''World Journal of Gastroenterology'' is a weekly

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that covers research in

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. It was established in 1995 and is published by

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, which was included on Beall's list of predatory publishers. The

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is Andrzej S. Tarnawski (

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Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in: In 2004, the journal was delisted from the ''

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'' for excessive self-citation, but it was restored to this index in 2008, at which time its

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was determined to be 2.081. According to the ''Journal Citation Reports'', the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 5.742, ranking it 28th out of 92 journals in the category "Gastroenterology and Hepatology".

References

External links

* {{Official, http://www.wjgnet.com Gastroenterology and hepatology journals Weekly journals English-language journals Publications established in 1995 Baishideng Publishing Group academic journals