Aims & Scope

Each monthly issue of The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology features original clinical research, expert reviews, news, and provocative comment and opinion in gastroenterology and hepatology, providing a clear, independent perspective about the clinical advances and practice-changing research shaping your specialty globally.

The journal publishes papers that reflect the rich variety of ongoing clinical research in gastroenterology and hepatology, in particular in the areas of inflammatory bowel diseases, NAFLD and NASH, functional gastrointestinal disorders, gastrointestinal and hepatopancreatobiliary cancers, and viral hepatitis.

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Metrics & Ranking

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year Value
2024 11.398

Quartile

Year Value
2024 Q1

h-index

Year Value
2024 123

Journal Rank

Year Value
2024 66

Journal Citation Indicator

Year Value
2024 8156

Abstracting & Indexing

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


Subjects & Keywords

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


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 prevalence and genotype distribution of hepatitis C virus infection in 2015: a modelling study

    Citation: 1550

    Authors: Sarah, Stefan, Michael, Ibrahim, Ann-Sofi, David H, Imam, Seyed M, Mei-Hsuan, Francesco, Faisal, Ahmed, Maheeba, Antoine Abou, Inka, Ulus, Imad, Saad, Faryal, Khalid, Youssif, Said A, Layla, Soo, Abdullah S, Abdulrahman A, Hamad E, Monique I, Vic, Perttu, Abdullah M, Oidov, Abate, Ziv, Colm, Fernando, Florian, Abdul R, Martin, Antonio J, Carlos E Brandão, Philip, Cheryl R, Filipe, Henry L Y, Asad, Hugo, Chien-Jen, Rong-Nan, Moon Seok, Peer B, Wan-Long, Vladimir, Laura, Mette R, Matthew E, Antonio, Esther A, Olav, Jorge R, Victor, Gregory J, Manal H, Gul, Gamal, Chris, Karolin, Elmoubashar, Maria L G, Paulo R, Robert, Sona, Ivane, Ed, Javier, Amir Ghafoor, Ilias, Adrian, Magnús, Jason, Michael, Mário Guimarães, Jessie, Behzad, Omer, Saeed, Waseem, Angelos, Sayed M, Harald, Irena, Yee-Tak, Bela, Ramazan, Wasim, Rohani, Naveed Z, Peter, Agita, Jón G, Yasser, Jia-Horng, Sabahattin, David, Jawad, Young S, Loreta, Zaher, Mel, Henrik, Moon-sing, Wim, Wai-cheung, Daniel, Pablo, Henri, Olufunmilayo, Laurentius A, Michael, Valentina, Young-Suk, Boris, Adam, Matti, Mihály, Abraham O, Rui T, Paul, Stefan, Muhammad S, Maria C Mendes, Nahum, Shahin, Ammal M, Rosmawati, Christophe, Fadi H, Beat, Kimberly, Helen, Richard, Diana, Suzanne, Solomon, Stephen, Sigurður, Marian, Ogu, Casimir, Ohene, Anne L H, Shirley, Tsendsuren S, George, Ken, Kevork M, Richard O, Nikolay, Hossein, Nishi, Huma, Alnoor, Devin, Kathryn, Berhane, Henk W, Ezequiel, Sarah, Lewis R, Stuart K, William M, Françoise, Stephen D, Rifaat, Olga, Riina, Faisal M, Juan F Sanchez, Vivek, Rui, Christoph, Jonathan D, Ivan, Carole, Samir R, Ala I, Manik, Anatoly, Gamal E, William, Mark, Kyriakos, Danute, Jan, Peter, Rudolf E, Catherine, Daniel, Tung-Hung, Vana, Soek-Siam, Junko, Alexander J, Ieva, Krzysztof, Jonas, Pierre, Adriaan J, Ingo, Hans, Adriana, Wolfgang, Heiner, Nina, Vincent WS, Cesar, Ayman, Man-fung, Evy, Aasim, Eli, Homie

  • Liver injury in COVID-19: management and challenges

    Citation: 1417

    Authors: Chao, Lei, Fu-Sheng

  • Prolonged presence of SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA in faecal samples

    Citation: 1325

    Authors: Yongjian, Cheng, Lantian, Zhongsi, Jianhui, Xin, Huan, Qiang, Yanping, Xiujuan, Liangjian, Xiaomin, Nischay, Jiahai, Hong, Guanmin, Xi

  • Global prevalence, treatment, and prevention of hepatitis B virus infection in 2016: a modelling study

