HPB

Aims & Scope

Twelve issues a year bring the reader leading articles, expert reviews, original articles, images, editorials, and reader correspondence encompassing all aspects of benign and malignant hepatobiliary disease and its management.

HPB features relevant aspects of clinical and translational research and practice.

Specific areas of interest include HPB diseases encountered globally by clinical practitioners in this specialist field of gastrointestinal surgery.

The journal addresses the challenges faced in the management of cancer involving the liver, biliary system and pancreas.

While surgical oncology represents a large part of HPB practice, submission of manuscripts relating to liver and pancreas transplantation, the treatment of benign conditions such as acute and chronic pancreatitis, and those relating to hepatobiliary infection and inflammation are also welcomed.

There will be a focus on developing a multidisciplinary approach to diagnosis and treatment with endoscopic and laparoscopic approaches, radiological interventions and surgical techniques being strongly represented.

HPB welcomes submission of manuscripts in all these areas and in scientific focused research that has clear clinical relevance to HPB surgical practice.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.4
2024	2.70

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	4010

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	1748

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.119

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	98

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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

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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.

• The Brisbane 2000 Terminology of Liver Anatomy and Resections

  Citation: 928

  Authors: S.M., J., P.-A., E., J.O., W.-Y., M., R.W.

• Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma: expert consensus statement

  Citation: 367

  Authors: Sharon M., Dario, Eileen M., Norihiro, Masaru, Timothy M.

• Gallbladder Cancer: expert consensus statement

  Citation: 359

  Authors: Thomas A., Nicolas, Milind, Shishir K., Juan C., Volkan, Felipe J.F., William R.

• Post-hepatectomy haemorrhage: a definition and grading by the International Study Group of Liver Surgery (ISGLS)

  Citation: 357

  Authors: Nuh N., O. James, Robert, Guy, Moritz, Thomas J., Sheung Tat, Yuji, Joan, Jean-Nicolas, Myrddin, Rene, Ronald P., Paul, Val, Simon, Masato, Lorenzo, Yukihiro, Mark, Michael, Christopher, Masatoshi, Markus W., Jürgen

• Epidemiology, risk factors, and pathogenesis of cholangiocarcinoma

  Citation: 353

  Authors: S.A., M.B., S.D.

• Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma: expert consensus statement

  Citation: 335

  Authors: John C., Thomas A., Christopher H., Julie K., Masato, Jean-Nicolas

• Sarcopenia negatively impacts short-term outcomes in patients undergoing hepatic resection for colorectal liver metastasis

  Citation: 332

  Authors: Peter D., Mark G., Susan, Mechteld C., Martin, Julie, Barish H., Christopher L., Richard D., Michael A., Ihab, Timothy M.

• Malignant transformation of hepatocellular adenomas into hepatocellular carcinomas: a systematic review including more than 1600 adenoma cases

  Citation: 277

  Authors: Jan H.M.B., Robert J.S., Mechteld C., Cornelis H.C.

• Systematic review of cholecystostomy as a treatment option in acute cholecystitis

  Citation: 277

  Authors: Anders, Per, Joar, Per

• Analysis of mortality rates for pancreatic cancer across the world

  Citation: 250

  Authors: D., A., H.M.

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