Journal profile · Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Gut and Liver
ISSN 1976-2283 · eISSN 2005-1212 · Joe Bok Chung · SOUTH KOREA · Tri-annual · Founded 2007
Gut and Liver: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.99; fully open access; APC about USD 1,000; median 77 days to acceptance (75 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 124 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Gut and Liver is published by Joe Bok Chung and is in Zone 3 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, Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies and Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, together about 23% of its articles. Its main subfields are Epidemiology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Gut and Liver is an international journal of gastroenterology, focusing on the gastrointestinal tract, liver, biliary tree, pancreas, motility, and neurogastroenterology. Gut and Liver delivers up-to-date, authoritative papers on both clinical and research-based topics in gastroenterology. The Journal publishes original articles, case reports, brief communications, letters to the editor and invited review articles in the field of gastroenterology. The Journal is operated by internationally renowned editorial boards and designed to provide a global opportunity to promote academic developments in the field of gastroenterology and hepatology. Gut and Liver is jointly owned and operated by 8 affiliated societies in the field of gastroenterology, namely: the Korean Society of Gastroenterology, the Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, the Korean Society of Neurogastroenterology and Motility, the Korean College of Helicobacter and Upper Gastrointestinal Research, the Korean Association for the Study of Intestinal Diseases, the Korean Association for the Study of the Liver, the Korean Pancreatobiliary Association, and the Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Cancer.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Gastric Cancer Management and OutcomesMedicine8.4%
- Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studiesMedicine8%
- Liver Disease Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine6.6%
- Gallbladder and Bile Duct DisordersMedicine6.5%
- Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology ResearchMedicine5.8%
- Inflammatory Bowel DiseaseBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.5%
- Hepatitis C virus researchMedicine4.4%
- Colorectal Cancer Screening and DetectionMedicine4.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Gastroenterology & Hepatology | Zone 3 |
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)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Gastroenterology & Hepatology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 3.99LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 7.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.14LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.26LetPub ·
- h-index
- 34LetPub ·
- h-index
- 82OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,134OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.16OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.59%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 103LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,060 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 94 | 94 | 14 |
| 2025 | 124 | 124 | 411 |
| 2024 | 86 | 86 | 537 |
| 2023 | 115 | 115 | 1,116 |
| 2022 | 117 | 117 | 1,549 |
| 2021 | 103 | 103 | 1,791 |
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
77 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 50 days – 117 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 91 days (75 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 175 days
- Sample
- 75 articles with submission and acceptance dates (228 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)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 30 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous 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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 1,000 | No | CC BY-NC | |
| LetPub | USD 1,000 | No | — |
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
- Joe Bok Chung
- Country or region
- SOUTH KOREA
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Tri-annual
- Founded
- 2007
- ISSN
- 1976-2283
- Electronic ISSN
- 2005-1212
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Gut and Liver
What CAS zone is Gut and Liver in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Gut and Liver is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 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 Gut and Liver?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.99; CiteScore 7.5, h-index 82.
How long does peer review take at Gut and Liver?
Based on the dates recorded on 75 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 77 days (interquartile range 50–117 days); authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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 Gut and Liver?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Gut and Liver is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Gut and Liver open access, and what is the APC?
Gut and Liver is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,000.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, DOAJ, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .