In 2017, the World Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (WJGE) has published the 1^st issue which containing 5 articles contributed by scientists worldwide. Among these comprehensive articles are (1) “Robot-assisted laparoscopic gastrectomy for gastric cancer”, a Review by Stefano Caruso, MD, et al from the Department of General Surgery and Surgical Specialties, Unit of General Surgery, “Santa Maria Annunziata” Hospital, Italy; and (2) “Gastric antral webs in adults: A case series characterizing their clinical presentation and management in the modern endoscopic era”, an Original Article by Walid M Chalhoub, MD, et al from the Division of Gastroenterology, Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, United States, etc. We invite you to peruse all 5 articles in this issue, as they present the latest research progress/findings and provide insightful comments in gastrointestinal endoscopy 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 9, Issue 1, January 16, 2017.

Figure 1 The cover of the issue. Editorial Board Member of World Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Shantel Hebert-Magee, MD, Assistant Professor, Director, Department of Pathology, University of Central Florida, College of Medicine, Orlando, FL 32801, United States

The WJGE 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 gastrointestinal endoscopy. It was launched on October 15, 2009 and is published monthly (12 issues annually) by BPG, the world's leading professional clinical medical journal publishing company.

We encourage gastrointestinal endoscopists worldwide to submit manuscripts to the WJGE describing their original basic or clinical research findings that are of high academic valueand 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/1948-5190/e-journal.htm.