Journal profile · GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY
Gastroenterology Research
ISSN 1918-2805 · eISSN 1918-2813 · Elmer Press
Gastroenterology Research: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); fully open access; median 63 days to acceptance (62 articles, last 24 months); 36 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Gastroenterology Research is published by Elmer Press 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 Gastrointestinal Bleeding Diagnosis and Treatment, Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders and Gastrointestinal motility and disorders, together about 23.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Gastrointestinal Bleeding Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine10.9%
- Gallbladder and Bile Duct DisordersMedicine6.8%
- Gastrointestinal motility and disordersMedicine6%
- Liver Disease and TransplantationMedicine5.9%
- Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studiesMedicine5.6%
- Gastrointestinal disorders and treatmentsMedicine4.9%
- Inflammatory Bowel DiseaseBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.7%
- Esophageal and GI PathologyMedicine4.6%
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 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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gastroenterology | Q4 | 137/176 | 22nd |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
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
- 1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.47LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.5LetPub ·
- h-index
- 35OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 245OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.23OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 36LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 835 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 24 | 24 | 794 |
| 2025 | 36 | 36 | 1,128 |
| 2024 | 27 | 27 | 1,268 |
| 2023 | 42 | 42 | 1,497 |
| 2022 | 43 | 43 | 1,416 |
| 2021 | 46 | 46 | 1,346 |
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
63 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 50 days – 75 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 21 days (62 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 89 days
- Sample
- 62 articles with submission and acceptance dates (64 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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
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
- Elmer Press
- ISSN
- 1918-2805
- Electronic ISSN
- 1918-2813
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Gastroenterology Research
What CAS zone is Gastroenterology Research in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Gastroenterology Research 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 Gastroenterology Research?
Based on the dates recorded on 62 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 63 days (interquartile range 50–75 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 Gastroenterology Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Gastroenterology Research is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Gastroenterology Research open access, and what is the APC?
Gastroenterology Research is a fully open-access journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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: .