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The Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1992

ISSN2468-1253eISSN2468-1253

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

13.113

H-Indexi

165

SNIPi

8.487

Total Worksi

2,425

Total Citationsi

109,079

2yr Mean Citednessi

9.83

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas (NLM/MEDLINE-assigned): Gastrointestinal Diseases, Liver Diseases.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1992

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,425

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

Visit Journal Website

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

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2468-1253 / 2468-1253

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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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

238

17k

2019

245

24k

2020

270

13k

2021

262

15k

2022

255

8.4k

2023

278

5.5k

2024

223

2.4k

2025

155

165

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.

GastroenterologyQ1

HepatologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Scopus Categories

GastroenterologyHepatology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Liver Disease Diagnosis and TreatmentInflammatory Bowel DiseaseHepatitis C virus researchHepatitis B Virus StudiesLiver Disease and TransplantationColorectal Cancer Screening and DetectionMicroscopic ColitisGastrointestinal motility and disordersPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology ResearchGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes

Frequently asked questions about The Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Is The Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for The Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, 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 The Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology?

The Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology 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 9.83.

Is The Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

The Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of The Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology?