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Gut is a leading international journal in gastroenterology and hepatology 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 in all areas of gastroenterology and hepatology. Regular features include articles describing novel mechanisms of disease and new management strategies, both diagnostic and therapeutic, likely to impact on clinical practice within the foreseeable future by leading authorities. Gut is the flagship of BMJ’s gastroenterology portfolio and has two companion journals, Frontline Gastroenterology for education and practice-focused papers and BMJ Open Gastroenterology for open access original research. For information about Gut Editor-in-Chief Professor Emad El-Omar and his editorial team, please refer to the Editorial Board page.

Gut is a Plan S compliant Transformative Journal. Transformative Journals are one of the compliance routes offered by cOAlition S funders, such as Wellcome, WHO and UKRI. Find out more about Transformative Journals and  Plan S compliance on our Author Hub.

Gut is co-owned by the British Society of Gastroenterology and BMJ

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31.795 (JCR 2021), ranked 4/93 in Gastroenterology & Hepatology

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Acceptance rate: 12%

Speed Time to first decision without review (median): 3 days Time to first decision with review (median) : 24 days Time from acceptance to publication (median): 15 days

Impact Impact Factor category: Gastroenterology & Hepatology Impact Factor (JCR): 31.795 Impact Factor rank: 4/93 5 Year Impact Factor: 27.810 Journal Citation Indicator: 5.87 Eigenfactor: 0.07277 Citescore: 40.1 Citescore rank: 2/149 Scimago Journal rank (SJR): 7.885

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The impact that academic research has cannot be defined by one single metric. In 2013, BMJ signed the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA). We did this to show our support for using multiple measures and metrics to portray journals’ impact; moving away from the Impact Factor as a single measure. How we get these metrics

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