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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 >> 

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 (4062), Peer Review Time (30 days/Mean), Time to First Decision (42 days/Mean), Second Decision Time (31 days/Mean), Accepted (52.2%/Mean), Production Time (49 days/Mean), Time to Publication (151 days/Mean), and Rejected (37.3%/Mean).
Editorial
Lu-Yang Li, Shinichiro Kobayashi, Shunsuke Murakami, Shun Yamaguchi, Kaito Tasaki, Susumu Eguchi, Kengo Kanetaka 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(1):113363. Published online Jan 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i1.113363
Minireviews
Marco Maria Pascale, Jacopo Gervasoni, Giuseppe Bianco, Silvia Persichilli, Lorenzo Ferri, Aniello Primiano, Salvatore Agnes, Andrea Urbani 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(1):114662. Published online Jan 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i1.114662
Case Control Study
Retrospective Cohort Study
Retrospective Study
Cristian Alejandro Bautista-Mondragón, Alejandra Madeleine Mijangos-Trejo, Octavio González-Chon, Pablo Mondragón-Ratkovich, Norberto Carlos Chávez-Tapia 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(1):112767. Published online Jan 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i1.112767
Yan Guo, Ming Zhang, Na Liu, Xing-Kai Meng, Jun Li 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(1):113967. Published online Jan 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i1.113967
Nouf Akeel, Charlotte Mary Rajasingh, Michelle Earley, Sydni Au Hoy, Leila Neshatian, Ekene Enemchukwu, Kavita Mishra, Brooke Gurland 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(1):114452. Published online Jan 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i1.114452
Gokhan Demirtas, Gunay Ekberli, Huseyın Tugrul Tiryaki 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(1):115171. Published online Jan 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i1.115171
Observational Study
Prospective Study
Randomized Controlled Trial
Basic Study
Rupan Paramasivam, Claudia Jaensch, Nickolai M Kristensen, Susie Sarah Paramasivam, Helen Woldeselassie, Louise Kruse Jensen, Anders Husted Madsen, Mai-Britt Worm Ørntoft 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(1):111928. Published online Jan 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i1.111928
Meta-Analysis
Roberto de la Plaza Llamas, Diego Ribera Díaz, Paula Betancor Díaz, Daniel A Díaz Candelas, Raquel A Latorre-Fragua, Ludovica Gorini, Rodrigo Arellano González, Ignacio A Gemio del Rey 
World J Gastrointest Surg 18(1):115285. Published online Jan 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i1.115285
Case Report
Letter to the Editor