In 2016, the World Journal of Hepatology (WJH) has published the 24^th issue which containing 5 articles contributed by scientists worldwide. Among these comprehensive articles are (1) “Outcomes of liver transplantation in patients with hepatorenal syndrome”, a Review by Khalid Mumtaz, MD, MSc, Assistant Professor, et al from Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, the Ohio State University Medical Center, United States; (2) “Hypolactasia is associated with insulin resistance in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis”, an Original Article by Claudia P Oliveira, MD, PhD, et al from Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Gastroenterology (LIM 07), University of São Paulo School of Medicine, Brazil, 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 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 24, August 28, 2016.

Figure 1 The cover of the issue. Editorial Board Member of World Journal of Hepatology, Christoph A Maurer, FRCS(Hon), MD, Professor, Department of Surgery, Hospital of Liestal, Affiliated to University of Basel, CH-4410 Liestal, Switzerland

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.