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• http://www.nature.com/ajg
• Editor: Joel E. Richter and Nicholas J. Talley, MD, PhD
• Volume 104: 12 issues per year
• ISSN: 0002-9270
• EISSN: 1572-0241
• Impact factor : 6.444*
• Impact ranking: 6/55 Gastroenterology & Hepatology
• Date Established: 1934
• Published on behalf of: American College of Gastroenterology

Aims and Scope: As the leading clinical journal covering gastroenterology and hepatology, The American Journal of Gastroenterology (AJG) provides practical and professional support for clinicians dealing with the gastroenterological disorders seen most often in patients.

AJG devotes itself to timely medical research in gastroenterology and hepatology by publishing Original Research at the highest level, Editorials on important issues and in-depth Clinical Reviews. As tools for the busy clinician, AJG aptly summarizes articles with its Study Highlights and promotes best practices for diagnosing and treating disease with Practice Guidelines from ACG. CME credit opportunities are offered with every issue and online supplementary materials are always available free online.

With its content organized by topic online and in print, the journal remains easily accessible to clinicians of all disciplines interested in gastroenterology.

Readership: The American Journal of Gastroenterology appeals to all practicing clinicians interested in gastroenterology, hepatology or endoscopy, especially Gastroenterologists, Internists, General Surgeons, Colon & Rectal Surgeons, Radiologists, Hematologists, Endoscopists and Hepatologists. It is read by nearly every practicing Gastroenterologist in the US.

Online features and site license access:

• Online archive available back to 1998.
• A site license provides access to all content published since 1998.
• Indexed in BIOSIS, Current Contents/Clinical Medicine, Science Citation Index, SciSearch/SCI Expanded, EMBASE/Excerpta Medica, Elsevier BIOBASE/Current Awareness in Biological Sciences, Index Medicus, Research Information Systems/Reference Update, Biological Abstracts, Chemical Abstracts, CAB Abstracts, Global Health, Derwent Journals Abstracted, PASCAL.

*2008 Journal Citation Report (Thomson Reuters, 2009)