Journal profile · GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY
Journal of Clinical and Translational Hepatology
ISSN 2225-0719 · eISSN 2310-8819 · Xia & He Publishing Inc. · USA · Monthly · Founded 2013
Journal of Clinical and Translational Hepatology: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 5.92; fully open access; APC about USD 3,380; median 85 days to acceptance (100 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: 15%; 104 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Clinical and Translational Hepatology is published by Xia & He Publishing Inc. 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 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Liver Disease and Transplantation and Hepatitis C virus research, together about 43.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Hepatology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Journal of Clinical and Translational Hepatology (JCTH) publishes high quality, peer-reviewed studies in the translational and clinical human health sciences of liver diseases. JCTH has established high standards for publication of original research characterized by a study’s novelty, quality, and ethical conduct in the scientific process, as well as in the communication of the research findings. Each issue includes review articles by leading authorities on topics in hepatology that are germane to the most current challenges in the field. Special features include reports on the latest advances in drug development and technology that are relevant to liver diseases. Regular features of JCTH also include editorials, correspondence, and invited commentaries on rapidly progressing areas in hepatology. All articles published by JCTH, both solicited and unsolicited, must pass a rigorous peer review. The open-access publishing model of JCTH avails an international readership, prompting worldwide interest from contributing authors, and helping promote the diverse range of hepatology topics covered in our journal. JCTH welcomes submissions of articles within its topical scope including:Novel discoveries in translational and clinical hepatologyLiver disease mechanismsNovel techniques in research and management of liver diseasesEpidemiological/environmental factors of liver diseasesRole of immune system function in liver diseasesAcute and chronic hepatitisCirrhosisGenetic and metabolic liver diseases and their complicationsHepatobiliary diseasesLiver cancerDrug metabolismBiliary diseasePeritoneal tuberculosis (with portal hypertension) Prof. George Y. Wu is responsible for the scientific quality of publications.JCTH is currently indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) , PubMed and Scopus.JCTH is published by Xia & He Publishing Inc. in association with the Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY
Editor-in-chief Fusheng WangPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Liver Disease Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine22.3%
- Liver Disease and TransplantationMedicine10.9%
- Hepatitis C virus researchMedicine10.4%
- Hepatitis B Virus StudiesMedicine9.9%
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and PrognosisMedicine6%
- Liver Diseases and ImmunityMedicine4.8%
- Organ Transplantation Techniques and OutcomesMedicine4%
- Drug-Induced Hepatotoxicity and ProtectionPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics3.4%
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 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)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Gastroenterology & Hepatology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
PubMedPublisher website
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
- 5.92LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 9.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 9.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.48LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.38LetPub ·
- h-index
- 66OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 508OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.45OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 6.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 90LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,108 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 84 | 84 | 13 |
| 2025 | 104 | 104 | 201 |
| 2024 | 107 | 107 | 805 |
| 2023 | 120 | 120 | 1,357 |
| 2022 | 156 | 156 | 2,367 |
| 2021 | 153 | 153 | 2,198 |
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
85 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 63 days – 118 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 28 days (100 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 119 days
- Sample
- 100 articles with submission and acceptance dates (213 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 acceptance (community reports)
- 15%LetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 15%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 21 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | USD 3,380 / USD 2,200 | — | — |
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)
What to prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Vancouver
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional, 3
Article types accepted6
- editorialPlease ensure that any manuscript you submit to JCTH conforms to the recommendations for ethics of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and the Internatio…Length not stated
- hypothesisPlease ensure that any manuscript you submit to JCTH conforms to the recommendations for ethics of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and the Internatio…Length not stated
- letter to the editorAn article that contains substantive and analytical comments on a specific article published in recent issues of JCTH. Comments and conclusions should be addres…Length not stated
- original articleOriginal research manuscripts should describe experimental and/or clinical studies in biomedicine, including exploratory and hypothesis-driven studies of basic …Length not stated
- original researchPlease ensure that any manuscript you submit to JCTH conforms to the recommendations for ethics of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and the Internatio…Length not stated
- reviewPlease ensure that any manuscript you submit to JCTH conforms to the recommendations for ethics of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and the Internatio…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism
- AI use Use of AI Tools by Editors
Editors and editorial board members must protect the confidentiality of manuscripts and editorial communications. They must not upload unpublished manuscripts, peer review reports, decision letters, author responses, or other confidential information to public AI platforms.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Author Contributions
The Author Contributions should be provided in paragraph form. The manner in which each author was involved with the study or preparation of the manuscript is listed with the author’s name (shown as initials, within parentheses). Contributions that are acceptable for inclusion as an author are: study design, performance of experiments, analysis and interpretation of data, manuscript writing, criti…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflict of Interest Statement
All authors are required to disclose any potential conflict of interests (financial, professional, personal, or otherwise) within the past three years that are relevant to the manuscript, including but not limited to consultancies, ownership, equity, patent-licensing agreements, research support, major honoraria, employment or board positions involving a company whose product is mentioned in the m…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Sharing Statement
A Data Sharing Statement is encouraged for research articles through which readers will know how to access the shared data. Sample wording: The [TYPE, such as technical appendix, statistical code, or dataset] data used to support the findings of this study have been deposited in the [NAME] repository ([DOI or other persistent identifier]); The [TYPE] data used to support the findings of this study…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
Journal of Clinical and Translational Hepatology (JCTH) adopts open access publishing model, and all articles are distributed under the terms of the CC BY-NC 4.0 license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Under this license, anyone may copy, distribute, or reuse these articles for non-commercial purposes, provided the original work is properly cited. Manuscripts submitted for public…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review & Editorial Process
The objective of the peer review process is to ensure the integrity and transparency of the research objectives, data, and conclusions. Editorial Process All manuscripts, solicited and unsolicited, that are submitted to JCTH will be subject to the following single-blind peer review process, meaning that the authors are blinded to the reviewers’ identities. Step 1: Upon submission, the editorial st…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Types of Plagiarism
Plagiarism is defined by the JCTH as use of information, including textual descriptions, figures/tables and data, from a previously published document without proper citation or reference to the original source. All submitted manuscripts will be checked using plagiarism detection software (Crossref Similarity Check).
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
- Publisher
- Xia & He Publishing Inc.
- Country or region
- USA
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 2013
- ISSN
- 2225-0719
- Electronic ISSN
- 2310-8819
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Clinical and Translational Hepatology
What CAS zone is Journal of Clinical and Translational Hepatology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Clinical and Translational Hepatology 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 2 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Clinical and Translational Hepatology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 5.92; CiteScore 9.6, h-index 66.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Clinical and Translational Hepatology?
Based on the dates recorded on 100 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 85 days (interquartile range 63–118 days); the community-reported acceptance is “15%”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 15%. 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Journal of Clinical and Translational Hepatology?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: Vancouver; Suggested reviewers: Optional, 3. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Which databases index Journal of Clinical and Translational Hepatology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Clinical and Translational Hepatology is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists PubMed; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Clinical and Translational Hepatology open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Clinical and Translational Hepatology is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 3,380.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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: .