Translational Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Translational Gastroenterology and Hepatology is an open access journal on digestive and liver disease research, published by AME Publishing Company.《Translational Gastroenterology and Hepatology》是一份聚焦消化与肝脏疾病研究的开放获取期刊，由 AME 出版公司出版。

It was launched in March 2016 and carries work that carries a laboratory finding toward the clinic.该刊于 2016 年 3 月创办，载有把实验室发现带向临床的工作。

In the 2025 edition of the journal citation report it holds an impact factor of 3.3, and it stands in the second quartile of gastroenterology and hepatology.在 2025 年版期刊引证报告中，该刊的影响因子为 3.3，在胃肠病学与肝病学类目列第二区。

Scope

• The journal takes translational research as its subject, and it asks how a finding from the bench is made useful at the bedside.该刊以转化研究为题材，追问来自实验台的发现如何变得在病床边有用。

• Gastroenterology is named, and the journal carries work on the stomach, the bowel and the organs that feed them.胃肠病学被点名，该刊刊载关于胃、肠以及为之供能的器官的工作。

• Hepatology is treated, and the journal admits work on the liver, the biliary tree and the pancreas.肝病学得到处理，该刊收载关于肝脏、胆道系统与胰腺的工作。

• Diagnosis is part of the remit, and the journal takes work on how a digestive condition is recognised.诊断属于收稿范围，该刊收载消化系统病症如何被识别的工作。

• Prevention is named, and the journal carries work on how a disease is kept from arising or from returning.预防被点名，该刊刊载疾病如何被阻止发生或复发的工作。

• Clinical investigation is treated, and the journal admits work on how a treatment is tested in patients.临床研究得到处理，该刊收载治疗如何在患者身上受检验的工作。

• Multimodality therapy is named, and the journal carries work on how several treatments are combined for one patient.多模式治疗被点名，该刊刊载多种治疗如何为同一患者组合的工作。

• Biomarkers are treated, and the journal takes work on how a marker guides a diagnosis or a choice of treatment.生物标志物得到处理，该刊收载标志物如何引导诊断或治疗选择的工作。

• Imaging is part of the remit, and the journal admits work on how a picture of the gut or the liver is read.影像属于收稿范围，该刊收载肠道或肝脏的图像如何被解读的工作。

• Biology is named, and the journal carries work on the mechanism behind a digestive disease.生物学被点名，该刊刊载消化系统疾病背后机制的工作。

• Pathology is treated, and the journal takes work on how a tissue tells the nature of a lesion.病理学得到处理，该刊收载组织如何表明病变性质的工作。

• Technical advances are named, and the journal admits work on a new instrument or a new procedure.技术进步被点名，该刊收载新器械或新术式方面的工作。

• Reviews are taken alongside original work, and the journal publishes reviews, editorials, commentaries and brief reports.综述与原创工作一并收载，该刊发表综述、社论、评论与简报。

• Case reports and case series are admitted, and the journal gives room to an instructive instance.病例报告与病例系列受到收载，该刊为有教益的个例留出篇幅。

• The journal is meant to join laboratory and clinic, and it takes work that carries an idea toward a patient.该刊意在联结实验室与临床，收载把某一想法带向患者的工作。

History

• The journal was launched in March 2016, and it set out to publish work that joins laboratory research to clinical care.该刊于 2016 年 3 月创办，意在发表把实验室研究与临床照护相连的工作。

• It is published by a house that runs a large family of medical journals, and its office sits with that publisher.该刊由一家经营庞大医学刊群的出版公司出版，其编辑部设在该出版方处。

• The title is issued from Hong Kong, and it is written for a readership that reaches across several continents.该刊自香港发行，为遍及数个大洲的读者而写。

• It was issued online from the start, so that a paper appears soon after it is accepted.该刊自始即以在线方式发行，因而论文在被录用后不久即出现。

• Only one number is in use for the title, and the journal is published online rather than in print.该刊只使用一个刊号，以在线而非印刷形式出版。

• It began as a quarterly, and it moved to a two-monthly rhythm from January 2026 to carry a rising volume of work.该刊起初为季刊，自 2026 年 1 月起改为双月节奏，以承载日渐增多的稿件。

• A volume is published for each year, and the series had reached volume 11 by 2026.该刊每年出版一卷，到 2026 年已出至第 11 卷。

• Access was open from the start, and every article is free to read from the moment it appears.该刊自始即开放获取，每篇文章自出现那一刻起即可免费阅读。

