Journal profile · Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases
ISSN 1841-8724 · Romanian Society of Gastroenterology · ROMANIA · Quarterly · Founded 2006
Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.47; fully open access; median 61 days to acceptance (68 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 103 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases is published by Romanian Society of Gastroenterology 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, Microscopic Colitis and Liver Disease and Transplantation, together about 21.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Indexing The Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases (JGLD) is indexed / covered by major information retrieval systems, including Clarivarte Analytics - Science Citation Index Expanded (SciSearch®) and Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition, Index Medicus and Medline/Pubmed, EMBASE/Excerpta Medica, SCOPUS, EBSCO, DOI/Crossref and Google Scholar. 2025 Impact Factor: 2.5The Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases is the winner of the Elsevier Scopus Journal Excellence Award, Romania 2015 The Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases is a member and subscribes to the principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Open access There is free access on the Internet:http://www.jgld.ro to the full papers (in PDF format) published in the Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases. Submission and procession of manuscripts is free of charge for authors. ISSN print: 1841-8724; ISSN on-line: 1842-1121. DOI: 10.15403 CME Credits: 10 (Colegiul Medicilor Romania) Publishing House: Medical University Press Cluj, Romania Printed by TIPOOFFSET Cluj, Romania Notice to advertisers Applications for advertisement space and for rates should be addressed to the Editorial Office of Journal ofGastrointestinal and Liver Diseases, 3rd Medical Clinic, Str. Croitorilor no.19-23, 400162 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.Advertising rates are Euro 425 full colour page, 1 issue and Euro 1600, 4 issues. Full colour page on inside front orinside back cover: Euro 525, 1 issue, and Euro 2000, 4 issues. Full colour page outside back cover: Euro 625 1 issue,and 2400, 4 issues. Bank account: Asoc. Promovarea Hepatogastroenterologiei Româneşti, CUI 1497 1623. BancaComerciala Romana, sucursala Cluj, IBAN: RO26 RNCB 0106 0266 0343 0001 (LEI), RO69 RNCB 0106 0266 03430003 (EURO). Swift: RNCBROBU. Notice to subscribers The Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases is published quarterly.The annual subscription rates are Lei 200.00 for individuals and 280.00 for institutions. Members of the RomanianSociety of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (SRGH) receive the journal included in the membership fee (300 Lei;for residents/students 150 Lei).Subscription rates for other countries: 100 USD (75 Euro) individual, 250 USD (200 Euro) institutional. Additionalpostage for overseas: surface mail 20 USD, air mail 40 USD.Bank account: Asoc. Promovarea Hepatogastroenterologiei Româneşti, CUI 1497 1623. Banca Comerciala Romana,sucursala Cluj, IBAN: RO26 RNCB 0106 0266 0343 0001 (LEI), RO69
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Editor-in-chief Dan L. DumitraşcuPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Liver Disease Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine9%
- Microscopic ColitisMedicine6.2%
- Liver Disease and TransplantationMedicine6%
- Inflammatory Bowel DiseaseBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.9%
- Gastrointestinal motility and disordersMedicine5.8%
- Gastrointestinal disorders and treatmentsMedicine5.5%
- Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studiesMedicine5%
- Esophageal and GI PathologyMedicine4.5%
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)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| 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
MEDLINEPubMedEmbasePublisher website
Other: Index Medicus, Google Scholar, EBSCO, Crossref
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
- 2.47LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.54LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.6LetPub ·
- h-index
- 42LetPub ·
- h-index
- 44OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 375OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.18OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 56LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,314 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 113 | 113 | 11 |
| 2025 | 103 | 103 | 81 |
| 2024 | 115 | 115 | 300 |
| 2023 | 97 | 97 | 473 |
| 2022 | 84 | 84 | 505 |
| 2021 | 100 | 100 | 820 |
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
61 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 14 days – 106 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 133 days (68 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 201 days
- Sample
- 68 articles with submission and acceptance dates (243 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)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
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
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted5
- editorialEditorial Contributions to the Romanian Gastroenterology and Hepatology Literature (part 2)Length not stated
- lettersLetters Comment on: “Proton pump inhibitor challenge to confirm diagnosis of atrophic gastritis of the stomach: a proposal” – the critical omission of gastrin-1…Length not stated
- original articleOriginal Article Clarithromycin Resistance Patterns of Helicobacter pylori across Different Gastric Diseases in UzbekistanLength not stated
- reviewsReviews Bowel Urgency in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Prevalence, Psychosocial Burden, and Challenges in AssessmentLength not stated
- systematic reviewSystematic Review Prebiotic Supplementation in Celiac Disease: A Systematic Review of Clinical Efficacy, Safety, and Nutritional OutcomesLength not stated
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
- Romanian Society of Gastroenterology
- Country or region
- ROMANIA
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 2006
- ISSN
- 1841-8724
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 35, Issue 2 (June 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases
What CAS zone is Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases 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.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.47; CiteScore 3, h-index 44.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases?
Based on the dates recorded on 68 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 61 days (interquartile range 14–106 days); authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly 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 Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE, PubMed and Embase; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases 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, 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: .