World Journal of Gastroenterology
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| Discipline | Gastroenterology |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Andrzej S. Tarnawski |
| Publication details | |
Former name(s) | China National Journal of New Gastroenterology |
| History | 1995-present |
| Publisher | |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Yes | |
| License | Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial |
| 5.742 (2020) | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | World J. Gastroenterol. |
| Indexing | |
| CODEN | WJGAF2 |
| ISSN | 1007-9327 (print) 2219-2840 (web) |
| OCLC no. | 41888177 |
| Links | |
World Journal of Gastroenterology is a weekly peer-reviewed open access medical journal that covers research in gastroenterology. It was established in 1995 and is published by Baishideng Publishing Group.[1] The editor-in-chief is Andrzej S. Tarnawski (California State University, Long Beach).
Abstracting and indexing
[edit]The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
In 2004, the journal was delisted from the Journal Citation Reports for excessive self-citation,[6] but it was restored to this index in 2008, at which time its impact factor was determined to be 2.081.[7] 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".[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "World Journal of Gastroenterology".
- ^ "Serials cited". CAB Abstracts. CABI. Retrieved 2014-12-13.
- ^ "CAS Source Index". Chemical Abstracts Service. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2014-12-13.
- ^ a b "Master Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Thomson Reuters. Retrieved 2014-12-13.
- ^ "World Journal of Gastroenterology". NLM Catalog. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2014-12-13.
- ^ Monastersky, Richard (October 14, 2005). "The number that's devouring science: The impact factor, once a simple way to rank scientific journals, has become an unyielding yardstick for hiring, tenure, and grants". Chronicle of Higher Education. Vol. 52, no. 9. p. A12.
- ^ Davis, Phil (October 17, 2011), "Gaming the impact factor puts journal in time-out", The Scholarly Kitchen (blog).
- ^ "Journals Ranked by Impact: Gastroenterology and Hepatology". 2016 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2017.