| Discipline | Gastroenterology |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Andrzej S. Tarnawski |
| Publication details | |
| Former name(s) | China National Journal of New Gastroenterology |
| History | 1995-present |
| Publisher | Baishideng Publishing Group |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Open access | Yes |
| License | Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial |
| Impact factor | 5.742 (2020) |
| Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt  ) | |
| ISO 4 | World J. Gastroenterol. |
| Indexing CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus | |
| CODEN | WJGAF2 |
| ISSN | 1007-9327 (print) 2219-2840 (web) |
| OCLC no. | 41888177 |
| Links | |
World Journal of Gastroenterology is a weekly peer-reviewed open access medical journal that covers research in gastroenterology. It was established in 1995 and is published by Baishideng Publishing Group. The editor-in-chief is Andrzej S. Tarnawski (California State University, Long Beach).
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
- CAB Abstracts
- Chemical Abstracts
- Current Contents/Clinical Medicine
- Index Medicus/MEDLINE/PubMed/PubMed Central
- Science Citation Index Expanded
In 2004, the journal was delisted from the Journal Citation Reports for excessive self-citation, but it was restored to this index in 2008, at which time its impact factor was determined to be 2.081. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 5.742, ranking it 28th out of 92 journals in the category "Gastroenterology and Hepatology".
References
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- "World Journal of Gastroenterology". NLM Catalog. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2014-12-13.
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- Davis, Phil (October 17, 2011), "Gaming the impact factor puts journal in time-out", The Scholarly Kitchen (blog).
- "Journals Ranked by Impact: Gastroenterology and Hepatology". 2016 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2017.