About Gut
Aims and Scope
Gut aims to publish original articles describing novel mechanisms of disease and new management strategies, both diagnostic and therapeutic, likely to impact on clinical practice within the foreseeable future.
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 an official journal of the British Society of Gastroenterology.
Editor |
Professor Robin C Spiller
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Editorial Office |
BMJ Journals Department
Email: guteditorial{at}bmjgroup.com
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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 9.766 (ISI Web of Science) (2008) |
Submitting to Gut |
All papers must be submitted through Bench>Press, our online submission and review system. Gut welcomes:
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
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Acceptance rate |
17% |
Subscriptions |
Information on rates and how to subscribe - Personal print subscribers receive access to Gut Online at no additional cost
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Rights |
Authors retain copyright for their own material. However, they must provide Gut with an exclusive
licence to publish.
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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 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.
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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.
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Supplements |
Guidelines for publication of supplements to Gut and other BMJ Journals For further details please contact Richard Sands:
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Advertising |
For display advertising rates please visit the BMJPG
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For information regarding web advertising and sponsorship of email @lerts
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ABC Electronic |
Gut has been audited by ABC Electronic |
COPE |
Gut is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics |
Equator |
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Feedback |
Gut welcomes feedback on the journal and this site |
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