Digestive Endoscopy

Aims & Scope

Digestive Endoscopy (DEN) is the official journal of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society, the Asian Pacific Society for Digestive Endoscopy and the World Endoscopy Organization.

Digestive Endoscopy serves as a medium for presenting original articles that offer significant contributions to knowledge in the broad field of endoscopy.

The Journal also includes Reviews, Original Articles, How I Do It, Case Reports (only of exceptional interest and novelty are accepted), Letters, Techniques and Images, abstracts and news items that may be of interest to endoscopists.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	4.7
2024	5.00

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.630

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	81

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	2072

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	1896

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science
• Medline
• Embase

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Medicine, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Narrow‐band imaging (NBI) magnifying endoscopic classification of colorectal tumors proposed by the Japan NBI Expert Team

  Citation: 493

  Authors: Yasushi, Shinji, Shin‐ei, Shoichi, Takahisa, Yoshiki, Takahiro, Hiroaki, Toshio, Nozomu, Hisashi, Kinichi, Takahiro, Naoto, Kuang‐I, Osamu, Hiroshi, Hiroshi, Yoji, Hirohisa, Toshihiro, Naohisa, Ichiro, Takeshi, Hiro‐o, Kazuhiro, Takeshi, Taku, Yuichiro, Naoto, Naoko, Nana, Shiro, Mineo, Hideki, Yoshitaka, Shigeaki, Yutaka

• JGES guidelines for colorectal endoscopic submucosal dissection/endoscopic mucosal resection

  Citation: 465

  Authors: Shinji, Hiroshi, Yutaka, Naohisa, Hiroo, Shoichi, Takashi, Takashi, Masahiko, Masahiro, Shin‐ei, Osamu, Ken‐ichi, Toshiaki, Yusuke, Masahiro, Takashi, Yoichi, Masao, Toshiyuki, Akira, Kentaro, Kazuma, Hisao

• Guidelines for endoscopic submucosal dissection and endoscopic mucosal resection for early gastric cancer

  Citation: 437

  Authors: Hiroyuki, Kenshi, Mitsuhiro, Ichiro, Satoshi, Naohisa, Hiroyasu, Masashi, Yoichi, Masao, Toshiyuki

• Guidelines for gastroenterological endoscopy in patients undergoing antithrombotic treatment

  Citation: 372

  Authors: Kazuma, Mitsuhiro, Mototsugu, Kazuhide, Ryuichi, Choitsu, Shinichiro, Atsunori, Hisao, Kazunari, Tetsuya, Junji, Yoshikazu, Masao, Toshiyuki

• Guidelines for endoscopic submucosal dissection and endoscopic mucosal resection for early gastric cancer (second edition)

  Citation: 371

  Authors: Hiroyuki, Kenshi, Mitsuhiro, Ichiro, Noriya, Satoshi, Naohisa, Hiroyasu, Masashi, Yoichi, Kazuma

• ENDOSCOPIC SUBMUCOSAL DISSECTION FOR EARLY GASTRIC CANCER: TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY, OPERATION TIME AND COMPLICATIONS FROM A LARGE CONSECUTIVE SERIES

  Citation: 355

  Authors: Ichiro, Takuji, Hisanao, Takako, Yutaka, Takahisa, Pradeep, Fabian, Daizo, Hiroyuki

• Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society guidelines for colorectal endoscopic submucosal dissection/endoscopic mucosal resection

  Citation: 345

  Authors: Shinji, Hiroshi, Yutaka, Naohisa, Hiroo, Shoichi, Takashi, Takashi, Masahiko, Masahiro, Yusuke, Osamu, Ken‐ichi, Masahiro, Takashi, Yoichi, Masato, Kazuhiko, Kazuma, Hisao

• Endoscopic submucosal dissection/endoscopic mucosal resection guidelines for esophageal cancer

  Citation: 325

  Authors: Ryu, Miwako, Toshiro, Tsuneo, Chikatoshi, Motohiko, Kenichi, Osamu, Kyosuke, Tomonori, Shigetaka, Manabu, Hirofumi, Mitsuhiro, Masahiro, Kazuma, Hisao, Haruhiro

• GENERAL RULES FOR RECORDING ENDOSCOPIC FINDINGS OF ESOPHAGOGASTRIC VARICES (2ND EDITION)

  Citation: 253

  Authors: Takashi, Hiroshi, Katsutoshi, Morikazu, Masayoshi, Seigo, Norihiro, Shigehiro, Isao, Michio, Hisao, Kazuhiro, Toshiaki, Makoto, Shouzou, Naoya, Fuminori, Katsunori, Hiroyasu, Kazuhiko, Tomoharu, Hiroaki, Akitake, Kiwamu, Shunji, Yasuo

• <i><scp>TOKYO</scp> criteria 2014 for transpapillary biliary stenting</i>

  Citation: 251

  Authors: Hiroyuki, Tsuyoshi, Ichiro, Takao, Shomei, Yousuke, Hirofumi, Kazuhiko

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