Annals of Hepatology

Annals of Hepatology is a bimonthly journal founded in 2002 in Mexico as the official journal of the Mexican Association of Hepatology, the Latin-American Association for the Study of the Liver and the Canadian Association for the Study of the Liver, now published by Elsevier as a fully open access title, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 6.2《肝病学年鉴》（Annals of Hepatology）是双月刊，2002 年创刊于墨西哥，为墨西哥肝病学会、拉丁美洲肝病研究学会与加拿大肝病研究学会的官方期刊，现由（Elsevier）出版并已转为完全开放获取，2025 年影响因子为 6.2。

Scope

• The journal publishes original papers in the field of hepatology期刊发表肝病学领域的原创论文。
• Concise reviews keep readers abreast of developments across the specialty简明综述帮助读者掌握本专科的各项进展。
• It also carries letters to the Editor, invited editorials, opinions and viewpoints亦刊登致编辑信、特邀社论、观点与评述。
• The journal is published in English期刊以英文出版。
• It serves as the official journal of the Mexican Association of Hepatology, the Latin-American Association for the Study of the Liver and the Canadian Association for the Study of the Liver它是墨西哥肝病学会、拉丁美洲肝病研究学会与加拿大肝病研究学会的官方期刊。
• It is a fully open access title, and its content can be read free of charge该刊为完全开放获取期刊，内容可免费取阅。
• The journal is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, MEDLINE and the Directory of Open Access Journals该刊收录于科学引文索引扩展版、（MEDLINE） 与开放获取期刊目录。

History

• The journal published its first volume and issue in January 2002该刊于 2002 年 1 月出版第一卷第一期。
• Its launch was introduced in an editorial signed by the founding editor Nahum Mendez-Sanchez创刊事宜以创刊主编（Nahum Mendez-Sanchez）署名的社论开启。^[1]
• The editorial office has been housed at the Medica Sur Clinic and Foundation in Mexico City编辑部一直设于墨西哥城的（Medica Sur）临床与基金会。
• The journal is published by Elsevier under ISSN 1665-2681, the print and electronic identifiers being identical, and 2025 saw its thirtieth volume该刊由（Elsevier）出版，ISSN 为 1665-2681，印刷版与电子版编号相同，2025 年出到第 30 卷。
• It turned fully open access in 2018 and is indexed in the Directory of Open Access Journals, with an article publishing charge of 1,500 US dollars该刊于 2018 年转为完全开放获取并入选开放获取期刊目录，文章出版费为 1500 美元。
• Its Journal Impact Factor rose from 2.4 in 2021 through 3.388 in 2022 and 4.4 in 2024 to 6.2 in 2025其影响因子由 2021 年的 2.4 经 2022 年的 3.388 与 2024 年的 4.4 升至 2025 年的 6.2。
• In the 2025 Journal Citation Reports it ranks 23rd among 153 journals in gastroenterology and hepatology在 2025 年《期刊引证报告》中，它位列胃肠病与肝病学类 153 刊第 23 位。

Editors

• The editor of the journal is Arturo Panduro of the University of Guadalajara in Jalisco, Mexico期刊主编为墨西哥哈利斯科州瓜达拉哈拉大学的（Arturo Panduro）。
• The founding editor is Nahum Mendez-Sanchez of the Medica Sur Clinic and Foundation in Mexico City创刊主编为墨西哥城（Medica Sur）临床与基金会的（Nahum Mendez-Sanchez）。
• Five co-editors serve alongside the editor, including Marco Arrese of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Norberto C. Chavez-Tapia and Misael Uribe of the Medica Sur Clinic and Foundation, and Claudio Tiribelli of the Italian Liver Foundation in Trieste另有五位共同编辑，包括智利天主教大学的（Marco Arrese）、（Medica Sur）临床与基金会的（Norberto C. Chavez-Tapia）与（Misael Uribe），以及的里雅斯特意大利肝脏基金会的（Claudio Tiribelli）。
• Twenty associate editors complete the board, among them Agustin Albillos of Madrid, Frank Lammert of Saarland University Medical Center, Mariana Lazo of Johns Hopkins University and Yasuhito Tanaka of Nagoya编委会另有二十位副主编，其中包括马德里的（Agustin Albillos）、萨尔兰大学医学院的（Frank Lammert）、约翰斯·霍普金斯大学的（Mariana Lazo）与名古屋的（Yasuhito Tanaka）。
• In the 2018 editorial board listing the twenty-seven editors were drawn from twelve countries, led by Mexico with nine按 2018 年编委页口径，27 位编辑来自 12 个国家，其中墨西哥 9 位居首。