Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Official Journal of the Gastroenterological Research Group

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Digestive Diseases and Sciences publishes high-quality, peer-reviewed, original papers on basic research and clinical
practice in gastroenterology, hepatology, and related fields. This well-illustrated journal features comprehensive
coverage of the basic pathophysiology involved in new technological advances in the treatment of digestive diseases;
insights from prominent academicians and practitioners concerning new scientific developments and practical medical
issues; and discussions focusing on the latest changes in both local and worldwide social, economic, and governmental
policies that affect the delivery of care of patients with digestive diseases.

Readership: Gastroenterologists, Hepatologists, Gastrointestinal surgeons, researchers in gastroenterology, general

surgeons, colon and rectal surgeons, radiologists, and internists.
Journal Established: 1934
Frequency: Monthly
2014 Impact factor: 2.613
Circulation: 2,200

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Editor-in-Chief Bernd G. Schnabl, MD, San Diego, California Pradeep Dudeja, PhD, Chicago, IL Mark Pimentel, MD, Los Angeles, CA
Jonathan D. Kaunitz, MD, FACG, AGAF Mitchell L. Schubert, MD, Richmond, Virginia Mark S. Duxbury, MA, DM, Glasgow, UK Deborah D. Proctor, MD, New Haven, CT
Professor of Medicine Ali Tavakkoli, MBBS, Boston, Massachusetts Carlos O. Esquivel, MD, PhD, Stanford, CA James C. Reynolds, MD, Philadelphia, PA
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Fernando Velayos, MD, San Francisco, California Ariel E. Feldstein, MD, La Jolla, CA Hugo R. Rosen, MD, Denver, CO
Greater Los Angeles VA Health Care System Christopher E. Forsmark, MD, Gainesville, FL Joel H. Rubenstein, MD, MSc, Ann Arbor, MI
Los Angeles, CA Frank Friedenberg, MD, MS, Philadelphia, PA Massimo Rugge, MD, Padova, Italy
Guest Associate Editors:
Lawrence S. Friedman, MD , Newton, MA David B. Sachar, MD, New York, NY
Deputy Editor: Steven-Huy Bui Han, MD, AGAF, Los Angeles, CA
Scott L. Gabbard, MD, Cleveland, OH Arun J. Sanyal, MD, Richmond, VA
Henry C. Lin, MD Jill Palmer Smith, MD, Bethesda, MD
Ajay Goel, PhD, Dallas, TX Akiko Shiotani, MD, PhD, Kurashiki, Japan
Chief, Section of Gastroenterology Andrew Stolz, MD, Los Angeles, CA
Sushovan Guha, MD, PhD, Houston, TX Noah F. Shroyer, PhD, Cincinnati, OH
New Mexico VA Health Care System Jung-Hwan Yoon, MD, Seoul, Korea
Samuel Benjamin Ho, MD, San Diego, CA Stuart J. Spechler, MD, Dallas, TX
Professor of Medicine JeanMarie Houghton, MD, Worcester, MA Subbaramiah Sridhar, MD, Augusta, GA
Managing Editor:
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM Ke-Qin Hu, MD, Orange, CA Shanthi Srinivasan, MD, Atlanta, GA
Meghan Keeffe, Mill Valley, CA
Senior Editorial Advisor/Stanford John M. Inadomi, MD, San Francisco, CA Ben Z. Stanger, MD, PhD, Philadelphia, PA
Editorial Board: Brian C. Jacobson, MD, PhD, Boston, MA Pavel Strnad, MD, Ulm, Germany
Multidisciplinary Seminars Editor:
Omar ME Abdel-Salam, MD, PhD, Cairo, Egypt Nayoung Kim, MD, PhD, Seongnam-si, Korea Diana M. Toivola, PhD, Turku, Finland
George Triadafilopoulos, MD, DSc
Faten N. Aberra, MD, MSCE, Philadelphia, PA Yoon Jun Kim, MD, PhD, Seoul, Korea David H. Van Thiel, MD, Chicago, IL
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Julian A. Abrams, MD, MD, New York, NY Raymond S. Koff, MD, Farmington, CT Noriya Uedo, MD, Osaka, Japan
Stanford University School of Medicine,
Nuzhat A. Ahmad, MD, Philadelphia, PA Stanislaw J. Konturek, MD, Krakow, Poland Hugo E. Vargas, MD, Phoenix, AZ
Stanford, CA
Dennis J. Ahnen, MD, Denver, CO Benjamin Lebwohl, MD, MS, New York, NY Heike Varnholt, MD, Chapel Hill, NC
