Journal profile · GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY
Frontline Gastroenterology
ISSN 2041-4137 · eISSN 2041-4145 · BMJ Publishing Group
Frontline Gastroenterology: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.8 (journal website); hybrid open access; 222 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Frontline Gastroenterology is published by BMJ Publishing Group 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 Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection and Microscopic Colitis, together about 27.4% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
A gastroenterology journal publishing articles that support the education and practice of hepatologists and gastroenterologists.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Inflammatory Bowel DiseaseBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.5%
- Colorectal Cancer Screening and DetectionMedicine10.2%
- Microscopic ColitisMedicine6.7%
- Liver Disease Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine6.2%
- Liver Disease and TransplantationMedicine6.1%
- Esophageal and GI PathologyMedicine5.7%
- Gastrointestinal motility and disordersMedicine4.7%
- Gastric Cancer Management and OutcomesMedicine4.6%
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 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)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
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.8LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 4.8Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.9LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.06LetPub ·
- h-index
- 49OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 431OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.96OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 17.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 14.63%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 164LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,611 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 177 | 62 | 20 |
| 2025 | 222 | 73 | 188 |
| 2024 | 104 | 49 | 277 |
| 2023 | 88 | 87 | 532 |
| 2022 | 107 | 107 | 1,001 |
| 2021 | 92 | 92 | 755 |
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
Too few articlesOnly 1 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
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
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
- BMJ Publishing Group
- ISSN
- 2041-4137
- Electronic ISSN
- 2041-4145
- Society / sponsor
- British Society of Gastroenterology
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Frontline Gastroenterology
What CAS zone is Frontline Gastroenterology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Frontline Gastroenterology 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 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Frontline Gastroenterology?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 2.8; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 4.8, h-index 49.
Which databases index Frontline Gastroenterology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Frontline Gastroenterology is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Frontline Gastroenterology open access, and what is the APC?
Frontline Gastroenterology 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .