Journal profile · Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Seminars in Liver Disease
ISSN 0272-8087 · eISSN 1098-8971 · Thieme Medical Publishers · UNITED STATES · Quarterly · Founded 1981
Seminars in Liver Disease: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 4.01; hybrid open access; community-reported acceptance: fairly hard; 36 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Seminars in Liver Disease is published by Thieme Medical Publishers 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 42.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Hepatology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Seminars in Liver Disease is a quarterly review journal that publishes issues related to the specialties of hepatology and gastroenterology. As the premiere review journal in the field, Seminars in Liver Disease provides in-depth coverage with articles and issues focusing on topics such as cirrhosis, transplantation, vascular and coagulation disorders, cytokines, hepatitis B & C, Nonalcoholic Steatosis Syndromes (NASH), pediatric liver diseases, hepatic stem cells, porphyrias as well as a myriad of other diseases related to the liver. Attention is also given to the latest developments in drug therapy along with treatment and current management techniques. Seminars in Liver Disease publishes commissioned reviews. Unsolicited reviews of an exceptional nature or original articles presenting remarkable results will be considered, but case reports will not be published.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Liver Disease Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine22.7%
- Liver Disease and TransplantationMedicine11.2%
- Hepatitis C virus researchMedicine8.4%
- Hepatitis B Virus StudiesMedicine6.8%
- Liver Diseases and ImmunityMedicine5.8%
- Organ Transplantation Techniques and OutcomesMedicine4.9%
- Liver physiology and pathologyMedicine4.4%
- Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and TreatmentsMedicine4.1%
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: yes
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 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: yes
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
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
- 4.01LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 7.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.45LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.96LetPub ·
- h-index
- 118LetPub ·
- h-index
- 170OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,474OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 7.55OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 21.7%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 30LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,073 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 17 | 4 | 213 |
| 2025 | 36 | 12 | 175 |
| 2024 | 47 | 18 | 367 |
| 2023 | 38 | 22 | 363 |
| 2022 | 43 | 22 | 787 |
| 2021 | 59 | 26 | 1,407 |
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
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly hardLetPub ·
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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
- Thieme Medical Publishers
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1981
- ISSN
- 0272-8087
- Electronic ISSN
- 1098-8971
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Seminars in Liver Disease
What CAS zone is Seminars in Liver Disease in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Seminars in Liver Disease 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 Seminars in Liver Disease?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 4.01; CiteScore 7.5, h-index 170.
Which databases index Seminars in Liver Disease?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Seminars in Liver Disease is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Seminars in Liver Disease open access, and what is the APC?
Seminars in Liver Disease is a hybrid 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .