Journal profile · PEDIATRICS
Pediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology & Nutrition
ISSN 2234-8646 · eISSN 2234-8840 · Korean Society of Pediartic Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Pediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology & Nutrition: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); fully open access; median 139 days to acceptance (80 articles, last 24 months); 41 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Pediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology & Nutrition is published by Korean Society of Pediartic Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition 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 disorders and treatments, Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments and Gastrointestinal motility and disorders, together about 27.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Gastroenterology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): PEDIATRICS
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Gastrointestinal disorders and treatmentsMedicine9.5%
- Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and TreatmentsMedicine9.5%
- Gastrointestinal motility and disordersMedicine8.5%
- Inflammatory Bowel DiseaseBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology7.4%
- Infant Nutrition and HealthNursing7.1%
- Gastrointestinal Bleeding Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine5.8%
- Clinical Nutrition and GastroenterologyNursing5%
- Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s SyndromeMedicine3.8%
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 | Pediatrics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Pediatrics | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health | Q2 | 125/351 | 64th |
| Gastroenterology | Q3 | 95/176 | 46th |
| Hepatology | Q3 | 48/88 | 46th |
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
- 2.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.47LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.77LetPub ·
- h-index
- 40OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 271OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.57OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 7.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.12%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 40LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 811 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 40 | 40 | 861 |
| 2025 | 41 | 41 | 1,164 |
| 2024 | 41 | 41 | 1,214 |
| 2023 | 37 | 37 | 1,143 |
| 2022 | 51 | 51 | 1,138 |
| 2021 | 61 | 61 | 1,035 |
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
139 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 74 days – 234 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 133 days (80 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 271 days
- Sample
- 80 articles with submission and acceptance dates (82 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
- Korean Society of Pediartic Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
- ISSN
- 2234-8646
- Electronic ISSN
- 2234-8840
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Pediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology & Nutrition
What CAS zone is Pediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology & Nutrition in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Pediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology & Nutrition is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Pediatrics. 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 Pediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology & Nutrition?
Based on the dates recorded on 80 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 139 days (interquartile range 74–234 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 Pediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology & Nutrition?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Pediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology & Nutrition is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Pediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology & Nutrition open access, and what is the APC?
Pediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology & Nutrition 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .