Journal profile · Gastroenterology & Hepatology
BMC Gastroenterology
ISSN 1471-230X · BioMed Central · ENGLAND · Irregular · Founded 2001
BMC Gastroenterology: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.19; fully open access; APC about USD 3,390; median 110 days to acceptance (185 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: about 75%; 966 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
BMC Gastroenterology is published by BioMed Central and is in Zone 3 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Liver Disease and Transplantation, together about 22.6% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
BMC Gastroenterology is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of the prevention, diagnosis and management of gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary disorders, as well as related molecular genetics, pathophysiology, and epidemiology. The journal welcomes manuscripts in the following broad areas of Gastroenterology research: Colorectal Cancer – research in this section includes screening methods (e.g., colonoscopy, fecal tests), genetic and molecular profiling of colorectal tumors, surgical techniques and minimally invasive procedures, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and immunotherapy approaches, tumor markers and prognostic factors, patient outcomes and survivorship care, and early-onset and hereditary syndromes (e.g., Lynch syndrome, FAP). Epidemiology of gastrointestinal disorders – focuses on population-level understanding, such as prevalence and incidence trends of GI conditions, risk factor studies (e.g., diet, microbiome, lifestyle), geographic and socio-economic disparities in GI health, disease burden and health service utilization, screening program effectiveness, and public health interventions. Gastroesophageal disorders – covers upper GI tract conditions including gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), barrett’s esophagus and esophageal cancer, esophagitis and motility disorders (e.g., achalasia), hiatal hernia and swallowing dysfunctions, endoscopic diagnostics and therapies, and acid-suppressive medications and long-term impact. Hepatobiliary and pancreatic disorders – explores liver, bile ducts, gallbladder, and pancreas research such as hepatitis (viral, autoimmune, drug-induced), liver cirrhosis and hepatic fibrosis, hepatocellular carcinoma and cholangiocarcinoma, gallstone disease and biliary obstruction, pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer, transplantation and liver function assessment, and biomarkers and molecular targets. Intestinal Disorders – includes small and large intestine diseases including inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD): Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), celiac disease and gluten sensitivity, intestinal infections and microbiome research, motility disorders and malabsorption syndromes, intestinal ischemia or obstruction, and experimental therapeutics and biologics. Nutrition and Metabolism – tackles interactions between diet, digestive health, and systemic processes such as nutritional interventions in GI diseases, enteral and parenteral nutrition, obesity
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Liver Disease Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine8.5%
- Inflammatory Bowel DiseaseBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology7.3%
- Liver Disease and TransplantationMedicine6.8%
- Gastrointestinal motility and disordersMedicine6.4%
- Gallbladder and Bile Duct DisordersMedicine5.4%
- Colorectal Cancer Screening and DetectionMedicine5.2%
- Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studiesMedicine5.1%
- Gastric Cancer Management and OutcomesMedicine4.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Gastroenterology & Hepatology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Gastroenterology & Hepatology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Gastroenterology & Hepatology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINEEmbaseCASCAB AbstractsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS, Semantic Scholar
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 3.19LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.2Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.9LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.09LetPub ·
- h-index
- 65LetPub ·
- h-index
- 122OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3,012OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.84OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 953LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 5,100,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 6,367 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 814 | 814 | 125 |
| 2025 | 966 | 966 | 3,198 |
| 2024 | 483 | 483 | 3,096 |
| 2023 | 455 | 455 | 4,592 |
| 2022 | 547 | 547 | 7,195 |
| 2021 | 494 | 494 | 8,157 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
110 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 80 days – 184 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 10 days (185 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 127 days
- Sample
- 185 articles with submission and acceptance dates (1,903 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 6 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 75%LetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 11 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 22 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Open peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | EUR 2,890 / USD 3,390 / GBP 2,590 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 3,190 / EUR 2,690 / GBP 2,390 | — | — | |
| LetPub | GBP 2,190 / USD 2,990 / EUR 2,490 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | GBP 2,590 / USD 3,390 / EUR 2,890 | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Open calls for papers2, by deadline
Publisher websiteArticle types accepted7
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- systematic reviewResearch article Study protocol Review Matters Arising Comment Systematic Review Case ReportLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Authorship
Submission: only by an author, not a third party. Model summary
Please note that a manuscript can only be submitted by an author of the manuscript and may not be submitted by a third party.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Formatting the 'Availability of data and materials' section of your manuscript
Data sharing: strongly encouraged or required. Model summary
The following format for the 'Availability of data and materials section of your manuscript should be used:
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Licensing and copyright
Copyright: Authors retain copyright of their articles. Model summary
Creative Commons licences Open access articles in Springer Nature journals are published under Creative Commons licences. These provide an industry-standard framework to support easy re-use of open access material. Under Creative Commons licences, authors retain copyright of their articles. BMC Gastroenterology articles are published open access under a CC BY-NC-ND (Creative Commons Attribution No…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Benefits of open access
Publishing open access (OA) offers a number of benefits, including greater reach and readership for your work: Cited more 1.6x more citations of OA articles than non-OA articles across all subjects Downloaded more 4x more downloads of OA articles than non-OA articles Greater impact 2.5x more Altmetric attention. OA articles attracted 1.9x more news mentions and 1.2x more policy mentions Open acces…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Peer review is the process used to evaluate the quality of a manuscript before publication. Independent researchers in the relevant field assess submitted manuscripts to check their validity and robustness. Their feedback guides editors in making publication decisions. Typically, two or more experts evaluate each manuscript based on three main criteria: scientific robustness: is the research metho…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- BioMed Central
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Irregular
- Founded
- 2001
- ISSN
- 1471-230X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about BMC Gastroenterology
What CAS zone is BMC Gastroenterology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, BMC Gastroenterology is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Gastroenterology & Hepatology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of BMC Gastroenterology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.19; CiteScore 4.3, h-index 122.
How long does peer review take at BMC Gastroenterology?
Based on the dates recorded on 185 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 110 days (interquartile range 80–184 days); authors report an average review time of about 6 months; the community-reported acceptance is “about 75%”. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index BMC Gastroenterology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, BMC Gastroenterology is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE, Embase, CAS and CAB Abstracts; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is BMC Gastroenterology open access, and what is the APC?
BMC Gastroenterology is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 3,390.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .