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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
9 8 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 (708), Peer Review Time (5 days/Mean), Time to First Decision (30 days/Mean), Second Decision Time (29 days/Mean), Accepted (44.5%/Mean), Production Time (51 days/Mean), Time to Publication (143 days/Mean), and Rejected (28.8%/Mean).
Editorial
Review
Andrés García-Fernández, Pilar del Pozo-Elso, Arantxa Villadóniga-Sánchez, Raquel Martínez, Miguel Suárez 
World J Gastrointest Surg 17(9):107831. Published online Sep 27, 2025. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v17.i9.107831
Minireviews
Case Control Study
Zhong-Xiao Lu, Yan-Qi Jiang, Dang-Shou Wang, Yu-Ting Song, Xiao-Ming Jiang, Fu-Jian Xu, Jie Tang, Bing Li, Wen-Hai Huang 
World J Gastrointest Surg 17(9):109521. Published online Sep 27, 2025. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v17.i9.109521
Retrospective Cohort Study
Retrospective Study
Yi-Fan Zou, Yi-Gang Zhang, Zi-Chu Zhao, Zheng Li, Hong-Da Liu, Qing-Ya Li, Ze-Tian Chen, Cheng-Jun Zhu, Hai-Tao Liu, Ji-Wei Wang, Feng-Yuan Li, Lin-Jun Wang, Dian-Cai Zhang, Li Yang, Hao Xu, Ze-Kuan Xu, Sen Wang 
World J Gastrointest Surg 17(9):106198. Published online Sep 27, 2025. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v17.i9.106198
Tristan Wagner, Sebastian Struck, Thorsten Persigehl, Dirk Nierhoff, Thomas Schmidt, Marielle Hummels, Christiane J Bruns, Dirk L Stippel, Michael N Thomas 
World J Gastrointest Surg 17(9):106258. Published online Sep 27, 2025. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v17.i9.106258
Guo-Feng Pan, Wei-Hong Zhang, Zhi-Ming Cai, Jian Chen, Ji-Huang Wu, Jian-Bin Weng, Zi-Peng Zhu, Zhi-Xing Guo, Jian-Jin Lin, Zhi-Xiong Li, Yan-Chang Xu 
World J Gastrointest Surg 17(9):110064. Published online Sep 27, 2025. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v17.i9.110064
Clinical Trials Study
Xian Qin, Jing Chen, Hua-Ni Zhang, Li Du, Yan Ma, Yi Li, Yu Lu, Ya-Ting Wang, Liu-Fang Wu, Zi-Hui Yu, Meng-Jing Hu, Li-Jun Li, Bo Liao, Zhen Li, Zhi-Yong Yang, Kun Li, Yu-Feng Yuan 
World J Gastrointest Surg 17(9):109980. Published online Sep 27, 2025. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v17.i9.109980
Observational Study
Claudio Fiorillo, Sergio Alfieri, Beatrice Biffoni, Lodovica Langellotti, Chiara Lucinato, Giuseppe Massimiani, Roberta Menghi, Davide De Sio, Maria C Puzzangara, Fausto Rosa, Vanessa Gentili, Elisabetta Gambaro, Vincenzo Tondolo, Giuseppe Quero 
World J Gastrointest Surg 17(9):107789. Published online Sep 27, 2025. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v17.i9.107789
Randomized Controlled Trial
Manivaasan Pannirselvam, Zaidi Zakaria, Michael Pak-Kai Wong, Mohd Hady Shukri Abdul Satar, Nor Syarahani Jusoh, Andee Dzulkarnaen Zakaria, Muhammad Faeid Othman 
World J Gastrointest Surg 17(9):108127. Published online Sep 27, 2025. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v17.i9.108127
Systematic Reviews
Meta-Analysis
Case Report
Abuduniyazi Ahunayizhi, Xin-Long Zhang, Qian Chen, Hui Wang, Gang Ding, Sulaiman Akumuo, Xue-Xin Wang, Xiao-Jiao Ruan 
World J Gastrointest Surg 17(9):110796. Published online Sep 27, 2025. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v17.i9.110796
Letter to the Editor