Journal profile · GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY
Canadian Liver Journal
ISSN 2561-4444 · Wiley-Blackwell
Canadian Liver Journal: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; median 37 days to acceptance (31 articles, last 24 months); 50 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Canadian Liver Journal is published by Wiley-Blackwell and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Hepatitis C virus research, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment and Liver Disease and Transplantation, together about 48.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Hepatology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Canadian Liver Journal (CanLivJ) is the official journal of the Canadian Association for the Study of the Liver and aims to promote research, education, and clinical care in liver disease within Canadian and international communities.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY
Editor-in-chief Eric M YoshidaPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Hepatitis C virus researchMedicine17.7%
- Liver Disease Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine16.7%
- Liver Disease and TransplantationMedicine14%
- Hepatitis B Virus StudiesMedicine10.3%
- Diabetes Management and EducationMedicine5.1%
- Organ Transplantation Techniques and OutcomesMedicine4.3%
- Liver Diseases and ImmunityMedicine4%
- Hepatitis Viruses Studies and EpidemiologyMedicine3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Gastroenterology & Hepatology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Gastroenterology & Hepatology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.35LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.62LetPub ·
- h-index
- 15OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 36OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.09OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 20%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 34LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 343 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 47 | 22 | 2 |
| 2025 | 50 | 50 | 56 |
| 2024 | 40 | 40 | 91 |
| 2023 | 24 | 24 | 97 |
| 2022 | 41 | 41 | 116 |
| 2021 | 48 | 46 | 253 |
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 PubMed · to
37 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 12 days – 77 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 128 days (31 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 173 days
- Sample
- 31 articles with submission and acceptance dates (80 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".
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- ISSN
- 2561-4444
- Society / sponsor
- Canadian Association for the Study of the Liver and aims to promote research
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Canadian Liver Journal
What CAS zone is Canadian Liver Journal in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Canadian Liver Journal is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Gastroenterology & Hepatology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Canadian Liver Journal?
Based on the dates recorded on 31 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 37 days (interquartile range 12–77 days). 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 Canadian Liver Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Canadian Liver Journal is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Canadian Liver Journal open access, and what is the APC?
Canadian Liver Journal is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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: .