In 2016, the World Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (WJGE) has published the 18^th issue which containing 7 articles contributed by scientists worldwide. Among these comprehensive articles are (1) “Update on endoscopic management of gastric outlet obstruction in children”, a Review by Hsun-Chin Chao, MD, Associate Professor, from the Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Children’s Hospital, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taiwan; (2) “Recommendations to quantify villous atrophy in video capsule endoscopy images of celiac disease patients”, an Original Article by Edward J Ciaccio, PhD, et al from the Celiac Disease Center, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, United States; and (3) “Same site submucosal tunneling for a repeat per oral endoscopic myotomy: A safe and feasible option”, a Case Report by Qiang Cai, MD, PhD, Professor, et al from the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Digestive Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine, 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 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 8, Issue 18, October 16, 2016.

Figure 1 The cover of the issue. Editorial Board Member of World Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Naoki Hotta, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Hepatology, Masuko Memorial Hospital, Nagoya 453-8566, Japan

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 biweekly (24 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.