In 2018, the World Journal of Hepatology (WJH) has published the 1^st issue which containing 18 articles contributed by scientists worldwide. Among these comprehensive articles are (1) “Role of inflammatory response in liver diseases: Therapeutic strategies”, a Minieviews by José A Del Campo, PhD, et al from Department of Digestive Diseases, Valme University Hospital and CIBERehd, Spain; (2) “Predicting early outcomes of liver transplantation in young children: The EARLY study”, an Original Article by Ari R Joffe, MD, Full Professor, et al from Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, University of Alberta and Stollery Children’s Hospital, Canada, etc. We invite you to peruse all 18 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 10, Issue 1, January 27, 2018.

Figure 1 The cover of the issue. Editorial Board Member of World Journal of Hepatology, Konstantinos Tziomalos, MD, MSc, PhD, Assistant Professor, First Propedeutic Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 54636, Greece

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 monthly (12 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.