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Journal Of Gastroenterology

The Journal of Gastroenterology is the official publication of the Japanese Society of Gastroenterology and publishes Original Articles, Review Articles, Letters to the Editors, and other articles on all aspects of gastroenterology. It welcomes significant contributions relating to basic research, theory, and practice, and has an international editorial board. Peer review is conducted using Editorial Manager® and is supported by a database of international experts shared with Clinical Journal of Gastroenterology.

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Subject Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Impact Factor 5.5
Quartile Q1
Open Access Type Hybrid
ISSN 0944-1174
eISSN 1435-5922
Invitation Only No
Cost Range Open access APC: £3690.00 GBP / $5490.00 USD / €4390.00 EUR; subscription publishing: no APC charges apply.

Submission Instructions

Journal Of Gastroenterology accepts the following article types. Click on an article type to view submission instructions.

Review Articles

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract An unstructured abstract is required for Review Articles. The abstract must not exceed 250 words. The abstract must be unstructured.
Manuscript The manuscript must not exceed 6000 words excluding references. The manuscript body must be divided into Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion sections. The title page must state the manuscript word count, the manuscript must include a statement identifying who had the idea for the article, who performed the literature search and data analysis, and who drafted and/or critically revised the work, and a disclosure statement is required.
References The reference list may include a maximum of 150 references. References must be cited by numbers in square brackets, numbered consecutively in order of citation, and list only the first three authors followed by 'et al.' for article citations.
Figures & Tables At least 1 figure or table must be included. Figures should be submitted within the body of the text, with large figures submitted separately only if file size causes upload problems. Figures and tables must be numbered with Arabic numerals and cited in the text in consecutive numerical order, and each must include a concise caption.
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Original Articles

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract Original Articles must include an abstract. Abstract must not exceed 250 words. Abstract must be structured. Abstract must be divided into Background, Methods, Results, and Conclusions.
Manuscript Manuscript must not exceed 6000 words including references, and the title page must specify the manuscript word count. Body of the article must be divided into Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion sections. Manuscript must include 3 to 5 keywords, a disclosure statement before the References section, and a Declarations section including conflicts of interest, ethics approval, consent, data and/or code availability, and authors’ contribution statements.
References References must be cited by numbers in square brackets and listed consecutively in the order cited, with only the first three authors named followed by 'et al.' for article citations.
Figures & Tables Original Articles may include no more than a combined total of 7 figures and/or tables, and any excess must be submitted as Electronic Supplementary Material. Figures should be submitted within the body of the text, and large figures may be submitted separately only if the manuscript file size causes upload problems. Tables and figures must be numbered with Arabic numerals and cited in the text in consecutive numerical order, and each must have a caption.
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Letters To The Editor

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract Abstract requirements are not specified.
Manuscript Letters to the Editor must not exceed 500 words including references. Letters to the Editor must be related to previously published articles in this journal. The title page must specify the manuscript word count.
References Reference citations in the text must be identified by numbers in square brackets, the reference list must be numbered consecutively in citation order, and only the first three authors should be listed followed by 'et al.'.
Figures & Tables Letters to the Editor must not include figures or tables.
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Other Articles (For Editorial)

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract Abstract requirements are not specified.
Manuscript Manuscript must not exceed 800 words excluding references. The title page must specify the manuscript word count.
References References must be cited by numbers in square brackets and listed consecutively in the order cited, with only the first three authors named followed by 'et al.'.
Figures & Tables Figures should be submitted within the body of the text and uploaded separately only if the manuscript file is too large. Tables and figures must be numbered with Arabic numerals and cited in consecutive numerical order, and each must have a caption.
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Recent Publications

Diagnostic performance of droplet digital PCR for KRAS mutation analysis in pancreatic cancer cytology specimens

Kumiko Umemoto, Kazunari Nakahara, Nobuyuki Ohike, Yusuke Satta, Akihiro Sekine, Yosuke Igarashi, Yusuke Nagata, Yohei Kubota, Hiroyuki Takeda, Yoshiki Horie, Hiroyuki Arai, Naoki Izawa, Hayato Hiraki, Tomoko Norose, Junki Koike, Ryo Matoba, Satoshi Nishizuka, Keisuke Tateishi, Yu Sunakawa

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Comment on “Risk of extraintestinal cancer in patients with inflammatory bowel disease: a multicenter retrospective cohort study in Japan”

Wenqiang Cheng

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Evolving landscape of potassium-competitive acid blockers: toward disease-specific use beyond acid suppression

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Nationwide epidemiological survey of autoimmune pancreatitis in Japan in 2021

