WJG is an international learned journal of gastroenterology. It is published in English bimonthly and distributed worldwide, and it aims to strengthen international exchanges of modern and traditional gastroenterology, to promote the development of gastroenterology, and to make contributions to human health. WJG is the only international journal of gastroenterology published in English based in China. It mainly publishes original papers of basic research and clinical studies in gastroenterology from all of the world. Original articles with international competitiveness, articles from projects supported by scientific grants, original articles of traditional Chinese digestive medicine and herbs, of acupuncture, of ethinomedicine, and of combined traditional and modern digestive medicine are published with priority. Commentaries, literature reviews, rapid reports, clinical experience, and case reports of rare diseases are published preferentially as well.

WJG是一本國(guó)際性的胃腸病學(xué)學(xué)術(shù)期刊。它以英文雙月刊出版，面向全球發(fā)行，旨在加強(qiáng)現(xiàn)代與傳統(tǒng)胃腸病學(xué)的國(guó)際交流，促進(jìn)胃腸病學(xué)的發(fā)展，為人類健康做出貢獻(xiàn)。WJG是唯一在中國(guó)以英文出版的國(guó)際胃腸病學(xué)雜志。主要發(fā)表國(guó)內(nèi)外胃腸病學(xué)基礎(chǔ)研究和臨床研究的原創(chuàng)論文。優(yōu)先發(fā)表具有國(guó)際競(jìng)爭(zhēng)力的原稿、科研資助項(xiàng)目原稿、消化中草藥原稿、針灸原稿、乙炔類藥物原稿、中西醫(yī)結(jié)合原稿。也優(yōu)先發(fā)表評(píng)論、文獻(xiàn)綜述、快速報(bào)告、臨床經(jīng)驗(yàn)和罕見疾病的病例報(bào)告。