In 2016, the World Journal of Hepatology (WJH) has published the 36^th issue which containing 7 articles contributed by scientists worldwide. Among these comprehensive articles are (1) “Restructuring of the vascular bed in response to hemodynamic disturbances in portal hypertension”, a Minireviews by Dmitry Victorovich Garbuzenko, MD, PhD, Professor, et al from Department of Faculty Surgery, South Ural State Medical University, Russia; (2) “Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis prevalence in pre-transplant patients and its effect on survival and graft loss post-transplant”, an Original Article by Neeral L Shah, MD, et al from Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, United States, etc. We invite you to peruse all 7 articles in this issue, as they present the latest research progress/findings and provide insightful comments in hepatology that will guide basic research and clinical practice in these fields.

This journal is an open-access journal which allows free immediate access to all full-text articles. For details, please visit: Volume 8, Issue 36, December 28, 2016.

Figure 1 The cover of the issue. Editorial Board Member of World Journal of Hepatology, Mohammed Joutei Hassani Tahiri, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Ibn Rochd University Hospital Centre Casablanca, Casablanca 20170, Morocco

The WJH is a leading academic journal devoted to reporting the latest, cutting-edge research progress and findings of basic research and clinical practice in the field of hepatology. It was launched on October 31, 2009 and is published three issues per month (36 issues annually) by BPG, the world's leading professional clinical medical journal publishing company.

We encourage hepatologists worldwide to submit manuscripts to the WJH describing their original basic or clinical research findings that are of high academic value and which report new diagnostic techniques or summarize their treatment experiences.

We invited the readers to download and read the E-Journal of this issue, at: http://www.wjgnet.com/1948-5182/e-journal.htm.