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World Journal of Gastroenterology (WJG, World J Gastroenterol) is a high-quality, online, open-access, single-blind peer-reviewed journal published by the Baishideng Publishing Group. WJG accepts both solicited and unsolicited manuscripts. Articles published in WJG are high-quality, basic and clinical, influential research articles by established academic authors as well as new researchers. The paramount objective of WJG is to showcase and promote distinguished research in the field of gastroenterology and hepatology, to help advance development of this field. The types of articles published in WJG include Editorial, Opinion Review, Frontier, Review, Minireview, Basic Study, Clinical Research, Systematic Review, Meta-analysis, Evidence-based Medicine, Field of Vision, Clinical Guidelines, Letter to the Editor, and Case Report. Submit here >>
Editors-in-Chief
- Subrata Ghosh, AGAF, FCAHS, FRCP (C), FRCPC, FRCPE, MD, Full Professor, (E-mail: ghoshs@bham.ac.uk) Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Birmingham, Birmingham UB6 8TW, United Kingdom
- Andrzej S Tarnawski, DSc, MD, PhD, Professor, (E-mail:atarnawski@yahoo.com) Gastroenterology Research Department, University of California Irvine and the Veterans Administration Long Beach Healthcare System, Long Beach, CA 90822, United States
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The WJG is now abstracted and indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE, also known as SciSearch®), Current Contents/Clinical Medicine, Journal Citation Reports, Index Medicus, MEDLINE, PubMed, PubMed Central, Scopus, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), China Science and Technology Journal Database (CSTJ), and Superstar Journals Database.
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The 2020 edition of Journal Citation Reports® cites the 2019 impact factor (IF) for WJG as 3.665; IF without journal self cites: 3.534; 5-year IF: 4.048; Ranking: 35 among 88 journals in gastroenterology and hepatology; and Quartile category: Q2. The WJG’s CiteScore for 2019 is 7.1 and Scopus CiteScore rank 2019: Gastroenterology is 17/137.
ISSN
1007-9327 (print) and 2219-2840 (online)
Editorial
Ishani Shah, Sunil G Sheth, Darshan J Kothari
World J Gastroenterol
27(23):3142-3147.
Published online Jun 21, 2021.
doi: 10.3748/wjg.v27.i23.3142
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Evidence Review
Devica S Umans, Sanne A Hoogenboom, Noor J Sissingh, Selma J Lekkerkerker, Robert C Verdonk, Jeanin E van Hooft
World J Gastroenterol
27(23):3148-3157.
Published online Jun 21, 2021.
doi: 10.3748/wjg.v27.i23.3148
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Review
Nikhil Gupta, Raghav Yelamanchi
World J Gastroenterol
27(23):3158-3181.
Published online Jun 21, 2021.
doi: 10.3748/wjg.v27.i23.3158
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Prashika Singh, Dylan Kairuz, Patrick Arbuthnot, Kristie Bloom
World J Gastroenterol
27(23):3182-3207.
Published online Jun 21, 2021.
doi: 10.3748/wjg.v27.i23.3182
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Klara Megyeri, Áron Dernovics, Zaid I I Al-Luhaibi, András Rosztóczy
World J Gastroenterol
27(23):3208-3222.
Published online Jun 21, 2021.
doi: 10.3748/wjg.v27.i23.3208
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Daniel Fuster, Xavier García-Calvo, Paola Zuluaga, Ferran Bolao, Robert Muga
World J Gastroenterol
27(23):3223-3237.
Published online Jun 21, 2021.
doi: 10.3748/wjg.v27.i23.3223
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Minireviews
Tasur Kumar Seen, Muntazir Sayed, Muhammad Bilal, Jonathan Vincent Reyes, Priyanka Bhandari, Vennis Lourdusamy, Ahmed Al-khazraji, Umer Syed, Yasar Sattar, Raghav Bansal
World J Gastroenterol
27(23):3238-3248.
Published online Jun 21, 2021.
doi: 10.3748/wjg.v27.i23.3238
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Patricia Holanda Almeida, Celso E L Matielo, Lilian A Curvelo, Rodrigo A Rocco, Guilherme Felga, Bianca Della Guardia, Yuri L Boteon
World J Gastroenterol
27(23):3249-3261.
Published online Jun 21, 2021.
doi: 10.3748/wjg.v27.i23.3249
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Hiroki Sato, Andrew Scott Liss, Yusuke Mizukami
World J Gastroenterol
27(23):3262-3278.
