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World Journal of Hepatology (WJH, World J Hepatol) is a high-quality, online, open-access, single-blind peer-reviewed journal published by the Baishideng Publishing Group. WJH accepts both solicited and unsolicited manuscripts. Articles published in WJH are high-quality, clinical and basic, influential research articles by established academic authors as well as new researchers. The paramount objective of WJH is to showcase and promote distinguished research in the field of hepatology, to help advance development of this field. The types of articles published in WJH 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 >>
Editors-in-Chief
- Ke-Qin Hu, FAASLD, MD, Director, Professor, (E-mail: kqhu@uci.edu) Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Orange, CA 92868, United States
- Koo Jeong Kang, MD, PhD, Consultant Physician-Scientist, Doctor, Full Professor, Professor, (E-mail: kjkang@dsmc.or.kr) Department of Surgery, Keimyung University Dong-San Medical Center, Daegu 42601, South Korea
- Nikolaos Pyrsopoulos, FAASLD, AGAF, FACG, FACP, FRCP, MD, PhD, Director, Professor, Research Scientist, (E-mail: pyrsopni@njms.rutgers.edu) Medicine-Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Rutgers-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ 07103, United States
Indexing/Abstracting
The WJH is now abstracted and indexed in PubMed, PubMed Central, Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI, Web of Science), Scopus, Reference Citation Analysis, China Science and Technology Journal Database, and Superstar Journals Database.
Journal Metrics
The 2023 Edition of Journal Citation Reports® cites the 2022 impact factor (IF) for WJH as 2.4; IF without journal self cites: 2.3; 5-year IF: 3.0; Journal Citation Indicator: 0.47. The WJH’s CiteScore for 2022 is 3.6 and Scopus CiteScore rank 2022: Hepatology is 42/70.
ISSN
1948-5182 (online)
Editorial
Zaigham Abbas, Minaam Abbas
World J Hepatol
16(3):300-303.
Published online Mar 27, 2024.
doi: 10.4254/wjh.v16.i3.300
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Received: 12/03/2023
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Revised: 01/16/2024
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Accepted: 02/22/2024
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Review
Lu-Fang Bu, Chong-Yu Xiong, Jie-Yi Zhong, Yan Xiong, Dong-Ming Li, Fen-Fang Hong, Shu-Long Yang
World J Hepatol
16(3):304-315.
Published online Mar 27, 2024.
doi: 10.4254/wjh.v16.i3.304
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Received: 10/20/2023
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Revised: 01/11/2024
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Accepted: 02/18/2024
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Ramesh Kumar, Rishabh Patel, Rajeev Nayan Priyadarshi, Ruchika Narayan, Tanmoy Maji, Utpal Anand, Jinit R Soni
World J Hepatol
16(3):316-330.
Published online Mar 27, 2024.
doi: 10.4254/wjh.v16.i3.316
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Received: 11/25/2023
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Revised: 01/23/2024
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Accepted: 02/21/2024
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Minireviews
Robert Lam, Joseph K Lim
World J Hepatol
16(3):331-343.
Published online Mar 27, 2024.
doi: 10.4254/wjh.v16.i3.331
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Received: 11/27/2023
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Accepted: 02/29/2024
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Shuang Liu, Rui Li, Ya-Wen Sun, Hai Lin, Hai-Fang Li
World J Hepatol
16(3):344-352.
Published online Mar 27, 2024.
doi: 10.4254/wjh.v16.i3.344
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Received: 12/11/2023
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Revised: 01/08/2024
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Accepted: 03/01/2024
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Tarana Gupta, Nikhil Sai Jarpula
World J Hepatol
16(3):353-365.
Published online Mar 27, 2024.
doi: 10.4254/wjh.v16.i3.353
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Received: 12/27/2023
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Case Control Study
Kanuengnit Choochuay, Punna Kunhapan, Apichaya Puangpetch, Sissades Tongsima, Pornpen Srisawasdi, Abhasnee Sobhonslidsuk, Somnuek Sungkanuparph, Mohitosh Biswas, Chonlaphat Sukasem
World J Hepatol
16(3):366-378.
Published online Mar 27, 2024.
doi: 10.4254/wjh.v16.i3.366
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Received: 11/01/2023
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Retrospective Cohort Study
Sarah Khan, Hanna Hong, Stephanie Bass, Yifan Wang, Xiao-Feng Wang, Omar T Sims, Christine E Koval, Aanchal Kapoor, Christina C Lindenmeyer
World J Hepatol
16(3):379-392.
Published online Mar 27, 2024.
doi: 10.4254/wjh.v16.i3.379
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Received: 10/25/2023
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Andrew Scott deLemos, Jing Zhao, Milin Patel, Banks Kooken, Karan Mathur, Hieu Minh Nguyen, Areej Mazhar, Maggie McCarter, Heather Burney, Carla Kettler, Naga Chalasani, Samer Gawrieh
World J Hepatol
16(3):393-404.
Published online Mar 27, 2024.
doi: 10.4254/wjh.v16.i3.393
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Received: 11/15/2023
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Retrospective Study
Pei-Xin Zhang, Xiao-Wei Zheng, Ya-Fei Zhang, Jun Ye, Wei Li, Qian-Qian Tang, Jie Zhu, Gui-Zhou Zou, Zhen-Hua Zhang
World J Hepatol
16(3):405-417.
Published online Mar 27, 2024.
doi: 10.4254/wjh.v16.i3.405
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Sophie Schneitler, Christina Schneider, Markus Casper, Frank Lammert, Marcin Krawczyk, Sören L Becker, Matthias Christian Reichert
World J Hepatol
16(3):418-427.
Published online Mar 27, 2024.
doi: 10.4254/wjh.v16.i3.418
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Observational Study
Senamjit Kaur, Rodrigo V Motta, Bryony Chapman, Victoria Wharton, Jane D Collier, Francesca Saffioti
World J Hepatol
16(3):428-438.
Published online Mar 27, 2024.
doi: 10.4254/wjh.v16.i3.428
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Basic Study
Chang-Jiao Gan, Yue Zheng, Bin Yang, Li-Min Cao
World J Hepatol
16(3):439-451.
Published online Mar 27, 2024.
doi: 10.4254/wjh.v16.i3.439
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Received: 11/08/2023
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Systematic Reviews
Karina Sato-Espinoza, Perapa Chotiprasidhi, Mariella R Huaman, Javier Díaz-Ferrer
World J Hepatol
16(3):452-464.
Published online Mar 27, 2024.
doi: 10.4254/wjh.v16.i3.452
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Meta-Analysis
Shi-Yi Liu, Dian Wang, Jing Liu, Lu-Ping Yang, Gong-Ying Chen
World J Hepatol
16(3):465-476.
Published online Mar 27, 2024.
doi: 10.4254/wjh.v16.i3.465
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Xiang-Hao Cai, Yun-Ming Tang, Shu-Ru Chen, Jia-Hui Pang, Yu-Tian Chong, Hong Cao, Xin-Hua Li
World J Hepatol
16(3):477-489.
Published online Mar 27, 2024.
doi: 10.4254/wjh.v16.i3.477
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Received: 11/12/2023
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