• A publication charge applies to an accepted paper, and the journal points to the publisher's policy and to its waiver scheme.被录用的论文须缴纳出版费用，该刊指明出版方的政策与减免方案。

• The journal belongs to a publishing house that has joined the committee on publication ethics, and it follows that body's rules.该刊所属的出版公司已加入出版伦理委员会，该刊遵循该机构的规则。

• The impact figure has eased and then risen, standing at 3.8 for 2023 and reaching 3.3 in the 2025 edition.影响因子先回落而后上升，2023 年为 3.8，2025 年版为 3.3。

• The journal is indexed in the emerging sources citation index, and it is carried in Scopus and in PubMed.该刊被新兴资源引文索引收录，并被 Scopus 与 PubMed 收录。

• Its papers are also deposited in a public archive, where they are free to read and are preserved.其论文亦存放在一所公共档案之中，在其中免费阅读并受保存。

Editors

• Three editors-in-chief share the office, Jiafu Ji, Sanjaya Satapathy and Krish Ragunath, and they are drawn from surgery and from medicine.三位主编分担此职，即（Jiafu Ji）、（Sanjaya Satapathy）与（Krish Ragunath），他们来自外科与内科。

• An editorial board advises on content, and the journal draws its members from hospitals and universities in several countries.一个编委会为内容提供建议，该刊从数国的医院与大学遴请成员。

• The journal sets out the classes of manuscript it takes, along with the length and structure each of them should follow.该刊列明所收稿件的类别，以及各类别应遵循的篇幅与结构。

• Each paper is sent to independent referees, and the journal states that it follows the usual international recommendations.每篇论文送交独立审稿人，该刊称其遵循惯常的国际建议。

• Authors must declare any competing interest, and the journal states its ethical requirements in full.作者必须声明任何利益冲突，该刊完整说明其伦理要求。

• Work that involves patients is held to the usual standards, and the journal asks that consent and approval be recorded.涉及患者的研究须达到惯常标准，该刊要求记录知情同意与批准情况。

• Clinical trials are asked to give their registration, and a reporting checklist is required for each class of study.临床试验须给出注册信息，每一类研究都要求提交报告清单。

• A data sharing statement is required, and the journal asks that the material behind a claim be made reachable.须提交数据共享声明，该刊要求论断背后的材料可供获取。

• Manuscripts are submitted through the publisher's system, and the editorial office may be contacted by email.稿件通过出版方的系统投递，编辑部可通过电子邮件联系。

• Where a claim rests on a measurement, the journal asks that the method be given in full so that another centre can repeat it.论断若依赖某项测定，该刊要求完整写明方法，使另一中心可以重复。

• The journal is read by gastroenterologists and by hepatologists, by surgeons and by pathologists, and it writes for all of them.该刊的读者既有胃肠病医生与肝病医生，也有外科医生与病理学家，它为这几类人写作。

• Work that carries a trial result into practice is given room, and the journal asks what the carrying changes for a patient.把试验结果带入实践的工作有篇幅可用，该刊追问这一带动对患者改变了什么。

• Studies that report a negative result are taken, since a treatment that failed to help is worth recording.报告阴性结果的研究也在收载之列，因为无助于事的治疗同样值得记录。

• Work on inflammatory bowel disease appears among the subjects, and the journal carries papers on how it is managed over the long term.炎症性肠病方面的工作列于选题之中，该刊刊载其如何被长期管理的论文。

• Work on liver fibrosis is treated, and the journal admits papers on how scarring is slowed or reversed.肝纤维化方面的工作得到处理，该刊收载瘢痕如何被减缓或逆转的论文。

• The journal keeps its reviews distinct from its original reports, and a reader can tell from the rubric which is which.该刊把综述与原始报告区分开来，读者可从栏目看出何者为何者。

• Work on a pancreatic lesion is named, and the journal carries papers on how it is found and characterised early.胰腺病变方面的工作被点名，该刊刊载其如何被早期发现与定性的论文。

• Work on the gut microbiome is treated, and the journal asks how the flora bears on a digestive disease.肠道微生物组方面的工作得到处理，该刊追问菌群如何关系到消化系统疾病。

• Work that links an endoscopic image to an outcome is named, and the journal admits papers on how the picture guides a decision.把内镜图像与结局相连的工作被点名，该刊收载图像如何引导决策的论文。

• The journal follows the publisher's policy on research integrity, and it records corrections and withdrawals where they arise.该刊遵循出版方的研究诚信政策，出现更正与撤稿时予以记录。