Journal profile · GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY
eGastroenterology
ISSN 2766-0125 · eISSN 2976-7296
eGastroenterology: CAS Zone 2 · Medicine (2026 Xinrui edition); impact factor 10.5 (journal website); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 118 days to acceptance (64 articles, last 24 months); 36 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
eGastroenterology is classed under Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects and Liver Diseases and Immunity, together about 32.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Hepatology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Time to first decision without review:5 days (median)Time to first decision with review:28 days (median)Time from acceptance to publication:25 days (median)Impact Factor (JCR):10.5Total content views:70,116Total Altmetric mentions:327More journal metricsHow we get these metrics*median number of days Aims & scope Editorial Board Journal information Journal Statistics 2025 Affiliations Ownership
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY
Editor-in-chief Founding Editors-in-ChiefPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Liver Disease Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine17.9%
- Alcohol Consumption and Health EffectsMedicine7.5%
- Liver Diseases and ImmunityMedicine7%
- Gut microbiota and healthBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.5%
- Liver Disease and TransplantationMedicine6%
- Liver physiology and pathologyMedicine6%
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and PrognosisMedicine4.5%
- Cancer Immunotherapy and BiomarkersMedicine3.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Gastroenterology & Hepatology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceScopusPMCPublisher website
Other: Dimensions, OpenAlex, ROAD
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 (publisher)
- 10.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 6.6Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 20OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 48OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 10OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 2.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 31LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 121 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 27 | 27 | 23 |
| 2025 | 36 | 36 | 304 |
| 2024 | 33 | 33 | 633 |
| 2023 | 25 | 25 | 398 |
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
118 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 58 days – 140 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 26 days (64 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 147 days
- Sample
- 64 articles with submission and acceptance dates (69 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
- Desk decision
- 5 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 5 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 28 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 25 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 23 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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY, CC BY-NC | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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 accepted7
- editorialEditorialLength not stated
- guidelineGuidelineLength not stated
- original researchOriginal ResearchLength not stated
- perspectivePerspectiveLength not stated
- research letterResearch LetterLength not stated
- reviewReviewLength not stated
- short reporteGastroenterology accepts submissions of a wide range of article types, including original research, review and short report.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics
- Publication ethics
publication ethics Model summary
eGastroenterology adheres to the highest possible industry standards concerning publication ethics.
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
- ISSN
- 2766-0125
- Electronic ISSN
- 2976-7296
- Society / sponsor
- First Hospital of Jilin University
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about eGastroenterology
What CAS zone is eGastroenterology in?
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 eGastroenterology?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 10.5; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; h-index 20.
How long does peer review take at eGastroenterology?
Based on the dates recorded on 64 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 118 days (interquartile range 58–140 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 eGastroenterology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, eGastroenterology is indexed in ESCI and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, Scopus and PMC; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is eGastroenterology open access, and what is the APC?
eGastroenterology is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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: .