In 2018, the World Journal of Hepatology (WJH) has published the 2^nd issue which containing 16 articles contributed by scientists worldwide. Among these comprehensive articles are (1) “Glycogenic hepatopathy: A narrative review”, a Review by Smruti R Mohanty, MD, MS, FACP, Chief, et al from Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, NYP-Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, United States; (2) “Homologous recombination mediates stable Fah gene integration and phenotypic correction in tyrosinaemia mouse-model”, an Original Article by Michael Ott, MD, Full Professor, et al from Centre for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research, Germany, etc. We invite you to peruse all 16 articles in this issue, as they present the latest research progress findings and provide insightful comments in hepatology 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 10, Issue 2, February 27, 2018.

Figure 1 The cover of the issue. Editorial Board Member of World Journal of Hepatology, Ji Won Kim, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, SMG-SNU Medical Center, Seoul 156-707, South Korea

The WJH 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 hepatology. It was launched on October 31, 2009 and is published monthly (12 issues annually) by BPG, the world's leading professional clinical medical journal publishing company.

We encourage hepatologists worldwide to submit manuscripts to the WJH describing their original basic or clinical research findings that are of high academic value and which report new diagnostic techniques or summarize their treatment experiences.

We invited the readers to download and read the E-Journal of this issue.