Gut

Gut is a monthly peer-reviewed journal of gastroenterology and hepatology published by BMJ on behalf of the British Society of Gastroenterology, founded in 1960, covering the alimentary tract, the liver, the biliary tree and the pancreas, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 24.6《肠道》是（BMJ）代表（British Society of Gastroenterology）出版的月度同行评审胃肠病学与肝病学期刊，1960 年创办，涵盖消化道、肝脏、胆道与胰腺，2025 年影响因子为 24.6。

Scope

• Gut is a leading international journal in gastroenterology and hepatology, and it publishes first-class clinical research of the alimentary tract, the liver, the biliary tree and the pancreas该刊是胃肠病学与肝病学领域的国际领军期刊，刊载消化道、肝脏、胆道与胰腺的一流临床研究。
• It gives up-to-date, authoritative and clinically oriented coverage across all areas of gastroenterology and hepatology该刊就胃肠病学与肝病学的所有领域提供最新、权威且面向临床的报道。
• Regular features describe novel mechanisms of disease and new management strategies, both diagnostic and therapeutic, likely to affect clinical practice其常规栏目描述新的疾病机制以及可能影响临床实践的新型诊断与治疗管理策略。
• It is the flagship of the BMJ gastroenterology portfolio and has companion journals Frontline Gastroenterology and BMJ Open Gastroenterology该刊是（BMJ）胃肠病学刊群的旗舰刊，另有姊妹刊（Frontline Gastroenterology）与（BMJ Open Gastroenterology）。
• It is a subscription journal with a hybrid open access option该刊为订阅制期刊，并提供混合开放获取选项。
• Its content is widely cited in the field, with a 2024 CiteScore of 45.7 and about 12,660 total Altmetric mentions其内容在该领域被广泛引用，2024 年（CiteScore）为 45.7，Altmetric 总提及量约 12,660 次。

History

• Gut was founded in 1960 and its first issue appeared in March 1960, edited by Harold C. Edwards该刊创办于 1960 年，首期于 1960 年 3 月出版，由（Harold C. Edwards）担任编辑。
• It is co-owned by the British Society of Gastroenterology and BMJ, and it is the society's official journal该刊由（British Society of Gastroenterology）与（BMJ）共同拥有，是前者的官方期刊。
• It has published influential work on Helicobacter pylori, inflammatory bowel disease, endoscopy and colorectal cancer该刊发表过关于幽门螺杆菌、炎症性肠病、内镜与结直肠癌的重要研究。
• Landmark papers include the international consensus classification of acute pancreatitis and a global analysis of colorectal cancer incidence and mortality里程碑论文包括急性胰腺炎的国际共识分类以及结直肠癌发病率与死亡率的全球分析。^[1]
• It is indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded, MEDLINE and Scopus, and it is archived in Portico and LOCKSS该刊被（Science Citation Index Expanded）、（MEDLINE）与（Scopus）收录，并保存于（Portico）与（LOCKSS）。
• Its 2025 Journal Impact Factor is 24.6, ranking fifth among 153 gastroenterology and hepatology journals其 2025 年影响因子为 24.6，在 153 种胃肠病学与肝病学期刊中排名第五。

Editors

• The Editor-in-Chief is Professor Emad El-Omar, Chair of Medicine at the University of New South Wales and Director of its Microbiome Research Centre现任主编为（Emad El-Omar）教授，任（University of New South Wales）医学讲席教授，并任该校微生物组研究中心主任。
• Deputy editors are Alexander Gerbes for hepatology, William Grady for luminal gastroenterology and Thomas Rosch for endoscopy副主编分别为负责肝病学的（Alexander Gerbes）、负责腔道胃肠病学的（William Grady）与负责内镜的（Thomas Rosch）。
• Its associate editors and editorial board members are drawn from many countries, including the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong and Spain其副编辑与编委会成员来自多个国家，包括美国、德国、英国、中国香港与西班牙。
• Specialist editors cover artificial intelligence and machine learning, digital and education, statistics, book reviews and guidelines专科编辑分管人工智能与机器学习、数字与教育、统计学、书评以及指南等方向。
• Peer review is single blind, with the names of reviewers hidden from the author, and about 12 per cent of submissions are accepted该刊采用单盲同行评审，评审人姓名对作者保密，约 12% 的投稿被接收。
• The median time to first decision is 24 days with review and three days without review首次决定的中位时间在送审情况下为 24 天，不送审为 3 天。