Digestion publishes a series of solicited reviews aimed at giving a short, up-to-date, and to the point overview of a specific pathology or treatment. The article provide physicians and researchers with a description of the current treatment standards, the most important discoveries of the last 12 months from a clinical and basic research point of view, and an outlook for the near future.

To The Point Articles should be submitted upon invitation only. Authors planning to submit an unsolicited paper are requested to contact the Editorial Office with an outline of the intended contribution. Articles should not exceed 1,750 words, divided into head-lined paragraphs and including up to 5 Key Points that summarize the main conclusions of the article (max. 20 words each). The title may be up to 15 words. The abstract may be up to 250 words and should include the Key Messages. Authors may include 1-2 tables or illustrations and a maximum of 25 references.

Editors-in-Chief
Akira Andoh – Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan
Volker Ellenrieder – Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
 
 
Managing Editors
Silke Cameron – Klinik für Gastroenterologie und Endokrinologie, Göttingen, Germany
Ute König – Klinik für Gastroenterologie II, Göttingen, Germany
 
 
Associate Editors
Hideo Baba – Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
Ali Canbay – Universitätsklinikum Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
Yasuhiro Fujiwara – Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan
Takuji Gotoda – Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan
Yoichi Hiasa – Ehime University, Ehime, Japan
Atsushi Irisawa – Dokkyo Medical University, Mibu, Japan
Hajime Isomoto – Tottori University Hospital, Yonago, Japan
Ralf Jakobs – Klinikum Ludwigshafen GmbH, Ludwigshafen, Germany
Hiroshi Kashida – Kinki University, Osaka, Japan
Alexander Otto König – Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
Nisar Malek – Universitätsklinikum Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
Patrick Johannes Michl – Universitätsklinikum Halle, Halle (Saale), Germany
Yuji Naito – Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
Toshikatsu Okumura – Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan
Gerhard Rogler – Universitätsspital Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
Masayuki Saruta – The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Thomas Seufferlein – Universitätsklinikum Ulm, Ulm, Germany
Arndt Vogel – Medical School Hannover, Hannover, Germany
Hiroyuki Yamamoto – St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan
Takashi Yao – Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan
 
 
Editorial Board
Ahmad Amanzada – University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
Wolfgang Fischbach – Klinik Aschaffenburg, Aschaffenburg, Germany
Jochen Gaedcke – Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
Gerald Holtmann – University of Queensland, Woolloongabba, QLD, Australia
Fumio Itoh – St Marianna University, Kawasaki, Japan
Frank Thomas Kolligs – Helios Klinikum Berlin-Buch, Berlin, Germany
Florian Lordick – Universitätsklinikum Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
Manfred P. Lutz – CaritasKlinikum Saarbrücken, Saarbrücken, Germany
Hisahiro Matsubara – Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
Daniela Müller – Philipps Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany
Masahiko Nakamura – Kitasato University, Tokyo, Japan
Albrecht Neesse – Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
Marianne Pavel – Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Aurel Perren – University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Ruben R. Plentz – Medizinische Universitätsklinik, Tübingen, Germany
Jonas Rosendahl – University Clinic Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
Tamotsu Sugai – Iwate Medical University, Morioka, Japan
Andreas Weber – Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany