United European Gastroenterology Journal

Aims & Scope

United European Gastroenterology Journal (UEG Journal) is the official Journal of the United European Gastroenterology (UEG), a professional non-profit organisation combining all the leading European societies concerned with digestive disease.

UEG’s member societies represent more than 30,000 specialists working across medicine, surgery, paediatrics, GI oncology and endoscopy, which makes UEG Journal a unique platform for collaboration and the exchange of knowledge.

UEG Journal provides an international forum for research in gastroenterology, publishing original articles which describe basic research, translational and clinical studies of interest to gastroenterologists and researchers in related fields.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	6.7
2024	5.80

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.956

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	65

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	1504

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	7000

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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
• PubMed
• 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.

• Guidelines on eosinophilic esophagitis: evidence‐based statements and recommendations for diagnosis and management in children and adults

  Citation: 858

  Authors: Alfredo J, Javier, Ángel, Ulrike, Albert J, Christian, Jorge, Mogens, Jesús, Helen, Stephan, Alexandra, Joaquín, Alberto, Jukka, Cecilio, Alain M, Martin A, Ingrid, Alex, Stephen E

• European Society for the Study of Coeliac Disease (ESsCD) guideline for coeliac disease and other gluten‐related disorders

  Citation: 783

  Authors: Abdulbaqi, Umberto, Renata, Gemma, David S, Christophe, Chris J, Knut E A

• United European Gastroenterology evidence‐based guidelines for the diagnosis and therapy of chronic pancreatitis (HaPanEU)

  Citation: 560

  Authors: J Matthias, Enrique, Jonas, Marc, Julia, Markus M, Stephan, Fatih, Nikolaos, Julio, Jutta, Marja, Jens, Jean‐Marc, Paul, Asbjorn, Gürlap, Björn, Joost, Nils, Philip, Enrique, Heiko, Alexander, Riccardo, Frøkjer J, Sasa, Thomas, Marco

• Fecal SCFAs and SCFA‐producing bacteria in gut microbiome of human NAFLD as a putative link to systemic T‐cell activation and advanced disease

  Citation: 279

  Authors: Monika, Ateequr, Marcus, Albert K., Heike M., Florian, Niklas, Thomas, Philip, Andreas

• The human gastric microbiota: Is it time to rethink the pathogenesis of stomach diseases?

  Citation: 204

  Authors: Gerardo, Debora

• Performance measures for lower gastrointestinal endoscopy: a European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) quality improvement initiative

  Citation: 201

  Authors: Michal F, Siwan, Marek, Michael, Colin J, Evelien, Geir, Rodrigo, Stepan, Monika, John, Thomas, Rolf, Istvan, Ernst J, Kjetil, James E, Maciej, Birgitte, Cathy, Carlo, Silvia, Raf, Dirk, Roland, Cristiano, Cesare, Mario, Matthew D

• Liver injury in COVID‐19: The current evidence

  Citation: 190

  Authors: Saleh A, Jörn M

• European Guideline on IgG4‐related digestive disease – UEG and SGF evidence‐based recommendations

  Citation: 188

  Authors: J‐Matthias, Ulrich, Miroslav, Domenico, Jens Brøndum, Frank, Gabriele, Emma L, Enrique, Emanuel, Sönke, Enrique, Piotr, Nils, Luca, Natalya, Deniz Guney, Thilo, Julio, Nikolaos, Andrea, Frank, Fredrik, Alexey, Grzegorz, Andrea, Raffaella Maria Pozzi, Vinciane, Jonas, Nicolas, Alexander, Eric FH, Caroline Sophie, Marie Pierre, Heiko

• Hypertriglyceridemic pancreatitis: Epidemiology, pathophysiology and clinical management

  Citation: 187

  Authors: Nicolò, Antonio, Luca

• Epidemiology of chronic pancreatitis: burden of the disease and consequences

  Citation: 177

  Authors: Philippe, Enrique, Clem, Matthias, Patrick

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