Journal profile · Surgery
Digestive Endoscopy
ISSN 0915-5635 · eISSN 1443-1661 · Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd · AUSTRALIA · Quarterly · Founded 1989
Digestive Endoscopy: CAS Zone 2 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.5; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,780; median 71 days to acceptance (106 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 233 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Digestive Endoscopy is published by Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd and is in Zone 2 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes, Esophageal and GI Pathology and Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders, together about 34% of its articles. Its main subfields are Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Digestive Endoscopy (DEN) is the official journal of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society, the Asian Pacific Society for Digestive Endoscopy and the World Endoscopy Organization. Digestive Endoscopy serves as a medium for presenting original articles that offer significant contributions to knowledge in the broad field of endoscopy. The Journal also includes Reviews, Original Articles, Techniques and Innovation, Letters, Video Articles, and news items that may be of interest to endoscopists.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Surgery
Editor-in-chief Masayuki KitanoPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Japan 3 (3 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Gastric Cancer Management and OutcomesMedicine13.4%
- Esophageal and GI PathologyMedicine10.6%
- Gallbladder and Bile Duct DisordersMedicine10%
- Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology ResearchMedicine7.2%
- Colorectal Cancer Screening and DetectionMedicine6.6%
- Gastrointestinal disorders and treatmentsMedicine6.5%
- Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and TreatmentMedicine6%
- Esophageal Cancer Research and TreatmentMedicine5.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Gastroenterology & Hepatology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Surgery | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Gastroenterology & Hepatology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Surgery | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Surgery | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Gastroenterology & Hepatology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINEPubMedEmbasePublisher website
Other: EBSCO
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
- 3.5LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 3.6Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 7LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 7Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.38LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.6LetPub ·
- h-index
- 49LetPub ·
- h-index
- 97OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,520OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.98OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 11.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 22.51%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 97LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 185Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 584,046Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 5,728 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 218 | 139 | 92 |
| 2025 | 233 | 146 | 488 |
| 2024 | 234 | 159 | 775 |
| 2023 | 239 | 181 | 1,459 |
| 2022 | 310 | 95 | 2,372 |
| 2021 | 287 | 121 | 3,008 |
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
71 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 53 days – 110 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 13 days (110 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 92 days
- Sample
- 106 articles with submission and acceptance dates (472 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)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 12%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 12%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 18 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 18 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 88 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 17 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.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,780 / EUR 3,150 / GBP 2,520 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 300 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- USD 300
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)
Article types accepted4, with length limits
- editorial(i) ORIGINAL ARTICLEWord Limit: 3000 words including abstract but excluding references, tables and figures.Authors: Maximum of 29 authors. In case you have 30 a…main text ≤ 1,600 words
- original articleUSCRIPT CATEGORIES AND REQUIREMENTS (i) ORIGINAL ARTICLE Word Limit: 3000 words including abstract but excluding references, tables and figmain text ≤ 3,000 words
- reviewrelevant, Supplementary Material. (ii) REVIEW Word Limit: 4000 words including abstract but excluding references, tables and figmain text ≤ 4,000 words
- video articleFor DEN Video Articles, a publication fee of 300 USD is charged to authors commencing from submissions received after 1 May 2018.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access, Plagiarism, Preprints
- AI use
AI-generated content guidance referenced. Model summary
Artificial Intelligence Generated Content: Please see recently updated Wiley guidance on the use of AI tools and artificial intelligence generated content.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship 4. AUTHORSHIP
Authorship follows ICMJE criteria. Model summary
Digestive Endoscopy follows the recommendations formulated by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors regarding criteria for authorship (http://www.icmje.org/recommendations/browse/roles-and-responsibilities/defining-the-role-of-authors-and-contributors.html). Accordingly, each person listed as an author or coauthor for a submitted manuscript must meet all four criteria. An author o…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest 5. DISCLOSURE
Conflict of Interests: All authors should declare, according to the standard of each country, any employment, leadership role or advisory role with a company, stockownership and option, patent royalties and licensing fees, honoraria, received fees for promotional materials, financial support and grants, devices donated from the industry and other potential relationships that may pose conflict of i…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Sharing and Data Accessibility
Data sharing encouraged; data accessibility statement required. Model summary
The journal encourages authors to share the data and other artefacts supporting the results in the paper by archiving it in an appropriate public repository. Authors should include a data accessibility statement, including a link to the repository they have used, in order that this statement can be published alongside their paper.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright 16. COPYRIGHT, LICENSING AND OPEN ACCESS
Accepted papers will be passed to Wiley’s production team for publication. The author identified as the formal corresponding author for the paper will receive an email prompting them to login into Wiley’s Author Services, where via the Wiley Author Licensing Service (WALS) they will be asked to complete an electronic license agreement on behalf of all authors on the paper.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access 16. COPYRIGHT, LICENSING AND OPEN ACCESS
Accepted papers will be passed to Wiley’s production team for publication. The author identified as the formal corresponding author for the paper will receive an email prompting them to login into Wiley’s Author Services, where via the Wiley Author Licensing Service (WALS) they will be asked to complete an electronic license agreement on behalf of all authors on the paper.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Plagiarism and duplicate submission policy referenced. Model summary
Please read Plagiarism, Duplicate Submission.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Preprint policy: preprints accepted; must be declared on title page and cover letter. Model summary
Digestive Endoscopy accepts articles previously published on preprint servers.
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
- Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd
- Country or region
- AUSTRALIA
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1989
- ISSN
- 0915-5635
- Electronic ISSN
- 1443-1661
- Society / sponsor
- Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 38, Issue 9 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Digestive Endoscopy
What CAS zone is Digestive Endoscopy in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Digestive Endoscopy is in Zone 2 of Medicine, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Gastroenterology & Hepatology / Surgery. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Digestive Endoscopy?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.5; CiteScore 7, h-index 97.
How long does peer review take at Digestive Endoscopy?
Based on the dates recorded on 106 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 71 days (interquartile range 53–110 days); authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 12% (2025). 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Digestive Endoscopy based?
Of the 3 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Japan (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Digestive Endoscopy?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Digestive Endoscopy is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE, PubMed and Embase; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Digestive Endoscopy open access, and what is the APC?
Digestive Endoscopy is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,780.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; 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: .