WJG是一本國際性的胃腸病學學術期刊。它以英文雙月刊出版，面向全球發行，旨在加強現代與傳統胃腸病學的國際交流，促進胃腸病學的發展，為人類健康做出貢獻。WJG是唯一在中國以英文出版的國際胃腸病學雜志。主要發表國內外胃腸病學基礎研究和臨床研究的原創論文。優先發表具有國際競爭力的原稿、科研資助項目原稿、消化中草藥原稿、針灸原稿、乙炔類藥物原稿、中西醫結合原稿。也優先發表評論、文獻綜述、快速報告、臨床經驗和罕見疾病的病例報告。

WJG is an international learned journal of gastroenterology. It is published in English bimonthly and distributed worldwide, and it aims to strengthen international exchanges of modern and traditional gastroenterology, to promote the development of gastroenterology, and to make contributions to human health. WJG is the only international journal of gastroenterology published in English based in China. It mainly publishes original papers of basic research and clinical studies in gastroenterology from all of the world. Original articles with international competitiveness, articles from projects supported by scientific grants, original articles of traditional Chinese digestive medicine and herbs, of acupuncture, of ethinomedicine, and of combined traditional and modern digestive medicine are published with priority. Commentaries, literature reviews, rapid reports, clinical experience, and case reports of rare diseases are published preferentially as well.