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Gastroenterology Research

Elmer Press · Canada · Est. 1981

ISSN1918-2813

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2017-06-13). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal not adhering to Best practice. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

Find the journal’s official page ↗Open the official JCR record on Clarivate ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.47

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

826

Total Citationsi

8,175

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.56

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Gastroenterology & Hepatology; Gastroenterology.

General Information

Country / RegionCanada

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1981

Annual Volume~ 35 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications826

Publisher OrgElmer Press Inc.

OA Since2014

Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elmer Press

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

1918-2813

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

621

2019

642

2020

385

2021

326

2022

362

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

GastroenterologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Scopus Categories

Gastroenterology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Gastrointestinal disorders and treatmentsGallbladder and Bile Duct DisordersEsophageal and GI PathologyLiver Disease and TransplantationLiver Disease Diagnosis and TreatmentPancreatitis Pathology and TreatmentInflammatory Bowel DiseaseGastrointestinal Bleeding Diagnosis and TreatmentGastroesophageal reflux and treatmentsHelicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies

Frequently asked questions about Gastroenterology Research

Is Gastroenterology Research a predatory journal?

Gastroenterology Research was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2017-06-13). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Web of Science, Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Gastroenterology Research?

Gastroenterology Research is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.56.

Is Gastroenterology Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Gastroenterology Research is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Gastroenterology Research?