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Aims and Scope
Gut is a leading international journal in gastroenterology and has an established reputation for publishing first class clinical research of the alimentary tract, the liver, biliary tree and pancreas. Gut delivers up-to-date, authoritative, clinically oriented coverage of all areas in gastroenterology. Regular features include articles by leading authorities, reports on the latest treatments for diseases, reviews and commentaries. The journal has an authoritative global Editorial Board and a growing international readership.

Gut is the official journal of the British Society of Gastroenterology.

Editor

Professor Robin C Spiller
University Hospital Nottingham
Nottingham, UK
Email: robin.spiller{at}nottingham.ac.uk

Editorial Office BMJ Journals Department
BMA House, Tavistock Square
London, WC1H 9JR, UK

Email: guteditorial{at}bmjgroup.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 7383 6394
Fax +44 (0)20 7383 6787/6668

Frequency 12 times a year plus supplements
Launch date 1960
ISSN Gut 0017-5749
ISSN Gut Online 1468-3288
Readership Clinicians (including trainees) and researchers involved in all areas of gastroenterology and hepatology
Print circulation 4980* (38% UK; 24% Europe; 20% USA & Canada; 8% Far East & Australasia; 9% Rest of World)

Not including online only or consortia customers

Indexed by Index Medicus (Medline), ISI Current Contents (Web of Science), Excerpta Medica (Embase)
Impact factor The impact factor is 9.02 (ISI Web of Science) (2006)
Submitting to Gut All papers must be submitted through Bench>Press, our online submission and review system.

Gut welcomes:
Original papers
Leading articles
Commentaries
Case reports
Letters to the Editor
GI Snapshots
Supplements

Gut will consider rapid review and publication for articles of outstanding interest

Authors may opt to have their articles published as electronic only pages. This greatly reduces the time to publication

Supplementary data for articles and electronic correspondence are available on Gut Online

Further information is available in the Instructions to Authors and from the Editorial Office

Lead times Time from submission to first decision: mean 5 weeks
About 35% of submissions are rejected without external peer review
Time from acceptance to publication: approximately 4 to 5 months (original papers)
Acceptance rate 17%
Subscriptions Information on rates and how to subscribe

- Personal print subscribers receive access to Gut Online at no additional cost
- Personal and institutional subscribers may purchase access to Gut Online separately
- Personal subscribers may purchase the Fetal and Neonatal edition separately in print or online
- All subscribers to Gut receive all supplements
- Subscriptions can start with any issue and refunds are given upon cancellation for outstanding issues
- Non-subscribers may purchase individual articles for US$8 or access the whole site for 30 days for US$25

Rights Authors retain copyright for their own material. However, they must provide Gut with an exclusive licence to publish.
Corresponding authors are provided with a toll-free link to their published article on Gut Online.
Permissions Material may not be reproduced in full or part in any medium or language without prior permission of BMJ Publishing Group Ltd

Please refer to our Copyright and Permission Guidelines

Authors may reproduce their own work in other publications and host on their own website or that of their institution (non-commercial only) without prior permission; we do ask that all material is clearly acknowledged with the original source and a link to the website included where possible

Reprints Reprints contact details
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For commercial reprint sales in excess of £2000, BMJ Journals is pleased to offer authors a 10% royalty of net receipts less any sales commission.
The corresponding author will be contacted automatically should such a sale be secured to determine how the royalty should be paid. The royalty will be offered for up to five years after publication.

Royalties from Reprint Sales For commercial reprint sales in excess of £2000, BMJ Journals is pleased to offer authors a 10% royalty of net receipts less any sales commission.
The corresponding author will be contacted automatically should such a sale be secured to determine how the royalty should be paid. The royalty will be offered for up to five years after publication.
Supplements Guidelines for publication of supplements to Gut and other BMJ Journals

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Tel: +44 (0)20 7383 6057

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