A total of 484 articles published in World Journal of Gastroenterology are cited by 361 ISI-SCI covered journals distributed in 38 countries during 1998-2003

Table 3 Impact factors of SCI covered journals that have cited articles published in WJG

Impact factor	Number of journals (%)
20.699-28.740	4 (1.24)
10.321-18.772	12 (3.73)
6.073-9.825	20 (6.23)
5.095-5.991	14 (6.30)
4.039-4.974	19 (7.88)
3.008-3.991	46 (14.33)
2.013-2.980	55 (17.13)
1.000-1.990	78 (24.29)
0.160-0.996	73 (22.74)