Senior Consulting Editor: Yasutada Akiba, MD, PhD, Los Angeles, CA Jeffrey Lee, MD, Augusta, GA Marcelo Vela, MD, MSCR, Houston, TX
P. Jay Pasricha, MD Stanley W. Ashley, MD, Boston, MA Marcis Leja, MD, Riga, Latvia Arnold Wald, MD, Madison, Wisconsin
Professor of Medicine Hassan Ashtorab, PhD, Washington, DC Gene D. Le Sage, MD, Johnson City, TN David Q-H. Wang, MD, PhD, St. Louis, MO
Chief, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Gregory Austin, MD, MPH, Denver, CO Robert Levine, MD, Syracuse, NY Kenneth K. Wang, MD, Rochester, MN
Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA Mohammed Bashashati, MD, Calgary, Canada Gary R. Lichtenstein, MD, Philadelphia, PA Christopher Weber, MD, PhD, Chicago, IL
Klaus Bielefeldt, MD, PhD, Pittsburgh, PA David A. Lieberman, MD, Portland, OR Edward E. Whang, MD, Boston, MA
Editorial Advisor/GRG Liaison: William L. Berquist, MD, Stanford, CA Mauricio Lisker-Melman, MD, St. Louis, MO M. Michael Wolfe, MD, Boston, MA
Rhonda F. Souza MD, AGAF, FASGE Hina Yaseen Bhutta, MBBS, London, UK John P. Lynch, MD, PhD, Philadelphia, PA Roy K.H. Wong, MD,Washington, DC
Professor of Medicine Henry LY Chan, MD, Hong Kong, China Ignazio R. Marino, MD, Philadelphia, PA Jackie D. Wood, PhD, Columbus, OH
UT Southwestern Medical Center Steven Chan, PhD, FRACS, Melbourne, Australia Olivia Martinez, PhD, Stanford, CA Alexander I. Zaika, Nashville, TN
VA North Texas Health Care System, Dallas, Texas Yogesh K. Chawla, MD, DM, Chandigarh, India Denis M. McCarthy, MD, PhD, Albuquerque, NM
Jae Hee Cheon, MD, PhD, Seoul, Korea Kenneth R. McQuaid, MD, San Francisco, CA Stanford Multidisciplinary Seminars
Associate Editors: Eun-Ju Cho, MD, Chuncheon, Korea Associate Editors
Juanita L. Merchant, MD, PhD., Ann Arbor, MI
Robert S. Bresalier, MD, Houston, TX Alejandro H. Corvalán, MD, MSc, Santiago, Chile Ramsey C. Cheung, MD, Hepatology
Howard R. Mertz, MD, Nashville, TN
Ramsey C. Cheung, MD, Palo Alto, California Min Dai, PhD, Seattle, WA R. Brooke Jeffrey, MD, Radiology
Mulugeta Million, DVR, PhD, Los Angeles, CA
Wael M. El-Rifai, MD, PhD, Nashville, Tennessee Duyen T. Dang, MD, Ann Arbor, MI Teri A. Longacre, MD, Pathology
Smruti Mohanty, MD, Chicago, IL
Michael Fuchs, MD, Richmond, Virginia Andrew S. Day, MB, ChB, MD, Christchurch, NZ Jeffrey A. Norton, MD, Surgery
Yuji Naito, PhD, Kyoto, Japan
Sun-Young Lee, MD, PhD, Seoul, Korea Roberto De Giorgio, MD, PhD, Bologna, Italy Mindie H. Nguyen, MD, MAS, Stanford, CA
Roy C. Orlando, MD, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Mark Donowitz, MD, Baltimore, MD Henry P. Parkman, MD, Philadelphia, PA
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EDITORIAL CALENDAR
Publishing Month Volume / Issue Space Reservation Material Due Date Mail Date Bonus Distribution
January 61:1 11/23/2015 11/23/2015 1/04/2016
February 61:2 12/22/2015 12/22/2015 1/26/2016 Society of Surgical Oncology
March 61:3 1/22/2016 1/22/2016 2/26/2016
April 61:4 2/19/2016 2/19/2016 3/25/2016 Society of American Gastrointestinal & Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES); American
Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons
May 61:5 3/22/2016 3/22/2016 4/26/2016 Digestive Disease Week
International Congress of the European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES)
June 61:6 4/21/2016 4/21/2016 5/26/2016
July 61:7 5/23/2016 5/23/2016 6/27/2016
August 61:8 6/21/2016 6/21/2016 7/26/2016 International Surgical Week
September 61:9 7/22/2016 7/22/2016 8/26/2016 American College of Surgeons
October 61:10 8/22/2016 8/22/2016 9/26/2016
November 61:11 9/21/2016 9/21/2016 10/26/2016
December 61:12 10/24/2016 10/24/2016 11/28/2016

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