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Gastroenterology — Impact Factor
The 2025 Impact Factor of Gastroenterology is 29.7 (Q1 in Gastroenterology & Hepatology; subscription or hybrid).
- Impact Factor
- 29.7 JCR 2025
- JCR category
- Gastroenterology & Hepatology
- Quartile
- Q1 in Gastroenterology & Hepatology
- Publisher
- Elsevier (AGA)
- Open access
- subscription or hybrid
- Abbreviations
- Gastro
- IF source
- manusights.com
Position within the field
Ranked 4 of the 39 journals in Gastroenterology & Hepatology on this site (top 25%).
Gastroenterology & Hepatology journals with a similar Impact Factor
- Journal of Hepatology IF 40.1
- The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology IF 39.1
- Gut IF 24.6
- Hepatology IF 18.0
- Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology IF 16.2
- Endoscopy IF 11.8
Author guidelines at a glance
- Case reports
- Limited (short formats such as Image or Letter only, or by exception). Single cases only as Clinical Challenges and Images / Practical Teaching Cases. Novel case series allowed
- Article types
- Original Articles / Brief Reports / Clinical Challenges and Images in GI / Practical Teaching Cases / Correspondence
- Word limit (original)
- 7,000 words
- Abstract
- 260 words (structured)
- Figures/tables
- 7 figures+tables total
- OA / APC
- hybrid / US$3,000 (US$3,000 (Elsevier old page, unverified). 7,000-word limit includes abstract and references)
- Reporting guidelines
- CONSORT / ARRIVE
- Submission system
- Editorial Manager
- First decision
- 21 days (publisher-reported)
About this value
Gastroenterology is abbreviated Gastro. The Journal Impact Factor of Gastroenterology (JCR 2025, released June 2026) is 29.7. Values are compiled by cross-checking figures published by publishers and societies against public aggregators; this is not a reproduction of Clarivate Journal Citation Reports™. Confirm the current value on the publisher's page or in JCR before deciding where to submit. The quartile (Q1–Q4) is the journal's relative position within its JCR category; Q1 means the top 25%.
Last updated September 2026. Report errors via the contact form. Other journals in the same category: Gastroenterology & Hepatology.