JGH Open

John Wiley & Sons Inc. · United States · Est. 1989

ISSN2397-9070eISSN2397-9070

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.549

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.578

Total Worksi

1,587

Total Citationsi

10,389

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.24

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Gastroenterology & Hepatology; Gastroenterology; Hepatology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1989

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,587

Publisher OrgWiley

OA Since2016

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoPMCCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Wiley & Sons Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2397-9070 / 2397-9070

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

Portico, PMC, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

179

2.3k

2019

191

2.4k

2020

217

2021

169

1.1k

2022

177

729

2023

186

574

2024

260

342

2025

131

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

HepatologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Scopus Categories

GastroenterologyHepatology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Inflammatory Bowel DiseaseLiver Disease Diagnosis and TreatmentLiver Disease and TransplantationGastrointestinal motility and disordersColorectal Cancer Screening and DetectionHelicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studiesGastric Cancer Management and OutcomesMicroscopic ColitisGallbladder and Bile Duct DisordersGastroesophageal reflux and treatments

Frequently asked questions about JGH Open

Is JGH Open a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for JGH Open: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of JGH Open?

JGH Open 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 1.24.

Is JGH Open indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

JGH Open is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of JGH Open?