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BMC Gastroenterology

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New: Antimicrobial resistance

Guest Edited by Kartika Afrida Fauzia

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New: Malnutrition and food security

Guest Edited by Zeinab Ghorbani and Małgorzata Kostecka

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Esophageal diseases

Guest Edited by Sabita S Jiwnani

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Aims and scope

BMC Gastroenterology is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of the prevention, diagnosis and management of gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary disorders, as well as related molecular genetics, pathophysiology, and epidemiology.

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We are now recruiting Editorial Board Members for our Board to join our team of academic editors in assessing manuscripts in the field of gastroenterology.

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Please note that BMC Gastroenterology no longer considers submissions of case reports. We would encourage you to submit your manuscript to the Journal of Medical Case Reports instead.

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Annual Journal Metrics

  • Citation Impact 2023
    Journal Impact Factor: 2.5
    5-year Journal Impact Factor: 2.7
    Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 0.881
    SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 0.747

    Speed 2024
    Submission to first editorial decision (median days): 14
    Submission to acceptance (median days): 160

    Usage 2024
    Downloads: 3,421,383
    Altmetric mentions: 1,173

Peer-review Terminology

  • The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal:

    Identity transparency: Single anonymized

    Reviewer interacts with: Editor

    Review information published: Review reports. Reviewer Identities reviewer opt in. Author/reviewer communication

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BMC Gastroenterology

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