Journal profile

The lancet. Gastroenterology & hepatology

Publisher: Elsevier B.V
ISSN2468-1253 FormatOnline StatusCurrently indexed

Journal Citation Impact

Estimated influence, citation density, publishing volume, and citation integrity from the analytics table.

Impact Factor
4.56
Citation rate 12.14 6,159 total citations
h5-index 117 h5 depth signal
Cited share 53.9% 284 of 527
Total citations 6,159 Citation footprint
Metric signal 12.85 External metric anchor
Self-citation 1.6% 101 self-citations

Citations Trend

Monthly Publications Cadence

Citing Geographic Demographics

United States 616
United Kingdom 544
Australia 227
Italy 221
China 206

Citing Fields of Research

Digestive Disorders 649
Hepatitis 628
Liver Diseases 426
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases & Infections 363
Liver & Colon Cancer 314

Publishing Activity & Reach

Volume, recency, access pattern, and citing-community signals from the journal analytics record.

All-time article footprint 2,481 Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set 527 284 cited publications
Last 12 months 219 18.3 publications/month
Open access share 5.5% 12 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country United States 616 citing publications
Leading citing field Digestive Disorders 649 citing publications
Latest tracked publication 14 October 2026 10 recent records available

Coverage & Indexing History

MEDLINE
v2n1, Jan. 2017-
PubMed
v2n1, Jan. 2017- ; Selected citations only before this date

Research Focus & Classification

Indexed Subjects

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases & Infections Hepatitis Liver Diseases Digestive Disorders

Broad Categories

Gastroenterology Digestive Disorders Hepatitis Inflammatory Bowel Diseases & Infections Liver & Colon Cancer

MeSH Descriptors

Gastrointestinal Diseases Liver Diseases

Latest Publications

Recent article records with DOI-first linking and condensed abstracts.

Bibliographical & Catalog Notes

Volume 1 complete in 4 issues.

Numbering from contents page.