World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery (WJGS, World J Gastrointest Surg) is a high-quality, online, open-access, single-blind peer-reviewed journal published by the Baishideng Publishing Group. WJGS accepts both solicited and unsolicited manuscripts. Articles published in WJGS are high-quality, basic and clinical, influential research articles by established academic authors as well as new researchers. The paramount objective of WJGS is to showcase and promote distinguished research in the field of gastrointestinal surgery, to help advance development of this field. The types of articles published in WJGS include Editorial, Opinion Review, Frontier, Review, Minireview, Basic Study, Clinical Research, Systematic Review, Meta-analysis, Evidence-based Medicine, Field of Vision, Clinical Guidelines, Letter to the Editor, and Case Report.

《World Journal Of Gastrointestinal Surgery》是一本由BAISHIDENG PUBLISHING GROUP INC出版商出版的专业医学期刊，该刊创刊于2009年，刊期12 issues/year，该刊已被国际权威数据库SCIE收录。在中科院最新升级版分区表中，该刊分区信息为大类学科：医学 3区，小类学科：外科 3区；胃肠肝病学 4区；在JCR（Journal Citation Reports）分区等级为Q2。该刊发文范围涵盖胃肠肝病学等领域，旨在及时、准确、全面地报道国内外胃肠肝病学工作者在该领域取得的最新研究成果、工作进展及学术动态、技术革新等，促进学术交流，鼓励学术创新。2021年影响因子为2.505，