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Welcome to the World Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology

World Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology (WJGO, World J Gastrointest Oncol) is a high-quality, online, open-access, single-blind peer-reviewed journal published by the Baishideng Publishing Group. WJGO accepts both solicited and unsolicited manuscripts. Articles published in WJGO are high-quality, clinical and basic, influential research articles by established academic authors as well as new researchers. The paramount objective of WJGO is to showcase and promote distinguished research in the field of gastrointestinal oncology, to help advance development of this field. The types of articles published in the WJGO include Editorial, Opinion Review, Frontier, Review, Minireview, Clinical Research, Basic Study, Systematic Review, Meta-analysis, Evidence-based Medicine, Field of Vision, Clinical Guidelines, Letter to the Editor, and Case Report. Submit here >>

2024 Published Issues
7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Editors-in-Chief
  • Monjur Ahmed, AGAF, FACG, FACP, FASGE, FRCP, MD, MRCP, Doctor, Editor-in-Chief, Full Professor, (E-mail: monjur.ahmed@jefferson.edu) Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, United States
  • Florin Burada, MD, MSc, PhD, Doctor, Professor, Research Scientist, (E-mail: buradaflorin@gmail.com) Department of Medical Genetics and Human Genomics Laboratory, Research Center of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Craiova 200349, Romania
Indexing/Abstracting
The WJGO is now abstracted and indexed in PubMed, PubMed Central, Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE, also known as SciSearch®), Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition, Scopus, Reference Citation Analysis, China Science and Technology Journal Database, and Superstar Journals Database.
Journal Metrics

The 2024 edition of Journal Citation Reports® cites the 2023 journal impact factor (JIF) for WJGO as 2.5; JIF without journal self cites: 2.5; 5-year JIF: 2.8; JIF Rank: 71/143 in gastroenterology and hepatology; JIF Quartile: Q2; and 5-year JIF Quartile: Q2.

The WJGO’s CiteScore for 2023 is 4.2 and Scopus CiteScore rank 2023: Gastroenterology is 80/167; Oncology is 196/404.

ISSN
1948-5204 (online)
Editorial
Review
Alice Boileve, Cristina Smolenschi, Aurélien Lambert, Valérie Boige, Anthony Tarabay, Marine Valery, Alina Fuerea, Thomas Pudlarz, Thierry Conroy, Antoine Hollebecque, Michel Ducreux 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 16(7):2902-2914. Published online Jul 15, 2024. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v16.i7.2902
Minireviews
Xiao-Ke Wang, Xin Yang, Tong-Han Yao, Peng-Xian Tao, Guan-Jun Jia, De-Xian Sun, Lin Yi, Yuan-Hui Gu 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 16(7):2915-2924. Published online Jul 15, 2024. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v16.i7.2915
Case Control Study
Ki Bae Kim, Dong Wook Shin, Kyoung Eun Yeob, So Young Kim, Joung-Ho Han, Seon Mee Park, Jong Heon Park, Jong Hyock Park 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 16(7):2925-2940. Published online Jul 15, 2024. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v16.i7.2925
Retrospective Study
Jing-Yang He, Meng-Xuan Cao, En-Ze Li, Can Hu, Yan-Qiang Zhang, Ruo-Lan Zhang, Xiang-Dong Cheng, Zhi-Yuan Xu 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 16(7):2960-2970. Published online Jul 15, 2024. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v16.i7.2960
Observational Study
Clinical and Translational Research
Lian-Cheng Ruan, Yang Zhang, Lang Su, Ling-Xiao Zhu, Si-Lin Wang, Qiang Guo, Bin-Gen Wan, Sheng-Yu Qiu, Sheng Hu, Yi-Ping Wei, Qiao-Ling Zheng 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 16(7):3055-3068. Published online Jul 15, 2024. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v16.i7.3055
Hui-Qin Shi, Shu Huang, Xin-Yue Ma, Zhen-Ju Tan, Rui Luo, Bei Luo, Wei Zhang, Lei Shi, Xiao-Lin Zhong, Mu-Han Lü, Xia Chen, Xiao-Wei Tang 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 16(7):3082-3096. Published online Jul 15, 2024. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v16.i7.3082
Basic Study
Di-Shu Zhou, Wei-Jian Zhang, Shu-Ya Song, Xin-Xin Hong, Wei-Qin Yang, Juan-Juan Li, Jian-Qu Xu, Jian-Yuan Kang, Tian-Tian Cai, Yi-Fei Xu, Shao-Ju Guo, Hua-Feng Pan, Hai-Wen Li 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 16(7):3211-3229. Published online Jul 15, 2024. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v16.i7.3211
Meta-Analysis
Scientometrics
Case Report
Makiko Sasaki, Takaya Shimura, Hirotada Nishie, Keita Kuroyanagi, Takuya Kanno, Shigeki Fukusada, Naomi Sugimura, Yusuke Mizuno, Takayuki Nukui, Konomu Uno, Yuki Kojima, Ruriko Nishigaki, Mamoru Tanaka, Keiji Ozeki, Eiji Kubota, Hiromi Kataoka 
World J Gastrointest Oncol 16(7):3357-3363. Published online Jul 15, 2024. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v16.i7.3357
Letter to the Editor
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