    Citation: 1320

    Authors: Devin, Ivane, Mindie H, Ding-Shinn, Pierre, Zaigham, Maheeba, Antoine, Danjuma, Inka, Ulus, Fuad, Faryal, Khalid, Hamad Ibrahim, Seyed M, Sameer, Agustin, Said A, Soo, Faleh Z, Abdulrahman A, Anil C, Nguyen Thu, Joop E, Perttu, Kostas, Abate, Ziv, Thomas, Abdul R, Sarah, Carlos E, Samantha M, Bisi, Philip, Maurizia, Maria, Henry L Y, Asad, Rong-Nan, Moon S, Peer B, Wan-Long, Vladimir, Mette R, Massimo, Markus, Benjamin, Antonio, Esther A, Diego Alberto, Chris, Hailemichael, Sylvia, Ann-Sofi, Steve S, Manal H, Chris, Karolin, Maria L G, Paulo R, Robert, Sona, Giovanni B, Javier, Jordan, Jan, Adrian, Ilias, Richard, Mário, Behzad, Angelos, Christophe, Sayed M, Andy, Irena, Yee-Tak T, Petr, Rohani, Naveed Z, Peter, Jerzy, Sabahattin, David, Loreta A, Aliya, Mel, Pavol, Wim, Wai-cheung C, Jen, Jeffrey V, Mei-Hsuan, Valentina, Young-Suk S, Ching-kong K, Boris, Reza, Abraham O, Adkhamjon, Michael, Rui T, Mojca, Stefan, Muhammad S, Maria C, Nahum, Shahin, Ammal M, Rosmawati, Jacques E, Christophe, Joel, Fadi H, Beat, Kimberly, Erkin, Arif, Helen M, Francesco, Alexander, Van Thi Thuy, Richard, Renovat, Zuridin, Solomon, Ponsiano, Stephen, Ogu, Casimir, Ohene, Christopher K, Necati, George, Ken, Nikolay, Hossein, Trân D, Huma, Alnoor, Kathryn, Berhane, Henk W, Cielo Yaneth, Gabriela, Sarah, Lewis R, Stuart K, Stephen D, Rifaat, Olga, Riina, Faisal M, Juan F, Vivek, Christoph, Jonathan D, Ivan, Julia, Carole, Samir R, Ala I, Manik, Gamal E, Tesia, William, Jan, Peter, Catherine, Vana, Frank, Soek S, Junko, Krzysztof, Petr, Adriaan J, Hans, Stefano, Adriana, Yasir, Imam, Nicholas, Nina, Vincent W, Joseph, Cesar, Hwai-I, Chung-Lin, Kakharman, Ayman, Man-Fung, Muhammed Aasim M, Stefan, Homie

  • The global, regional, and national burden of cirrhosis by cause in 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Citation: 1220

    Authors: Sadaf G, Saeid, Catherine, Kevin S, Shahin, Mehdi, Hossein, Derrick, Danny V, Amir, Rufus Adesoji, Mohsen, Sutapa, Sohail, Elham, Ehsan, Tomi, Chisom Joyqueenet, Vahid, Amir, Abdulaziz M, Rajaa M, Nelson, Nahla Hamed, Colin, Amir, Jalal, Ephrem Mebrahtu, Daniel, Bahar, Zerihun, Maha Moh'd Wahbi, Floriane, Ashish, Alaa, Maciej, Diana Fernanda, Akshaya Srikanth, Neeraj, Krittika, Antonio, Srinivasa Rao, Archith, Antonio M, Zahid A, Luis LA Alberto, Ismael R, Félix, Dinh-Toi, Sheng-Chia, Paolo Angelo, Vera M, Benjamin C, Ahmad, Barbora, Gebre Teklemariam, Rupak, Samath Dhamminda, Shirin, Hoa Thi, Fariba, Thomas M, Manisha, Bruce B, Andem, Aziz, Aisha, Arash, Mohammad, Farshad, Eduarda, Irina, Florian, Ketema Bizuwork Bizuwork, Birhanu, Syed Amir, Paramjit Singh, Reyna Alma, Michael Tamene, Arvin, Saeed S, Milad, Amir, Maryam, Hamid Yimam, Simon I, Khezar, Behnam, Andualem, Chi Linh, Mihaela, Sorin, Vivian Chia-rong, Ehimario U, Olayinka Stephen, Seyed Sina Naghibi, Nader, Spencer L, Panniyammakal, Ravi Prakash, Jost B, Jacek Jerzy, Ali, Amir, Hagazi Gebremedhin, Adane Teshome, Rovshan, Muhammad Ali, Ejaz Ahmad, Amir, Yun Jin, Ai, Carlo, Lee-Ling, Alan D, Stefan, Paulo A., Rafael, Muhammed, Hue Thi, Navid, Amir, Mohammad Ali, Lorenzo Giovanni, Giampiero, Dhruv, Walter, Ritesh G, Melkamu Merid, Tuomo J, Tomislav, Bartosz, Ted R, Erkin M, Prasanna, Babak, Masoud, Abdollah, Shafiu, Ali H, Pablo A, Ghobad, Mukhammad David, Vinod, Ionut, Trang Huyen, Richard, In-Hwan, Tinuke O, Jagadish Rao, Keyvan, Adrian, Mona, Akram, Navid, Amir, Alireza, Kiana, Saleem Muhammad M, Salman, David Laith, Robert C, Leonardo, Robin, Gholamreza, Saeed, Abdallah M, Juan, Benn, Maria Inês, Subramanian, Masood Ali, Mehdi, Amrollah, Mika, Jasvinder A., Amin, Hafiz Ansar Rasul, Berhane Fseha, Berhe Etsay, Marco, Amir, Pascual R, Tommi Juhani, Giang Thu, Yasir, Kidu Gidey, Andrea, Ronny, Dawit Zewdu, Adam Belay, Yordanos Gizachew, Naohiro, Chuanhua, Zoubida, Afshin, Shira, Kaleab Alemayehu, Zhi-Jiang, Xiu-Ju, Mohsen, Reza

  • Prevalence, incidence, and outcome of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in Asia, 1999–2019: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Citation: 833

    Authors: Jie, Biyao, Yee Hui, Yuemin, Xiaoyu, Dong Hyun, Hideki, Yuankai, Leslie Y, Fanpu, Xiaohe, Nicholas, Mike, Eiichi, Changqing, Xia, Christopher D, Linda, Scott, Hirokazu, Norihiro, Yuichiro, Yao-Chun, Teng-Yu, Wanhua, Chengyong, Dae Won, Hidenori, Vincent Wai-Sun, Ramsey, Qiang, Mindie H


SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

SJR
11.398
First Published: 2024

Quartile

Current Quartile
Q1
First Published: 2024

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