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Welcome to the World Journal of Gastrointestinal Pathophysiology

World Journal of Gastrointestinal Pathophysiology (WJGP, World J Gastrointest Pathophysiol) 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 pathophysiology. The types of articles published in WJGP 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. WJGP is edited and published by the Baishideng Publishing Group. Submit here >>

2026 Published Issues
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Editors-in-Chief
  • Kusum K Kharbanda, PhD, Professor, (Email: kkharbanda@unmc.edu) Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68105, United States
  • Tsutomu Nishida, MD, PhD, (Email: tnishida@gh.med.osaka-u.ac.jp) Department of Gastroenterology, Toyonaka Municipal Hospital, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8565, Japan
Indexing/Abstracting
The WJGP is now abstracted and indexed in PubMed, PubMed Central, Reference Citation Analysis, China Science and Technology Journal Database, and Superstar Journals Database.
Journal Metrics
There is currently no impact factor.
ISSN
2150-5330 (online)
Latest Manuscript Statistics
Received (489), Duration of Peer Review (24 days/Mean), Days from Submission to First Decision (43 days/Mean), Second Decision Time (41 days/Mean), Accepted (56.6%/Mean), Production Time (56 days/Mean), Time to Publication (196 days/Mean), and Rejected (31.3%/Mean).
Minireviews
Rohit Jacob Manoj, Cornelius J Fernandez, Sunil Nair, Joseph M Pappachan 
World J Gastrointest Pathophysiol 17(1):118132. Published online Mar 22, 2026. doi: 10.4291/wjgp.v17.i1.118132
Philippe Attieh, Antonio Al Hazzouri, Mohamad Al Qassab, Elissar Mansour, Nour Rizk, Karam Karam, Elias Fiani, Said G Farhat 
World J Gastrointest Pathophysiol 17(1):118156. Published online Mar 22, 2026. doi: 10.4291/wjgp.v17.i1.118156
Case Control Study
Mayank Agarwal, Venkatesh Vaithiyam, Ravi Teja Reddy, Payila Satya Raghava Aneesh, Prisha Paliwal, Sahil Rahul Jain, Ashok Dalal, Ajay Kumar, Amarender Singh Puri, Sanjeev Sachdeva 
World J Gastrointest Pathophysiol 17(1):113971. Published online Mar 22, 2026. doi: 10.4291/wjgp.v17.i1.113971
Meta-Analysis
Raja Taha Yaseen Khan, Salman Ahsam, Sanjay Kirshan Kumar, Khaiber Khan, Muhammad Talha Kakar, Ali Hyder, Wadana Malik, Muhammed Mubarak, Nasir H Luck 
World J Gastrointest Pathophysiol 17(1):113373. Published online Mar 22, 2026. doi: 10.4291/wjgp.v17.i1.113373
Letter to the Editor