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Welcome to the World Journal of Hepatology

World Journal of Hepatology (WJH, World J Hepatol) is a high-quality, online, open-access, single-blind peer-reviewed journal published by the Baishideng Publishing Group. WJH accepts both solicited and unsolicited manuscripts. Articles published in WJH are high-quality, clinical and basic, influential research articles by established academic authors as well as new researchers. The paramount objective of WJH is to showcase and promote distinguished research in the field of hepatology, to help advance development of this field. The types of articles published in WJH include Editorial, Opinion Review, Frontier, Review, Minireview, Clinical Research, Basic Study, Systematic Review, Meta-analysis, Evidence-based Medicine, Field of Vision, Clinical Guidelines, Letter to the Editor, and Case Report. Submit here >>

2024 Published Issues
12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Editors-in-Chief
  • Koo Jeong Kang, MD, PhD, Consultant Physician-Scientist, Doctor, Full Professor, Professor, (E-mail: kjkang@dsmc.or.kr) Department of Surgery, Keimyung University Dong-San Medical Center, Daegu 42601, South Korea
Indexing/Abstracting
The WJH is now abstracted and indexed in PubMed, PubMed Central, Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI, Web of Science), Scopus, Reference Citation Analysis, China Science and Technology Journal Database, and Superstar Journals Database.
Journal Metrics

The 2024 edition of Journal Citation Reports® cites the 2023 journal impact factor (JIF) for WJH as 2.5; JIF without journal self cites: 2.4; 5-year JIF: 2.7; JIF Rank: 72/143 in gastroenterology and hepatology; JIF Quartile: Q3; and 5-year JIF Quartile: Q3.

The WJH’s CiteScore for 2023 is 4.1 and Scopus CiteScore rank 2023: Hepatology is 41/82.
ISSN
1948-5182 (online)
Editorial
Arnulfo E Morales-Galicia, Mariana M Ramírez-Mejía, Guadalupe Ponciano-Rodriguez, Nahum Méndez-Sánchez 
World J Hepatol 16(12):1365-1370. Published online Dec 27, 2024. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v16.i12.1365
Review
Adonis A Protopapas, Alexandra Tsankof, Ioanna Papagiouvanni, Georgia Kaiafa, Lemonia Skoura, Christos Savopoulos, Ioannis Goulis 
World J Hepatol 16(12):1377-1394. Published online Dec 27, 2024. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v16.i12.1377
Retrospective Cohort Study
Yu-Jin Zhu, Yan Zhang, Yao Rao, Yong Jiang, Yong-Gang Liu, Jian-Zhou Li, Jia-Qi Yuan, Ying Zhao, Wen-Wen Zheng, Lin Ma, Chun-Yan Wang, Jia Li 
World J Hepatol 16(12):1407-1416. Published online Dec 27, 2024. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v16.i12.1407
Retrospective Study
Observational Study
Randomized Controlled Trial
Basic Study
Scientometrics
Alimujiang Mamuti, Aliya Tulading, Yun-Fei Zhang, Yilizhati Azhati, Abudusalamu Tuersunmaimaiti, Maiwulanjiang Maimaiti, Chun-Hui Lv, Jing Wu, Gang Yao, Amina Aierken, Tuerhongjiang Tuxun 
World J Hepatol 16(12):1493-1504. Published online Dec 27, 2024. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v16.i12.1493
Case Report
Hotaka Tamura, Yoshinori Ozono, Keisuke Uchida, Naomi Uchiyama, Hiroshi Hatada, Souichiro Ogawa, Hisayoshi Iwakiri, Hiroshi Kawakami 
World J Hepatol 16(12):1505-1514. Published online Dec 27, 2024. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v16.i12.1505
Letter to the Editor
Jun-Ya Cheng, Guan-Yue Shan, Hui Wan, Yi-Ying Liu, Yu-Xin Zhang, Wen-Na Shi, Hai-Jun Li 
World J Hepatol 16(12):1515-1523. Published online Dec 27, 2024. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v16.i12.1515