Journal profile · Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Digestive Diseases
ISSN 0257-2753 · eISSN 1421-9875 · S. Karger AG · SWITZERLAND · Bimonthly · Founded 1986
Digestive Diseases: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.4; hybrid open access; median 160 days to acceptance (100 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: about 50%; 73 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Digestive Diseases is published by S. Karger AG 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 Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies, Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Human auditory perception and evaluation, together about 24.1% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Digestive Diseases publishes original reports and review articles that describe the most recent advances in diagnostic methods and treatment options for diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and the hepatopancreatobiliary system. The journal also covers related topics such as microbiota, nutrition and probiotics, endoscopy, and imaging. Providing information about the latest clinical evidence and their application in patient care, Digestive Diseases is an invaluable source of information for clinicians, specialists, and physicians in training.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Editor-in-chief Peter MalfertheinerPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance8.4%
- Inflammatory Bowel DiseaseBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology8.2%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering7.5%
- Liver Disease Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine7.5%
- Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studiesMedicine6.8%
- Microscopic ColitisMedicine5.9%
- Gastrointestinal motility and disordersMedicine4.5%
- Gastroesophageal reflux and treatmentsMedicine4.4%
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)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Gastroenterology & Hepatology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
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
- Impact factor
- 2.4LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 5.3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.86LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.89LetPub ·
- h-index
- 60LetPub ·
- h-index
- 99OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,636OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.59OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 31.44%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 65LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,225 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 39 | 17 | 8 |
| 2025 | 73 | 32 | 137 |
| 2024 | 62 | 26 | 305 |
| 2023 | 76 | 35 | 514 |
| 2022 | 79 | 23 | 620 |
| 2021 | 119 | 41 | 1,483 |
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
160 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 112 days – 229 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 21 days (100 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 182 days
- Sample
- 100 articles with submission and acceptance dates (133 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 2 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 50%LetPub ·
- Submission to final decision
- 56 daysPublisher website ·
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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
- S. Karger AG
- Country or region
- SWITZERLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1986
- ISSN
- 0257-2753
- Electronic ISSN
- 1421-9875
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 44, Issue 3 (July 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Digestive Diseases
What CAS zone is Digestive Diseases in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Digestive Diseases 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.
What is the impact factor of Digestive Diseases?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.4; CiteScore 5.3, h-index 99.
How long does peer review take at Digestive Diseases?
Based on the dates recorded on 100 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 160 days (interquartile range 112–229 days); authors report an average review time of about 2 months; the community-reported acceptance is “about 50%”. 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 Digestive Diseases?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Digestive Diseases is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Digestive Diseases open access, and what is the APC?
Digestive Diseases is a hybrid 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .