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Welcome to the World Journal of Hepatology

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 >>

2025 Published Issues
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Editors-in-Chief
  • Ke-Qin Hu, MD, Professor, (E-mail: kqhu@uci.edu) Div Gastroenterol and Hepatol, University of California Irvine, School of Medicine, Orange, CA 92617, United States
  • Joseph K Lim, MD, Professor, (E-mail: joseph.lim@yale.edu) Yale Viral Hepatitis Program, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, United States
  • Nikolaos Pyrsopoulos, AGAF, FAASLD, FACG, FACP, FRCP, MD, PhD, Professor, nikolaos.pyrsopoulos@nyulangone.org, NYU Grossman School of MedicineNYU Langone HealthDepartment of MedicineTransplant Institute, New York, NY 10016, 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 2024 edition of Journal Citation Reports® cites the 2023 journal impact factor (JIF) for WJH as 2.5; JIF without journal self cites: 2.4; 5-year JIF: 2.7; JIF Rank: 72/143 in gastroenterology and hepatology; JIF Quartile: Q3; and 5-year JIF Quartile: Q3.

The WJH’s CiteScore for 2023 is 4.1 and Scopus CiteScore rank 2023: Hepatology is 41/82.
ISSN
1948-5182 (online)
Editorial
Vanessa Pamela Salolin Vargas, Marisa Gasbarra, Ernesto Calderon-Martinez, Yash R Shah, Dushyant Singh Dahiya, Mauricio Garcia Saenz de Sicilia 
World J Hepatol 17(3):105255. Published online Mar 27, 2025. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v17.i3.105255
Review
Li-Li Ou, Jin-Lian Jiang, Man-Lu Guo, Jin-Hua Wu, Wei-Wei Zhong, Yi-Huai He 
World J Hepatol 17(3):103839. Published online Mar 27, 2025. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v17.i3.103839
Minireviews
Retrospective Cohort Study
Retrospective Study
Observational Study
Basic Study
Chao Ren, Li Cha, Shu-Yue Huang, Guo-Hui Bai, Jin-Hui Li, Xin Xiong, Yu-Xing Feng, Dui-Ping Feng, Long Gao, Jin-Yu Li 
World J Hepatol 17(3):101340. Published online Mar 27, 2025. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v17.i3.101340
Systematic Reviews
Mona A Hegazy, Safaa M Ahmed, Shaimaa M Sultan, Osama F Afifi, Manal A Mohamed, Alshimaa E Azab, Mohamed A Hassanen, Rakan K Zaben 
World J Hepatol 17(3):102286. Published online Mar 27, 2025. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v17.i3.102286
Scientometrics
Wen-Ying Qi, Shi-Hao Zheng, Si-Ze Li, Wei Wang, Qiu-Yue Wang, Qi-Yao Liu, Xiao-Ke Li, Jia-Xin Zhang, Da-Nan Gan, Yong-An Ye, Xiao-Bin Zao 
World J Hepatol 17(3):103327. Published online Mar 27, 2025. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v17.i3.103327
Letter to the Editor