Journal profile · GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY
Hepatology Forum
ISSN 1307-5888 · eISSN 2757-7392 · Kare Publishing
Hepatology Forum: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; median 128 days to acceptance (69 articles, last 24 months); 36 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Hepatology Forum is published by Kare Publishing 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 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Liver Disease and Transplantation and Liver Diseases and Immunity, together about 38.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Hepatology. (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
- Liver Disease Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine18.6%
- Liver Disease and TransplantationMedicine11.9%
- Liver Diseases and ImmunityMedicine8.3%
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and PrognosisMedicine7.5%
- Organ Transplantation Techniques and OutcomesMedicine7.3%
- Hepatitis C virus researchMedicine6.1%
- Drug-Induced Hepatotoxicity and ProtectionPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics6.1%
- Hepatitis B Virus StudiesMedicine6%
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 | Q3 | 99/176 | 44th |
| Hepatology | Q3 | 51/88 | 42nd |
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
- 2.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.46LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.48LetPub ·
- h-index
- 13OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 26OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.3OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 9.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 2.04%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 35LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 254 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 54 | 39 | 170 |
| 2025 | 36 | 34 | 228 |
| 2024 | 48 | 48 | 224 |
| 2023 | 36 | 36 | 125 |
| 2022 | 21 | 20 | 55 |
| 2021 | 32 | 32 | 57 |
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
128 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 78 days – 188 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 55 days (69 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 200 days
- Sample
- 69 articles with submission and acceptance dates (87 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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
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
- Kare Publishing
- ISSN
- 1307-5888
- Electronic ISSN
- 2757-7392
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Hepatology Forum
What CAS zone is Hepatology Forum in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Hepatology Forum 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 Hepatology Forum?
Based on the dates recorded on 69 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 128 days (interquartile range 78–188 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 Hepatology Forum?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Hepatology Forum is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Hepatology Forum open access, and what is the APC?
Hepatology Forum is a subscription 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 2026-08-24). Last updated: .