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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.

Ownership

Gut is co-owned by the British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) and the BMJ Group. For more information please refer to the Affiliations section below.

Journal Statistics

Acceptance rate 8% for original research submitted in 2009
Frequency Monthly
Impact factor 9.766
Indexed by Index Medicus (Medline), Science Citation Index, ISI Current Contents (Clinical Medicine/Life Sciences), Excerpta Medica (Embase), BIOSIS Previews
Launch date 1960
Lead times Time from submission to first decision (reviewed papers): 6 weeks (2009)
ISSN of Gut 0017-5749
ISSN of Gut Online 1468-3288

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Affiliations

COPEThe BMJ Publishing Group is a founding member of COPE (the Committee on Publication Ethics), which provides a forum for publishers and Editors of scientific journals to discuss issues relating to the integrity of the work submitted to or published in their journals.

Equator The EQUATOR Network is an international initiative that seeks to improve reliability and value of medical research literature by promoting transparent and accurate reporting of research studies. The BMJ Group is a sponsor of its activities.

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