Liver International

Aims & Scope

Liver International promotes all aspects of the science of hepatology from basic research to applied clinical studies.

Providing an international forum for the publication of high-quality original research in hepatology, it is an essential resource for everyone working on normal and abnormal structure and function in the liver and its constituent cells, including clinicians and basic scientists involved in the multi-disciplinary field of hepatology.

The journal welcomes articles from all fields of hepatology, which may be published as original articles, brief definitive reports, reviews, mini-reviews, images in hepatology and letters to the Editor.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	5.2
2024	6.00

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	1429

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	4743

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	2.001

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	145

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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.

• Global patterns of hepatocellular carcinoma management from diagnosis to death: the <scp>BRIDGE</scp> Study

  Citation: 987

  Authors: Joong‐Won, Minshan, Massimo, Lewis R., Myron, Pei‐Jer, Masatoshi, Philip, Samuel, Lucinda S., Morris

• The global burden of hepatitis C

  Citation: 951

  Authors: Daniel

• Diagnosis and phenotypic classification of Wilson disease¹

  Citation: 744

  Authors: Peter, Karel, Georgios, Georgina, Stuart, Irmin, Michael, Diane, Frieder

• Role of Kupffer cells in host defense and liver disease

  Citation: 683

  Authors: Manfred, Frigga, Alexander L.

• Liver injury during highly pathogenic human coronavirus infections

  Citation: 658

  Authors: Ling, Jia, Mengji, Dongliang, Xin

• Cholangiocarcinoma: Epidemiology and risk factors

  Citation: 595

  Authors: Shahid A., Simona, Giovanni

• The epidemiology of non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease

  Citation: 493

  Authors: Stefano

• Biology and significance of alpha‐fetoprotein in hepatocellular carcinoma

  Citation: 458

  Authors: Peter R., Friedrich, Masatoshi, Stephen L., Josep M., Shukui, William R., Sudhakar, Paolo B., Morris, Andrew X.

• Comparison of MAFLD and NAFLD diagnostic criteria in real world

  Citation: 438

  Authors: Su, Jiaofeng, Mingfang, Rahul, Yuxiu, Shiying, Yinlian, Xiaozhong, Yueyong

• A systematic review of hepatitis C virus epidemiology in Asia, Australia and Egypt

  Citation: 401

  Authors: William, Ibrahim, Homie A., Ayman, Ezzat Ali, Ahmed, Deepak, Chien‐Hung, Xiaoguang, Hisham, Mohamed, Gamal, Richard, Kwang‐Hyub, Kazuhiko, Angela, Geoff, Sherif, Ali, Arif, Teerha, Faisal M., Ala I., Scott, Ajit, Dong Jin, Carolyn, Kendra, Francesco

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