BPG	Baishideng Publishing Group (BPG), founded in 1993, is headquartered in California, USA. BPG is committed to editing and publishing high-quality, open-access, peer-reviewed clinical medical journals. Our team comprise the Administrative Office, Editorial Office, Production Department, and New Technology Development Department. Collectively, our principle commitment is to discovery and dissemination of knowledge. Our mission is to provide a high-quality platform for authors to publish innovative research results in the field of clinical, basic, and translational medical research following strict peer review mechanisms. We are guided by our vision to help authors expand their academic influence, provide readers with high-quality academic content, and lead field development. Our values remain strong in adherence to our review guidelines, decision guidelines, and publication ethics, in ensuring the fairness, openness, and transparency of the process from the time of author's submission through each step of first review, peer review, and final review, and in editing and publishing of each high-quality peer-reviewed article.
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