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Welcome to the World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery is a rigorously peer-reviewed, open-access academic journal dedicated to publishing original, high-quality research findings in the field of gastrointestinal surgery, including clinical, translational, and basic studies, as well as research involving artificial intelligence. The journal focuses on, but is not limited to, the following areas: 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. Types of articles published by the journal include clinical study, basic study, case report, editorial, review, minireview, systematic review, meta-analysis, guidelines, and correspondence.  The journal sincerely welcomes experts and scholars to submit original research manuscripts. Each submission will be reviewed by at least two independent referees, who will critically assess its novelty, significance, and reproducibility, as well as any flaws in experimental design and data processing, in order to provide authors with meaningful peer review reports. The journal adheres to editorial policies, peer-review processes, editorial processes, and publication ethics guidelines developed by the editorial office in accordance with the Committee on Publication Ethics, the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, and the World Association of Medical Editors. By doing so, the journal strives to provide authors with high-quality services, offer readers high-quality academic content, and further advance clinical practice. Submit an Article >>

2026 Published Issues
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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 (4223), Duration of Peer Review (20 days/Mean), Days from Submission to First Decision (41 days/Mean), Second Decision Time (31 days/Mean), Accepted (53.5%/Mean), Production Time (50 days/Mean), Time to Publication (151 days/Mean), and Rejected (37.3%/Mean).
Editorial
Review
Giuseppe Brisinda, Maria Michela Chiarello, Filomena Misuriello, Maria Cariati, Giuseppe Tropeano, Edoardo Piras, Gaia Altieri, Giada Bracalente, Valerio Papa 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(3):114895. Published online Mar 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i3.114895
João P C Freire, Caio F Lopes, Pedro H M Lima, Lucas D Feliciano, Fabrício F de Melo 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(3):114915. Published online Mar 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i3.114915
Minireviews
Retrospective Cohort Study
De-Hua Zhou, Rui Li, Ding-Tao Xu, Shu Zhang, Nan Zhang, Yi-Ping Ni, Han-Rong Liu, Zhuo Chen, Zhen-Xing Huang, Cheng Chang, Zhi-Hao Shi, Yu-Xiang Xie, Shao-Hua Zhang, Ru-Hong Shi, Ting-Ting Ge, Hui-Ming Zhou, Min-Jun Zhou, Qi-Zhi Liu, Xiao-Huang Tu 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(3):114661. Published online Mar 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i3.114661
Si-Yuan Liu, Xin-Yue Xie, Kun-Ning Zhang, Yong-Qiang Ma, Abdisamat Ababakri, Hai-Zhou Hao, Li Zhang, Qing-Jun Guo, Xing-Hui Yu, Yan Xie, Wen-Tao Jiang 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(3):115191. Published online Mar 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i3.115191
Kamthorn Yolsuriyanwong, Sireetorn Jubprang, Nichakan Winiyakul, Siripong Cheewatanakornkul, Piyanun Wangkulangkul, Darawan Promchan 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(3):116602. Published online Mar 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i3.116602
Retrospective Study
Clinical Trials Study
Observational Study
Nilanka Wickramasinghe, Ahthavann Thuraisingham, Achini Jayalath, Dharmabandu Nandadeva Samarasekera, Etsuro Yazaki, Ranil Jayawardena, Niranga Manjuri Devanarayana 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(3):113687. Published online Mar 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i3.113687
Prospective Study
Randomized Controlled Trial
Wei-Feng Zhang, Wen-Ting Fan, Wei-Wei Gao, Zheng Wu, Ran-Ran Liu, Cheng-Wei Ruan 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(3):117693. Published online Mar 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i3.117693
Basic Study
Lei Zheng, Jin Wang, Mao-Qi Xu, Wen Jiang, Long Qian, Yu Ge, Mao-Kun Feng, Yi-Mei Zhu, Meng-Jun Wang, Sha-Sha Sun, Chang-Kuo Liu, Xiao-Ming Wang, Chao Zhang 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(3):112405. Published online Mar 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i3.112405
Claudio Eduardo Pagano, Sonia Sarnari, Umberto Favetta, Roberto Picheo, Fabrizio Gambarini, Angelo Guttadauro, Michele Schiano di Visconte 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(3):116575. Published online Mar 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i3.116575
Meta-Analysis
Tauqeer Muhammad, Ting-Ting He, Zhu-Ying Lin, Jia-Lin Shi, Tian-Gui Zhang, Yao Yang, Xiao-Lei Yang, Hashim Nazir Chattha, Jiang Li 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(3):116913. Published online Mar 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i3.116913
Case Report
Correspondence
Retraction Note