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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
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: 71/143 in gastroenterology and hepatology; JIF Quartile: Q2; 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
Yusuf Musa, Ijeoma M Ifeorah, Abubakar Sadiq Maiyaki, Rahama Mohammad Almustapha, Yussuf Abdulkadir Maisuna, Habib Tijjani Saleh, Abdulmumini Yakubu 
World J Hepatol 16(10):1132-1141. Published online Oct 27, 2024. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v16.i10.1132
Guan-Yue Shan, Hui Wan, Yu-Xin Zhang, Jun-Ya Cheng, Duan-Rui Qiao, Yi-Ying Liu, Wen-Na Shi, Hai-Jun Li 
World J Hepatol 16(10):1142-1150. Published online Oct 27, 2024. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v16.i10.1142
Minireviews
Case Control Study
Rashid Abdel-Razeq, Lynn Bitar, Elio R Bitar, Chidera Onwuzo, Mohamad-Noor Abu-Hammour, Barish Eren, Islam Mohamed, Adejoke Johnson, Antoine Boustany, Somtochukwu Onwuzo, Imad Asaad 
World J Hepatol 16(10):1169-1176. Published online Oct 27, 2024. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v16.i10.1169
Observational Study
Basic Study
Case Report
Letter to the Editor