Published online Jun 21, 2021.
doi: 10.3748/wjg.v27.i23.3262
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Maria Belopolskaya, Viktor Avrutin, Olga Kalinina, Alexander Dmitriev, Denis Gusev
World J Gastroenterol
27(23):3279-3289.
Published online Jun 21, 2021.
doi: 10.3748/wjg.v27.i23.3279
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Alina Buliarca, Adelina Horhat, Tudor Mocan, Rares Craciun, Bogdan Procopet, Zeno Sparchez
World J Gastroenterol
27(23):3290-3302.
Published online Jun 21, 2021.
doi: 10.3748/wjg.v27.i23.3290
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Carmelina Calitri, Ilaria Fumi, Maria Giovanna Ignaccolo, Elena Banino, Stefania Benetti, Maria Maddalena Lupica, Francesca Fantone, Mariella Pace, Franco Garofalo
World J Gastroenterol
27(23):3303-3316.
Published online Jun 21, 2021.
doi: 10.3748/wjg.v27.i23.3303
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Atsushi Nishida, Kyohei Nishino, Keitaro Sakai, Yuji Owaki, Yoshika Noda, Hirotsugu Imaeda
World J Gastroenterol
27(23):3317-3326.
Published online Jun 21, 2021.
doi: 10.3748/wjg.v27.i23.3317
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Basic Study
Meng-Na Wu, Wen-Jie Zheng, Wen-Xin Ye, Li Wang, Ying Chen, Jie Yang, Deng-Fu Yao, Min Yao
World J Gastroenterol
27(23):3327-3341.
Published online Jun 21, 2021.
doi: 10.3748/wjg.v27.i23.3327
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Seunghun Lee, Jeonghoon Heo, Eun-Kyung Ahn, Jae Hyun Kim, Young-Ho Kim, Hee-Kyung Chang, Sang-Joon Lee, Jongsik Kim, Seun-Ja Park
World J Gastroenterol
27(23):3342-3356.
Published online Jun 21, 2021.
doi: 10.3748/wjg.v27.i23.3342
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Case Control Study
Juyeon Ko, Loren Skudder-Hill, Jaelim Cho, Sakina H Bharmal, Maxim S Petrov
World J Gastroenterol
27(23):3357-3371.
Published online Jun 21, 2021.
doi: 10.3748/wjg.v27.i23.3357
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Retrospective Cohort Study
Rui-Min Lai, Tian-Bin Chen, Yu-Hai Hu, Gui Wu, Qi Zheng
World J Gastroenterol
27(23):3372-3385.
Published online Jun 21, 2021.
doi: 10.3748/wjg.v27.i23.3372
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Observational Study
Motonari Ri, Souya Nunobe, Satoshi Ida, Naoki Ishizuka, Shinichiro Atsumi, Rie Makuuchi, Koshi Kumagai, Manabu Ohashi, Takeshi Sano
World J Gastroenterol
27(23):3386-3395.
Published online Jun 21, 2021.
doi: 10.3748/wjg.v27.i23.3386
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Prospective Study
Ligia Yukie Sassaki, Sender J Miszputen, Roberto Luiz Kaiser Junior, Wilson R Catapani, Mauro Bafutto, António S Scotton, Cyrla Zaltman, Julio Pinheiro Baima, Hagata S Ramos, Mikaell Alexandre Gouvea Faria, Carolina D Gonçalves, Isabella Miranda Guimaraes, Cristina Flores, Heda M B S Amarante, Rodrigo Bremer Nones, José Miguel Luz Parente, Murilo Moura Lima, Júlio Maria Chebli, Maria de Lourdes Abreu Ferrari, Julia F Campos, Maria G P Sanna, Odery Ramos, Rogério Serafim Parra, Jose J R da Rocha, Omar Feres, Marley R Feitosa, Rosana Fusaro Caratin, Juliana Tosta Senra, Genoile Oliveira Santana
World J Gastroenterol
27(23):3396-3412.
Published online Jun 21, 2021.
doi: 10.3748/wjg.v27.i23.3396
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Systematic Reviews
Vincenza Granata, Roberta Grassi, Roberta Fusco, Andrea Belli, Raffaele Palaia, Gianpaolo Carrafiello, Vittorio Miele, Roberto Grassi, Antonella Petrillo, Francesco Izzo
World J Gastroenterol
27(23):3413-3428.
Published online Jun 21, 2021.
doi: 10.3748/wjg.v27.i23.3413
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