World Journal of Gastroenterology

Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	5.4
2024	4.30

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.418

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	217

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	2634

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	8183

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Abstracting & Indexing

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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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Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

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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.

• Role of the normal gut microbiota

  Citation: 2336

  Authors: Sai Manasa

• Pancreatic cancer: A review of clinical diagnosis, epidemiology, treatment and outcomes

  Citation: 1447

  Authors: Andrew, Paul, Richard C, Claire, Helen G, R Stephen

• Epidemiology of gastric cancer

  Citation: 1266

  Authors: Katherine D, Alfred I

• Inflammatory bowel disease: Pathogenesis

  Citation: 1224

  Authors: Yi-Zhen

• Potential beneficial effects of butyrate in intestinal and extraintestinal diseases

  Citation: 1089

  Authors: Roberto Berni

• Epidemiology of pancreatic cancer

  Citation: 1054

  Authors: Milena, Irena

• Oxidative stress as a crucial factor in liver diseases

  Citation: 963

  Authors: Halina

• Epidemiology of hepatitis C virus infection

  Citation: 900

  Authors: Miriam J

• Esophageal cancer: Risk factors, screening and endoscopic treatment in Western and Eastern countries

  Citation: 806

  Authors: María José Domper

• Epidemiology of esophageal cancer

  Citation: 755

  Authors: Yuwei

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