Atsushi Masamune, Takanori Sano, Tetsuya Takikawa, Ryotaro Matsumoto, Shin Hamada, Toshiaki Abe, Yuichi Tanaka, Yoshifumi Takeyama, Kazuhiro Kikuta, Takahiro Abe, Makoto Abue, Takumi Akiyama, Toshihiko Arizumi, Shohei Asada, Shunjiro Azuma, Hiroyoshi Doi, Takaaki Eguchi, Nao Fujimori, Akashi Fujita, Akihisa Fukuda, Yoshihisa Fukuda, Hiroyuki Funatyama, Toshifumi Gushima, Sumi Hajime, Yasushi Hamaya, Kiyotaka Hashizume, Ayako Hata, Nobuhiro Hattori, Kazuki Hayashi, Kazunao Hayashi, Koki Hayashi, Nobuhiko Hayashi, Itagaki Hideki, Kawakami Hiroshi, Morihisa Hirota, Endo Hiroyuki, Kazunari Ibusuki, Akihito Ida, Takao Iemoto, Takeshi Iida, Sadaharu Iio, Tsukasa Ikeura, Tsunao Imamura, Tomoko Inagaki, Osamu Inatomi, Kentaro Inoue, Kazunori Ishige, Akio Ishii, Shuichi Ito, Takashi Ito, Tetsuhide Ito, Eisuke Iwasaki, Takuji Iwashita, Keisuke Iwata, Junji Kawaguchi, Naruomi Jinno, Takuo Kado, Seiji Kaino, Masatoshi Kajiwara, Toyoma Kaku, Keiko Kaneko, Atsushi Kanno, Kobashigawa Kasen, Satoshi Kasugai, Shin Kato, Shinya Kawaguchi, Yuki Kawaji, Toru Kawamoto, Nagata Kazuyoshi, Osamu Kido, Yui Kishimoto, Hideki Kitada, Takanori Kitaguchi, Rena Kitano, Masanori Kobayashi, Ikuhiro Kobori, Yuzo Kodama, Kazuhiko Koike, Mitsuhito Koizumi, Shunsuke Komoto, Naoki Konno, Yudai Koya, Kanemitsu Kozue, Atsushi Kubo, Yoshimasa Kubota, Kiyoshi Kume, Hitoshi Kurata, Michio Kuroki, Masaki Kuwatani, Isamu Makino, Toru Maruo, Akinori Maruta, Saburo Matsubara, Kazuyuki Matsumoto, Susumu Matsuo, Ichiro Miyajima, Masaki Miyazawa, Suguru Mizuno, Toshihiro Morita, Shuntaro Mukai, Yoshiyuki Murawaki, Ryoji Nagamura, Kazunari Nakahara, Yousuke Nakai, Akira Nakamura, Kazunori Nakaoka, Hiroshi Nakase, Atsushi Nakazawa, Hyoda Naoko, Yusuke Niina, Tsutomu Nishida, Takayoshi Nishino, Shotaro Noge, Hideharu Ogiyama, Takaya Oguchi, Akihiko Ohata, Tomoyuki Ohno, Masahiro Ohtani, Hiroshi Ohyama, Hiromitsu Oka, Shiro Oka, Toshimasa Okada, Yasuyuki Okada, Hiromasa Okamoto, Kazuichi Okazaki, Fumihiro Okumura, Kosuke Okuwaki, Takao Oyama, Nishio Ryo, Kei Saito, Michihiro Saito, Nozomu Saito, Toshitaka Sakai, Yoshitaka Sakai, Naoki Sasahira, Yutaka Sasaki, Yuichi Sasakura, Masahiro Sato, Satoshi Sato, Yoichiro Sato, Akihiko Satoh, Yugo Sawai, Masanari Sekine, Minoru Shigekawa, Masahiro Shiihara, Yutaka Shimamatsu, Masaaki Shimatani, Takehiro Shimizu, Nobuhiko Shinohara, Hideyuki Shiomi, Yoshio Sogame, Takahiro Suda, Shigeyuki Suenaga, Kaoru Suzuki, Noriaki Suzuki, Rei Suzuki, Yuhei Suzuki, Akinari Tabaru, Kosuke Takagaki, Tadayuki Takagi, Kenichi Takahashi, Kenji Takahashi, Seiichi Takahashi, Dohmen Takahiro, Shinichi Takano, Yuichi Takano, Yusuke Takasaki, Mamoru Takenaka, Eiji Tamoto, Yu Tanaka, Shiroh Tanoue, Shuji Terai, Masao Toki, Yuichi Torisu, Izumi Toshinobu, Takayuki Tsujikawa, Masahiro Tsujimae, Hidehiko Tuda, Kazushige Uchida, Shinya Uemura, Masayuki Ueno, Yoshiyuki Ueno, Jun Unno, Shigeki Wakiyama, Kenta Yamada, Reiko Yamada, Akira Yamamiya, Satoshi Yamamoto, Kohei Yamanouchi, Kentaro Yamao, Hiroaki Yasuda, Ichiro Yasuda, Tatsuji Yogi, Murayama Yoko, Tomoyuki Yokota, Hideo Yoshida, Naoki Yoshida, Hayato Yoshimura, Reiko Yoshioka

10.1007/s00535-026-02438-w
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Frequently asked questions

How long does it take to publish?

Electronic submission substantially reduces editorial processing and reviewing time and shortens overall publication time. Articles are published online after receipt of corrected proofs.

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Is a cover letter required?

A submission letter is used when suggesting reviewers, and the corresponding author should mention reuse of material and any unpublished material included in the manuscript in a cover letter to the Editor.

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What are the publication costs?

Open access APC: £3690.00 GBP / $5490.00 USD / €4390.00 EUR. Subscription publishing is available with no APC charges.

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Research Topics

Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies Hepatitis C virus research Liver Disease and Transplantation Inflammatory Bowel Disease Gastroesophageal reflux and treatments Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Hepatitis B Virus Studies Gastrointestinal motility and disorders Liver Diseases and Immunity Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments Microscopic Colitis Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Eosinophilic Esophagitis Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes Genetic factors in colorectal cancer Liver physiology and pathology

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