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Hepatology — Impact Factor
The 2025 Impact Factor of Hepatology is 18.0 (Q1 in Gastroenterology & Hepatology; subscription or hybrid).
- Impact Factor
- 18.0 JCR 2025
- JCR category
- Gastroenterology & Hepatology
- Quartile
- Q1 in Gastroenterology & Hepatology
- Publisher
- Wolters Kluwer (AASLD)
- Open access
- subscription or hybrid
- Abbreviations
- Hep
- IF source
- manusights.com
Position within the field
Ranked 6 of the 39 journals in Gastroenterology & Hepatology on this site (top 25%).
Gastroenterology & Hepatology journals with a similar Impact Factor
- Gut IF 24.6
- Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology IF 16.2
- Endoscopy IF 11.8
- JHEP Reports IF 8.7
- American Journal of Gastroenterology IF 8.5
- Gastrointestinal Endoscopy IF 8.0
Author guidelines at a glance
- Case reports
- Not accepted. No case report article type
- Article types
- Original Manuscript / Editorial / Review / Special Article
- Word limit (original)
- 6,000 words
- Abstract
- 250 words (structured)
- Figures/tables
- Up to 8 figures/tables (≤6 panels per figure)
- OA / APC
- hybrid / – (6,000-word limit includes references (title page, abstract, figure legends and tables excluded). Initial submission as a single Word file, free format. OA fee per Wolters Kluwer price list)
- Reporting guidelines
- EQUATOR checklist required (CONSORT/PRISMA/STROBE/STARD etc.)
- Submission system
- ScholarOne
About this value
Hepatology is abbreviated Hep. The Journal Impact Factor of Hepatology (JCR 2025, released June 2026) is 18.0. 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.